Ângela has a Bachelor in Biochemistry from the University of Minho and a MSc in Biochemistry from the University of Porto. Ângela’s research interests are pharmacology and neuroscience. She integrated in two teams of four research projects in the field of neurodegeneration (Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s diseases) as a MSc fellow. Ângela is currently a student in the PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (specialty of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy) at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto. During her scientific career, Ângela published six articles peer-reviewed international journals, made four oral presentations, presented one poster, and co-supervised one undergraduate student.
Representative Publications
Under stressful conditions activation of the ionotropic P2X7 receptor differentially regulates GABA and glutamate release from nerve terminals of the rat cerebral cortex
10.1016/j.neuint.2017.11.005
Adenosine A2A receptor and ecto-5′-nucleotidase/CD73 are upregulated in hippocampal astrocytes of human patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE)
10.1007/s11302-016-9535-2
Exploring the Physiological Role of Transthyretin in Glucose Metabolism in the Liver
10.3390/ijms22116073
Repurposing Benzbromarone for Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy: A New Transthyretin Tetramer Stabilizer
10.3390/ijms21197166
Stress response mechanisms in protein misfolding diseases: Profiling a cellular model of Huntington's disease
10.1016/j.abb.2023.109711
Binding of common organic UV-filters to the thyroid hormone transport protein transthyretin using in vitro and in silico studies: Potential implications in health.
10.1016/j.envres.2022.114836
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