On Tuesday October 18th, 2016 at 2:00pm at the Faculty of Medicine de Lisboa (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Sónia do Vale Fernandes defended her PhD thesis entitled Effects of Dehydroepiandrosterone on Cognition: an Electrophysiological Approach. The thesis was co-supervised together by Dr. Martin Martins of University and Dr. Carles Escera, head of Brainlab. The experimental work of this thesis was carried out at the Brainlab during several visits of Dr. do Vale, and has resulted in the following publications:
Do Vale, S., Selinger, L., Martins, J.M., Coelho, A., Bicho, M., do Carmo, I., & Escera, C. (2014). The Relationship Between Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Working Memory and Distraction – a Behavioral and Electrophysiological Approach. PloS ONE, 9(8):e104869.
Do Vale, S., Selinger, L., Martins, J.M., Bicho, M., do Carmo, I., & Escera, C. (2015). Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and dehydroepiandrosterone-sulphate (DHEAS) and emotional processing – a behavioral and electrophysiological approach. Hormones and Behavior, 73,94-103.
Do Vale, S., Selinger, L., Martins, J.M., Bicho, M., do Carmo, I., & Escera, C. (2016). Hormonal modulation of novelty processing: enhanced under working memory load with high DHEAS/DHEA ratios. Neuroscience Letters, 634, 98-103.
After her presentation and thoughful discussion with the eight-member panel, the thesis was awarded the highest grade at University of Lisbon: Approved with Distinction and Honours.
Congratulations Sónia
