Catarina Resende de Oliveira | |
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| Born | February 1946 Coimbra, Portugal |
| Years active | 50 |
| Known for | Research into dementia and Parkinson's disease |
| Awards | Grand Officer of the Order of Public Instruction |
Catarina Resende de Oliveira (born 1946) is a Portuguese neurologist, researcher, university professor, and doctor. A full professor of biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, she studies the processes that cause neurological degeneration responsible for illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.