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Joana Palha is full professor of biochemistry at the School of Medicine, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal). PhD in Biomedical Sciences in 1995 (University of Porto, Portugal, research project at Columbia University, New York, USA), MSc in Public Health in 2016 (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden), BSc in Biochemistry (University of Porto, Portugal). Published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals (Scopus h index 45 and 5113 citations). Principal investigator of several research projects (raising over 2M euros from national and international agencies), has supervised 15 PhD students (14 completed). Co-coordinated the task force for COVID-19 diagnosis at the Life and Health Science Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Minho in the first wave of the pandemics. She serves/has served in several national and international organizations (National Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Organisation for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System, International Brain Research Organization, COST, Society for Neurosciences USA, Portuguese Society for Neurosciences, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, BIAL Foundation), evaluates for several journals and funding agencies (European Commission, Disease Foundations, European Agencies), and is regularly member of scientific committees/chair of conferences/congresses. She started her career in 1992 on thyroid hormones, studying one of the first knock-out mouse models. She led pioneer studies that revealed an endocrine function of the blood brain barriers, particularly the choroid plexus, in brain homeostasis. She has been coordinating translational and clinical research, with focus on the endocrine axis. Her studies in humans have recently contributed to the change in the national policy on iodine supplementation to the Portuguese population, with specific guidelines for women in reproductive age and pregnant women.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana de Almeida Santos Pacheco Palha

Citation names

  • Palha, Joana Almeida

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5A14-DF57-CB60
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8866-368X
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=jBzYp2kAAAAJ
Researcher Id
C-2745-2009
Scopus Author Id
6701728129

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1)
French Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/08 - 2016/06
Concluded
 Public Health Sciences-Public Health Epidemiology (Mestrado)
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
"Association between the iron-related protein lipocalin 2 in the cerebrospinal fluid and in the serum and cognitive impairment in adults. A cross-sectional study at the Memory Clinic, Karolinska University Hospital " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 With distinction
2008/12/08
Concluded
 Health Sciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences (Título de Agregado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
1992/02 - 1995/02
Concluded
 Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
"The absence of transthyretin in the study of its biological function: a dispensable protein (Ausência de Transtirretina no Estudo da Sua Função Biológica: uma Proteína Dispensável)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinction and Honours
1987/10 - 1991/07
Concluded
 Bioquímica (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2001 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2013/08 - 2015/09 Visiting Researcher (Research) Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
1999/10 - 2001/10 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2000/01 - 2000/03 Visiting Researcher (Research) Drexel University, United States
Drexel University, United States
1995/08 - 1996/02 Postdoc (Research) New York University, United States
New York University, United States

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/12 - Current Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2005/02 - 2009/12 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2001/11 - 2005/01 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
1996/02 - 1999/10 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
1996/02 - 1999/10 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/04/27 - 2020/07/26 Which, when and for who? Serodiagnosis as a tool to complement diagnosis and evaluate population immunity against SARS-CoV-2.
RESEARCH4COVID 19 - 107_596694995
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Ongoing
2016/04 - 2020/07 New Venues for the development of personalized medical interventions for neurological, oncological and surgical disorders-Personalized-NOS (coordinator of the neuroscience department research)
PI-NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000013
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
2011/02/11 - 2015/07/31 Maintaining health in old age through homeostasis-SWITCHBOX
259772
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded
2013 - 2015 Temporal modulation of the subventricular zone neural stem cell niche by choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid derived factors.
2013
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação Bial
Concluded
2010/10 - 2014 Do-IT Desenvolvimento e Operacionalização da Investigação de Translação (MyEnergy Module coordinator)
13853
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2009/04 - 2013/03 New approaches in multiple sclerosis diagnosis: the role of the choroid plexus.
Provided by PTCRIS: 83231
83231
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/03 - 2013/02 Multimodal analysis of the neurobiology of depression
105180
Provided by PTCRIS: 105180
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2010/05 - 2012/05 Neudesina - estudo da função de um novo factor neurotrófico
Provided by PTCRIS: 104475
104475
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2007/07 - 2010/12 Uncovering pathological mechanism underlying juvenile neural ceroid lipofuscinoses: from yeast to more complex model systems
70161
Provided by PTCRIS: 70161
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2007 - 2010 The choroid plexus as an immune-sensor for the brain: implications to neurological diseases.
2007
Principal investigator
Dana Foundation, United States
 Dana Foundation
Concluded
2007 - 2010 Inflammation in Brain Disease–NEURINFNET
BM0603
Researcher
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Concluded
2008/01 - 2009/09 Establishing P200 Event Related Potential disturbances as a new schizophrenia endophenotype: a portuguese study with schizophrenic patients and first degree relatives.
Provided by PTCRIS: 83691
83691
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2008 - 2009 Molecular basis of schizophrenia in the Portuguese and Brazilian populations: hormones and vitamins bridging genes and environment
2008
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2005/07 - 2008/12 Vitamins and hormones: linking environment and genes in psychiatric disorders?
58757
Provided by PTCRIS: 58757
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2005/07 - 2008/12 Characterization of the iodine status of Portuguese women in fertile age and its relation with the psychomotor performance of the newborn
60948
Provided by PTCRIS: 60948
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2005/08 - 2008/07 The role of choroid plexus proteins in brain inflammation
Provided by PTCRIS: 56618
56618
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2006/10 - 2008/01 Establishing P200 Event Related Potential disturbances as a new schizophrenia endophenotype: a portuguese study with schizophrenic patients and first degree relatives.
58881
Provided by PTCRIS: 58881
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2006 - 2008 Portugal/Spain Integrated Actions: Characterization of the iodine status of Portuguese women in fertile age and its relation with the psychomotor performance of the newborn
2006
Principal investigator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
Concluded
2002/04 - 2005/12 Searching of an essential function for transthyretin in the central nervous system
Provided by PTCRIS: 37315
37315
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2001/02 - 2004/12 Genetics and hormones in schizophrenia: thyroid hormones, vitamin A and transthyretin. A pilot study.
Provided by PTCRIS: 35837
35837
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
1997 - 1999 Searching of an essential function for transthyretin in the central nervous system
1997
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Falcão, A.M.; Palha, J.A.; Ferreira, A.C.; Marques, F.; Sousa, N.; Sousa, J.C.. "Unbiased stereological method to assess proliferation throughout the subependymal zone". In Stem Cell Niche, 141-152. Springer New York, 2013.
    Published • 10.1007/978-1-62703-508-8_12
  2. Sousa, J.C.; Palha, J.A.. Corresponding author: Palha, J.A.. "What have we learned from TTR-null mice: Novel functions for TTR?". In Recent Advances in Transthyretin Evolution, Structure and Biological Functions, 281-195. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-00646-3_17
Journal article
  1. Joana Almeida Palha; Maria Lopes-Pereira; Susana Roque; Sarai Isabel Machado; Tim I M Korevaar; Anna Quialheiro; Ana Machado; et al. "IODINEMINHO STUDY: IODINE SUPPLEMENTATION AND PREVALENCE OF IODINE DEFICIENCY IN PREGNANT WOMEN". J Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (2024): https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgae041.
    In press • 10.1210/clinem/dgae041
  2. Susana Roque; de Sá-Calçada D; Cerqueira-Rodrigues B; Susana Monteiro; Guerreiro SG; Palha JA; Correia-Neves M. "Chronic Mycobacterium avium infection differentially affects the cytokine expression profile of three mouse strains, but has no effect on behavior.". Scientific reports (2023): https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10110542.
    10.1038/s41598-023-33121-2
  3. Sarai Isabel Machado; Maria Lopes Pereira; Susana Roque; Maria José Costeira; Adriano A. Bordalo; André Miranda; Patrício Costa; Nuno Borges; Joana Almeida Palha. "Iodine Availability through Iodized Salt in Portugal: 2010–2021 Sales Evolution and Distribution". Nutrients (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15061324.
    10.3390/nu15061324
  4. Lopes-Pereira, Maria; (...); Roque, Susana; Costa, Patrício; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Korevaar, Tim I M; Vilarinho, Laura; Palha, Joana Almeida. Corresponding author: Palha, Joana Almeida. "Iodine supplementation: compliance and association with adverse obstetric and neonatal outcomes". European Thyroid Journal 11 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/etj-21-0035.
    10.1530/etj-21-0035
  5. Gallo, Valentina; (...); Palha, Joana; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Roque, Susana; Iacobelli, Stefano. "Increased Gal-3BP plasma levels in hospitalized patients infected with SARS-CoV-2". Clinical and Experimental Medicine (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10238-021-00788-8.
    10.1007/s10238-021-00788-8
  6. Serre-Miranda, Cláudia; Roque, Susana; Barreira-Silva, Palmira; Nobrega, Claudia; Vieira, Neide; Costa, Patrício; Almeida Palha, Joana; Correia-Neves, Margarida. "Age-Related Sexual Dimorphism on the Longitudinal Progression of Blood Immune Cells in BALB/cByJ Mice". The Journals of Gerontology: Series A (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab330.
    10.1093/gerona/glab330
  7. Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Reis, Joana; (...); Costa, Patrício; Palha, Joana Almeida; Sousa, Nuno; Bessa, João Miguel. "The Association of Metabolic Dysfunction and Mood Across Lifespan Interacts With the Default Mode Network Functional Connectivity". Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 13 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.618623.
    10.3389/fnagi.2021.618623
  8. das Neves, Sofia Pereira; Taipa, Ricardo; Marques, Fernanda; Soares Costa, Patrício; Monárrez-Espino, Joel; Palha, Joana A. (CoLast); Kivipelto, Miia. Corresponding author: Palha, Joana A. (CoLast). "Association Between Iron-Related Protein Lipocalin 2 and Cognitive Impairment in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum". Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 13 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.663837.
    10.3389/fnagi.2021.663837
  9. Serre-Miranda, C.; Nobrega, C.; Roque, S.; (...); Palha, J.A.; Cunha, P.G.; Correia-Neves, M.. "Performance assessment of 11 commercial serological tests for SARS-CoV-2 on hospitalised COVID-19 patients". International Journal of Infectious Diseases 104 (2021): 661-669. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.038.
    10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.038
  10. Tahira, Ana; Marques, Fernanda; Lisboa, Bianca; Feltrin, Arthur; Barbosa, André; (...); Brentani, Helena; Palha, Joana Almeida. Corresponding author: Palha, Joana Almeida. "Are the 50’s, the transition decade, in choroid plexus aging?". GeroScience 43 1 (2021): 225-237. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-021-00329-x.
    10.1007/s11357-021-00329-x
  11. Carlos Portugal-Nunes; Teresa Costa Castanho; Liliana Amorim; Pedro Silva Moreira; José Mariz; Fernanda Marques; Nuno Sousa; Nadine Correia Santos; Joana Almeida Palha. "Iron Status is Associated with Mood, Cognition, and Functional Ability in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study". Nutrients 12 11 (2020): 3594-3594. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12113594.
    10.3390/nu12113594
  12. Lopes-Pereira, Maria; Roque, Susana; Costa, Patrício; Quialheiro, Anna; Santos, Nadine Correia; Goios, Ana; Vilarinho, Laura; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Palha, Joana Almeida. "Impact of iodine supplementation during preconception, pregnancy and lactation on maternal thyroid homeostasis and offspring psychomotor development: protocol of the IodineMinho prospective study". BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 20 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03376-y.
    10.1186/s12884-020-03376-y
  13. Palha, Joana Almeida. "Strategies for remote assessment of medical students at University of Minho". Medical Education 54 11 (2020): 1074-1075. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/medu.14322.
    10.1111/medu.14322
  14. Ursula G. Sauer; Alex Asiimwe; Philip A. Botham; Alex Charlton; Nina Hallmark; Sylvia Jacobi; Sue Marty; et al. "Toward a science-based testing strategy to identify maternal thyroid hormone imbalance and neurodevelopmental effects in the progeny – part I: which parameters from human studies are most relevant for toxicological assessments?". Critical Reviews in Toxicology (2020): 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408444.2020.1839380.
    10.1080/10408444.2020.1839380
  15. Carlos Portugal-Nunes; Teresa Costa Castanho; (...); Patrício Costa; Joana Almeida Palha; Nuno Sousa; Nadine Correia Santos; João Miguel Bessa. "The moderator effect of age in the association between mood and adiposity in the elderly is specific for the subcutaneous adipose compartment: An MRI study". International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 35 1 (2020): 113-121. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5226.
    Published • 10.1002/gps.5226
  16. Carvalho, André Couto; Santos, Nadine Correia; Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Castanho, Teresa Costa; Moreira, Pedro; Costa, Patrício Soares; Sousa, Nuno; Palha, Joana Almeida. Corresponding author: Palha, Joana Almeida. "25-OH Vitamin D Levels and Cognitive Performance: Longitudinal Assessment in a Healthy Aging Cohort". Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 11 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2019.00330.
    10.3389/fnagi.2019.00330
  17. Taipa, Ricardo; (...); Costa, Patrício Soares; Palha, Joana Almeida; Marques, Fernanda; Cavaco, Sara; Sousa, Nuno. "Proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the CSF of patients with Alzheimer's disease and their correlation with cognitive decline". Neurobiology of Aging 76 (2019): 125-132. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/62386.
    Published • 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.12.019
  18. Mota, Cristina; Taipa, Ricardo; (...); Monteiro, Susana; Palha, Joana Almeida; Sousa, Nuno; Sousa, João Carlos; Cerqueira, João José. "Structural and molecular correlates of cognitive aging in the rat". 9 1 (2019): 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/62372.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-019-39645-w
  19. Novais, Ashley; Silva, Alberto; Ferreira, Ana Catarina; Falcao, Ana Mendanha; Sousa, Nuno; Palha, Joana Almeida; Marques, Fernanda; Sousa, Joao Carlos. "Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis Modulation by the Membrane-Associated Progesterone Receptor Family Member Neudesin". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 12 (2018): 463. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000451353400001&KeyUID=WOS:000451353400001.
    Published • 10.3389/fncel.2018.00463
  20. Fernanda Marques; João Carlos Sousa; Maria Alexandra Brito; Jens Pahnke; Cecilia Santos; Margarida Correia-Neves; Joana Almeida Palha. Corresponding author: Joana Almeida Palha. "The choroid plexus in health and in disease: dialogues into and out of the brain". Neurobiology of Disease 107 (2017): 32-40. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.nbd.2016.08.011.
    Published • 10.1016/j.nbd.2016.08.011
  21. Santos, Cecilia R. A.; Duarte, Ana Catarina; Quintela, Telma; Tomas, Joana; Albuquerque, Tania; Marques, Fernanda; Palha, Joana Almeida; Goncalves, Isabel. "The choroid plexus as a sex hormone target: Functional implications". Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 44 (2017): 103-121. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000392254300005&KeyUID=WOS:000392254300005.
    10.1016/j.yfrne.2016.12.002
  22. Ferreira, A C; Santos, T; (...); Correia-Neves, M; Sousa, N; Palha, J A; Sousa, J C; Marques, F. "Lipocalin-2 regulates adult neurogenesis and contextual discriminative behaviours.". Molecular psychiatry 23 4 (2017): 1031-1039. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:28485407&KeyUID=MEDLINE:28485407.
    Published • 10.1038/mp.2017.95
  23. Sousa, Nuno; Palha, Joana Almeida; Pedrosa, Jorge; Leão, Cecília. "Building an innovative Medical School in Portugal: the experience of the University of Minho". Fundacion Educacion Medica 20 1 (2017): 5-9. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/50269.
    Published
  24. Pereira, Vitor H.; Costa, Patricio S.; Santos, Nadine C.; Cunha, Pedro G.; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Palha, Joana A.; Sousa, Nuno. "Adult Body Height Is a Good Predictor of Different Dimensions of Cognitive Function in Aged Individuals: A Cross-Sectional Study". Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 8 (2016): 217. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000383225400002&KeyUID=WOS:000383225400002.
    Published • 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00217
  25. Castanho, Teresa Costa; Amorim, Liliana; Moreira, Pedro Silva; Mariz, Jose; Palha, Joana Almeida; Sousa, Nuno; Santos, Nadine Correia. "Assessing Cognitive Function in Older Adults Using a Videoconference Approach". Ebiomedicine 11 (2016): 278-284. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000386878100040&KeyUID=WOS:000386878100040.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.08.001
  26. Pereira, Vitor H.; Marques, Fernanda; Lages, Vania; Pereira, Filipa G.; Patchev, Alexandre; Almeida, Osborne F. X.; Almeida-Palha, Joana; Sousa, Nuno; Cerqueira, Joao J.. "Glucose intolerance after chronic stress is related with downregulated PPAR-gamma in adipose tissue". Cardiovascular Diabetology 15 1 (2016): 114. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000383835800001&KeyUID=WOS:000383835800001.
    Published • 10.1186/s12933-016-0433-2
  27. Serre-Miranda C; Roque S; Santos NC; Portugal-Nunes C; Costa P; Palha JA; Sousa N; Correia-Neves M. "Effector memory CD4(+) T cells are associated with cognitive performance in a senior population.". Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation 2 1 (2015): e54. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25566544.
    Published • 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000054
  28. Ferreira, Ana C.; Da Mesquita, Sandro; Sousa, Joao C.; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Sousa, Nuno; Palha, Joana A.; Marques, Fernanda. "From the periphery to the brain: Lipocalin-2, a friend or foe?". Progress in Neurobiology 131 (2015): 120-136. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000359961300006&KeyUID=WOS:000359961300006.
    Published • 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2015.06.005
  29. Maschietto, M.; Tahira, A.C.; (...); Carraro, D.M.; Palha, J.A.; Rehen, S.; Brentani, H.. "Co-expression network of neural-differentiation genes shows specific pattern in schizophrenia". BMC Medical Genomics 8 (2015): 23. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84929438629&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1186/s12920-015-0098-9
  30. de Baumont, A.; Maschietto, M.; Fiorini, A.; (...); Palha, J.A.; Belmonte-de-Abreu, P.; Moreira Filho, C.A.; Brentani, H.. "Innate immune response is differentially dysregulated between bipolar disease and schizophrenia". Schizophrenia Research 161 2-3 (2015): 215-221. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84921538126&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.schres.2014.10.055
  31. de Sa-Calcada, Daniela; Roque, Susana; Branco, Carlos; Monteiro, Susana; Cerqueira-Rodrigues, Bruno; Sousa, Nuno; Palha, Joana A.; Correia-Neves, Margarida. "Exploring Female Mice Interstrain Differences Relevant for Models of Depression". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 9 (2015): 335. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000366110800001&KeyUID=WOS:000366110800001.
    Published • 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00335
  32. Mesquita, S.D.; Ferreira, A.C.; Gao, F.; (...); Correia-Neves, M.; Sousa, N.; Palha, J.A.; Marques, F.. "The choroid plexus transcriptome reveals changes in type I and II interferon responses in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease". Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 49 (2015): 280-292. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84931299923&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.06.008
  33. Castanho, T.C.; Portugal-Nunes, C.; Moreira, P.S.; Amorim, L.; Palha, J.A.; Sousa, N.; Correia Santos, N.. "Applicability of the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (Modified) in a community sample with low education level: Association with an extensive neuropsychological battery". International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 31 2 (2015): 128-136. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84929223919&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1002/gps.4301
  34. Aslani, S.; Vieira, N.; Marques, F.; Costa, P. S.; Sousa, N.; Palha, J. A.. Corresponding author: Palha, J. A.. "The effect of high-fat diet on rat's mood, feeding behavior and response to stress". Translational Psychiatry 5 (2015): e684. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000367666200001&KeyUID=WOS:000367666200001.
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  35. Palha, Joana Almeida; Almeida, Armando; Correia-Pinto, Jorge; Costa, Manuel João; Ferreira, Maria Amélia; Sousa, Nuno. "Longitudinal evaluation, acceptability and long-term retention of knowledge on a horizontally integrated organic and functional systems course". Perspectives on Medical Education 4 4 (2015): 191-195. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/40599.
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  36. Castanho TC; Moreira PS; Portugal-Nunes C; Novais A; Costa PS; Palha JA; Sousa N; Santos NC. "The role of sex and sex-related hormones in cognition, mood and well-being in older men and women.". Biological Psychology 103 (2014): 158-166. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25196100.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.08.015
  37. Santos, Nadine C.; Costa, Patricio S.; Cunha, Pedro; (...); Cerqueira, Joao J.; Palha, Joana A.; Sousa, Nuno. "Clinical, physical and lifestyle variables and relationship with cognition and mood in aging: a cross-sectional analysis of distinct educational groups". Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 6 (2014): 21. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3932406/pdf/fnagi-06-00021.pdf.
    Published • 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00021
  38. Aslani, Shilan; Harb, Mazen R.; Costa, Patricio S.; Almeida, Osborne F. X.; Sousa, Nuno; Palha, Joana A.. Corresponding author: Palha, Joana A.. "Day and night: diurnal phase influences the response to chronic mild stress". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 8 (2014): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3954061/.
    10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00082
  39. Mesquita, S D; Ferreira, A C; Falcao, A M; (...); Correia-Neves, M; Sousa, N; Marques, F; Palha, J A. Corresponding author: Palha, J A. "Lipocalin 2 modulates the cellular response to amyloid beta.". Cell death and differentiation 21 10 (2014): 1588-99. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158684/.
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  40. Castanho, Teresa C.; Amorim, Liliana; Zihl, Joseph; Palha, Joana A.; Sousa, Nuno; Santos, Nadine C.. "Telephone-based screening tools for mild cognitive impairment and dementia in aging studies: a review of validated instruments". Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 6 (2014): 16. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3933813/.
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  41. Roque, Susana; Mesquita, Ana Raquel; Palha, Joana A.; Sousa, Nuno; Correia-Neves, Margarida. "The behavioral and immunological impact of maternal separation: a matter of timing". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 8 (2014): 192. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4033212/.
    Published • 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00192
  42. Soares, Jose M.; Sampaio, Adriana; (...); Marques, Femanda; Palha, Joana A.; Cerqueira, Joao J.; Sousa, Nuno. "Plasticity of resting state brain networks in recovery from stress". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 7 (2013): 919. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3873630/.
    Published • 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00919
  43. Ferreira, A.C.; Pinto, V.; Dá Mesquita, S.; (...); Correia-Neves, M.; Sousa, N.; Palha, J.A.; Marques, F.. "Lipocalin-2 is involved in emotional behaviors and cognitive function". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 7 JUL (2013): 122. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880139680&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  44. Marques, F.; Sousa, J.C.; Sousa, N.; Palha, J.A.. Corresponding author: Palha, J.A.. "Blood-brain-barriers in aging and in Alzheimer's disease". Molecular Neurodegeneration 8 1 (2013): 38. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84886907892&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1186/1750-1326-8-38
  45. Novais, A.; Ferreira, A.C.; Marques, F.; (...); Kokras, N.; Sousa, N.; Palha, J.A.; Sousa, J.C.. "Neudesin is involved in anxiety behavior: Structural and neurochemical correlates". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 7 (2013): 19. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884698302&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  46. Santos, N.C.; Costa, P.S.; (...); Zihl, J.; Almeida, O.F.X.; Cerqueira, J.J.; Palha, J.A.; Sousa, N.. "Mood is a key determinant of cognitive performance in community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional analysis". Age 35 5 (2013): 1983-1993. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892605158&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  47. Soares, J.M.; Sampaio, A.; (...); Marques, F.; Palha, J.A.; Cerqueira, J.J.; Sousa, N.. "Stress Impact on Resting State Brain Networks". PLoS ONE 8 6 (2013): e66500. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879228947&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  48. Pereira, V.H.; Cerqueira, J.J.; Palha, J.A.; Sousa, N.. "Stressed brain, diseased heart: A review on the pathophysiologic mechanisms of neurocardiology". International Journal of Cardiology 166 1 (2013): 30-37. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84877771285&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.03.165
  49. Bessa, J.M.; Morais, M.; Marques, F.; Pinto, L.; Palha, J.A.; Almeida, O.F.X.; Sousa, N.. "Stress-induced anhedonia is associated with hypertrophy of medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens". Translational Psychiatry 3 (2013): e266. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879969155&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/tp.2013.39
  50. Costa, P.S.; Santos, N.C.; Cunha, P.; Palha, J.A.; Sousa, N.. "The Use of Bayesian Latent Class Cluster Models to Classify Patterns of Cognitive Performance in Healthy Ageing". PLoS ONE 8 8 (2013): 71940. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84882587780&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  51. Pereira, V.H.; Cerqueira, J.J.; Palha, J.A.; Sousa, N.. "The relevance of the brain in the diseased heart: Authors' response". International Journal of Cardiology 168 5 (2013): 5095. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84886419023&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  52. Miguelote, R.F.; Vides, B.; Santos, R.F.; Palha, J.A.; Matias, A.; Sousa, N.. "Cortical maturation in fetuses referred for 'isolated' mild ventriculomegaly: A longitudinal ultrasound assessment". Prenatal Diagnosis 32 13 (2012): 1273-1281. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870655409&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/pd.3992
  53. Rodrigues, A.J.; Leão, P.; Pêgo, J.M.; Cardona, D.; (...); Palha, J.A.; Almeida, O.; Sousa, N.. "Mechanisms of initiation and reversal of drug-seeking behavior induced by prenatal exposure to glucocorticoids". Molecular Psychiatry 17 12 (2012): 1295-1305. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870054491&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/mp.2011.126
  54. Maschietto, M.; Silva, A.R.; (...); Gama, C.S.; Belmonte-de-Abreu, P.; Carraro, D.M.; Palha, J.A.; Brentani, H.. "Gene expression of peripheral blood lymphocytes may discriminate patients with schizophrenia from controls". Psychiatry Research 200 2-3 (2012): 1018-1021. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872370317&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.psychres.2012.04.030
  55. Santos, N.C.; Costa, P.; Ruano, D.; MacEdo, A.; (...); Azevedo, M.H.; Palha, J.A.. Corresponding author: Palha, J.A.. "Revisiting thyroid hormones in schizophrenia". Journal of Thyroid Research 2012 (2012): 569147. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879193013&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  56. Mesquita, S.D.; Ferreira, A.C.; (...); Correia-Neves, M.; Sousa, N.; Palha, J.A.; Marques, F.. "Modulation of iron metabolism in aging and in Alzheimer's disease: Relevance of the choroid plexus". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 6 (2012): 25. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863994297&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  57. Falcão, A.M.; Palha, J.A.; Ferreira, A.C.; Marques, F.; Sousa, N.; Sousa, J.C.. "Topographical analysis of the subependymal zone neurogenic niche". PLoS ONE 7 6 (2012): e38647. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84862654912&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  58. Soares, J.M.; Sampaio, A.; Ferreira, L.M.; Santos, N.C.; Marques, F.; Palha, J.A.; Cerqueira, J.J.; Sousa, N.. "Stress-induced changes in human decision-making are reversible". Translational Psychiatry 2 (2012): e131. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863738913&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  59. Palha, J.A.; Santos, N.C.; Marques, F.; Sousa, J.; Bessa, J.; Miguelote, R.; Sousa, N.; Belmonte-de-Abreu, P.. Corresponding author: Palha, J.A.. "Do genes and environment meet to regulate cerebrospinal fluid dynamics? Relevance for schizophrenia". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 6 (2012): 31. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892536760&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  60. Marques, F.; Mesquita, S.D.; Sousa, J.C.; Coppola, G.; Gao, F.; (...); Correia-Neves, M.; Palha, J.A.. Corresponding author: Palha, J.A.. "Lipocalin 2 is present in the EAE brain and is modulated by natalizumab". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 6 (2012): 33. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84875411252&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  61. Falcão, A.M.; Marques, F.; Novais, A.; Sousa, N.; Palha, J.A.; Sousa, J.C.. "The path from the choroid plexus to the subventricular zone: Go with the flow!". Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 6 (2012): 34. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876804888&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  62. Paulo, A.C.; (...); Costa, P.S.; Cunha, P.; Zihl, J.; Cerqueira, J.; Palha, J.A.; Sousa, N.. "Patterns of cognitive performance in healthy ageing in northern portugal: A cross-sectional analysis". PLoS ONE 6 9 (2011): e24553. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80052521786&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  63. Roque, S.; Oliveira, T.G.; Nobrega, C.; Barreira-Silva, P.; Nunes-Alves, C.; Sousa, N.; Palha, J.A.; Correia-Neves, M.. "Interplay between depressive-like behavior and the immune system in an animal model of prenatal dexamethasone administration". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 5 (2011): 4. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855237730&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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    10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.02.034
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  67. Sousa, J.C.; Costa, M.J.; Palha, J.A.. Corresponding author: Palha, J.A.. "Teaching the extracellular matrix and introducing online databases within a multidisciplinary course with i-cell-MATRIX". Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 38 2 (2010): 79-84. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77949339077&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  78. Mesquita, A.R.; Correia-Neves, M.; Roque, S.; Castro, A.G.; Vieira, P.; Pedrosa, J.; Palha, J.A.; Sousa, N.. "IL-10 modulates depressive-like behavior". Journal of Psychiatric Research 43 2 (2008): 89-97. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-45849117677&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  91. Wang, H.; Lin, C.-H.; Service, S.; (...); Ruiz-Linares, A.; Palha, J.A.; Peltonen, L.. "Linkage disequilibrium and haplotype homozygosity in population samples genotyped at a high marker density". Human Heredity 62 4 (2006): 175-189. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33845330676&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000096599
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    10.1016/j.brainresrev.2005.10.001
  93. Sousa, J.C.; Morreale de Escobar, G.; Oliveira, P.; Saraiva, M.J.; Palha, J.A.. Corresponding author: Palha, J.A.. "Transthyretin is not necessary for thyroid hormone metabolism in conditions of increased hormone demand". Journal of Endocrinology 187 2 (2005): 257-266. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-28044432318&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1677/joe.1.06406
  94. Carlos Sousa, J.; Grandela, C.; Fernández-Ruiz, J.; (...); João Saraiva, M.; Sousa, N.; Palha, J.A.. Corresponding author: Palha, J.A.. "Transthyretin is involved in depression-like behaviour and exploratory activity". Journal of Neurochemistry 88 5 (2004): 1052-1058. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1442299424&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.02309.x
  95. Ruano, D.; Macedo, A.; Dourado, A.; (...); Gama, C.; Lobato, M.I.; Belmonte-De-Abreu, P.; Palha, J.A.. Corresponding author: Palha, J.A.. "NR4A2 and schizophrenia: Lack of association in a Portuguese/Brazilian study". American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics 128 B 1 (2004): 41-45. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-3042725449&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  96. Palha, J.A.. "Transthyretin as a thyroid hormone carrier: Function revisited". Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine 40 12 (2002): 1292-1300. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036910380&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1515/CCLM.2002.223
  97. Sousa, M.M.; Fernandes, R.; Palha, J.A.; Taboada, A.; Vieira, P.; Saraiva, M.J.. "Evidence for early cytotoxic aggregates in transgenic mice for human transthyretin Leu55Pro". American Journal of Pathology 161 5 (2002): 1935-1948. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036841818&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  98. Palha, J.A; Nissanov, J.; Fernandes, R.; Sousa, J.C.; Bertrand, L.; Dratman, M.B.; Morreale de Escobar, G.; Gottesman, M.; Saraiva, M.J.. "Thyroid hormone distribution in the mouse brain: The role of transthyretin". Neuroscience 113 4 (2002): 837-847. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037056057&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00228-2
  99. Palha, J.A.; Moreira, P.; Olofsson, A.; Lundgren, E.; Saraiva, M.J.. "Antibody recognition of amyloidogenic transthyretin variants in serum of patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy". Journal of Molecular Medicine 78 12 (2000): 703-707. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034465430&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s001090000163
  100. Palha, J.A.; Fernandes, R.; De Escobar, G.M.; Episkopou, V.; Gottesman, M.; Saraiva, M.J.. "Transthyretin regulates thyroid hormone levels in the choroid plexus, but not in the brain parenchyma: Study in a transthyretin-null mouse model". Endocrinology 141 9 (2000): 3267-3272. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034458354&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1210/en.141.9.3267
  101. Palha, J.A.; Ballinari, D.; Amboldi, N.; Cardoso, I.; Fernandes, R.; Bellotti, V.; Merlini, G.; Saraiva, M.J.. "4'-iodo-4'-deoxydoxorubicin disrupts the fibrillar structure of transthyretin amyloid". American Journal of Pathology 156 6 (2000): 1919-1925. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033872046&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  102. Palha, J.A.; Hays, M.T.; Morreale De Escobar, G.; Episkopou, V.; Gottesman, M.E.; Saraiva, M.J.M.. "Transthyretin is not essential for thyroxine to reach the brain and other tissues in transthyretin-null mice". American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism 272 (1997): E485-E493. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030993449&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published
  103. Palha, J.A.; Saraiva, M.J.; Gottesman, M.. "Decreased transthyretin (TTR) concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid after lead exposure.". Toxicology and applied pharmacology 144 1 (1997): 204. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031136056&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published
  104. Kohno, K.; Palha, J.A.; Miyakawa, K.; Saraiva, M.J.M.; Ito, S.; Mabuchi, T.; Blaner, W.S.; et al. "Analysis of amyloid deposition in a transgenic mouse model of homozygous familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy". American Journal of Pathology 150 4 (1997): 1497-1508. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030971508&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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    10.1107/S0907444996003307
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  112. Alves, I.L.; Divino, C.M.; Schussler, G.C.; Altland, K.; Almeida, M.R.; Palha, J.A.; Coelho, T.; Costa, P.P.; Saraiva, M.J.M.. "Thyroxine binding in a TTR Met 119 kindred". Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 77 2 (1993): 484-488. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0027240115&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Report
  1. Reis, R. L.; Rodrigues, Eloy; Ferreira, Eugénio C.; Palha, Joana Almeida; (...); Novais, Paulo; Príncipe, Pedro. 2017. Estratégia institucional para a gestão dos dados de investigação: estudo e recomendações. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/63930.

Other

Other output
  1. Are The 50’s, The Transition Decade in Choroid Plexus Aging?. 2020. Joana Almeida Palha; Ana Tahira; Fernanda Marques; Bianca Lisboa; AS Feltrin; André Barbosa; KC de Oliveira; et al. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-89320/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-89320/v1
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018/09/05 Cross talk between the immune and the central nervous system in aging XXX III Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Federation of Experimental Biology Societies
Brazilian Federation of Experimental Biology Societies (Campus Jordão, Brazil)
2017/09/03 New challenges for the choroid plexus during aging and in Alzheimer’s disease. TransportDementia Meeting
(Svolvaer, Norway)
2017/06/16 The choroid plexus in aging and in Alzheimer’s disease.
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
2015/12/10 The choroid plexus transcriptome in health and in disease. TransportDementia Meeting.
University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway)
2014/02/17 Brain Barriers I e Brain Barriers II Epilepsy in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging
8th Latin-American Summer School on epilepsy-LASSE VIII (Guarulhos)
2013/08/22 Searching for determinants of cognitive performance in ageing. Hospital das Clínicas seminar
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
2013/08/21 Brain barriers: implication in aging and in diseases of the central nervous system Themes In Psychiatry
Catholic University of Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
2012/11/12 Blood brain barrier in relation to aging and AD Emerging concepts in Alzheimer research
Society for Neurosciences satellite symposium (New Orleans, United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - 2022 Impact of the timing of iodine supplementation in thyroid function during pregnancy, in urinary iodine concentration in the mother and the newborn, in obstetrics, fetal and neonatal outcomes and in the psychomotor development of the child
Supervisor of Pereira, Maria Lopes
 Medicine (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2015 - 2020 The role of the immune system in the cognitive aging
Co-supervisor of Serre-Miranda, Cláudia
 Health Sciences (PhD)
2011 - 2020 Endocrine homeostasis and healthy ageing – a comparative study based on distinctive cognitive population patterns
Supervisor of Carvalho, André
 Medicine (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/07 Metabolic syndrome in inpatients with schizophrenia and major depressive disorder: case studies in the Casa de Saúde do Bom Jesus
Supervisor of Domingas da Luz Rosário Ferrão
 Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2010 - 2017 Fate of the earliest retinal ganglion cells during development of the visual system
Supervisor of Soares, Célia Márcia Azevedo
 Medicine (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2013 - 2015 Cognitive and physical performance correlates of low iron status
Co-supervisor of Nunes, José Carlos Leitão Portugal
 Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - 2015 Regulation of sleep and circadian rhythms by TARANIS
Co-supervisor of Afonso, Dinis José Silva
 Medicine (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2011 - 2015 Aging and Alzheimer's disease: Searching for novel molecular cues
Co-supervisor of Mesquita, Sandro Gabriel Ferreira Dá
 Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2011 - 2014 Dissecting the crosstalk between stress, depression and obesity
Supervisor of Aslani, Shilan.
 Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2011 - 2012 Searching for the role of lipocalin-2 in the central nervous system
Co-supervisor of Ferreira, Ana Catarina Oliveira.
 Health Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2009 - 2012 Novel perspectives on the subependymal zonecomplexity and modulation
Co-supervisor of Falcão, Ana M
 Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2007 - 2010 Infection and mood disorders : abidirectional interaction?
Co-supervisor of Oliveira, Susana Cristina Roque.
 Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2004 - 2010 Caracterização do estado de iodémia de mulheres portuguesas em idade fértil e suas consequências para o desenvolvimento psicomotor dos recém-nascidos
Supervisor of Costeira, Maria José
 Medicine (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2004 - 2008 The choroid plexus as asensor of peripheral inflammation
Supervisor of Marques, Fernanda Cristina Gomes de Sousa.
 Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2003 - 2007 Finding genes underlying schizophrenia retinoid andthyroid hormone hypotheses
Supervisor of Neto, Dina Ruana.
 Health Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2000 - 2004 Procura da função da transtirretina no sistema nervoso central
Supervisor of Sousa, João Carlos
 Biomedical Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
1999 - 2002 Contribution of tissue factores to transthyretin-related amyloidosis
Supervisor of Cardoso, Isabel
 Biomedical Sciences (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017/05/20 - 2017/05/23 Chair of the symposium “Tissue specific defects in thyroid hormone action”, 19th European Congress of Endocrinology. (2017/05/20 - 2017/05/23)
Congress (Other)
 European Society of Endocrinology, United Kingdom
2015/06/10 - 2015/06/15 International IBRO (International Brain Research Organization) course "Crossing a road into neurosciences: From nutrition to zoonosis: an interdisciplinary approach into basic and clinical research". Maputo, Mozambique (2015/06/10 - 2015/06/15)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
 International Brain Research Organization, France
2014/04/22 - 2014/04/22 INFO day of the European cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) (2014/04/22 - 2014/04/22)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2014/03/06 - 2014/03/09 Psychoimmunology Expert Meeting (2014/03/06 - 2014/03/09)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universität Ulm Medizinische Fakultät, Germany
2012/02/06 - 2012/02/08 Co-Chair of the Congress Beating the blood-brain and other blood barriers. 6-8 Fevereiro Lisboa (2012/02/06 - 2012/02/08)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2010/07/03 - 2010/07/03 Chair of the Symposium The choroid plexus: a gate for signalling into the brain (2010/07/03 - 2010/07/07)
Congress (Other)
 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Belgium
2009/06/07 - 2009/06/11 Chair of the Plenary Session VI: Tissue Iron Metabolism (2009/06/07 - 2009/06/11)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 IBIS- International Society for the Study of Iron in Biology and Medicine, United States
2009/06/04 - 2009/06/06 XI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (2009/06/04 - 2009/06/06)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019/03 Lipocalin 2 and the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease
(Thesis) Arguer
 Doortje Dekens (PhD)
Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, Netherlands
2019/01/22 The choroid plexus as a sex hormone target
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Cecília Reis Alves dos Santos (Aggregation)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2018/09/18 Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in CNS Regenerative Medicine: Past, Present and Future
Thesis Member
 António Salgado (Aggregation)
2017/11/21 Role of Transthyretin in Amyloid-beta Peptide Efflux from the Brain, Uptake and Degradation by the Liver-Impact in Alzheimer’s Disease
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mobina Alemi (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/11/20 The role of stargazin in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Gladys Tarcila Lima Caldeira (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2017/11/07 Control of Streptococcus pneumoniae Virulence by Manipulation of the Genetic Sequence of Virulence Factor Pneumolysin
Thesis Member
 Fábio André Eleutério Amaral (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2017/09 Aggregation CV opponent
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Miguel Castelo Branco Craveiro de Sousa (Aggregation)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2017/06/16 Developing brain and systemic inflammation: a “Toll-like” link with consequences
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Amin Mottahedin (PhD)
Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
2017/03 Human Pathogenic Thermimorphic Fungi and Virulence Factors
Thesis Member
 Fernando Rodrigues (Aggregation)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2016/10 Aggregation
Thesis Member
 Paula Ludovico (Aggregation)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2014/10/06 Dissecting the crosstalk between stress, depression and obesity
Thesis Member
 Shilan Aslani (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2013/12/20 Unraveling the biological role of neudesin, a novel neurotrophic factor
Thesis Member
 Ashley da Cruz Novais (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2013/12/13 Migration and differentiation of neuronal precursors in the postnatal brain: insights from the subventricular zone and cerebellum.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria Francisca Eiriz (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013/12/07 Migration and differentiation of neuronal precursors in the postnatal brain: insights from the subventricular zone and cerebellum
Thesis Member
 Ana Luisa Falcão (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2013/03/08 Transthyretin and metallothioneins affect amyloid-beta metabolism and are regulated by glucocorticoids in choroid plexos
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Isabel de Jesus (PhD)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
2012/05 Biopathology of the neurovascular unit
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria Alexandra Brito (Aggregation)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2022/05 - Current Organisation for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System. Member of the executive committee and of the labelling board.
2017/07 - Current Scientific Council Member Bial Foundation
Member
 Fundação Bial, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2024/01/15 Portuguese Council for Science, Technology and Innovation. Appointed by the government.
Member
2016/11 - 2021/11 Nominated member finance committee
Member
 Society for Neuroscience, United States
2017/09 - 2019/12 Member of the Scientific Council for the Health Sciences
Member
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
2010/01 - 2017/12 Elected member of the European Committee of the International Brain Research Organization
Other
 International Brain Research Organization, France
2011/05 - 2015/05 Secretary, Portuguese Society for Neurosciences
Other
2011/11 - 2014/11 Nominated member, Liason to the International Affairs Committee
Member
 Society for Neuroscience, United States
2011/11 - 2014/11 Nominated member of the Membership and chapters Committee
Member
 Society for Neuroscience, United States
2012/01 - 2012/07 Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Member nominated Scientific Council for the Life Sciences
Member
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/04/18 - 2024/04/20 ORPHEUS 2024 Conference -Innovative Strategies and Concepts for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences David Tvildiani Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
2023/04/13 - 2023/04/15 ORPHEUS conference 2024-Putting the i's and o's in doctoral training; International, Intersectoral, Interdisciplinary, and Open Science KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
2019/05/30 - 2019/06/01 XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience Portuguese Society for Neuroscience
2018/09/21 - 2018/09/22 9th Meeting on Signal Transduction Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina
2017/12/27 - 2017/12/28 1st Congress of Reasearch in the Portuguese Medical Schools Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
2011/04/28 - 2011/04/30 9th Meeting on Signal Transduction Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2013/12 - 2014/07 National Delegate to the Committee of Senior Officials the European Cooperation in Science and Technology-COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2013/05 - 2014/07 National delegate for the UNESCO project “Science in Portuguese". Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal
2012/07 - 2014/06 Advisor of the directive board, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal
2011/06 - 2013/12 Portuguese national nominated member of the COST Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences Domain. European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2013/01 - 2013/11 National Delegate of the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT) for the Working Group Open Access to Scientific Publications, Science Europe. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2021 - 2022 HORIZON-EIC-2021 panel
Evaluator
 European Commission, Belgium European Commission
2020/04 - 2020/04 Grant applications for the COVID-19 epidemics
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2019/03 - 2019/03 RIA grants
Evaluator
 European Commission, Belgium European Commission
2017/12 - 2017/12 Projects "Acordo Pessoa”
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2017/12 - 2017/12 Bilateral grants Portugal-Brasil (FCT-CAPES)
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2017/11 - 2017/11 Marie Curie Fellowships
Evaluator
 European Commission, Belgium European Commission
2017/11 - 2017/11 RIA grants
Evaluator
 European Commission, Belgium European Commission
2017/08 - 2017/08 Evaluator of grants from the La Fondation Recherche Alzheimer
Evaluator
 La Fondation Research Alzheimer, Belgium La Fondation Research Alzheimer
2017/01 - 2017/07 Portuguese Science Foundation national call for PhD scholarships
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2016/12 - 2016/12 Bilateral grants Portugal-France
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2016/12 - 2016/12 Bilateral grants Portugal-Brasil (CAPES)
Evaluator
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2016/11 - 2016/11 RIA grants
Evaluator
 European Commission, Belgium European Commission
2016/10 - 2016/10 Evaluation of scholarships for the IBRO congress
Evaluator
 International Brain Research Organization, France
2016/10 - 2016/10 Bial Foundation Grants.
Evaluator
 Fundação Bial, Portugal Fundação Bial
2016/02 - 2016/02 Workshops IBRO
Evaluator
 International Brain Research Organization, France International Brain Research Organization
2015/05 - 2015/12 Evaluation of RIA grants
Evaluator
 European Commission, Belgium
2015/10 - 2015/10 Evaluation of the InEurope scholarships
Evaluator
 International Brain Research Organization, France International Brain Research Organization
2014/10 - 2014/10 Evaluator of grants.
Evaluator
 European Commission, Belgium European Commission
2012/05 - 2012/05 Scholarships Program
Evaluator
 Fulbright Portugal, Portugal Fulbright Portugal
2012/05 - 2012/05 Evaluator of grants
Evaluator
 UK Research and Innovation, United Kingdom UK Research and Innovation
2003 - 2010 Grants in various working programs
Evaluator
 European Commission, Belgium European Commission

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2013/05/13 - 2013/05/13 Sociedade Civil, sob o tema Mulheres na Ciência e universidades. Women in Science and in Universities

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2016/11 - Current Journal of Molecular Neuroscience (1559-1166) Springer-Verlag
2011/01 - Current Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research (0941-9500) Elsevier
2017/01 - 2020/04 Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience (1662-5099) Frontiers Media SA

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/01 - 2019/01 Jury for Full Professor in Bioinformatics Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Jury for Associate Professor in Public Health Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Jury for Associate Professor in Molecular and Cellular Medicine Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Jury for Assistant Professor in Molecular and Cellular Medicine Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Jury for Associate Professor in Biochemistry
2013 - 2013 Jury for Assistant Professor in Anatomy and cellular biology. Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Jury for Full Professor in Biochemistry Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal