JOSÉ FILIPE OLIVEIRA DE CASTRO (7C1E-6635-38C2)

Curriculum Vitae

JOSÉ FILIPE OLIVEIRA DE CASTRO

JOSÉ FILIPE OLIVEIRA DE CASTRO. Concluiu o(a) Mestrado em Mestrado em Neurociências em 2012 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina e Licenciatura em Neurofisiologia em 2005 pelo(a) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde. É Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Neurofisiologia no(a) Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Investigador no(a) Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Assistente Convidado no(a) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Fisiologia e Assistente Convidado no(a) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa. Publicou 24 artigos em revistas especializadas. Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde com ênfase em Medicina Clínica com ênfase em Neurologia Clínica e Ciências Médicas e da Saúde com ênfase em Medicina Básica com ênfase em Neurociências. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Electromiografia; Estimulação Magnética Transcraniana; Unidades Motoras; Nervo periférico; Doenças neurodegenerativas; Axónio; .

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: JOSÉ FILIPE OLIVEIRA DE CASTRO

Citation names

Castro, José

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 7C1E-6635-38C2
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8984-475X

Email addresses

jose.zecastro25@gmail.com (Professional)
jose.castro@medicina.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Hospital Stª Maria. Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1600, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Clinical Neurology
Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019/11/01 - 2024/05/07 Concluded	Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento) Major in Neurociências Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Portugal "Inhibitory Circuitry in Motor Neuron Disease: Changes in Spinal and Corticospinal Mechanisms in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and its Variants" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovado com distinção e louvor
2020/09/14 - 2020/09/14 Concluded	Título de Especialista na área de Fisiologia Clínica (Licenciatura) Major in Área de Estudos em Neurofisiologia Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal	Aprovado
2012 Concluded	Mestrado em Neurociências (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal "MUNIX, A new method of motor unit number estimation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	20 valores
2005 Concluded	Neurofisiologia (Licenciatura) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal "n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14 Valores

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2007 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/12 - Current	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

2019 - 2020	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2004/10/01 - Current	Técnico de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Neurofisiologia	Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2011/01/01 - 2013/02/17	Projecto Estratégico - LA 5 - 2011-2012 PEst-OE/SAU/LA0005/2011 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020/01 - 2024/01	Spinal circuitry in Motor Neuron Disease: Changes in Spinal and Corticospinal Mechanisms in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and its variants Spinal circuitry in Motor Neuron Disease Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal	Biogen Idec Portugal Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Journal article

Malanda, Armando; Stashuk, Daniel; Valle, César; Rodríguez-Falces, Javier; Navallas, Javier; Carvalho, Mamede; Castro, José; Garnés-Camarena, Oscar. "Automatic Method for Jitter Estimation in Electromyographic Signals". EMJ Neurology (2024): 58-59. https://doi.org/10.33590/emjneurol/kcdw3797.
10.33590/emjneurol/kcdw3797
José Castro; Miguel Oliveira Santos; Michael Swash; Mamede de Carvalho. "Segmental motor neuron dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Insights from H reflex paradigms". Muscle & Nerve (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.28035.
10.1002/mus.28035
José Castro; Tomás Pedrosa; Inês Alves; Sara Simão; Michael Swash; Mamede de Carvalho. "A neurophysiological approach to mirror movements in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis". Clinical Neurophysiology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2023.12.002.
10.1016/j.clinph.2023.12.002
Vítor, Joana; Moniz Dionísio, Joana; Campos, Catarina; Oliveira Santos, Miguel; Cruz, Simão; Castelo, Juliana; Castro, José; et al. "The Incidence of Guillain-Barré Syndrome during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Portuguese Multicentric Retrospective Study". Sinapse 23 4 (2024): 182-187. https://doi.org/10.46531/sinapse/ao/230055/2023.
10.46531/sinapse/ao/230055/2023
José Castro; Michael Swash; Mamede de Carvalho. "The cutaneous silent period as a measure of upper motor neuron dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis". Neurophysiologie Clinique (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2022.102843.
10.1016/j.neucli.2022.102843
José Castro; Tomás Pedrosa; Isabel de Castro; Michael Swash; Mamede de Carvalho. "Mirror movements – A simple algorithm for mirror activity signal processing and normative values". Neuroscience Letters (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137186.
10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137186
Isabel Conceição; Isabel de Castro; Andrés Diaz; José Castro. "Quantitative sensory testing: a good tool to identify subclinical neuropathy in ATTRV30M amyloidosis patients?". Amyloid (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/13506129.2022.2155132.
10.1080/13506129.2022.2155132
José Castro; Bruno Miranda; Isabel de Castro; Isabel Conceição. "Changes in nerve conduction studies predate clinical symptoms onset in early onset Val30Met hereditary ATTR amyloidosis". European Journal of Neurology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15176.
10.1111/ene.15176
Chan, Young; Alix, James J. P.; Neuwirth, Christoph; Barkhaus, Paul E.; Castro, José; Jenkins, Thomas M.; McDermott, Christopher J.; et al. "Reinnervation as measured by the motor unit size index is associated with preservation of muscle strength in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, but not all muscles reinnervate". Muscle & Nerve 65 2 (2021): 203-210. https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.27444.
10.1002/mus.27444
Oliveira Santos, Miguel; Castro, Isabel; Castro, José; Gromicho, Marta; de Carvalho, Mamede. "Assessment of sympathetic sudomotor function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with electrochemical skin conductance". Clinical Neurophysiology 132 9 (2021): 2032-2036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2021.05.016.
10.1016/j.clinph.2021.05.016
Castro, José; Swash, Michael; de Carvalho, Mamede. "The cutaneous silent period in motor neuron disease". Clinical Neurophysiology 132 2 (2021): 660-665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2020.10.033.
Published • 10.1016/j.clinph.2020.10.033
Adams, David; Polydefkis, Michael; González-Duarte, Alejandra; Wixner, Jonas; Kristen, Arnt V; Schmidt, Hartmut H; Berk, John L; et al. "Long-term safety and efficacy of patisiran for hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis with polyneuropathy: 12-month results of an open-label extension study". The Lancet Neurology 20 1 (2021): 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(20)30368-9.
10.1016/s1474-4422(20)30368-9
Castro, José. "Assessment of the reliability of the motor unit size index (MUSIX) in single subject “round-robin” and multi-centre settings". Clinical Neurophysiology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2019.01.020.
10.1016/j.clinph.2019.01.020
Catarina Falcão de Campos; Isabel Conceição; Isabel de Castro; José Castro. "Early diagnostic tools in hereditary amyloidosis related to transthyretin (hATTR) V30M autonomic neuropathy". Amyloid 26 sup1 (2019): 35-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506129.2019.1582503.
10.1080/13506129.2019.1582503
Isabel Conceição; Isabel de Castro; José Castro. "Correlation between Sudoscan and COMPASS 31: assessment of autonomic dysfunction on hATTR V30M patients". Amyloid 26 sup1 (2019): 23-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506129.2019.1582494.
10.1080/13506129.2019.1582494
I. Conceição; B. Miranda; J. Castro; M. de Carvalho. "Hereditary amyloidosis related to transthyretin V30M: disease progression in treated and untreated patients". European Journal of Neurology (2018): https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.13724.
10.1111/ene.13724
José Castro; João Costa; Isabel de Castro; Isabel Conceição. "Electrochemical skin conductance in hereditary amyloidosis related to transthyretin V30M – a promising tool to assess treatment efficacy?". Amyloid 25 4 (2018): 267-268. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506129.2018.1545639.
10.1080/13506129.2018.1545639
Nascimento Alves, P.; de Carvalho, M.; Reimão, S.; Castro, J.; Fonseca, A.C.; Canhão, P.. "Voluntary control of a plegic limb during yawning". Journal of Neurology 265 2 (2018): 433-435. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85040346760&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1007/s00415-017-8729-z
Falcão de Campos, C.; Viana, P.; de Castro, I.; Castro, J.; de Carvalho, M.; Conceição, I.. "Non-invasive evaluation of sudomotor function in patients with myasthenia gravis". Neurophysiologie Clinique (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85058236130&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.neucli.2018.12.002
Neuwirth, C.; Barkhaus, P.E.; Burkhardt, C.; Castro, J.; Czell, D.; de Carvalho, M.; Nandedkar, S.; Stålberg, E.; Weber, M.. "Motor Unit Number Index (MUNIX) detects motor neuron loss in pre-symptomatic muscles in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis". Clinical Neurophysiology 128 3 (2017): 495-500. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85009468998&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.clinph.2016.11.026
José Castro; Bruno Miranda; Isabel Castro; Mamede de Carvalho; Isabel Conceição. "The diagnostic accuracy of Sudoscan in transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy". Clinical Neurophysiology 127 5 (2016): 2222-2227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2016.02.013.
10.1016/j.clinph.2016.02.013
Neuwirth, C.; Burkhardt, C.; Alix, J.; Castro, J.; De Carvalho, M.; Gawel, M.; Goedee, S.; et al. "Quality control of Motor Unit Number Index (MUNIX) measurements in 6 muscles in a single-subject "round-robin" setup". PLoS ONE 11 5 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84967321300&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1371/journal.pone.0153948
Neuwirth, C.; Barkhaus, P.E.; Burkhardt, C.; Castro, J.; Czell, D.; De Carvalho, M.; Nandedkar, S.; Stålberg, E.; Weber, M.. "Tracking motor neuron loss in a set of six muscles in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using the Motor Unit Number Index (MUNIX): A 15-month longitudinal multicentre trial". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 86 11 (2015): 1172-1179. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84942692366&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1136/jnnp-2015-310509
Conceição I; Costa J; Castro J; de Carvalho M. "Neurophysiological techniques to detect early small-fiber dysfunction in transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy.". (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23681916.
10.1002/mus.23901
Neuwirth C; Nandedkar S; Stålberg E; Barkhaus PE; Carvalho Md; Furtula J; Dijk JP; et al. "Motor Unit Number Index (MUNIX): a novel neurophysiological marker for neuromuscular disorders; test-retest reliability in healthy volunteers.". (2011): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21396884.
10.1016/j.clinph.2011.02.017
Neuwirth C; Nandedkar S; Stålberg E; Barkhaus PE; Carvalho Md; Furtula J; van Dijk JP; et al. "Motor Unit Number Index (MUNIX): reference values of five different muscles in healthy subjects from a multi-centre study.". (2011): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21689981.
10.1016/j.clinph.2011.05.014
Conceição I; Evangelista T; Castro J; Pereira P; Silvestre A; Coutinho CA; de Carvalho M. "Acquired amyloid neuropathy in a Portuguese patient after domino liver transplantation.". (2010): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/20928908.
10.1002/mus.21806
Geraldes R; Coelho M; Rosa MM; Severino L; Castro J; de Carvalho M. "Abnormal transcranial magnetic stimulation in a patient with presumed psychogenic paralysis.". (2008): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/19010957.
10.1136/jnnp.2008.154583
Conceição IM; Castro JF; Scotto M; de Carvalho M. "Neurophysiological markers in familial amyloid polyneuropathy patients: early changes.". (2008): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/18308631.
10.1016/j.clinph.2008.01.006