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Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosurgery , Hospital del Mar, Barcelona,Spain, Spain
Gloria Villalba Martinez, Md, PhD
Functional neurosurgeon at Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
She focuses her clinical work on pain and neurooncology. Her main clinical and research interest is in the use of brain neuromodulation. The research field focuses on neuromodulation in psychiatry. Her doctoral thesis studied deep brain stimulation in patients with chronic, severe and resistant anorexia nervosa
Last publications:
• Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Ignacio Delgado-Martínez, Purificación Salgado, José María Gines, Rocío Guardiola, Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Alba Roca-Ventura, Roger Molist-Puigdomènech, Rosa María Manero, Santiago Medrano, Víctor Pérez-Sola, Gloria Villalba-Martínez “Structural connectivity changes derived from diffusion tensor imaging following deep brain stimulation in severe anorexia nervosa”, Acta Neurochir , July 2024, 166:364
• Villalba-Martinez G, Castaño JR “ How does neuromodulation for neuropathic pain impact euthanasia requests. A forethought on the current situation in Spain is needed “. Neuromodulation 2024, Jul;27(5):944-945
• Aibar JA, Villalba G, Freixer B, Araus E, Morollons N, Belvis R, Revuelta M, Molet J, Muñoz F, Rodriguez R, Quintana C “Long-term results of cortical motor stimulation for neuropathic peripherical and central pain: a multicenter study and critical review of the literatura”, Neurosurgery, 2024,94(1):147-153
• Perez V, Villalba G,Elices M, Manero RM, Salgado P, Gines JM, Guardiola R, Cedrón C, Polo M, Delgado-Martine I, Conesa G, Medrano S, Portella MJ “ Cognitive and quility of life related factors of body mass index (BMI) improvement after deep brain stimulation in the subcallosal cingulate and nucleus accumbens in treatment-refractory chronic anorexia nervosa ”Eur Eat Disord Rev,2022,Mar23,doi:10.1002/erv.2895