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Nuno Sousa

Nuno Sousa

Neuroradiology
Braga, Braga, Portugal

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He is the Coordinator of the Neuroscience ResearchDomain at ICVS/University of Minho. His research main interests are focused inthe establishment of functional and structural correlations mediated by stress andaging and its implications in cognition and in neuropsychiatric disorders. Detailed assessment of neuroplastic events, incorporation of newly generatedcells into neuronal networks, rearrangements of established dendritic andsynaptic contacts, combined with behavioural, neurochemical andelectrophysiogical, molecular biology and (epi)genetics correlates have beenestablished in his laboratory; the work from the lab covers from basic toclinical research and several modulatory interventions have also been describedin order to promote recovery of structure and function in neuronal tissues.

Nuno Sousa has published more than 150 peer-reviewed research articles. In addition to academic merits, Nuno Sousa serves on severalscience policy and advisory board positions, and as an Ad hoc reviewerfor various neuroscience journal and international funding organizations. He isEditor-in-Chief of Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience and Member of theEditorial Board of Molecular Neurodegeneration.
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