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Information about journal articles, updated at 08-03-2026, from platform CIÊNCIAVITAE.
Photodynamic therapy with ring-fused chlorins: a vision-preserving approach for retinoblastoma.
Margarido J; Mestre C; Guimarães T; Serambeque B; Boia R; Costa B; Moreno D; et al, Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-026-00862-8 . 10.1007/s43630-026-00862-8 . Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology
Methylphenidate triggers retinal oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction under physiological conditions but has beneficial effects in inflammatory settings
Eliane S. Sanches; Ricardo A. Leitão; Filipa I. Baptista; Sandra I. Mota; Margarida V. Caldeira; Paulo J. Oliveira; António F. Ambrósio; Rosa Fernandes; Ana P. Silva, Neuropharmacology. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2025.110623 . 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2025.110623 . Neuropharmacology
Stress in utero: prenatal dexamethasone exposure causes greater structural gliovascular alterations in female offspring than in males.
Ferreira-Rodrigues M; Sousa IS; Baptista FI; Coelho-Santos V, Frontiers in neuroscience. 2025. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2025.1539867 . 10.3389/fnins.2025.1539867 . Frontiers in neuroscience
Neurovascular dysfunction in psychiatric disorders: Underlying mechanisms and therapeutic approaches
Eliane Swely Sanches; Daniela Simões; Filipa Isabel Baptista; Ana Paula Silva, European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.14319 . 10.1111/eci.14319 . European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Tracing the influence of prenatal risk factors on the offspring retina: Focus on development and putative long-term consequences
Filipa I. Baptista; António F. Ambrósio, European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.14266 . 10.1111/eci.14266 . European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Microglial Rac1 is essential for experience-dependent brain plasticity and cognitive performance
Renato Socodato; Tiago O. Almeida; Camila C. Portugal; Evelyn C.S. Santos; Joana Tedim-Moreira; João Galvão-Ferreira; Teresa Canedo; et al, Cell Reports. 42. 2023. 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113447 . Cell Reports
Maternal diabetes affects rat offspring retinal structure and function: Sex-specific vulnerabilities at infancy.
Realinho AM; Boia R; Paiva B; Correia RG; Gaspar R; Ambrósio AF; Baptista FI, Life sciences. 2023. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37321535 . 10.1016/j.lfs.2023.121852 . Life sciences
Postnatal Overfeeding in Rodents Induces a Neurodevelopment Delay and Anxious-like Behaviour Accompanied by Sex- and Brain-Region-Specific Synaptic and Metabolic Changes
Andreia Marreiros Amaro; Diana Sousa; Mariana Sá-Rocha; Marcos Divino Ferreira-Junior; Daniela Rosendo-Silva; Lucas Paulo Jacinto Saavedra; Cátia Barra; et al, Nutrients. 2023. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/16/3581 . 10.3390/nu15163581 . Nutrients
Sex-specificities in offspring neurodevelopment and behaviour upon maternal glycation: Putative underlying neurometabolic and synaptic changes
Amaro, Andreia; Sousa, Diana; Sá-Rocha, Mariana; Ferreira-Junior, Marcos D.; Barra, Cátia; Monteiro, Tamaeh; Mathias, Paulo; et al, Life Sciences. 321. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2023.121597 . 10.1016/j.lfs.2023.121597 . Life Sciences
Neonatal testosterone voids sexually differentiated microglia morphology and behavior.
Simões-Henriques CF; Rodrigues-Neves AC; Sousa FJ; Gaspar R; Almeida I; Baptista FI; Ambrósio AF; Gomes CA, Frontiers in endocrinology. 2023. https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10013065 . 10.3389/fendo.2023.1102068 . Frontiers in endocrinology
Programming of future generations during breastfeeding: The intricate relation between metabolic and neurodevelopment disorders
Amaro, Andreia; Baptista, Filipa I.; Matafome, Paulo, Life Sciences. 298. 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2022.120526 . 10.1016/j.lfs.2022.120526 . Life Sciences
The Duration of Stress Determines Sex Specificities in the Vulnerability to Depression and in the Morphologic Remodeling of Neurons and Microglia
Gaspar, Rita; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Coimbra, Bárbara; Baptista, Filipa I.; Pinto, Luísa; Ambrósio, António F.; Rodrigues, Ana João; Gomes, Catarina A., Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 16. 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.834821 . 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.834821 . Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Sex-specific changes in peripheral metabolism in a model of chronic anxiety induced by prenatal stress
Ana Sofia Ferreira; Sofia Galvão; Rita Gaspar; Ana C. Rodrigues-Neves; António F. Ambrósio; Paulo Matafome; Catarina A. Gomes; Filipa I. Baptista, European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.13639 . 10.1111/eci.13639 . European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Retina and Brain Display Early and Differential Molecular and Cellular Changes in the 3xTg-AD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.
Rodrigues-Neves AC; Carecho R; Correia SC; Carvalho C; Campos EJ; Baptista FI; Moreira PI; Ambrósio AF, Molecular neurobiology. 2021. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33606195 . 10.1007/s12035-021-02316-x . Molecular neurobiology
Resilience to stress and sex-specific remodeling of microglia and neuronal morphology in a rat model of anxiety and anhedonia
Rita Gaspar; Carina Soares-Cunha; Ana Verónica Domingues; Bárbara Coimbra; Filipa I. Baptista; Luísa Pinto; António F. Ambrósio; Ana João Rodrigues; Catarina A. Gomes, Neurobiology of Stress. 100302 - 100302. 14. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100302 . 10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100302 . Neurobiology of Stress
Transient Gain of Function of Cannabinoid CB1 Receptors in the Control of Frontocortical Glucose Consumption in a Rat Model of Type-1 Diabetes.
Baptista, FI, Brain research bulletin. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2020.05.004 . 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2020.05.004 . Brain research bulletin
Microglia Dysfunction Caused by the Loss of Rhoa Disrupts Neuronal Physiology and Leads to Neurodegeneration.
Baptista, FI, Cell reports. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107796 . 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107796 . Cell reports
Sex differences in offspring neurodevelopment, cognitive performance and microglia morphology associated with maternal diabetes: putative targets for insulin therapy
Sousa, Fábio J.; Correia, Raquel G.; Cruz, Alexandra F.; Martins, Joana M.; Rodrigues, Matilde S.; Gomes, Catarina A.; Ambrósio, António F.; Baptista, Filipa I., Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health. 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100075 . 10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100075 . accepted Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
Microglia cytoarchitecture in the brain of adenosine A2A receptor knockout mice: brain region and sex specificities.
Baptista, FI, The European journal of neuroscience. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14561 . 10.1111/ejn.14561 . The European journal of neuroscience
The Retina as a Window or Mirror of the Brain Changes Detected in Alzheimer's Disease: Critical Aspects to Unravel.
Chiquita S; Rodrigues-Neves AC; Baptista FI; Carecho R; Moreira PI; Castelo-Branco M; Ambrósio AF, Molecular neurobiology. 2019. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30612332 . 10.1007/s12035-018-1461-6 . Molecular neurobiology
A longitudinal multimodal in vivo molecular imaging study of the 3xTg-AD mouse model shows progressive early hippocampal and taurine loss.
Chiquita S; Ribeiro M; Castelhano J; Oliveira F; Sereno J; Batista M; Abrunhosa A; et al, Human molecular genetics. 2019. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30816415 . 10.1093/hmg/ddz045 . Human molecular genetics
Adenosine A2A Receptor Blockade Modulates Glucocorticoid-Induced Morphological Alterations in Axons, But Not in Dendrites, of Hippocampal Neurons.
Pinheiro H; Gaspar R; Baptista FI; Fontes-Ribeiro CA; Ambrósio AF; Gomes CA, Frontiers in pharmacology. 2018. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29615903 . 10.3389/fphar.2018.00219 . Frontiers in pharmacology
Subtle thinning of retinal layers without overt vascular and inflammatory alterations in a rat model of prediabetes.
Alves MRP; Boia R; Campos EJ; Martins J; Nunes S; Madeira MH; Santiago AR; et al, Molecular vision. 2018. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29853770 . Molecular vision
Impairment of Axonal Transport in Diabetes: Focus on the Putative Mechanisms Underlying Peripheral and Central Neuropathies.
Baptista FI; Pinheiro H; Gomes CA; Ambrósio AF, Molecular neurobiology. 2018. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30003516 . 10.1007/s12035-018-1227-1 . Molecular neurobiology
High-fat diet induces a neurometabolic state characterized by changes in glutamate and N-acetylaspartate pools associated with early glucose intolerance: An in vivo multimodal MRI study.
Ribeiro M; Castelhano J; Petrella LI; Sereno J; Rodrigues T; Neves C; Letra L; et al, Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI. 2018. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29377412 . 10.1002/jmri.25942 . Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
Elevated Glucose and Interleukin-1ß Differentially Affect Retinal Microglial Cell Proliferation
Filipa I. Baptista; Célia A. Aveleira; Áurea F. Castilho; António F. Ambrósio, Mediators of Inflammation. 2017. 10.1155/2017/4316316 . Mediators of Inflammation
Adenosine A2A receptor regulation of microglia morphological remodeling-gender bias in physiology and in a model of chronic anxiety.
Caetano L; Pinheiro H; Patrício P; Mateus-Pinheiro A; Alves ND; Coimbra B; Baptista FI; et al, 2016. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27725661 . 10.1038/mp.2016.173 .
Long-term exposure to high glucose increases the content of several exocytotic proteins and of vesicular GABA transporter in cultured retinal neural cells.
Baptista FI; Castilho ÁF; Gaspar JM; Liberal JT; Aveleira CA; Ambrósio AF, 2015. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26141610 . 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.06.044 .
Inside the diabetic brain: role of different players involved in cognitive decline.
Gaspar JM; Baptista FI; Macedo MP; Ambrosio AF, 2015. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26667832 .
Diabetes causes transient changes in the composition and phosphorylation of a-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors and interaction with auxiliary proteins in the rat retina.
Castilho AF; Liberal JT; Baptista FI; Gaspar JM; Carvalho AL; Ambrósio AF, 2014. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24966661 .
Role of microglia adenosine A(2A) receptors in retinal and brain neurodegenerative diseases.
Santiago AR; Baptista FI; Santos PF; Cristóvão G; Ambrósio AF; Cunha RA; Gomes CA, 2014. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25132733 . 10.1155/2014/465694 .
Diabetes induces changes in KIF1A, KIF5B and dynein distribution in the rat retina: implications for axonal transport.
Baptista FI; Pinto MJ; Elvas F; Martins T; Almeida RD; Ambrósio AF, 2014. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/25064602 . 10.1016/j.exer.2014.07.011 .
Flavonoids as therapeutic compounds targeting key proteins involved in Alzheimer´s disease.
Baptista FI; Henriques AG; Silva AM; Wiltfang J; da Cruz E Silva OA, 2013. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24328060 .
Diabetes Alters KIF1A and KIF5B Motor Proteins in the Hippocampus
Baptista, F.I.; Pinto, M.J.; Elvas, F.; Almeida, R.D.; Ambrósio, A.F., PLoS ONE. 6. 8. 2013. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878951512&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1371/journal.pone.0065515 . PLoS ONE
Elevated glucose concentration changes the content and cellular localization of AMPA receptors in the retina but not in the hippocampus
Castilho, A.F.; Liberal, J.T.; Baptista, F.I.; Gaspar, J.M.; Carvalho, A.L.; Ambrósio, A.F., Neuroscience. 23 - 32. 219. 2012. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864022057&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.05.056 . Neuroscience
Heme oxygenase-1 protects retinal endothelial cells against high glucose- and oxidative/nitrosative stress-induced toxicity
Castilho, Á.F.; Aveleira, C.A.; Leal, E.C.; Simões, N.F.; Fernandes, C.R.; Meirinhos, R.I.; Baptista, F.I.; Ambrósio, A.F., PLoS ONE. 8. 7. 2012. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864551111&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1371/journal.pone.0042428 . PLoS ONE
Diabetes induces early transient changes in the content of vesicular transporters and no major effects in neurotransmitter release in hippocampus and retina
Baptista, F.I.; Gaspar, J.M.; Cristóvão, A.; Santos, P.F.; Köfalvi, A.; Ambrósio, A.F., Brain Research. 257 - 269. 1383. 2011. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952991975&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.01.071 . Brain Research
High glucose and interleukin-1ß downregulate interleukin-1 type I receptor (IL-1RI) in retinal endothelial cells by enhancing its degradation by a lysosome-dependent mechanism
Aveleira, C.; Castilho, A.; Baptista, F.; Simões, N.; Fernandes, C.; Leal, E.; Ambrósio, A.F., Cytokine. 279 - 286. 3. 49. 2010. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-75449089500&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1016/j.cyto.2009.11.014 . Cytokine
Diabetes differentially affects the content of exocytotic proteins in hippocampal and retinal nerve terminals
Gaspar, J.M.; Baptista, F.I.; Galvão, J.; Castilho, Á.F.; Cunha, R.A.; Ambrósio, A.F., Neuroscience. 1589 - 1600. 4. 169. 2010. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955414626&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.06.021 . Neuroscience
Long-term exposure to high glucose induces changes in the content and distribution of some exocytotic proteins in cultured hippocampal neurons
Gaspar, J.M.; Castilho, Á.; Baptista, F.I.; Liberal, J.; Ambrósio, A.F., Neuroscience. 981 - 992. 4. 171. 2010. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650169655&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.10.019 . Neuroscience
Diabetes changes the levels of ionotropic glutamate receptors in the rat retina
Santiago, A.R.; Gaspar, J.M.; Baptista, F.I.; Cristóvão, A.J.; Santos, P.F.; Kamphuis, W.; Ambrósio, A.F., Molecular Vision. 1620 - 1630. 15. 2009. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-68949158370&partnerID=MN8TOARS . Molecular Vision
High glucose and oxidative/nitrosative stress conditions induce apoptosis in retinal endothelial cells by a caspase-independent pathway
Leal, E.C.; Aveleira, C.A.; Castilho, A.F.; Serra, A.M.; Baptista, F.I.; Hosoya, K.-I.; Forrester, J.V.; Ambrósio, A.F., Experimental Eye Research. 983 - 991. 5. 88. 2009. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-64849101327&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1016/j.exer.2008.12.010 . Experimental Eye Research
Müller cells do not influence leukocyte adhesion to retinal endothelial cells
Leal, E.C.; Aveleira, C.A.; Castilho, A.F.; Baptista, F.I.; Ambrósio, A.F., Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 173 - 179. 4. 16. 2008. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-50049095985&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1080/09273940802204535 . Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
Is the quantity of orbicules released by Dactylis glomerata and Cynosurus echinatus (Poaceae) big enough to play an allergenic role?
Baptista, Filipa, Grana. 2007. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00173130701448066#.UooLosS-2M5 . 10.1080/00173130701448066 . Grana
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2023/07/01 - 2024/12/31
Tryptophan supplementation during pregnancy and lactation to improve cognition and metabolism in the offspring of diabetic mothers
Emílio Peres grant
Principal investigator
2022/01/01 - 2023/06/30
Mitochondria as potential drivers of sex-specific microglia dysfunctional remodelling and anxiety caused by prenatal stress
EXPL/MED-NEU/1002/2021
Other
Universidade de Coimbra
Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/09 - 2023/12/31
Cerebrovascular hypothesis of stress-induced behavioral alterations
A-29178
Other
2019/07/01 - 2020/09
“Predictors of resistance to corticotherapy in children with nephrotic syndrome”
FMUC/Banco Santander-Totta; [PEPITA]2019: Programa de Estimulo a Projectos de Investigação Interdisciplinar e Translacional
Other
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina
2016/01/01 - 2018/12/31
“The changing brain in Alzheimer's disease: is the retina a reliable mirror of disease onset and progression?”
Prémios Santa Casa Neurociências: Prémio Mantero Belard
Researcher
Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
2013/10/01 - 2018/12/20
“Unravelling the involvement of neuroinflammation on the impairment of axonal transport in hippocampal neurons under diabetic conditions: contribution to synaptic changes and memory impairment”
SFRH/BPD/86830/2012
Post-doc Fellow
2013/02/01 - 2013/08/31
“New Strategies Applied to Neuropathological Disorders”
CENTRO-07-ST24-FEDER-002034
Post-doc Fellow
2008/01/01 - 2012/11/28
Impact of diabetes on exocytosis/neurotransmitter release in the retina
SFRH/BD/35961/2007
PhD Student Fellow
Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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