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Maria Teresa Aguiar Santos Paiva, PhD
Professor of Clinical Neurosciences
  • CENC-Sleep Medicine Center
    Rua Conde das Antas, Lisboa, Portugal
    Phone: +351968011648
    E-mail: teresapaiva0@gmail.com

Education

1992 PhD (Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine) University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
1969 Graduation in Medicine University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Biography

Dr. Teresa Paiva achieved the Medical Degree in 1969. She is Neurologist and Neurophysiologist, by the Portuguese Medical Association since 1975, with the title of European Somnologist since 2012 and the Competence in Sleep Medicine since 2013. She was a staff Neurologist Hospital Santa Maria (1976-2006) and accomplished the PhD Thesis in 1992 and Aggregation in 1997 at the University of Lisbon. Further she has been Associate Professor of Neurology the Medical Faculty of Lisbon (FML) and invited Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Institute Superior Technician, 2003-2016.

Currently Dr. Teresa is Clinical Director of CENC-Sleep Medicine Center, Lisbon since 1983. She published more than 130 scientific papers; she is editor/co-editor of 13 books about sleep, and co-author of 60 book chapters, and supervised more than 70 academic thesis. She is often invited by the media and talks for the general public.


Research Interests

  • Sleep Medicine, Sleep Education, Polysomnography, BME, Neurophysiology, Headache.


Scientific Activities

Teaching Experience
2003-2016 Invited Associate Professor of Higher Technical Institute, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
1997 Associate Professor of Neurology, Medical Faculty of Lisbon, Portugal
1992 Assistant Professor of Neurology, Medical Faculty of Lisbon
Professional Activities

Membership for Professional Organizations

2016-Present CEO of the SME Sleep and Nature
2015-Present CEO of the firm My Sleep and I
1983-Present Clinical Director of Center for EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology

Publications

  1. Bentes C, Martins H, Peralta AR, Casimiro C, Morgado C, Franco AC, Fonseca AC, Geraldes R, Canhão P, Pinho E Melo T, Paiva T, Ferro JM. Post-stroke seizures are clinically underestimated. J Neurol. 2017 Aug 14.
  2. Bentes C, Franco AC, Peralta AR, Viana P, Martins H, Morgado C, Casimiro C, Fonseca C, Geraldes R, Canhão P, Pinho E Melo T, Paiva T, Ferro JM. Epilepsia partialis continua after an anterior circulation ischaemic stroke. Eur J Neurol. 2017 Jul; 24(7):929-934.
  3. Bentes C, Martins H, Peralta AR, Morgado C, Casimiro C, Franco AC, Fonseca AC, Geraldes R, Canhão P, Pinho E Melo T, Paiva T, Ferro JM. Epileptic manifestations in stroke patients treated with intravenous alteplase. Eur J Neurol. 2017 Jun; 24(6):755-761.
  4. Paiva T, Gaspar T, Matos MG (2017) Risks and Comorbid Factors of Frequent Headaches during Childhood and Adolescence. J Clin Case Stu 2(2).
  5. Matos MG, Marques A, Gaspar T, Paiva T Perception of quantity and quality of sleep and their association with health related quality of life and life satisfaction during adolescence. Health Edu Care, 2017 2(2): 1-6.
  6. Matos MG, Paiva T, Costa D, Gaspar T, Galvao D Caffeine, Sleep Duration and Adolescents’ Perception of Health Related Quality of Life. British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science 2016, 16(2):1-9.
  7. Reis C, Mestre C, Canhão H, Paiva T, Gradwell D Sleep complaints and fatigue of airline pilots. Sleep Science, 2016, Apr-Jun;9(2):73-7.
  8. Reis C, Mestre C, Canhão H, Paiva T, Gradwell D Sleep and fatigue differences in the two most common types of commercial flight operations Aviat Space Environ Med. 2016, Sep;87(9):811-5.
  9. Silva MR G., Pascoal A, Silva HH, Paiva T Assessing sleep, travelling habits and jet-lag in kite surfers according to competition level Biological Rhythm Research, 2016. 47(5), 677-689.
  10. Paiva T, Gaspar T, Matos MG Mutual relations between sleep deprivation, sleep stealers and risk behaviours in adolescents Sleep Science 2016, Jan-Mar;9(1):7-13.
  11. Khatami R, Luca G, Baumann CR, Bassetti CL, Bruni O, Canellas F, DauvilliersY, Del Rio-Villegas R, Feketeova E, Ferri R, Geisler P, Högl B, Jennum P, Kornum BR, Lecendreux M, Martins-da-Silva A, Mathis J, Mayer G, Paiva T, Partinen M, Perait a-Adrados R, Plazzi G, Santamaria J, Sonka K, Riha R, Tafti M, Wierzbicka A, Young P, Lammers GJ, Overeem S; European Narcolepsy Network. The European Narcolepsy Network (EU-NN) database. J Sleep Res. 2016 Jun; 25(3):356-64.
  12. Nzwalo H, Menezes Cordeiro I, Santos AC, Peralta R, Paiva T, Bentes C. 24-hour rhythmicity of seizures in refractory focal epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2016 Feb; 55:75-8.
  13. Matos MG, Gaspar T, Tomé G, Paiva T Sleep variability and fatigue in adolescents: associations with school related features International Journal of Psychology 2016 Oct;51(5):323-31.
  14. Silva MG, Paiva T. Poor precompetitive sleep habits, nutrients' deficiencies, inappropriate body composition and athletic performance in elite gymnasts. Eur J Sport Sci. 2015 Oct 27:1-10.
  15. Paiva T, Gaspar T, Matos MG Sleep deprivation, sleep stealers and risk behaviours in Portuguese adolescents-A cross-cultural comparison MOJ Public Health, 2015, 3(1).
  16. Vidigal Costa, Joao; Lucas de Freitas, Carlos; Paiva, Teresa; “Brain Imaging of Advertising: A Neuromarketing Study of Sound and Pictures”, Marketing Review (2015). 15(4), 405-422.
  17. Uva, Tomás; Lucas de Freitas, Carlos; Paiva, Teresa “Neuroscience Technologies in Marketing: A Study of Gender and TV Advertisements Using Electroencephalography” (2015) International Journal of Technology Marketing IJTM, 10 (4), 362-380.
  18. Ribeiro O, Grencho D, Carmo I, Paiva T, Figueira L, Horacio G Characterization of Executive Functioning in a Portuguese Sample of Candidates for Bariatric Surgery, Psychology, Community & Health 2015, 4(2), 99-113.
  19. Paiva T, Gaspar T, Matos MG Sleep deprivation in adolescents: correlations with health complaints and health related quality of life, Sleep Medicine, 2015, Sleep Med. 2015 Apr; 16(4):521-7.
  20. Uva, Tomás; Lucas de Freitas, Carlos; Paiva, Teresa;"Television Advertisements and Gender: Neuromarketing Research Using EEG and an Oddball Paradigm"; Proceedings of the 7th EuroMed Conference, EuroMed Academy of Business, Kristiansand, Norway, September 18th-19th (2014) In Weber, Y., & Tsoukatos, E. (2014). EuroMed Academy of Business
  21. Vidigal Costa, João; Lucas de Freitas, Carlos; Paiva, Teresa; "Assessment of the Brain Reactions to Sound and Picture in Advertising"; Proceedings of the 7th EuroMed Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business, Kristiansand, Norway September 18th-19th (2014) In Weber, Y., & Tsoukatos, E. (2014). EuroMed Academy of Business
  22. Conceição, Cristina; Lucas de Freitas, Carlos; Paiva, Teresa; “Pricing and Brands: A Neuromarketing Study”; Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour ICIEMC2014, Aveiro 2-3 May (2014).
  23. Rebelo-Pinto T, Carneiro Pinto J, Rebelo-Pinto H, Paiva T. Validation of a three-dimensional model about sleep: habits, personal factors and environmental factors, Sleep Science, 2014, vol 7(4): 197-202.
  24. Huang YS, Paiva T, Hsu JF, Kuo MC, Guilleminault C. Sleep and breathing in premature infants at 6 months post-natal age. BMC Pediatr. 2014 Dec 16; 14(1): 303.
  25. Reis, C., Mestre, C., Tecedeiro, M., & Paiva, T. (2014). Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Jenkins Sleep Scale in a sample of Portuguese shift workers. Laboratório de Psicologia, 12, 89-98.
  26. Silva MR, Paiva T. Low energy availability and low body fat of female gymnasts before an international competition. Eur J Sport Sci. 2014 Oct 16: 1-9.
  27. Domingues A, Paiva T, Sanches J. Hypnogram and Sleep Parameter Computation from Activity and Cardiovascular data. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 2014, Jun; 61(6):1711-9.
  28. Loureiro H, Pinto T, Carneiro-Pinto J, Rebelo-Pinto H, Paiva T. Validation of the Children Sleep Habits Questionnaire and the Sleep Self Report for Portuguese children. Sleep Sci. 2013; 6(4):151-158.
  29. Penzel T, Pevernagie D, Dogas Z, Grote L, de Lacy S, Rodenbeck A, Bassetti C, Berg S, Cirignotta F, d'Ortho MP, Garcia-Borreguero D, Levy P, Nobili L, Paiva T, Peigneux P, Pollmächer T, Riemann D, Skene DJ, Zucconi M, Espie C; For The Sleep Medicine Committee and The European Sleep Research Society. Catalogue of knowledge and skills for sleep medicine. J Sleep Res. 2013 Oct 7.
  30. Domingues A, Paiva T, Sanches J. Sleep and Wakefulness State Detection in Nocturnal Actigraphy Based on Movement Information. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2013 Sep 4.
  31. de Mello MT, Narciso FV, Tufik S, Paiva T, Spence DW, Bahammam AS, Verster JC, Pandi-Perumal SR. Sleep disorders as a cause of motor vehicle collisions. Int J Prev Med. 2013 Mar; 4(3):246-57.
  32. Domingues A, Paiva T, Sanches JM. An actigraphy heterogeneous mixture model for sleep assessment. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012 Aug; 2012: 2275-8.
  33. Afonso P, Figueira ML, Paiva T. Sleep-wake patterns in schizophrenia patients compared to healthy controls. World J Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Jan 15.
  34. J. Costa; M.D. Ortigueira; A. Batista; T. Paiva. “Sleep Spindles Detection: a Mixed Method Using STFT and WMSD”. International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism, Vol. 14 No.4, pp229-233, 2012
  35. Poli F, Overeem S, Lammers GJ, Plazzi G, Lecendreux M, Bassetti CL, Dauvilliers Y, Keene D, Khatami R, Li Y, Mayer G, Nohynek H, Pahud B, Paiva T, Partinen M, Scammell TE, Shimabukuro T, Sturkenboom M, van Dinther K, Wiznitzer M, Bonhoeffer J. Narcolepsy as an adverse event following immunization: Case definition and guidelines for data collection, analysis and presentation. Vaccine. 2012 Dec 16.
  36. Prilipko O, Huynh N, Schwartz S, Tantrakul V, Kushida C, Paiva T, Guilleminault C. The Effects of CPAP Treatment on Task Positive and Default Mode Networks in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients: An fMRI Study. PLoS One. 2012; 7(12):e47433.
  37. Lecendreux M, Bruni O, Franco P, Gringras P, Konofal E, Nevsimalova S, Paiva T, Partinen M, Peeters E, Peraita-Adrados R, Plazzi G, Poli F. Clinical experience suggests that modafinil is an effective and safe treatment for paediatric narcolepsy. J Sleep Res. 2012 Jan 28.
  38. David A, Constantino F, Santos JM, Paiva T. Health-related quality of life in Portuguese patients with narcolepsy. Sleep Med. 2012 Jan 24.
  39. Pinto TR, Amaral C, Silva VN, Leal IP, Paiva T Hábitos de sono e ansiedade, depressão e stresse: Que relação? ISPA Instituto Universitário, 2012
  40. Afonso P, Figueira ML, Paiva T. Sleep-promoting action of the endogenous melatonin in schizophrenia compared to healthy controls. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2011 Nov; 15(4):311-5.
  41. Bentes C, Costa J, Peralta R, Pires J, Sousa P, Paiva T. Dream recall frequency and content in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2011 Nov; 52(11):2022-7.
  42. Paiva T, Bugalho P, Bentes C. Dreaming and cognition in patients with frontotemporal dysfunction. Conscious Cogn. 2011 Dec; 20(4):1027-35.
  43. Bugalho P, Paiva T. Dream features in the early stages of Parkinson's disease.J Neural Transm. 2011 Nov; 118(11):1613-9. Epub 2011 Jun 30.
  44. Brissos S, Palhavã F, Dias VV, Paiva T. A case of crying seizures. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2011 Fall; 23(1):E27-8.
  45. Prilipko O, Huynh N, Schwartz S, Tantrakul V, Kim JH, Peralta AR, Kushida C,Paiva T, Guilleminault C. Task positive and default mode networks during a parametric working memory task in obstructive sleep apnea patients and healthy controls. Sleep. 2011 Mar 1; 34(3):293-301A.
  46. Martins RC, Primor D, Paiva T High performance groundless EEG/ECG capacitive electrodes. Medical measurements and applications Proceedings, 2011.
  47. Cunha JP, Ferreira J, Paiva T, Castanheira-Dinis A. Filtro Amarelo e o Ritmo Circadiário. Oftalmologia 2011; 35: 53-60.
  48. Afonso P, Brissos S, Figueira ML, Paiva T. Schizophrenia patients with predominantly positive symptoms have more disturbed sleep-wake cycles measured by actigraphy. Psychiatry Res. 2011 Aug 30; 189(1):62-6.
  49. Adamec O, Domingues A, Paiva T, Sanches JM. Statistical characterization of actigraphy data during sleep and wakefulness states. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010; 2010:2342-5.
  50. Domingues A, Adamec O, Paiva T, Sanches JM. Automatic annotation of actigraphy data for sleep disorders diagnosis purposes. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010; 2010:5081-4.
  51. Sanches JM, Pereira B, Paiva T. Headset Bluetooth and cell phone based continuous central body temperature measurement system. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010; 2010:2975-8.
  52. Paiva T. Sleep and headache. Handb Clin Neurol. 2011; 99:1073-86.
  53. Afonso P, Brissos S, Figueira ML, Paiva T. Discrepant nocturnal melatonin levels in monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia and its impact on sleep. Schizophr Res. 2010 Jul; 120(1-3):227-8.
  54. Branco JC, Zachrisson O, Perrot S, Mainguy Y; Multinational Coordinator Study Group. A European multicenter randomized double-blind placebo-controlled monotherapy clinical trial of milnacipran in treatment of fibromyalgia. J Rheumatol. 2010 Apr; 37(4):851-9.
  55. Afonso P, Brissos S, Figueira ML, Paiva T. Discrepant nocturnal melatonin levels in monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia and its impact on sleep. Schizophr Res. 2010 Jul; 120(1-3):227-8.

     
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