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Laura Melina Fernandez

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Laura MJ Fernandez

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Sleep spindles: mechanisms and functions

LMJ Fernandez, A Lüthi - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Sleep spindles are burstlike signals in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of the sleeping
mammalian brain and electrical surface correlates of neuronal oscillations in thalamus. As one of …

Thalamic control of cortical states

JFA Poulet, LMJ Fernandez, S Crochet… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
We investigated the impact of thalamus on ongoing cortical activity in the awake, behaving
mouse. We demonstrate that the desynchronized cortical state during active behavior is …

[HTML][HTML] High-titre methylene blue-treated convalescent plasma as an early treatment for outpatients with COVID-19: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial

…, N Martínez, LA Maglio, LC Fernandez… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Convalescent plasma has been proposed as an early treatment to interrupt the
progression of early COVID-19 to severe disease, but there is little definitive evidence. We …

Conditional recurrence-free survival of clinical complete responders managed by watch and wait after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer in the …

LM Fernandez, GP São Julião, NL Figueiredo… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Watch and wait is a novel management strategy in patients with rectal cancer
who have a clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Surveillance of …

Coordinated infraslow neural and cardiac oscillations mark fragility and offline periods in mammalian sleep

S Lecci, LMJ Fernandez, FD Weber, R Cardis… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Rodents sleep in bouts lasting minutes; humans sleep for hours. What are the universal needs
served by sleep given such variability? In sleeping mice and humans, through monitoring …

[PDF][PDF] Noradrenergic circuit control of non-REM sleep substates

…, G Katsioudi, C Devenoges, LMJ Fernandez… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
To understand what makes sleep vulnerable in disease, it is useful to look at how wake-promoting
mechanisms affect healthy sleep. Wake-promoting neuronal activity is inhibited during …

Combating inflammaging through a Mediterranean whole diet approach: the NU-AGE project's conceptual framework and design

…, C Nicoletti, D Jacobs, M Xipsiti, L Fernandez… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2014 - Elsevier
The development of a chronic, low grade, inflammatory status named “inflammaging” is a
major characteristic of ageing, which plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of age-related …

Impact of organ-preserving strategies on anorectal function in patients with distal rectal cancer following neoadjuvant chemoradiation

…, J Gama-Rodrigues, LM Fernandez… - Diseases of the Colon …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Organ-preserving strategies have been considered for patients with distal
rectal cancer and complete or near-complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation to …

Organ preservation in cT2N0 rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy: the impact of radiation therapy dose-escalation and consolidation …

…, J Sabbaga, PB Aguilar, LM Fernandez… - Annals of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To demonstrate the difference in organ-preservation rates and avoidance of
definitive surgery among cT2N0 rectal cancer patients undergoing 2 different chemoradiation (…

Achieving a complete clinical response after neoadjuvant chemoradiation that does not require surgical resection: it may take longer than you think!

…, GP São Julião, LM Fernandez… - Diseases of the Colon …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Patients with rectal cancer who achieve complete clinical response after
neoadjuvant chemoradiation have been managed by organ-preserving strategies and …