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Paula Moreira
PeerJ Editor
635 Points

Contributions by role

Editor 635

Contributions by subject area

Diabetes and Endocrinology
Epidemiology
Nutrition
Public Health
Toxicology
Oncology
Pharmacology
Cognitive Disorders
Geriatrics
Nursing
Molecular Biology
Neurology
Psychiatry and Psychology
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Neuroscience

Paula I. Moreira

PeerJ Editor

Summary

Paula I. Moreira is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Principal Investigator at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra. Moreira published more than 100 scientific peer-reviewed articles and she is on the editorial board of over 10 journals. Paula Moreira won the Stimulus to Research prize, in 2003, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and, the L’Oreal for Women in Science, in 2008, supported by L'Oreal Portugal/UNESCO/ FCT.

Cell Biology Cognitive Disorders Diabetes & Endocrinology Molecular Biology Neuroscience Toxicology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidade de Coimbra

Work details

Assistant Professor

Universidade de Coimbra
Laboratory of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine
Her research is mainly focused on the role of mitochondrial and insulin-signaling pathways in neuronal and endothelial (dys) function that occur in brain aging, Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes.

Websites

  • Google Scholar
  • ResearchGate
  • Publons

PeerJ Contributions

  • Edited 6

Academic Editor on

August 3, 2021
Identification of key genes and crucial pathways for major depressive disorder using peripheral blood samples and chronic unpredictable mild stress rat models
Jun He, Zhenkui Ren, Wansong Xia, Cao Zhou, Bin Bi, Wenfeng Yu, Li Zuo
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11694 PubMed 34414022
July 6, 2021
NLRP3 inflammasome activation mediates sleep deprivation-induced pyroptosis in mice
Kun Fan, Jiajun Yang, Wen-Yi Gong, Yong-Chao Pan, Peibing Zheng, Xiao-Fang Yue
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11609 PubMed 34268006
March 6, 2019
A glucagon-like peptide-1 analog, liraglutide, ameliorates endothelial dysfunction through miRNAs to inhibit apoptosis in rats
Qian Zhang, Xinhua Xiao, Jia Zheng, Ming Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6567 PubMed 30863684
July 6, 2018
Study of community-living Alzheimer’s patients’ adherence to the Mediterranean diet and risks of malnutrition at different disease stages
Mariona Rocaspana-García, Joan Blanco-Blanco, Alfonso Arias-Pastor, Montserrat Gea-Sánchez, Gerard Piñol-Ripoll
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5150 PubMed 30002978
April 23, 2015
Diabetes screening: a pending issue in hypertense/obese patients
Armina Sepehri, Antonio Palazón-Bru, Vicente Francisco Gil-Guillén, Dolores Ramírez-Prado, Felipe Navarro-Cremades, Ernesto Cortés, María Mercedes Rizo-Baeza
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.914 PubMed 25922799
August 8, 2013
Bile acids induce apoptosis selectively in androgen-dependent and -independent prostate cancer cells
Alexander A. Goldberg, Vladimir I. Titorenko, Adam Beach, J. Thomas Sanderson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.122 PubMed 23940835