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Anna Maria Casanovas Llorens

Anna Maria Casanovas Llorens

Degree: PhD


ana.casanovas(ELIMINAR)@udl.cat

ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-3984-2011

Groups

Publications

  • Casanovas, A; Salvany, S; Lahoz, V; Tarabal, O; Piedrafita, L; Sabater, R; Hernandez, S; Caldero, J; Esquerda, JE

    Neuregulin 1-ErbB module in C-bouton synapses on somatic motor neurons: molecular compartmentation and response to peripheral nerve injury

    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 7 40155-40155. .

    [doi:10.1038/srep40155]

  • SABADO PORCAR, JAVIER; CASANOVAS LLORENS, ANNA MARIA; Rodrigo, H.; Arqué, G.; ESQUERDA COLELL, JOSEP ENRIC

    ADVERSE EFFECTS OF A SOD1-PEPTIDE IMMUNOTHERAPY ON SOD1(G93A) MOUSE SLOW MODEL OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS

    NEUROSCIENCE 310 38-50. .

    [doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.09.027]

  • Puigdellívol-Sánchez A; Giralt A; Casanovas A; Alberch J; Prats-Galino A

    Cryostat Slice Irregularities May Introduce Bias in Tissue Thickness Estimation: Relevance for Cell Counting Methods

    MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS 21 893-901. .

    [doi:10.1017/S143192761501380X]

  • Gallart-Palau X; Tarabal O; Casanovas A; Sábado J; Correa FJ; Hereu M; Piedrafita L; Calderó J; Esquerda JE

    Neuregulin-1 is concentrated in the postsynaptic subsurface cistern of C-bouton inputs to alpha-motoneurons and altered during motoneuron diseases

    FASEB JOURNAL 28 3618-3632. .

    [doi:10.1096/fj.13-248583]

  • Sabado, Javier; Casanovas, Anna; Tarabal, Olga; Hereu, Marta; Piedrafita, Ldia; Caldero, Jordi; Esquerda, Josep E.

    Accumulation of Misfolded SOD1 in Dorsal Root Ganglion Degenerating Proprioceptive Sensory Neurons of Transgenic Mice with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    BioMed Research International 2014 -. .

    [doi:10.1155/2014/852163]

  • Sábado J; Casanovas A; HERNÁNDEZ ESTAÑOL, SARA; Piedrafita L; Hereu M; Esquerda JE

    Immunodetection of Disease-Associated Conformers of Mutant Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase 1 Selectively Expressed in Degenerating Neurons in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY 72 646-661. .

    [doi:10.1097/NEN.0b013e318297fd10]

  • Arque, Gloria; CASANOVAS, A.; Dierssen, Mara

    Dyrk1A Is Dynamically Expressed on Subsets of Motor Neurons and in the Neuromuscular Junction: Possible Role in Down Syndrome

    PLOS ONE 8 -. .

    [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054285]

  • Texido, Laura; Hernandez, Sara; Martin-Satue, Mireia; Povedano, Monica; Casanovas, Anna; Esquerda, Josep; Marsal, Jordi; Solsona, Caries

    Sera from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients induce the non-canonical activation of NMDA receptors "in vitro".

    NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL 59 954-964. .

    [doi:10.1016/j.neuint.2011.07.006]

  • Dachs, Elisabet; Hereu, Marta; Piedrafita, Lidia; Casanovas, Anna; Caldero, Jordi; Esquerda, Josep E.

    Defective neuromuscular junction organization and postnatal myogenesis in mice with severe spinal muscular atrophy.

    JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY 70 444-461. .

    [doi:10.1097/NEN.0b013e31821cbd8b]

  • Hernandez, Sara; Texido, Laura; Caldero, Jordi; Ciutat, Dolors; Piedrafita, Lidia; Casanovas, Anna; Blasi, Joan; Solsona, Carles; Povedano, Monica; Rojas, Ricardo; Illa, Isabel; Caress, James; Prevette, David; Oppenheim, Ronald W.; Milligan, Carol; Esquerda, Josep E.

    Increased intramuscular nerve branching and inhibition of programmed cell death of chick embryo motoneurons by immunoglobulins from patients with motoneuron disease.

    Journal Of Neuroimmunology 229 157-168. .

    [doi:10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.07.028]

  • Hernández S; Casanovas A; Piedrafita L; Tarabal O; Esquerda JE

    Neurotoxic species of misfolded SOD1G93A recognized by antibodies against the P2X4 subunit of the ATP receptor accumulate in damaged neurons of transgenic animal models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY 69 176-187. .

    [doi:10.1097/NEN.0b013e3181cd3e33]

  • Casanovas, Anna; Hernandez, Sara; Tarabal, Olga; Rossello, Jaume; Esquerda, Josep E.

    Strong P2X4 purinergic receptor-like immunoreactivity is selectively associated with degenerating neurons in transgenic rodent models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Journal Of Comparative Neurology 506 75-92. .

    [doi:10.1002/cne.21527]

Projects

  • Preclinical Analisis of new combinatorial treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA): Effects on motorneuron survival, synaptic integrity, and skeletal muscle preservation.
  • Los aferentes sinápticos de tipo C en las motoneuronas: implicaciones en la fisiopatología y terapia de la esclerosis lateral amiotrófica y de la atrofia muscular espinal (Motoneurona)
  • Mecanismes excitotòxics, resposta neuroinflamatòria i factors sèrics en l´esclerosi lateral amiotròfica humana i experimental