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Hugo Alexandre Pereira Quental attends the Master degree in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra. Completed the Licenciatura in Orthoptics in 2012 by the Lisbon School of Health Technology (ESTeSL). Is a Higher Technician in the Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health in the University of Coimbra. Published 6 articles in journals. Has 1 section of books. Works in the areas of Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Ophthalmology, Psychophysics and Neurosciences. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific output are: Perceptual decision; Hysteresis; Adaptation; Neuroimaging; Multiple Sclerosis; Biomarkers; Connectivity .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Hugo Alexandre Pereira Quental

Citation names

  • Quental, Hugo
  • Hugo Alexandre

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
ED19-8244-0AF1
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9504-6543

Email addresses

  • hugo.quental@uc.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Ophthalmology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023
Ongoing
 Neurociências Molecular e de Translação (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2012
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Ortóptica (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/09 - 2018 Science and Technology Management CNC.IBILI, Portugal
CNC.IBILI, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/01 - Current Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/05/25 - 2015/08/31 Técnico Superior de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Ortoptista Maló Clinic , Portugal
2014/04/01 - 2015/04/01 Técnico Superior de Diagnóstico e Terapêutica - Ortoptista Administração Regional de Saúde do Alentejo IP, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2018 - Current NECSUS (NEuroadaptation after Cataract and Refractive SUrgery Study)
NEuroadaptation after Cataract and Refractive SUrgery Study - NECSUS
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
Ongoing
2018 - Current BIOMUSCLE - Novel multimodal imaging biomarkers of neuronal connectivity in Multiple Sclerosis
PTDC/MEC-NEU/31973/2017
Researcher
CIBIT - Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 Neural mechanisms underlying visual hallucinations: a causal approach
2022.02963.PTDC
10.54499/2022.02963.PTDC
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2024/08/31 Searching for a neurovascular coupling reflex pathway
2022.07585.PTDC
10.54499/2022.07585.PTDC
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, United States
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/03/01 - 2024/02/29 Mecanismos neurais da histerese perceptual positiva e negativa
PTDC/PSI-GER/1326/2020
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/06/22 - 2021/06/21 Novos biomarcadores de imagem multimodal de conectividade neuronal na Esclerose Múltipla
PTDC/MEC-NEU/31973/2017
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016 - 2018/12 The changing brain in Alzheimer’s disease: is the retina a reliable mirror of disease onset and progression?
MB-1049-2015
Researcher
CNC.IBILI, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Concluded
2017 - 2018 MEDPERSYST - Synaptic networks and Personalized Medicine Approaches to Understand Neurobehavioural Diseases Across the Lifespan
SAICTPAC/0010/2015
Researcher
CNC.IBILI, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Ciências Nucleares Aplicadas à Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2015 - 2018 BRAINTRAIN - Taking imaging into the therapeutic domain: Self-regulation of brain systems for mental disorders
FP7-HEALTH-2013-INNOVATION-1-602186
Other
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Health
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Raimundo, Miguel; Quental, Hugo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Electrophysiological Testing". In Inherited Retinal Dystrophies - Textbook and Atlas, 9-15. Portugal: Grupo de Estudos de Retina, 2019.
Conference paper
  1. Jordão, João; Quental, Hugo; Morgado, Miguel; Figueira, João; Castro-Farías, Daniela; DeBuc, Delia Cabrera; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Paques, Michel; Bernardes, Rui. "Neurovascular coupling reflex - Contralateral stimulation apparatus and setup". Paper presented in 2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), Porto, 2023.
    10.1109/enbeng58165.2023.10175365
  2. Nunes, Ana; Serranho, Pedro; Quental, Hugo; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Bernardes, Rui. "The Effect of Menopause on the Sexual Dimorphism in the Human Retina – Texture Analysis of Optical Coherence Tomography Data". Paper presented in 17th International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition - ICIAR 2020, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-50516-5_30
  3. Nunes, Ana; Serranho, Pedro; Quental, Hugo; Ambrósio, António Francisco; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Bernardes, Rui. "Sexual Dimorphism of the Adult Human Retina Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography". Paper presented in XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – MEDICON 2019, Coimbra, 2019.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_222
  4. Quental, Hugo; Poças, Ilda; Esteves, Carina; Quintino, Wilson; Silva, Carina. "Caracterização visual numa amostra infantil em idade pré-escolar e escolar: o estado da arte num rastreio". 2013.
Conference poster
  1. Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Jorge, Lília; Alves, Carolina; Canário, Nádia; Santiago, Beatriz; Santana, Isabel; Quental, Hugo; et al. "Inner retinal layers of the retina predict visual cortical thickness and structural connectivity in early Alzheimer's disease". Paper presented in 2018 European Association for Vision and Eye Research Conference (EVER), 2018.
    10.1111/aos.13972_61
  2. Jorge, Lília; Canário, Nádia; Quental, Hugo; Bernardes, Rui; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Retina, a mirror of the brain: an association between macular and cerebral structural integrity over age". Paper presented in 2018 European Association for Vision and Eye Research Conference (EVER), 2018.
    10.1111/aos.13972_209
  3. Ferreira, Sónia; Quental, Hugo; et al.. "Altered brain activation in response to odors in deaf-blind patients". Paper presented in VII Annual Meeting of IBILI, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Ferreira, Sónia; Duarte, Isabel Catarina; Paula, André; Pereira, Andreia C.; Ribeiro, João Carlos; Quental, Hugo; Reis, Aldina; Silva, Eduardo Duarte; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Decreased activity of piriform cortex and orbitofrontal hyperactivation in Usher Syndrome, a human disorder of ciliary dysfunction". Brain Imaging and Behavior (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11682-021-00594-6.
    10.1007/s11682-021-00594-6
  2. Direito, Bruno; Mouga, Susana; Sayal, Alexandre; Simões, Marco; Quental, Hugo; Bernardino, Inês; Playle, Rebecca; et al. "Training the social brain: Clinical and neural effects of an 8-week real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback Phase IIa Clinical Trial in Autism". Autism (2021): 136236132110020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613211002052.
    10.1177/13623613211002052
  3. Jorge, Lília; Canário, Nádia; Martins, Ricardo; Santiago, Beatriz; Santana, Isabel; Quental, Hugo; Ambrósio, Francisco; Bernardes, Rui; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "The Retinal Inner Plexiform Synaptic Layer Mirrors Grey Matter Thickness of Primary Visual Cortex with Increased Amyloid ß Load in Early Alzheimer’s Disease". Neural Plasticity 2020 (2020): 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8826087.
    10.1155/2020/8826087
  4. Nunes, Ana; Serranho, Pedro; Quental, Hugo; Ambrósio, António F.; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Bernardes, Rui. "Sexual dimorphism of the adult human retina assessed by optical coherence tomography". Health and Technology 10 4 (2020): 913-924. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12553-020-00428-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s12553-020-00428-3
  5. Jorge, Lília; Canário, Nádia; Quental, Hugo; Bernardes, Rui; Castelo-Branco, Miguel. "Is the Retina a Mirror of the Aging Brain? Aging of Neural Retina Layers and Primary Visual Cortex Across the Lifespan". Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 11 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2019.00360.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00360
  6. Amaral, Carlos; Mouga, Susana; Simões, Marco; Pereira, Helena C.; Bernardino, Inês; Quental, Hugo; Playle, Rebecca; et al. "A Feasibility Clinical Trial to Improve Social Attention in Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Using a Brain Computer Interface". Frontiers in Neuroscience 12 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00477.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fnins.2018.00477
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2016/03/18 Colour Assessment and Diagnosis Test (CAD) – Uma Nova Abordagem na Avaliação da Visão Cromática XVII Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas
Associação Portuguesa de Ortoptistas (Sesimbra, Portugal)
2013/10/12 As lesões oftalmológicas e a proteção ocular XIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Higienistas Orais
Associação Portuguesa de Higienistas Orais (Porto, Portugal)
2013/04/05 Caracterização Visual numa Amostra Infantil em Idade Pré-Escolar e Escolar – o Estado da Arte num Rastreio XIV Congresso Nacional de Ortoptistas / V Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Ortóptica
Associação Portuguesa de Ortoptistas (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2015/02 - 2015/07 Estágio em Ortóptica III
Supervisor
 Licenciatura em Ortóptica e Ciências da Visão (Degree)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2014 - Current Membro da Comissão Organizadora do Congresso Anual de Ortoptistas. Reponsável pela gestão informática das inscrições, secretariado, comunicação e divulgação, supervisão do design gráfico. (2014)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Associação Portuguesa de Ortoptistas, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2018/10/04 - 2018/10/06 Participação no Congresso EVER 2018
Congress
 EVER 2018 Congress
European Association for Vision and Eye Research, Belgium

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2015/11 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Ortoptistas Membro dos Órgãos Sociais - Direção

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2018/11/13 - 2018/11/13 Saúde em Dia A função do Ortoptista