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Successive ages of man :
François Lachiver
CNRS scientist, born in 1921

 

Publications and public deliverables

2013

Patchev, A. V., Rodrigues, A. J., Sousa, N., Spengler, D., & Almeidai, O. F. (2013). The future is now: early life events pre-set adult behavior. Acta Physiol (Oxf). doi: 10.1111/apha.12140

Partner 3 MPIP and Partner 4 UMINHO

Soares JM, Sampaio A, Ferreira LM, Santos NC, Marques P, Marques F, Palha JA, Cerqueira JJ, Sousa N. (2013) Stress Impact on Resting State Brain Networks. PLoS ONE 8(6): e66500. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066500

Soares, J. M., Marques, P., Alves, V., & Sousa, N. (2013). A hitchhiker's guide to diffusion tensor imaging. Front Neurosci, 7, 31. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00031

Partner 4 UMINHO

Bowers J., Terrien J.,  Clerget-Froidevaux M. S., Gothié J. D., Rozing M. P., Westendorp, R. G. J., van Heemst D. and Demeneix B. A. Thyroid Hormone Signaling and Homeostasis During Aging Endocrine Reviews er.2012-1056

Partner 1 CNRS/ MNHN and Partner 2 LUMC

Stijntjes M, de Craen AJ, van Heemst D, Meskers CG, van Buchem MA, Westendorp RG, Slagboom PE, Maier AB:Familial longevity is marked by better cognitive performance at middle age: the leiden longevity study. PloS one 2013,8(3):e57962.

Altmann-Schneider, I., van der Grond, J., Slagboom, P. E., Westendorp, R. G., Maier, A. B., van Buchem, M. A., & de Craen, A. J. (2013). Lower susceptibility to cerebral small vessel disease in human familial longevity: the Leiden Longevity Study. [Comparative Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't]. Stroke, 44(1), 9-14. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.671438

Partner 2 LUMC

2012

Sousa, N., & Almeida, O. F. (2012). Disconnection and reconnection: the morphological basis of (mal)adaptation tostress. [Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't]. Trends Neurosci, 35(12), 742-751. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2012.08.006

Partner 3 MPIP / Partner 4 UMINHO


Soares JM, Sampaio A, Ferreira LM, Santos NC, Marques F, Palha JA, Cerqueira JJ, Sousa N. Stress-induced changes in human decision-making are reversible. Transl Psychiatry. 2012 Jul 3;2:e131. doi: 10.1038/tp.2012.59.

Partner 4 UMINHO

Santos, N. C., Costa, P. S., Cunha, P., Cotter, J., Sampaio, A., Zihl, J., . . . Sousa, N. (2012). Mood is a key determinant of cognitive performance in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional analysis. Age (Dordr). doi: 10.1007/s11357-012-9482-y

Partner 4 UMINHO/ Partner 6 LMU

Wijsman, C. A., van Heemst, D., Hoogeveen, E. S., Slagboom, P. E., Maier, A. B., de Craen, A. J.,  van der Ouderaa F., Pijl H., Westendrop R.G.J., Mooijaart, S. P. (2012). Ambulant 24-h glucose rhythms mark calendar and biological age in apparently healthy individuals. Aging Cell. doi: 10.1111/acel.12042

Partner 2 LUMC

A. Lopez-Juarez, S. Remaud, Z. Hassani, P. Jolivet, J. Pierre Simons, T. Sontag, K. Yoshikawa, J. Price, G. Morvan-Dubois, and B. A. Demeneix, 'Thyroid Hormone Signaling Acts as a Neurogenic Switch by Repressing Sox2 in the Adult Neural Stem Cell Niche', Cell Stem Cell, 10 (2012), 531-43.

Partner 1 CNRS/ MNHN

Noordam R, Jansen SW, Akintola AA, Oei NY, Maier AB, Pijl H, Slagboom PE, Westendorp RG, van der Grond J, de Craen AJ, van Heemst D; On behalf of the Leiden Longevity Study group. Familial Longevity Is Marked by Lower Diurnal Salivary Cortisol Levels: The Leiden Longevity Study. PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e31166. Epub 2012 Feb 13.

Link to Noordam et al. 2012

Partner 2 LUMC

P. S. Singru, G. Wittmann, E. Farkas, G. Zseli, C. Fekete, and R. M. Lechan, 'Refeeding-Activated Glutamatergic Neurons in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus (Pvn) Mediate Effects of Melanocortin Signaling in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius (Nts)', Endocrinology, 153 (2012), 3804-14.

S. Jo, I. Kallo, Z. Bardoczi, R. Arrojo e Drigo, A. Zeold, Z. Liposits, A. Oliva, V. P. Lemmon, J. L. Bixby, B. Gereben, and A. C. Bianco, 'Neuronal Hypoxia Induces Hsp40-Mediated Nuclear Import of Type 3 Deiodinase as an Adaptive Mechanism to Reduce Cellular Metabolism', J Neurosci, 32 (2012), 8491-500.

C. Fekete, G. Zseli, P. S. Singru, A. Kadar, G. Wittmann, T. Fuzesi, W. El-Bermani, and R. M. Lechan, 'Activation of Anorexigenic Pomc Neurons During Refeeding Is Independent of Vagal and Brainstem Inputs', J Neuroendocrinol (2012).

E. Hrabovszky, G. Wittmann, I. Kallo, T. Fuzesi, C. Fekete, and Z. Liposits, 'Distribution of Type 1 Cannabinoid Receptor-Expressing Neurons in the Septal-Hypothalamic Region of the Mouse: Colocalization with Gabaergic and Glutamatergic Markers', J Comp Neurol, 520 (2012), 1005-20.

I. Kallo, P. Mohacsik, B. Vida, A. Zeold, Z. Bardoczi, A. M. Zavacki, E. Farkas, A. Kadar, E. Hrabovszky, E. Drigo R. Arrojo, L. Dong, L. Barna, M. Palkovits, B. A. Borsay, L. Herczeg, R. M. Lechan, A. C. Bianco, Z. Liposits, C. Fekete, and B. Gereben, 'A Novel Pathway Regulates Thyroid Hormone Availability in Rat and Human Hypothalamic Neurosecretory Neurons', PLoS One, 7 (2012), e37860.

Schéle E, Fekete C, Egri P, Füzesi T, Palkovits M, Keller E, Liposits Z, Gereben B, Karlsson-Lindahl L, Shao R, Jansson JO. Interleukin-6 Receptor α is Co-localised with Melanin-Concentrating Hormone in Human and Mouse Hypothalamus. J Neuroendocrinol. 2012 Feb 1. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02286.x.

Partner 5 IEMHAS

2011

Paulo AC, Sampaio A, Santos NC, Costa PS, Cunha P, Zihl J, Cerqueira J, Palha JA, Sousa N (2011) Patterns of Cognitive Performance in Healthy Ageing in Northern Portugal: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. PLoS ONE 6(9): e24553. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024553

Partner 4 UMINHO and Partner 6 LMU