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Shameemah Abrahams

University of Cape TownORCID

Also Known As

Abrahams, S, Abrahams, Shameemah, S. B. Abrahams, Shameemah Abrahams

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University of Cape TownStellenbosch UniversitySports Science Institute of South AfricaUniversity of PretoriaUniversity of the Witwatersrand
SA

About

Shameemah Abrahams is an author at University of Cape Town specializing in medicine, genetic epidemiology, and concussion.

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Curcumin pre-treatment may protect against mitochondrial damage in LRRK2-mutant Parkinson's disease and healthy control fibroblasts

Shameemah Abrahams, Hayley Christy Miller, Carl Lombard,

Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports

2021

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The association between <i>COMT</i> rs4680 and 5-HTTLPR genotypes and concussion history in South African rugby union players

Sarah Mc Fie, Shameemah Abrahams, Jon Patricios,

Journal of Sports Sciences

2017

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Unravelling the interaction between the <i>DRD2</i> and <i>DRD4</i> genes, personality traits and concussion risk

Shameemah Abrahams, Sarah McFie, Miguel Lacerda,

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine

2019

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Targeted next-generation sequencing identifies novel variants in candidate genes for Parkinson’s disease in Black South African and Nigerian patients

Helena Kuivaniemi, Shameemah Abrahams, William Haylett,

BMC Medical Genetics

2020

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An association between polymorphisms within the APOE gene and concussion aetiology in rugby union players

Shameemah Abrahams, Sarah Mc Fie, Jon Patricios,

Journal of science and medicine in sport

2017

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Increased blood-derived mitochondrial DNA copy number in African ancestry individuals with Parkinson's disease

Amica Corda Müller-Nedebock, Surita Meldau, Carl Lombard,

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

2022

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A Polymorphism in a Functional Region of the COL5A1 Gene: Association With Ultraendurance-Running Performance and Joint Range of Motion

Shameemah Abrahams, Michael Posthumus, Malcolm Collins

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

2014

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Inflammatory and apoptotic signalling pathways and concussion severity: a genetic association study

Sarah Mc Fie, Shameemah Abrahams, Jon Patricios,

Journal of Sports Sciences

2018

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RNA-seq analysis of gene expression profiles in posttraumatic stress disorder, Parkinson’s disease and schizophrenia identifies roles for common and distinct biological pathways

Sian Hemmings, Patricia Swart, Jacqueline S. Womersely,

Discover Mental Health

2022

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