Mota, Joana Paz
Rodrigues, Inês Tello
Ferreira, Ana Filipa
Melo, Ana Rosa Vieira
Pires, Paula
Lopes, Pedro
Vasconcelos, João
Raposo, Mafalda
Lima, Manuela
Funding for this research was provided by:
Germany, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (01ED1602A/B)
Germany, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (01ED1602A/B)
Germany, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (01ED1602A/B)
Germany, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (01ED1602A/B)
Netherlands, The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
Portugal, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (JPCOFUND/0002/2015)
Portugal, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (JPCOFUND/0002/2015)
Portugal, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (JPCOFUND/0002/2015)
Portugal, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (JPCOFUND/0002/2015)
United Kingdom, Medical Research Council
Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (CEECIND/03018/2018/CP1556/CT0009)
Article History
Received: 15 June 2025
Accepted: 5 September 2025
First Online: 26 September 2025
Declarations
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: This work is an outcome of ESMI, an EU Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) project. The ESMI project was supported through the following funding organisations under the aegis of JPND: Germany, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF; funding codes 01ED1602A/B); Netherlands, The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development; Portugal, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT; funding codes JPCOFUND/0002/2015); United Kingdom, Medical Research Council. The Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FRCT, Governo Regional dos Açores) has supported ESMI in Azores, under the PRO-SCIENTIA program. MR is supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia ( ). Approval was obtained from the ethics committee of University of the Azores, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo and Hospital do Santo Espírito da Ilha Terceira. The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants signed the informed consent form on paper which was treated in is codified form.
: The authors declare no competing interests.