Nelson Ferreira
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Dr. Nelson Ferreira is an Assistant Professor at Aarhus Universitet in Denmark. His research focuses on neurodegeneration, with particular attention to alpha-synuclein pathology in Parkinson's disease and its implications for sensory nerve degeneration and neuropathic pain. Recent publications include studies on GLP-1 receptor agonists, passive immunization strategies, and the prion-like spreading of alpha-synuclein.
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Investigation of whether attempts to increase neurons cytosolic calcium levels protect a mouse mode of progressive Parkinson’s disease – Effects of SERCA inhibition and activation of calcium channels.
Open Date: 2018-01-01
Close Date: 2020-01-01
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Mechanistic investigation of the neuroprotective effect of caffeine in prion-like alpha-synuclein models – identification of therapeutic targets.
Open Date: 2017-01-01
Close Date: 2018-01-01
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Can caffeine treatment rescue α-synuclein aggregation dependent disease spreading and neuron loss? Investigating a novel neuroprotective principle in synucleinopathies
Open Date: 2016-01-01
Close Date: 2018-01-01
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Treating prion-like Parkinson’s spreading
Open Date: 2015-01-01
Close Date: 2017-01-01
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Study of natural and synthetic inhibitors of transthyretin amyloidosis and characterization of their mechanism of action
Open Date: 2010-01-01
Close Date: 2014-01-01
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Collaborators (10)
Rikke Hahn Kofoed
Aarhus University
Giulia Monti
Aarhus University
Nádia Pereira Gonçalves
Assistant Professor
Aarhus University
Asad Jan
Aarhus University
Christian Bjerggaard Vægter
Aarhus University
Poul Henning Jensen
Aarhus University
Henricus Mutsaers
Aarhus University
Lasse Reimer
Aarhus University
Nathalie Van Den Berge
Assistant professor
Aarhus University
umit akbey
Assistant Prof.
University of Pittsburgh
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