Scientific Highlights
1. Almeida OFX, Sousa N (2022) Leveraging Neuroscience to Fight Stigma Around Mental Health. Front Behav Neurosci. 15:812184. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.812184
2. Kobayashi S, Tanaka T, Soeda Y, Almeida OFX, Takashima A (2017) Local Somatodendritic Translation and Hyperphosphorylation of Tau Protein Triggered by AMPA and NMDA Receptor Stimulation. EbioMedicine 20:120-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.05.012
3.Gaali S, Kirschner A, Cuboni S, Hartmann J, Kozany C, Balsevich G, Namendorf C, Fernandez-Vizarra P, Sippel C, Zannas AS, Draenert R, Binder EB, Almeida OFX, Rühter G, Uhr M, Schmidt MV, Touma C, Bracher A, Hausch F (2015) Selective inhibitors of the FK506-binding protein 51 by induced fit. Nat Chem Biol 11:33-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.1699
4.Harb MR, Sousa N, Zihl J, Almeida OFX (2014) Reward components of feeding behavior are preserved during mouse aging. Front Aging Neurosci 6:242. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00242
5. Sotiropoulos I, Catania C, Pinto LG, Silva R, Pollerberg GE, Takashima A, Sousa N, Almeida OFX (2011) Stress acts cumulatively to precipitate Alzheimer’s disease-like tau pathology and cognitive deficits. J Neurosci 31:7840-7. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0730-11.2011
6. Murgatroyd C, Patchev AV, Wu Y, Micale V, Bockmühl Y, Fischer D, Holsboer F, Wotjak CT, Almeida OFX, Spengler D (2009) Dynamic DNA methylation programs persistent adverse effects of early-life stress. Nat Neurosci 12:1559-66. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2436
7. Almeida OFX, Condé GL, Crochemore C, Demeneix BA, Fischer D, Hassan AH, Meyer M, Holsboer F, Michaelidis TM (2000) Subtle shifts in the ratio between pro- and antiapoptotic molecules after activation of corticosteroid receptors decide neuronal fate. FASEB J 14:779-90. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.14.5.779
8. Almeida OFX, Hassan AH, Holsboer F (1993) Intrahypothalamic neuroendocrine actions of corticotropin-releasing factor. Ciba Found Symp 172:151-69; discussion 169-72. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470514368.ch8
9. Tamarkin L, Baird CJ, Almeida OFX (1985) Melatonin: a coordinating signal for mammalian reproduction? Science 227(4688):714-20. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.3881822
10. Renfree MB, Lincoln DW, Almeida OFX, Short RV (1981) Abolition of seasonal embryonic diapause in a wallaby by pineal denervation. Nature 293(5828):138-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/293138a0