http://www.imim.cat/noticies Programa de recerca: Neuropsicofarmacologia http://www.imim.cat/noticies/view.php?ID=799 <p>The use of a standardized protocol significantly reduces headache after lumbar puncture, one of the most common side effects of this procedure, based on the analysis of more than 1,100 punctures.</p> <p>Improving the tolerability of lumbar puncture is key to advancing research in the preclinical stages of Alzheimer&#39;s disease and has been made possible thanks to the commitment of volunteers from the ALFA cohort.</p> <p>The study, published in <em>Nature Scientific Reports</em>, involved 724 cognitively healthy adults from the longitudinal ALFA cohort at the BBRC, with the support of the &quot;la Caixa&quot; Foundation.</p> 09/02/2026