Personal Info.:
Name: Ana Ledo
Birthdate: 31/03/1077
Nationality: Portugues and Canadian

Education:
2007 – PhD in Biochemistry, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2001 – Biochemistry, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Positions:
2007-2008 – Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Algarve.
2008-2009 – Post-doctoral fellow at Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2009-2014 – Auxiliary researcher, Center for Neurosience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2014-Present day: General manager at BrainSense, Lda.

CNC

1 – Neurometabolic and neurovascular coupling in Epilepsy;

2 – Development of electrochemical sensors and biosensors for recording of neurtransmitters (glutamate, dopamine, nitric oxide) and metabolites (oxygen, glucose and lactate) in the central nervous system.

3 – Chronical recordong of oxygen and glutamate in the central nervous system. Electrochemical methodologies associated with ultra-microelectrodes;

Lourenço, et al. “Neurovascular and neurometabolic derailment in aging and alzheimer's disease.”  Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2015 7(103). IF: 4.725

Ledo et al. “Dynamic and interacting profiles of NO and O2 in rat hippocampal slices.” Free Rad Biol Med, 2010, 48(8):1044-1050. IF. 5.855

Ledo, A. et al. “Coordination of physiologic and toxic pathways in hippocampus by nitric oxide and mitochondria.”  Frontiers in Bioscience, 2007, 12(3): 1094-1106.

Ledo et al. “Concentration dynamics of nitric oxide in rat hippocampal subregions evoked by stimulation of the NMDA glutamate receptor.” Proc. Natl Acad Sci, 2005, 102(48):17483–17488. IF: 10.563

http://www.cnbc.pt/research/department_group_show.asp?iddep=1107&idgrp=1112