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Pedro Moreira

School of Psychology - University of Minho
Verified email at psi.uminho.pt
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[HTML][HTML] Cognitive performance in healthy older adults relates to spontaneous switching between states of functional connectivity during rest

…, P Marques, R Magalhães, P Silva Moreira… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Growing evidence has shown that brain activity at rest slowly wanders through a repertoire
of different states, where whole-brain functional connectivity (FC) temporarily settles into …

[HTML][HTML] Protective elements of mental health status during the COVID-19 outbreak in the Portuguese population

P Silva Moreira, S Ferreira, B Couto… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The outbreak of COVID-19 might produce dramatic psychological effects on individuals’
lives. In this study, we aimed to explore the elements that may reduce the negative effects on …

[HTML][HTML] Stigmatizing attitudes toward patients with psychiatric disorders among medical students and professionals

…, JB Fonseca, F Palha, P Silva Moreira… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Stigma attached to mental health encompasses discrimination and exclusion of
psychiatric patients and hinders their opportunities to have more productive and fulfilling …

[HTML][HTML] Signatures of white-matter microstructure degradation during aging and its association with cognitive status

A Coelho, HM Fernandes, R Magalhães, PS Moreira… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Previous studies have shown an association between cognitive decline and white matter
integrity in aging. This led to the formulation of a “disconnection hypothesis” in the aging-brain, …

The role of sex and sex-related hormones in cognition, mood and well-being in older men and women

TC Castanho, PS Moreira, C Portugal-Nunes… - Biological …, 2014 - Elsevier
Alterations in hormone levels during aging impact on cognition and mood. Serum concentration
levels of testosterone (TT), estradiol (E2), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of chronic stress protocols in learning and memory in rodents: systematic review and meta-analysis

PS Moreira, PR Almeida, H Leite-Almeida, N Sousa… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The idea that maladaptive stress impairs cognitive function has been a cornerstone of decades
in basic and clinical research. However, disparate findings have reinforced the need to …

Modality-specific overlaps in brain structure and function in obsessive-compulsive disorder: multimodal meta-analysis of case-control MRI studies

M Picó-Pérez, PS Moreira, V de Melo Ferreira… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Neuroimaging research has shown that patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
may present brain structural and functional alterations, but the results across imaging …

Safinamide: a new hope for Parkinson's disease?

FG Teixeira, MF Gago, P Marques, PS Moreira… - Drug Discovery …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights • Safinamide is a novel MAO-B inhibitor and a Calcium channel blocker drug. •
Safinamide improves OFF-time and ON-time with no-troublesome dyskinesia’s in PD. • In PD …

[HTML][HTML] White matter diffusion estimates in obsessive-compulsive disorder across 1653 individuals: machine learning findings from the ENIGMA OCD Working Group

…, MP Maziero, JM Menchón, L Minuzzi, PS Moreira… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
White matter pathways, typically studied with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), have been
implicated in the neurobiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, due to limited …

Efficacy of internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

M Machado-Sousa, PS Moreira, AD Costa… - … Science and Practice, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
There has been a growing interest in the use of remote interventions based on cognitive-behavioral
therapy (CBT)—the gold-standard treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (…