Sandra Vaz

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Universidade de Aveiro

Portugal

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Dr. Sandra Vaz is an Assistant Professor at Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Her research focuses on neurobiology, particularly the role of receptors in neurological conditions, including Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy. Recent articles by Dr. Vaz explore topics such as the impact of adenosine receptors on synaptic plasticity and the neuroprotective effects of nanoparticle-based therapies in seizure models.

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Mechanism of astrocyte dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease

Open Date: 2022-01-01

Close Date: 2023-12-31

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H2020 Twinning Grant "EpiEpiNet - Epileptogenesis and Epilepsy Network: from genes, synapses and circuits to pave the way for novel drugs and strategies"

Open Date: 2020-01-01

Close Date: 2023-01-01

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H2020 Twinning Grant "EpiEpiNet - Epileptogenesis and Epilepsy Network: from genes, synapses and circuits to pave the way for novel drugs and strategies"

Open Date: 2020-01-01

Close Date: 2023-01-01

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Astrosomes: Artificial Astrocytes as a Novel Approach to Regulate Neuronal Communication.

Open Date: 2019-10-01

Close Date: 2022-10-01

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Astrosomes: Artificial Astrocytes as a Novel Approach to Regulate Neuronal Communication.

Open Date: 2019-10-01

Close Date: 2022-10-01

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Adelaide Fernandes

Assistant Professor

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Farmácia

PORTUGAL

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Eleonora Palma

Full Professor

Sapienza University of Rome

ITALY

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Ana M Sebastião

Universidade de Aveiro

PORTUGAL

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Tiago Fernandes

Assistant Professor

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico

PORTUGAL

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Brigitte Stadler

Associate Professor

Aarhus University

DENMARK

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Evguenia P Bekman

Assistant Professor

Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão

PORTUGAL

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Catarina Miranda-Lourenço

Professora Auxiliar Convidada

Universidade de Aveiro

PORTUGAL

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Maria Margarida Diogo

Assistant Professor

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico

PORTUGAL

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Sara Xapelli

Assistant Professor

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina

PORTUGAL

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The IP3R2 Knockout Mice in Behavior: A Blessing or a Curse?

A small TAT-TrkB peptide prevents BDNF receptor cleavage and restores synaptic physiology in Alzheimer’s disease

Adenosine receptors are the on‐and‐off switch of astrocytic cannabinoid type 1 (CB1) receptor effect upon synaptic plasticity in the medial prefrontal cortex

Neuroprotective effects of platinum nanoparticle-based microreactors in bicuculline-induced seizures

Cannabinoid type 2 receptor inhibition enhances the antidepressant and proneurogenic effects of physical exercise after chronic stress

Communication defects with astroglia contribute to early impairments in the motor cortex plasticity of SOD1G93A mice

Selective modulation of epileptic tissue by an adenosine A<sub>3</sub> receptor-activating drug

Astrocytes in Paper Chips and Their Interaction with Hybrid Vesicles

SIGAA: signaling automated analysis: a new tool for Ca2+ signaling quantification using ratiometric Ca2+ dyes

SIGAA: signaling automated analysis: a new tool for Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> signaling quantification using ratiometric Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> dyes

Cognitive comorbidities of experimental absence seizures are independent of anxiety

Cognitive comorbidities of experimental absence seizures are independent of anxiety

Astrocytes in Paper Chips and Their Interaction with Hybrid Vesicles

Astrocytes control hippocampal synaptic plasticity through the vesicular-dependent release of D-serine

Manganese dioxide nanosheet-containing reactors as antioxidant support for neuroblastoma cells

Changes in adenosine receptors and neurotrophic factors in the SOD1G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Modulation by chronic caffeine

Bridging the gap of axonal regeneration in the central nervous system: A state of the art review on central axonal regeneration

S327 phosphorylation of the presynaptic protein SEPTIN5 increases in the early stages of neurofibrillary pathology and alters the functionality of SEPTIN5

Transcriptome profiling of human pluripotent stem cell‐derived cerebellar organoids reveals faster commitment under dynamic conditions

Deep Brain Stimulation of the dorsal raphe abolishes serotonin 1A facilitation of AMPA receptor-mediated synaptic currents in the ventral hippocampus

Of adenosine and the blues: The adenosinergic system in the pathophysiology and treatment of major depressive disorder

Modeling Rett Syndrome With Human Patient-Specific Forebrain Organoids

Caffeine has a dual influence on NMDA receptor–mediated glutamatergic transmission at the hippocampus

Collaborators (9)

Adelaide Fernandes

Eleonora Palma

Ana M Sebastião

Tiago Fernandes

Brigitte Stadler

Evguenia P Bekman

Catarina Miranda-Lourenço

Maria Margarida Diogo

Sara Xapelli

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