The study, published in the journal iScience, is led by Mercè Masana, professor at the UB’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and researcher at the Institute of Neurosciences (UBneuro), the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), and the CIBER Area for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED).

Researchers from the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), the Navarrabiomed Proteomics Platform, Aston University (Birmingham, United Kingdom), the University of Oulu (Oulu, Finland), the Vision Institute (Paris, France), and the University of Bayreuth (Bayreuth, Germany) also participated in the study.