Carolina Maruta

Assistant Professor
Carolina Maruta

carolina.maruta@ucp.pt

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PhD in Biomedical Sciences (Neurosciences) by University of Lisbon. Invited assistant professor since 2018 at the Undergraduate Program in Psychology of the Faculty of Human Sciences. Involved in clinical activities (neuropsychology) at the Laboratory for Language Studies of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon since 2009 and, since 2011, at the CENC - Centro de Medicina do Sono. Between March and June 2013 she was a visiting researcher at the University College of London. Researcher at CRC-W. Main research areas include normal and pathological cognitive aging (dementia), and sleep and cognition. Author of several publications about neurocognitive/neurobehavioral manifestations following brain injury and cognitive aging/dementia.

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A modified Camel and Cactus Test detects presymptomatic semantic impairment in genetic frontotemporal dementia within the GENFI cohort.

Carolina Maruta (with Moore K). 2020. Applied neuropsychology. Adult
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Abnormal pain perception is associated with thalamo-cortico-striatal atrophy in C9orf72 expansion carriers in the GENFI cohort.

Carolina Maruta (with Convery RS). 2020. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
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Age at symptom onset and death and disease duration in genetic frontotemporal dementia: an international retrospective cohort study

Carolina Maruta (with Moore, K.M.). 2020. The Lancet Neurology
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Cognitive aging in migraine sufferers is associated with more subjective complaints but similar age-related decline: a 5-year longitudinal study.

Carolina Maruta (with Martins IP). 2020. The journal of headache and pain
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Cognitive performance along the migraine cycle: A negative exploratory study

Carolina Maruta (with Quadros, M.A.). 2020. Cephalalgia Reports
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Faster Cortical Thinning and Surface Area Loss in Presymptomatic and Symptomatic C9orf72 Repeat Expansion Adult Carriers.

Carolina Maruta (with Le Blanc G). 2020. Annals of neurology
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Neuronal pentraxin 2: a synapse-derived CSF biomarker in genetic frontotemporal dementia.

Carolina Maruta (with van der Ende EL). 2020. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
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Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein is raised in progranulin-associated frontotemporal dementia.

Carolina Maruta (with Heller C). 2020. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
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Age at symptom onset and death and disease duration in genetic frontotemporal dementia: an international retrospective cohort study.

Carolina Maruta (with Moore KM). 2019. The Lancet. Neurology
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Brain state monitoring for the future prediction of migraine attacks.

Carolina Maruta (with Martins IP). 2019. Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache
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Cerebral perfusion changes in presymptomatic genetic frontotemporal dementia: A GENFI study

Carolina Maruta (with Mutsaerts, H.J.M.M.). 2019. Brain
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Education modulates brain maintenance in presymptomatic frontotemporal dementia.

Carolina Maruta (with Gazzina S). 2019. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
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Functional network resilience to pathology in presymptomatic genetic frontotemporal dementia.

Carolina Maruta (with Rittman T). 2019. Neurobiology of aging
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Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome plus

Carolina Maruta (with Costa, M.R.). 2019. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease
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May Subjective Language Complaints Predict Future Language Decline in Community-Dwelling Subjects?

Carolina Maruta (with Maruta C). 2019. Frontiers in Psychology
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Serum neurofilament light chain in genetic frontotemporal dementia: a longitudinal, multicentre cohort study.

Carolina Maruta (with van der Ende EL). 2019. The Lancet. Neurology
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The inner fluctuations of the brain in presymptomatic Frontotemporal Dementia: The chronnectome fingerprint.

Carolina Maruta (with Premi E). 2019. NeuroImage
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Ventricular volume expansion in presymptomatic genetic frontotemporal dementia.

Carolina Maruta (with Tavares TP). 2019. Neurology
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White matter hyperintensities in progranulin-associated frontotemporal dementia: A longitudinal GENFI study.

Carolina Maruta (with Sudre CH). 2019. NeuroImage. Clinical
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Attentional responses while looking for changes: effect of pathological ageing

Carolina Maruta 2018. Journal of Vision
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Comparison of arterial spin labeling registration strategies in the multi-center GENetic frontotemporal dementia initiative (GENFI)

Carolina Maruta (with Mutsaerts, H.J.M.M.). 2018. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Distinct Neuroanatomical Correlates of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in the Three Main Forms of Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia in the GENFI Cohort.

Carolina Maruta (with Sellami L). 2018. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD
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Distinct patterns of brain atrophy in Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia Initiative (GENFI) cohort revealed by visual rating scales.

Carolina Maruta (with Fumagalli GG). 2018. Alzheimer's research & therapy
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Downregulation of exosomal miR-204-5p and miR-632 as a biomarker for FTD: a GENFI study.

Carolina Maruta (with Schneider R). 2018. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
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Predictors of cognitive stability or decline during aging: A longitudinal study in primary care.

Carolina Maruta (with Pavão Martins I). 2018. Applied neuropsychology. Adult
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Presymptomatic white matter integrity loss in familial frontotemporal dementia in the GENFI cohort: A cross-sectional diffusion tensor imaging study.

Carolina Maruta (with Jiskoot LC). 2018. Annals of clinical and translational neurology
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Spatiotemporal analysis for detection of pre-symptomatic shape changes in neurodegenerative diseases: Initial application to the GENFI cohort.

Carolina Maruta (with Cury C). 2018. NeuroImage
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Uncovering the heterogeneity and temporal complexity of neurodegenerative diseases with Subtype and Stage Inference.

Carolina Maruta (with Young AL). 2018. Nature communications
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Use of the montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) in Latin America: A systematic review,Uso del test de evaluación cognitiva de Montreal (MoCA) en América Latina: revisión sistemática

Carolina Maruta (with Loureiro, C.). 2018. Revista de Neurologia
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[Use of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in Latin America: a systematic review].

Carolina Maruta (with Loureiro C). 2018. Revista de neurologia
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Cognitive reserve and TMEM106B genotype modulate brain damage in presymptomatic frontotemporal dementia: a GENFI study.

Carolina Maruta 2017. Brain : a journal of neurology
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Dissociation findings between short-term and long-term memory in autoimmune limbic encephalitis

Carolina Maruta (with Nascimento Alves, P.). 2017. Journal of the Neurological Sciences
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Patterns of gray matter atrophy in genetic frontotemporal dementia: results from the GENFI study.

Carolina Maruta (with Cash DM). 2017. Neurobiology of aging
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Progranulin plasma levels predict the presence of GRN mutations in asymptomatic subjects and do not correlate with brain atrophy: results from the GENFI study.

Carolina Maruta (with Galimberti D). 2017. Neurobiology of aging
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White matter hyperintensities are seen only in GRN mutation carriers in the GENFI cohort.

Carolina Maruta (with Sudre CH). 2017. NeuroImage. Clinical
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Depression with melancholic features is associated with higher long-term risk for dementia

Carolina Maruta (with Simões Do Couto, F.). 2016. Journal of Affective Disorders
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Diminuição da expressão dos genes APP e CP em doentes de Alzheimer sugere alteração da exportação de ferro celular nesta demência

Carolina Maruta (with Cláudia, Guerreiro). 2016.
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Loss of object ownership feeling following a left hemisphere infarct

Carolina Maruta (with Nascimento Alves, P.). 2016. Cortex
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Classification of primary progressive aphasia: Do unsupervised data mining methods support a logopenic variant?

Carolina Maruta (with Maruta, C.). 2015. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
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Decrease in APP and CP mRNA expression supports impairment of iron export in Alzheimer's disease patients

Carolina Maruta (with Guerreiro, Cláudia). 2015. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease
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Primary progressive aphasia : neuropsychological analysis and evolution

Carolina Maruta (with Maruta, Carolina Pires, 1985-). 2015.
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The musician entrapped in the aphasic mind: The tragic story of Maurice Ravel,O músico aprisionado na mente afásica: A história trágica de Maurice Ravel

Carolina Maruta (with Maruta, C.). 2015. Sinapse
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Crosstalk between genetics, gene expression and biochemical markers supports systemic iron homeostasis dysregulation in alzheimer disease

Carolina Maruta (with Crespo, Ângela C.). 2014.
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Decrease of ß-amyloid peptide precursor and ceruloplasmin mRNA levels in patients with Alzheimer’s disease support impairment of cellular iron efflux in this pathology

Carolina Maruta (with Silva, Bruno). 2014.
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Delayed auditory feedback simulates features of nonfluent primary progressive aphasia

Carolina Maruta (with Maruta, C.). 2014. Journal of the Neurological Sciences
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Genetic and biochemical markers in patients with Alzheimer's disease support a concerted systemic iron homeostasis dysregulation

Carolina Maruta (with Crespo, T.C.). 2014. Neurobiology of Aging
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Executive performance in older portuguese adults with low education

Carolina Maruta (with Pavão Martins, I.). 2013. Clinical Neuropsychologist
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Iron Related Gene Expression and Biochemical Phenotype Support Iron Homeostasis Dysregulation in Alzheimer’s Disease

Carolina Maruta (with Crespo, Ângela). 2013.
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A test of famous faces - Its contribute to cognitive assessment,Contributo de um teste de faces famosas para a avaliação cognitiva

Carolina Maruta (with Rosa, R.M.J.). 2012. Sinapse
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Iron/copper metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease: genetics and biomarkers in a Portuguese population

Carolina Maruta (with C. Crespo, Ângela). 2012.
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Migraine, headaches, and cognition

Carolina Maruta (with Martins, I.P.). 2012. Headache
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Speech therapy in primary progressive aphasia: a pilot study.

Carolina Maruta 2012. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra
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Surgical control of limbic encephalitis associated with LGI1 antibodies

Carolina Maruta (with Almeida, V.). 2012. Epileptic Disorders
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The Effect of education on age-related changes in three cognitive domains: A cross-sectional study in primary care

Carolina Maruta (with Martins, I.P.). 2012. Applied Neuropsychology
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The use of neuropsychological tests across Europe: The need for a consensus in the use of assessment tools for dementia

Carolina Maruta (with Maruta, C.). 2011. European Journal of Neurology
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Cut-off scores in MMSE: A moving target?

Carolina Maruta (with Morgado, J.). 2010. European Journal of Neurology
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Avaliação da memória em portugueses com idade superior a 50 anos: Validação e dados normativos para o CVLT-9 e para os subtestes reprodução visual e faces da WMS – III

Carolina Maruta (with Maruta, Carolina Pires). 2009.
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New normative values of Mini-Mental State Examination,Novos valores normativos do Mini-Mental State Examination

Carolina Maruta (with Morgado, J.). 2009. Sinapse
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