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EuroAGE+: um projeto para melhorar a qualidade de vida dos idosos, através da u...
Marques, Ermelinda; Pires, Nuno; Vaz, Cláudia; Brito, Ana Raquel Costa; Serra, Nuno; Hornero Sánchez, Roberto; Gómez-Raja, Jonathan; Rocha, RuiO principal desafio que enfrenta este projeto é o envelhecimento da população, uma questão desafiante para as políticas dos países, Espanha e Portugal, e que se estende com maior incidência nas regiões que cooperam no projeto (EuroACE: Extremadura, Centro de Portugal e Alentejo) e que têm características comuns: reduzida densidade populacional e um acentuado envelhecimento. Este projeto enfrenta assim desafios ...
The Choroid Plexus as a source and target of Prolactin in the brain
Brito, Ana Raquel CostaThe choroid plexuses (CPs) are composed of a single layer of cuboid epithelial cells laying on highly irrigated connective tissue. In addition to being the main producer of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the central nervous system, the CPs are also responsible for the production and secretion of peptides that modulate brain function. CP-derived peptides have been associated with several physiological functions, i...
Phenotypic and functional aspects of lymphocyte populations in patients with bl...
Brito, Ana Raquel CostaBlood dyscrasias are pathological conditions in which any of the constituents of the blood are structuraly or functionally abnormal. Polycythemia Vera (PV) and Secondary Polycythemia (SP) are two disorders characterized by the increase of the amount of red blood cells (RBC) while hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) and secondary hemochromatosis (SH) are associated with iron overload. It is currently believed that R...