Cunha-Santos J, Duarte-Neves J, Carmona V, Guarente L, Pereira de Almeida L* & Cavadas C*. Caloric restriction blocks neuropathology and motor deficits in Machado-Joseph disease mouse models through SIRT1 pathway. Nature Communications 2016, 7:11445.
Ferreira-Marques M, Aveleira CA, Carmo-Silva S, Botelho M, Pereira de Almeida L and Cavadas C. Caloric restriction stimulates autophagy in rat cortical neurons through neuropeptide Y and ghrelin receptors activation. Aging (Albany NY) 2016, 8:1470-1484.
Cavadas C, Aveleira C, Souza G, Velloso L. Defective proteostasis in the hypothalamus A relevant pathophysiological mechanism from obesity to ageing. Nature Reviews Endocrinology 2016, 2(12):723-733.
Aveleira CA, Botelho M, Carmo-Silva S, Pascoal JF, Ferreira-Marques M, Nóbrega, C, Cortes L, Valero J, Sousa-Ferreira L, Álvaro AR, Santana M, Kügler S, Pereira de Almeida L, Cavadas C. Neuropeptide Y stimulates autophagy in hypothalamic neurons. PNAS 2015, 112(13): E1642-E1651
Botelho M & Cavadas C. Neuropeptide Y: an anti-aging player? Trends in Neurosciences 2015, 38(11):701-11
Carmo-Silva S, Nobrega C, Pereira de Almeida L, Cavadas C. Unraveling the Role of Ataxin-2 in Metabolism. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2017, 28(4):309-318.
Marques AP, Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Estrada M, Cortez V, Nobre RJ, Cavadas C. Hypoxia mimetic induces lipid accumulation through mitochondrial dysfunction and stimulates autophagy in murine preadipocyte cell line. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2017, 1861(3):673-682.
Duarte-Neves J, Pereira de Almeida L and Cavadas C. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) as a therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases. Neurobiol Dis. 2016, 95:210-224.
Duarte-Neves J, Gonçalves N, Cunha-Santos J, Simões AT, den Dunnen WF, Hirai H, Kügler S, Cavadas C*, Pereira de Almeida L*. Neuropeptide Y mitigates neuropathology and motor deficits in mouse models of Machado-Joseph disease. Hum Mol Genet. 2015, 24: 5451-5463.
Santana MM, Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Cortez V, Pereira FC, Kaster MP, Aveleira CA, Ferreira M, Álvaro AR, Cavadas C. Impaired adrenal medullary function in a mouse model of depression induced by unpredictable chronic stress. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2015, 25(10):1753-66.
Aveleira CA, Botelho M, Cavadas C. NPY/neuropeptide Y enhances autophagy in the hypothalamus: a mechanism to delay aging? Autophagy 2015, 112(13):E1642-51.
Santos-Carvalho A, Ambrósio AF, Cavadas C. Neuropeptide Y system in the retina: From localization to function. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2015, 47:19-37.
Faria R, Santana MM,. Aveleira CA, Simões C, Maciel E, Melo M, Santinha D, Oliveira MM, Peixoto F, Domingues P, Cavadas C, M. Domingues RM. Alterations in phospholipidomic profile in brain of mouse model of depression induced by chronic unpredictable stress. Neuroscience, 2014, 273:1-11.
Sousa-Ferreira L, Aveleira C, Botelho M, Alvaro AR, Pereira de Almeida L, Cavadas C. Fluoxetine induces proliferation and inhibits differentiation of hypothalamic neuroprogenitor cells in vitro. PLoS One. 2014, 5;9(3):e88917.
Sousa-Ferreira L, Pereira de Almeida L, Cavadas C. Role of hypothalamic neurogenesis in feeding regulation. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2014, 25(2):80-8.
Sousa-Ferreira L, Pereira de Almeida L, Cavadas C; “microRNAs and obesity”; chapter of the book “Molecular Mechanisms Underpinning the Development of Obesity”, Springer, 2014 (ISBN 978-3-319-12765-1)
Santos-Carvalho A, Álvaro AR, Martins J, Ambrósio AF, Cavadas C. Emerging novel roles of neuropeptide Y in the retina: from neuromodulation to neuroprotection. Prog Neurobiol. 2014, 112:70-9.
Santana MM, Ehrhart-Bornstein M, Cavadas C. Progenitor cells in chromospheres: in response to Arthur S. Tischler. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2013, 2(12):1020-1.
Santos-Carvalho, A R Álvaro, A F Ambrósio, C Cavadas Neuropeptide Y receptors activation protects rat retinal neural cells against necrotic and apoptotic cell death induced by glutamate. Cell Death and Disease 2013, 4, e636
Santos-Carvalho A, Aveleira CA, Elvas F, Ambrósio AF, Cavadas C. Neuropeptide Y Receptors Y1 and Y2 are Present in Neurons and Glial Cells in Rat Retinal Cells in Culture. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013, 17;54(1):429-43.
Vindeirinho J, Costa GN, Correia MB, Cavadas C, Santos PF. Effect of diabetes/hyperglycemia on the rat retinal adenosinergic system. PLoS One. 2013;8(6):e67499.
Santana MM, Chung KF, Vukicevic V, Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Kanczkowski W, Cortez V, Hackmann K, Bastos CA, Mota A, Schrock E, Bornstein SR, Cavadas C*, Ehrhart-Bornstein M*. Isolation, characterization, and differentiation of progenitor cells from human adult adrenal medulla. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2012, 1(11):783-91.
Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Cortez V, Estrada M, Santana MM, Gonçalves A, Marques AP, Cavadas C. Intracellular mechanisms coupled to NPY Y(2) and Y(5) receptor activation and lipid accumulation in murine adipocytes. Neuropeptides 2012, S0143-4179.
Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Marques AP, Estrada M, Santana M, Cortez V, Grouzmann E, Cavadas C. Dipeptidyl-peptidase-IV by cleaving neuropeptide Y induces lipid accumulation and PPAR-γ expression. Peptides 2012, 37(1):49-54.
Cortez V, Santana M, Marques P, Mota A, Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Cavadas C. Regulation of catecholamine release in human adrenal chromaffin cells by ß-adrenoceptors. Neurochem Int. 2012, 60: 387-393.
Martins J, Castelo-Branco M, Oliveiros B, Fernandes E, Carvalho F, Cavadas C and Ambrósio AF - Effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine administration on retinal physiology in the rat. PLoS One 2012, 6(12): e29583.
Costa GN, Vindeirinho J, Cavadas C, Ambrósio AF, Santos PF. Contribution of TNF receptor 1 to retinal neural cell death induced by elevated glucose. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2012, 50 : 113–123
Sousa-Ferreira L, Garrido M, Nascimento-Ferreira I, Nobrega C, Santos-Carvalho A, Álvaro AR, Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Kaster M, Kügler S, Pereira de Almeida L, Cavadas C. Moderate long-term modulation of Neuropeptide Y in the Arcuate Nucleus induces energy balance alterations in adult rats. PLoS One, 2011 6(7):e22333
Sousa-Ferreira L, Álvaro AR, Aveleira C, Santana M, Brandão I, Kügler S, Pereira de Almeida L, Cavadas C. Proliferative hypothalamic neurospheres express NPY, AGRP, POMC, CART and Orexin-A and differentiate to functional neurons expressing appetite-related neuropeptides. PLoS One 2011, 6(5):e19745
Alvaro AR, Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Ambrósio AF, Cavadas C.- Neuropeptide Y inhibits [Ca(2+)](i) changes in rat retinal neurons through NPY Y(1),Y(4), Y(5) receptors. J Neurochem. 2009, 109:1508-1515.
Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Araújo IM, Alvaro AR, Mendes AF, Ferreira L, Grouzmann E, Mota A, Duarte EP, Cavadas C. - Regulation of catecholamine release and tyrosine hydroxylase in human adrenal chromaffin cells by interleukin-1beta: role of neuropeptide Y and nitric oxide. J Neurochem. 2009, 109: 911-22.
Ruohonen ST, Savontaus E, Rinne P, Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Cavadas C, Ruskoaho H, Koulu M, Pesonen U. Stress-Induced Hypertension and Increased Sympathetic Activity in Mice Overexpressing Neuropeptide Y in Noradrenergic Neurons. Neuroendocrinology 2009, 89:351-60.
Book Chapter; Title “Neuropeptide Y family peptides” by Cláudia Cavadas, Joana Rosmaninho- Salgado, Eric Grouzmann; Book Title: “Bioactive peptides”; edited by John Howl, Sarah Jones. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2009. ISBN 9781420061147
Xapelli S, Bernardino L, Ferreira R, Grade S, Silva AP, Salgado JR, Cavadas C, Grouzmann E, Poulsen FR, Jakobsen B, Oliveira CR, Zimmer J, Malva JO. Interaction between neuropeptide Y (NPY) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in NPY-mediated neuroprotection against excitotoxicity: a role for microglia. Eur J Neurosci. 2008, 27:2089-102.
Alvaro AR, Martins J, Araújo IM, Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Ambrósio AF, Cavadas C. - Neuropeptide Y stimulates retinal neural cell proliferation - involvement of nitric oxide. J Neurochem. 2008, 105, 2501-2510.
Alvaro AR, Martins J, Costa AC, Fernandes E, Carvalho F, Ambrósio AF, Cavadas C. - Neuropeptide Y protects retinal neural cells against cell death induced by ecstasy. Neuroscience 2008, 152:97-105.
Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Araújo IM, Alvaro AR, Duarte EP, Cavadas C. Intracellular signaling mechanisms mediating catecholamine release upon activation of NPY Y1 receptors in mouse chromaffin cells. J Neurochem. 2007, 103(3):896-903.
Alvaro AR, Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Santiago AR, Martins J, Aveleira C, Santos PF, Pereira T, Gouveia D, Carvalho AL, Grouzmann E, Ambrósio AF, Cavadas C. NPY in rat retina is present in neurons, in endothelial cells and also in microglial and Müller cells. Neurochem Int. 2007, 50:757-63.
Cavadas C, Waeber B, Pedrazzini T, Grand D, Aubert JF, Buclin T, Grouzmann E. NPY Y1 receptor is not involved in the hemodynamic response to an acute cold pressor test in mice. Peptides 2007, 28(2):315-9
Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Alvaro AR, Grouzmann E, Duarte EP, Cavadas C. Neuropeptide Y regulates catecholamine release evoked by interleukin-1beta in mouse chromaffin cells. Peptides 2007, 28(2):310-4.
Cavadas C, Céfai D, Rosmaninho-Salgado J, Vieira-Coelho MA, Moura E, Busso N, Pedrazzini T, Grand D, Rotman S, Waeber B, Aubert JF, Grouzmann E. Deletion of the neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y1 receptor gene reveals a regulatory role of NPY on catecholamine synthesis and secretion. PNAS USA 20