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| Raquel Margarida da Silva Ferreira |
| PhD student |
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra
Rua Larga, Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra,
3004-517 Portugal |
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| Phone: 351 239 855 760 |
| Fax: 351 239 853 409 |
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| E-mail: ferreira@cnc.cj.uc.pt |
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| I am currently developing work on the interplay between NPY and inflammatory mediators produced by microglial cells, focusing on the role such molecules have on the modulation of the inflammatory process. |
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neuroinflammation
microglia
neuropeptide Y
inflammatory modulators
interleuki-1 beta
nitric oxide |
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Bernardino L, Ferreira R, Cristóvao AJ, Sales F, Malva JO., Inflammation and neurogenesis in temporal lobe epilepsy. Curr Drug Targets CNS Neurol Disord. 2005 Aug;4(4):349-60.
Xapelli S, Agasse F, Ferreira R, Silva AP, Malva JO. Neuropeptide Y as an endogenous antiepileptic, neuroprotective and pro-neurogenic peptide. Recent Pat CNS Drug Discov. 2006 Nov;1(3):315-24.
Xapelli S, Bernardino L, Ferreira R, Grade S, Silva AP, Salgado JR, Cavadas C, Grouzmann E, Poulsen FR, Jakobsen B, Oliveira CR, Zimmer J, Malva JO. Interaction between neuropeptide Y (NPY) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in NPY-mediated neuroprotection against excitotoxicity: a role for microglia. Eur J Neurosci. 2008 Apr;27(8):2089-102. |
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