Publications
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Beneficial effect of intranasally neuropeptide Y administration against traumatic brain injury outcomes: a two-sided story
Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Alves, José Luis; Ana Luisa Bernardo; Ana Paula Silva, 2025. submitted
MiR-186-5p inhibition restores synaptic transmission and neuronal network activity in a model of chronic stress
Rodrigues, Beatriz; Ricardo A Leitão; Santos, Mónica; Trofimov, Alexander; Silva, Mariline; Inácio, Ângela S.; Abreu, Mónica; et al, Molecular Psychiatry. 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02715-1 . 10.1038/s41380-024-02715-1 . published Molecular Psychiatry
Nerve growth factor inducible (VGF) is a secreted mediator for metastatic breast cancer tropism to the brain
Carvalho, Rita; Santos, Liliana; Conde, Inês; Ricardo A Leitão; Ferreira, Hugo RS; Gomes, Célia; Silva, Ana Paula; et al, The Journal of Pathology. 132 - 147. 2. 264. 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/path.6319 . 10.1002/path.6319 . published The Journal of Pathology
Dichotomous effect of methylphenidate on microglia and astrocytes: Insights from in vitro and animal studies
Novo, João P.; Muga, Mariana; Lourenço, Teresa; Sanches, Eliane S.; Ricardo A Leitão; Silva, Ana Paula, Toxicology Letters. 1 - 10. 389. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2023.10.008 . 10.1016/j.toxlet.2023.10.008 . published Toxicology Letters
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Animal Model Presents Retinal Alterations and Methylphenidate Has a Differential Effect in ADHD versus Control Conditions
Sanches, Eliane S.; Boia, Raquel; Leitão, Ricardo A.; Madeira, Maria H.; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos A.; Ambrósio, António Francisco; Fernandes, Rosa; Silva, Ana Paula, Antioxidants. 4. 12. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox12040937 . 10.3390/antiox12040937 . published Antioxidants
The effect of parthenolide on methamphetamine-induced blood-brain barrier and astrocyte alterations
Ricardo A Leitão; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos A.; Silva, Ana Paula, European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 4. 52. 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eci.13694 . 10.1111/eci.13694 . published European Journal of Clinical Investigation
A multi-staged neuropeptide response to traumatic brain injury
Alves, José Luís; Mendes, João; Leitão, Ricardo; Silva, Ana Paula; Pinto, Anabela Mota, European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00068-020-01431-z . 10.1007/s00068-020-01431-z . published European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Protective effect of neuropeptide Y2 receptor activation against methamphetamine-induced brain endothelial cell alterations
Ventura, Fabiana; Muga, Mariana; Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos A.; Leitão, Ricardo A.; Silva, Ana Paula, Toxicology Letters. 53 - 59. 334. 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.09.013 . 10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.09.013 . Toxicology Letters
Effect of chronic methylphenidate treatment on hippocampal neurovascular unit and memory performance in late adolescent rats
Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Cardoso, Filipa L.; Magalhães, Ana; Ferreira-Teixeira, Margarida; Leitão, Ricardo A.; Gomes, Célia; Rito, Manuel; et al, European Neuropsychopharmacology. 195 - 210. 2. 29. 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.12.007 . 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.12.007 . published European Neuropsychopharmacology
Effect of Hypoproteic and High-Fat Diets on Hippocampal Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability and Oxidative Stress
de Aquino, Cristhyane C.; Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Oliveira Alves, Luís A; Coelho-Santos, V.; Guerrant, Richard L.; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos A.; Malva, João O.; Silva, Ana P.; Oriá, Reinaldo B., Frontiers in Nutrition. 131. 5. 2019. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnut.2018.00131 . 10.3389/fnut.2018.00131 . published Frontiers in Nutrition
Impact of developmental exposure to methylphenidate on rat brain’s immune privilege and behavior: Control versus ADHD model
Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Cardoso, Filipa L.; Leitão, Ricardo A.; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos A.; Silva, Ana Paula, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 169 - 182. 68. 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2017.10.016 . 10.1016/j.bbi.2017.10.016 . published Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Aquaporin-4 as a New Target against Methamphetamine-Induced Brain Alterations: Focus on the Neurogliovascular Unit and Motivational Behavior
Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Sereno, José; Castelhano, João Miguel; Gonçalves, Sónia Isabel; Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Castelo-Branco, Miguel; Silva, Ana Paula, Molecular Neurobiology. 2056 - 2069. 3. 55. 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12035-017-0439-0 . 10.1007/s12035-017-0439-0 . published Molecular Neurobiology
Extended-access methamphetamine self-administration elicits neuroinflammatory response along with blood-brain barrier breakdown
Gonçalves, Joana; Leitão, Ricardo A.; Higuera-Matas, Alejandro; Assis, María Amparo; Coria, Santiago M.; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos; Ambrosio, Emilio; Silva, Ana Paula, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 306 - 317. 62. 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2017.02.017 . 10.1016/j.bbi.2017.02.017 . published Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Testing the excitation/inhibition imbalance hypothesis in a mouse model of the autism spectrum disorder: in vivo neurospectroscopy and molecular evidence for regional phenotypes
Gonçalves, Joana; Violante, Inês R.; Sereno, José; Leitão, Ricardo A.; Cai, Ying; Abrunhosa, Antero; Silva, Ana Paula; Silva, Alcino J.; Castelo-Branco, Miguel, Molecular Autism. 1. 8. 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-017-0166-4 . 10.1186/s13229-017-0166-4 . published Molecular Autism
Erratum: The TNF-a/NF-¿B signaling pathway has a key role in methamphetamine'induced blood'brain barrier dysfunction (Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (2015) 35 (1260-1271))
Coelho-Santos, V.; Leitão, R.A.; Cardoso, F.L.; Palmela, I.; Rito, M.; Barbosa, M.; Brito, M.A.; Fontes-Ribeiro, C.A.; Silva, A.P., Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 2. 36. 2016. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961296009&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1177/0271678X15619790 . Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
Methylphenidate-triggered ROS generation promotes caveolae-mediated transcytosis via Rac1 signaling and c-Src-dependent caveolin-1 phosphorylation in human brain endothelial cells
Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Socodato, Renato; Portugal, Camila; Leitão, Ricardo A; Rito, Manuel; Barbosa, Marcos; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; et al, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 4701 - 4716. 24. 73. 2016. 10.1007/s00018-016-2301-3 . published Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Psychostimulants and brain edema
Leitão, Ricardo Alexandre; Silva, Ana Paula, Research & Networks in Health. 1. 1. 2015. https://journals.ipleiria.pt/index.php/rnhealth/article/view/60 . published Research & Networks in Health
The TNF-a/Nf-kB Signaling Pathway has a Key Role in Methamphetamine–Induced Blood–Brain Barrier Dysfunction
Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Leitão, Ricardo A; Cardoso, Filipa L; Palmela, Inês; Rito, Manuel; Barbosa, Marcos; Brito, Maria A; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos A; Silva, Ana P, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 1260 - 1271. 8. 35. 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jcbfm.2015.59 . 10.1038/jcbfm.2015.59 . Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
P.6.c.001 Role of nuclear factor-kappa B signalling in methamphetamine-induced blood–brain barrier dysfunction
Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Leitão, R.A.; Cardoso, F.L.; Palmela, I.; Rito, M.; Barbosa, M.; Brito, M.A.; Fontes-Ribeiro, C.; Silva, A.P., European Neuropsychopharmacology. 24. 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-977x(14)71087-9 . 10.1016/s0924-977x(14)71087-9 . published European Neuropsychopharmacology
5 19 out of 19 Publications
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2022/04/01 - 2024/11/30
Regulation of prefrontal cortical synaptic function and behavior by chronic stress-induced microRNA-186-5p
HR21-01077
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular
Funders: Obra Social La Caixa
2022/01/01 - 2023/12/31
Neutrophils infiltration through blood-brain barrier in traumatic brain injury: Role of CXCL8
EXPL/MED-PAT/0660/2021
Principal investigator
CNC.IBILI; Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina
Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021/09 - 2023/08
Cerebrovascular hypothesis of stress-induced behavioral alterations
PT/FBPT/PT/FB/BL-2020-073/BL-2020-073/BL-2020-073
Researcher
Funders: Fundação Bial
2020/01 - 2023/12
Strategic Project Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology
UIDB/04539/2020
Researcher
Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia; European Regional Development Fund
2018/01/03 - 2021/12/31
BrainHealth 2020 - Detecção Precoce, Neuro-modulação e Terapias Avançadas para Neuropatologias
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000008
Post-doc Fellow
CNC.IBILI
2017/02/01 - 2018/02/28
Tackling CANcer STEM CELls: a challenge and an opportunity to advance in anti-cancer therapy
SAICTPAC/0022/2015
Research Fellow
CNC.IBILI
Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/06/01 - 2015/09/30
O metilfenidato e as alterações na barreira hemato-encefálica numa situação fisiológica e na perturbação de hiperatividade com défice de atenção (Methylphenidate and changes in the blood-brain barrier in a physiological situation and in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
PTDC/NEU-OSD/0312/2012
Universidade de Coimbra; Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular
Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/06 - 2015/09
Methylphenidate and blood-brain barrier changes in health and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Provided by PTCRIS: 124592
Other
Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
5 8 out of 8 projects
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