Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Attila Köfalvi
Citation names
- Köfalvi (Kofalvi, Käfalvi), Attila
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 561A-78AC-B857
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6910-9707
- Google Scholar ID
- http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cRyWZlYAAAAJ
- Researcher Id
- O-9815-2017
- Scopus Author Id
- 8595603500
Websites
- https://apps.uc.pt/mypage/staff/uc40923/en (Professional)
- http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cRyWZlYAAAAJ (Scholar)
- http://loop.frontiersin.org/people/6779/bio (Scholar)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/attila-k%C3%B6falvi-11283b138/ (Social media)
- http://www.eni-net.org/members/dr-attila-kofalvi (Scholar)
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Attila_Koefalvi (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
French | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | |
Hungarian | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
Portuguese | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2004/09/01 - 2007/07/31
Concluded
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Life Sciences, Neuroscience (Pós-doutoramento)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
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1999/09/01 - 2004/11/06
Concluded
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Neurociências - Neurosciences (Doutoramento)
Semmelweis Egyetem, Hungary
"The role of nicotinic acetylcholine and endocannabinoid receptors in the modulation of transmitter releaase in the central
nervous system" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Summa Cum Laude |
1994/09/01 - 1999/07/08
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem Természettudományi Kar, Hungary
"Role of nicotinic acetylcholine and cannabinoid receptors in the regulation of neurotransmitter release in the central nervous
system" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2024/01/01 - Current | Principal Investigator (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Inovação em Biomedicina e Biotecnologia, Portugal | ||
2007/08/01 - 2023/12/31 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2004/02/01 - 2007/07/30 | Post-doctor fellow, IBRO fellow | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
1999/09/01 - 2004/05/31 | Research Fellow, PhD student | Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Kísérleti Orvostudományi Kutatóintézet, Hungary |
2003/03/01 - 2003/08/31 | Visitor researcher | Nathan S Kline Institute, United States |
1996/09/01 - 1999/07/30 | Undergraduate Researcher | Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Kísérleti Orvostudományi Kutatóintézet, Hungary |
1995/09/01 - 1996/08/30 | Undergraduate researcher | Országos Klinikai Idegtudományi Intézet, Hungary |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2016/03/01 - 2019/02/28 | Synaptic mechanisms involved in the brain cannabinoid actions and their modulation by adenosine receptors: implications for
memory and mood control
PTDC/DTP-FTO/3346/2014
Other
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2010/03/17 - 2012/07/31 | Mapping the metabolic and neuromodulator role of insulin in the hippocampus
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2010/03/17 - 2012/06/16 | Demonstrating that A2A adenosine receptors control glutamatergic synaptic plasticity through CB1 cannabinoid receptors in
the striatum, thus providing attracting therapeutic targets
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom The Collège de France, INSERM U667, France |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2008/01/01 - 2009/12/31 | Interactions between the purinergic and the endocannabinoid system in pain sensation
TÉT-GRICES/PT-18/2007
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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GRICES - Gabinete de Relações Internacionais da Ciência e do Ensino Superior
Concluded
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2006/01/01 - 2007/12/31 | Targeted Lipidomics in Basal Ganglia Disorders – Toward a Novel Anticholinergic Therapy
III/BIO/56/2005
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar
Concluded
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2005/01/01 - 2006/12/31 | Modulation of transmitters involved in the pain sensation – from the periphery to the central nervous system. New perspectives
in analgesic therapy
TÉT-GRICES/2004
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Semmelweis Egyetem, Hungary |
GRICES - Gabinete de Relações Internacionais da Ciência e do Ensino Superior
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 | Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology - Associate Laboratory
LA/P/0058/2020
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Clínica e Biomédica de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2023 - 2023/03/31 | IBRO Meetings Support 2023 for the MCC Congress
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Concluded
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2017/04/01 - 2021/03/31 | NIDA - Neuromodulation by adenosine receptors
PO# HHSN271201700216P
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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National Institute on Drug Abuse Behavioral Neuroscience Research Branch
Ongoing
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2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | CNC. IBILI
UID/NEU/04539/2019
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Clínica e Biomédica de Coimbra, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2016/03/01 - 2019/02/28 | Mecanismos sinápticos envolvidos nas acções dos canabinoides no cérebro e sua modulação por receptores de adenosina: implicações
para a regulação do humor e memória
PTDC/DTP-FTO/3346/2014
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 | Strategic Project - LA 1 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/SAU/LA0001/2011
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2010/03/17 - 2012/06/16 | Demonstração de que os receptores de adenosina A2A controlam a plasticidade sináptica glutamatergica via dos receptores de
canabinóide CB1 no corpo estriado, fornecendo assim alvos terapêuticos atrativos
PTDC/SAU-NEU/100729/2008
University of Aberdeen Institute of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Newsletter article |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2018/05/22 | Cannabis and the Endocannabinoid System | APLICAÇÕES MEDICINAIS DA CANNABIS
Escola Superior de Saúde Dr Lopes Dias (Castelo-Branco, Portugal)
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2017/11/19 | Canábis: Uma caixa de tesouro ou a caixa de Pandora? | As Jornadas da Cannabis – Cannadouro – 2017, Porto
Associação Cannativa (Porto, Portugal)
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2013/10/11 | Aula sobre as questões de saúde em Cabo Verde, com ênfase sobre o vício | Mental Hygiene lecture for high-school students
Escola Armando Napoleão Fernandes (Assomada, Cape Verde)
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2011/09/29 | Endocannabinoid System in Physiology and Pathology of Pain | Neuroquímica e Biologia da Dor - Postgraduate Course on Pain Medicine
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2011/08/30 | Presynaptic neuromodulation in the dorsolateral striatum | Private invitation
Universidade Federal do Paraná (Curitiba, Brazil)
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2011/08/24 | Presynaptic neuromodulation in the dorsolateral striatum | FESBE-SBNeC joint meeting
FESBE-SBNeC (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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2011/08/23 | The cannabino-corticofrontal conspiracy | FESBE-SBNeC joint meeting
FESBE-SBNeC (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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2010/11/26 | Endocannabinoid control of hippocampal glucose metabolism in Alzheimer-type pathology: from in vitro to in vivo studies by PET. | Multimodal imaging of the tissue microvasculature in health and disease,
(Madrid, Spain)
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2010/09/25 | Impaired hippocampal glucose metabolism by decreased CB1 cannabinoid receptor-GSK3 signalling in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease. | I International Health Congress in Gaia
(Porto, Portugal)
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2010/09/16 | The endocannabinoid system of the brain | Biochemistry Seminars of the Postgraduate Course in Biological Sciences
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
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2010/09/14 | 1) The endocannabinoid system of the brain 2) Presynaptic neuromodulation in the dorsolateral striatum | Post-graduation programme in Neuropharmacology
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Florianópolis, Brazil)
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2010/08/11 | Presynaptic neuromodulation in the dorsolateral striatum – Heterologous interactions and new players. | SBNeC meeting
Sociedade Brasileira de Neurociências e Comportamento (SBNeC) (Caxambu, Brazil)
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2010/08/10 | Impaired hippocampal glucose metabolism by decreased CB1 cannabinoid receptor-GSK3 signalling in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease. | SBNeC meeting
Sociedade Brasileira de Neurociências e Comportamento (SBNeC) (Caxambu, Brazil)
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2010/05/07 | Impaired hippocampal glucose metabolism by decreased CB1 cannabinoid receptor-GSK3a signalling in TgApp mice. | ENI-Net Final Meeting
European Neuroscience Institutes (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2009/07/14 | When modulators of synaptic plasticity meet at endocannabinoid signalling: comparing dyskinesias with psychosis. | 4th ESN Conference on Advances in Molecular Mechanisms of Neurological Disorders
European Society for Neurochemistry (Leipzich, Germany)
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2009/05/21 | Presynaptic neuromodulation by cannabinoids in the dorsolateral striatum – new players besides CB1 and TRPV1 receptors. | ENI-Net Annual Meeting
European Neuroscience Institutes (Crete, Greece)
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2006/12/17 | Mapping the distribution and physiological and pathological role of CB1 cannabinoid receptors in the brain. | ENI-Net Christmas Meeting
European Neuroscience Institutes (Seville, Spain)
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2006/09/21 | Endocannabinoid signaling in the nigrosrostiatal system with reference to Parkinson's disease. | 10th Meeting of the Hungarian Alzheimer’s Association and the Hungarian Parkinson and Neuropathology Associations
Hungarian Alzheimer’s Association and the Hungarian Parkinson and Neuropathology Associations (Szeged, Hungary)
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2006/03/09 | The endocannabinoid system in schizophrenia – facts and further assumptions. | 26th European Winter Conference of Brain Research, Villars sur Ollon, Switzerland
EWCBR (Villars Sur Ollon, Switzerland)
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2005/03/10 | The cannabinoid and the vanilloid system in the basal ganglia. | 25th European Winter Conference of Brain Research
EWCBR (Les Arcs, France)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2019/09/01 - 2020/12/03 | HYPOADENOSINERGIC PATHOLOGIES IN A RAT MODEL OF THE WILLIS-EKBOM DISEASE
Supervisor
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Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
2011/04/01 - 2016/07/22 | METABOLIC MODIFICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MEMORY DEFICIT
Supervisor of Ana Cristina Figueiredo de Lemos
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Biociências (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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2012/09/01 - 2014/03/28 | Insulin signalling depends on the endocannabinoid system in the brain
Supervisor of Carla de Silva-Santos
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Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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2012/09/01 - 2013/09/04 | The multifaceted role of the endocannabinoid system in cerebral glucose uptake
Supervisor of Bárbara S. Pinheiro
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Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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2008/09/01 - 2012/12/20 | Presynaptic A2A adenosine receptors controls CB1 cannabinoid receptors-mediated effects at corticostriatal nerve terminals
Supervisor of Samira Cardoso Lopes (G) Ferreira
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Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2009/12 - 2011/06/27 | Mapping the putative presynaptic neuromodulation of frontocortical serotonin release by the endocannabinoid system – toward
the better understanding of psychiatric disorders
Supervisor of Filipe Alberto Marquês Teixeira
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Bioquímica
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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2011 - 2011 | INVESTIGAÇÃO DA INTERAÇÃO ENTRE OS SISTEMAS ENDOCANABINÓIDE E CORTICOSTERÓIDE NO PROCESSO DE EXTINÇAO DE MEMÓRIAS AVERSIVAS
EM RATOS
Co-supervisor
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
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2007/09/01 - 2008/06/17 | CONTROL OF STRIATAL INPUT TERMINALS BY FATTY ACID DOPAMIDES IN RODENTS
Supervisor
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Bioquímica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2023/03/09 - 2023/03/10 | Attila Köfalvi established MCC-Medical Cannabis Coimbra (https://mcc.cnc.uc.pt/), and and chaired the International Scientific
Congress entitled: “Clearing the smoke….: the importance of the endocannabinoid system in health and disease”. This congress
provided an unbiased scientific view about the recent developments on medical cannabis. The aim of the congress is to foster
scientific discussion about the topic among stakeholders including academic researchers, students, companies, regulatory
entities, and health care professionals. (2023/03/09 - 2023/03/09)
Congress (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
2009 - 2010/05/07 | Organizer of the 2010 Meeting of the Network of European Neuroscience Institutes
Meeting venue: Auditorio da Reitoria, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Host Institute: Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology (ENI Coimbra)
Local Organizers: Inês Araújo, Attila Köfalvi, Rodrigo A. Cunha
Participants: 68 participants from 10 countries.
1 plenary lecture, 18 lectures and 2 poster sessions encompassing 31 posters.
(2010/05/05 - 2010/05/07)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
2005 - 2006/07/11 | Organizer and Chair of the Symposium S34: Targeting the endocannabinoid system in neurological and psychiatric disorders and
pain at the 5th FENS Meeting in Vienna.
Speakers:
S34.1: Vincenzo Di Marzo (Pozzuoli, Italy)
S34.2: David Baker (London, UK)
S34.3: Beat Lutz (Mainz, Germany)
S34.4: J. Michael Walker (Bloomington, USA). (2006/07/11 - 2006/07/11)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2019/09/17 | Modulation of Subventricular Zone Postnatal Neurogenesis: Actions of Exercise-Regulated Neurotrophic Factors
(Thesis) Main arguer
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João Baptista Moreira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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2019/02/25 | Characterization of the affective behavioral effects of chronic adolescent exposure to the cannabinoid receptor agonist HU-210
in female rats
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Jorge Miguel Farinha Ferreira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2018/02/08 | Interference of Adenosinergic System in Endocannabinoid Signalling at the Hippocampus
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Joana Amorim Freire (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2018/01/19 | Interaction between adenosine A2A receptors and cannabinoid CB1 receptors at the hippocampus: consequences for memory and
plasticity
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Francisco Melo Mouro (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2016/10/07 | O papel do bolbo rostroventromedial na neuropatia diabética dolorosa
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Marta Alves da Silva (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2014/12/02 | BRAIN-LIVER NITRIC OXIDE AXIS: A MAJOR REGULATORY PLAYER IN INSULIN CLEARANCE AND ACTION
Thesis Member
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Fátima Patrícia da Costa Oliveira Martins (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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2013/09/06 | The Role of Astroglial Type 1 Cannabinoid Receptor in Memory Functions
(Thesis) Main arguer
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José Fernando Oliveira da Cruz (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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2010/05/10 | DEVELOPMENTAL DETERMINANTS OF SYNAPSE-SPECIFIC RETROGRADE SIGNALING IN CORTICAL NEURONAL NETWORKS
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Dobszay Márton Benedek (PhD)
Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem Termeszettudomanyi es Informatikai Kar, Hungary
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Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2018/03/06 - 2018/03/20 | Reviewer of the bills PROJETO DE LEI N.º 726/XIII/3.ª (Bloco de Esquerda) and Projecto-lei n.º 727/XIII/3ª (Pessoas, Animais, Natureza) at the Portuguese Parliament, before Medical Cannabis legislation. The one-hour long discussion has been recorded. | Assembleia da República, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2007 - 2017/12 | O Sistema Endocanabinóide e o Cêrebro Impaired hippocampal glucose metabolism by decreased CB1 cannabinoid receptor-GSK3a signalling in TgApp mice The endocannabinoid system of the brain CB1 receptors at corticostriatal terminals – or is dyskinesia an inverse posychosis? Cannabinoids and the energy homeostasis Synaptic plasticity and the endocannabinoid system Introduction to the endocannabinoid system | Mestrado em Biologia Celular e Molecular (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal |
2008/07/04 - 2017/04/04 | Neurobiology of Reward and Drug Abuse, With Special Attention to Cannabis | Neurofarmacologia (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal |
2012/01/24 - 2016/11/21 | The Endocannabinoid System in Physiology and Pathology Neuroenergêtica e a sua modulação pelo sistema endocanabinóide. | Ciencias Biomédicas (Bacharelato) | Universidade do Algarve Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Portugal |
2010/10/18 - 2010/10/22 | Post-Graduate Course - Brain Repair: Tinkering with Brain Damage | (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2013 - 2013 | Reviewer for the Alz.org
Evaluator
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Alzheimer's Association, United States | Alzheimer's Association |
2012 - 2012 | Grant evaluator
Evaluator
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Dutch Council for the Earth and Life sciences , Netherlands |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2018/05/24 | Description of our work on the possible effects of the cannabinoid CB2 on cerebral glucose uptake in Alzheimer's disease | Diário As Beiras |
2018/05/23 | Interview about the possible beneficial effects of medical cannabis in dementias | SAPO |
2018/01/12 | Interviewed about the bills proposed by two parties, the PAN and the Bloco de Esquerda. Fact check. Canábis para fins medicinais: o que dizem os partidos é o que diz a ciência? | Observador |
2018/01/11 | Interviewed about cannabis legalization and legislation. | Observador |
2017/02/02 | Interview about medical cannabis at the 2017.02.02. issue of the periodical Visão (pages 52-55). | Visão |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2018/05/23 - 2018/05/23 | News programme | Our publication (Stimulation of brain glucose uptake by cannabinoid CB2 receptors and its therapeutic potential in Alzheimer's disease.) gave headlines all over the news and I was interviewed for this. |
2018/03/10 - 2018/03/10 | A longer fact-check about cannabis - the medicine and the drug of abuse | Brain awareness week, 2018 |
2009 - 2010 | A two-hour interview about marijuana. | Edrogas - youtube videos |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2019/11/06 - Current | Pharmacology Research & Perspectives (2052-1707) | Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) |
2015/09/27 - 2019 | Neurochemistry International (0197-0186) | Elsevier |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2017/04/06 - 2018/02/28 | Possible preventive effect of anandamide on the changes in neuroplasticity and modulation of the endocannabinoid system induced by streptozotocin | Daniel Moreira-Silva |
2014/04/01 - 2014/08/31 | Studying the role of insulin resistance in the onset of neuropsychiatric disorders with histochemical and biochemical tools | Dr Shabnam Movassaghi |
2010/02/26 - 2013/12/10 | Functional interaction between presynaptic nicotinic and adenosine receptors in the control of dopamine release in the striatum | Pedro Manuel Venâncio Garção |
2007/06 - 2011/04 | Retinal synaptic pathology type-1 diabetes | Filipa I. Batista |
2007/06 - 2011/04 | Hippocampal synaptic pathology in type-1 diabetes | Joana Margarida Gaspar |
2009 - 2010 | Cannabinoids inhibit the synaptic uptake of adenosine and dopamine in the rat and mouse striatum | Pablo Pandolfo |
2009 - 2010 | Cannabinoids inhibit the synaptic uptake of adenosine and dopamine in the rat and mouse striatum | Alexandre Rodrígues |
2006 - 2009 | Cross-talk mechanisms between adenosine and endocannabinoids | Vasco MC Sousa |
2008/04 - 2008/07 | CAFFEINE, CANNABIS, CAPSAICIN – FROM PLANT TOXINS TO PRESYNAPTIC NEUROMODULATION | Tonia Lomaglio |
2007/04 - 2007/10 | Brain glucose metabolism studies - co-orientation of a Brazilian post-doc . | Gabriele Ghisleni |
Distinctions
Other distinction
2009 | ENI-Net Young Investigator
Europäisches Neurowissenschaftliches Institut Göttingen, Germany
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2005 | Achievement Award of the International Cannabinoid Research Society
The International Cannabinoid Research Society, United States
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2004 | IBRO Research Fellowship: Investigation of the function of P2 purinoceptors in the striatum – from basics to Parkinson’s disease.
International Brain Research Organization, France
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2001 | 2001 Young Scientist Award of the Hungarian Pharmacological Society |