Anxiety, especially separation distress, is very common among older children with Angelman syndrome and should be taken into…
Joana Carvalho, PhD
Joana holds a bachelor’s in biology, a Master of Science in evolutionary and developmental biology, and a PhD in biomedical sciences from Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Her work has been focused on the impact of non-canonical Wnt signaling in the collective behavior of endothelial cells — those that make up the lining of blood vessels — found in the umbilical cord of newborns. In addition to several research fellowships, she was awarded two Erasmus scholarships to conduct part of her studies in France.
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Articles by Joana Carvalho, PhD
Scientists, armed with new technologies, cracked a 20-year mystery surrounding a girl diagnosed with two rare inherited disorders, Angelman…
Researchers have developed a new quick and accurate molecular diagnostic test for patients with either Angelman and…
For the first time, the occurrence of germline mosaicism — a phenomenon in which a mutation is present only…
The close relationship between synaptic maturation and sleep may be the reason why many children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), including…
Coffin-Siris syndrome (CSS) should be included in the differential diagnosis of Angelman syndrome, say researchers, after describing the…
Short-term treatment with Neuralstem‘s NSI-189 reversed cognitive and motor impairments in a mouse model of Angelman syndrome, according to study results.
Epileptic seizures caused by disturbances in the activity of a specific type of nerve cell called an inhibitory neuron were prevented…
Researchers from the University of North Carolina have found that ubiquitin protein ligase E3A — the malfunction of which is behind …
Researchers from Harvard Medical School have discovered that a genetic mutation in the UBE3A gene found in Angelman…