Carles Gaig

12.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
132 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Carles Gaig is a scholar working on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carles Gaig has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Neurology, 43 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 36 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Carles Gaig's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (81 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (37 papers) and Restless Legs Syndrome Research (32 papers). Carles Gaig is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (81 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (37 papers) and Restless Legs Syndrome Research (32 papers). Carles Gaig collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Austria and United States. Carles Gaig's co-authors include Joan Santamaría, Álex Iranzo, Eduardo Tolosa, Mónica Serradell, Ellen Gelpí, Yaroslau Compta, Francesc Valldeoriola, Isabel Vilaseca, Eduard Tolosa and Raquel Sánchez‐Valle and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Carles Gaig

130 papers receiving 6.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Neurodegenerative disease status and post-mortem pathology in idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder: an observational cohort study

2013 513 citations Álex Iranzo, Ellen Gelpí et al. The Lancet Neurology profile →
Neurodegenerative Disorder Risk in Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: Study in 174 Patients

2014 358 citations Álex Iranzo, Mónica Serradell et al. profile →
Detection of α-synuclein in CSF by RT-QuIC in patients with isolated rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder: a longitudinal observational study

2021 216 citations Álex Iranzo, Mónica Serradell et al. The Lancet Neurology profile →

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Carles Gaig

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Eduard Tolosa Spain

Mónica Serradell Spain

Marı́a José Martı́ Spain

Francesc Valldeoriola Spain

Yaroslau Compta Spain

Roberto Erro Italy

Maria Teresa Pellecchia Italy

Álex Iranzo Spain

Marina Picillo Italy

François Tison France

Eduard Tolosa Spain

Carles Gaig

3.4k ×0.7

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1.4k ×0.8

1.3k ×0.9

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1.3k ×1.2

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864 ×0.9

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Falcón, Carles, Anna Campabadal, Núria Bargalló, et al.. (2025). Clinical and brain volumetric correlates of decreased DTI-ALPS, suggestive of local glymphatic dysfunction, in iRBD. npj Parkinson s Disease. 11(1). 87–87. 2 indexed citations

Businaro, Pietro, Laura Naranjo, Jesús Planagumà, et al.. (2025). Assessing Commercial Tissue-Based Assays for Autoimmune Neurologic Disorders (II). Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 12(4). e200406–e200406. 2 indexed citations

Campabadal, Anna, Roser Sala‐Llonch, Núria Bargalló, et al.. (2025). Altered Intra‐ and Inter‐Network Resting‐State Functional Connectivity is Associated with Neuropsychological Functioning and Clinical Symptoms in Patients with Isolated Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder. Movement Disorders. 40(4). 704–715. 1 indexed citations

Serradell, Mónica, Carles Gaig, Dolores Vilas, et al.. (2025). Platelet miRNAs as early biomarkers for progression of idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder to a synucleinopathy. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 12136–12136. 2 indexed citations

Lehrer, Eduardo, et al.. (2024). Upper airway manifestations of anti-IgLON5 disease: Otorhinolaryngological point of view. Acta Otorrinolaringológica Española. 75(5). 288–295. 1 indexed citations

Gaig, Carles, Thomas Grüter, Anna Heidbreder, et al.. (2024). Development of a Composite Score for the Clinical Assessment of Anti-IgLON5 Disease. Neurology. 102(7). e208101–e208101. 9 indexed citations

Iranzo, Álex, Morten Gersel Stokholm, Erik Hvid Danielsen, et al.. (2024). Microglial Activation and Progression of Nigrostriatal Dysfunction in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder. Movement Disorders. 39(8). 1323–1328. 6 indexed citations

Gaig, Carles & Lídia Sabater. (2024). New knowledge on anti-IgLON5 disease. Current Opinion in Neurology. 37(3). 316–321. 5 indexed citations

Graus, Francesc, Lídia Sabater, Carles Gaig, et al.. (2024). Anti-IgLON5 Disease 10 Years Later. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 12(1). e200353–e200353. 4 indexed citations

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Muñoz‐Lopetegi, Amaia, Mar Guasp, Eugenia Martínez‐Hernández, et al.. (2024). Neurological, psychiatric, and sleep investigations after treatment of anti-leucine-rich glioma-inactivated protein 1 (LGI1) encephalitis in Spain: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Neurology. 23(3). 256–266. 16 indexed citations

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Pérez‐Carbonell, Laura, Carles Gaig, Amaia Muñoz‐Lopetegi, et al.. (2023). Sleep in Gerstmann-Straüssler-Scheinker disease. Sleep Medicine. 108. 11–15. 2 indexed citations

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Iranzo, Álex, Morten Gersel Stokholm, Erik Hvid Danielsen, et al.. (2023). Progression of brain cholinergic dysfunction in patients with isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder. European Journal of Neurology. 31(1). e16101–e16101. 14 indexed citations

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Laguna, Ariadna, Helena Xicoy, Eduardo Tolosa, et al.. (2021). Serum metabolic biomarkers for synucleinopathy conversion in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder. npj Parkinson s Disease. 7(1). 40–40. 11 indexed citations

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Nissen, Sara Konstantin, Morten Gersel Stokholm, Álex Iranzo, et al.. (2021). Monocyte markers correlate with immune and neuronal brain changes in REM sleep behavior disorder. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(10). 47 indexed citations

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Muñoz‐Lopetegi, Amaia, Montserrat Pujol, Marga Giménez, et al.. (2021). Abnormal sleep behavior caused by hypoglycemia. Sleep Medicine. 85. 268–270. 1 indexed citations

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Campabadal, Anna, Bàrbara Segura, Mónica Serradell, et al.. (2020). Cortical gray matter progression in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder and its relation to cognitive decline. NeuroImage Clinical. 28. 102421–102421. 26 indexed citations

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Campabadal, Anna, Bàrbara Segura, Carme Junqué, et al.. (2019). Comparing the accuracy and neuroanatomical correlates of the UPSIT-40 and the Sniffin’ Sticks test in REM sleep behavior disorder. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 65. 197–202. 12 indexed citations

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Vilas, Dolores, Álex Iranzo, Eduardo Tolosa, et al.. (2016). Assessment of α-synuclein in submandibular glands of patients with idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder: a case-control study. The Lancet Neurology. 15(7). 708–718. 126 indexed citations

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Guaita, Marc, Manel Salamero, Isabel Vilaseca, et al.. (2015). The Barcelona Sleepiness Index: A New Instrument to Assess Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Sleep Disordered Breathing. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 11(11). 1289–1298. 20 indexed citations

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Lorenzo‐Betancor, Oswaldo, Lluı́s Samaranch, Mario Ezquerra, et al.. (2011). LRRK2 haplotype‐sharing analysis in Parkinson's disease reveals a novel p.S1761R mutation. Movement Disorders. 27(1). 146–150. 15 indexed citations

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