Scientific Highlights
1. Editor Chief of Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
2. Gold Medal of the Minister of Health, 2011
3. Magalhães R, Picó-Pérez M, Esteves M, Vieira R, Castanho TC, Amorim L, Sousa M, Coelho A, Fernandes HM, Cabral J, Moreira PS, Sousa N. (2021) Habitual coffee drinkers display a distinct pattern of brain functional connectivity. Mol Psychiatry. 2021 Nov;26(11):6589-6598. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01075-4
4. Magalhães R, Barrière DA, Novais A, Marques F, Marques P, Cerqueira J, Sousa JC, Cachia A, Boumezbeur F, Bottlaender M, Jay TM, Mériaux S, Sousa N. (2018) The dynamics of stress: a longitudinal MRI study of rat brain structure and connectome. Mol Psychiatry. 23,1998-2006. doi: doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.244
5. Sousa N. (2016) The dynamics of the stress neuromatrix. Molecular Psychiatry 21(3):302-12. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.196
6. Marques P, Moreira P, Magalhães R, Costa P, Santos N, Zihl J, Soares J, Sousa N. (2016) The functional connectome of cognitive reserve. Hum Brain Mapp. Sep;37(9):3310-22. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23242
7. Dias-Ferreira E, Sousa JC, Melo I, Morgado P, Mesquita AR, Cerqueira JJ, Costa RM, Sousa N. (2009) Chronic stress causes frontostriatal reorganization and affects decision-making. Science, 325:621-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1171203
8. Bessa JM, Ferreira D, Melo I, Marques F, Cerqueira JJ, Palha JA, Almeida OF, Sousa N. (2009) The mood-improving actions of antidepressants do not depend on neurogenesis but are associated with neuronal remodeling. Molecular Psychiatry 14:764-73. doi: 10.1038/mp.2008.119
9. Cerqueira JJ, Mailliet F, Almeida OF, Jay TM, Sousa N. (2007) The prefrontal cortex as a key target of the maladaptive response to stress. Journal of Neuroscience 27:2781-2787. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4372-06.2007
10. Sousa N, Lukoyanov NV, Madeira MD, Almeida OF, Paula-Barbosa MM. (2000) Reorganization of the morphology of hippocampal neurites and synapses after stress-induced damage correlates with behavioral improvement. Neuroscience, 97: 253-266. doi: 10.1016/s0306-4522(00)00050-6