Ana M. Sebastião

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Portugal Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Portugal Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Caffeine and Adenosine

  Joaquim A. Ribeiro;Ana M. Sebastião

  700
  Citations

• Adenosine receptors in the nervous system: pathophysiological implications.

  J.A. Ribeiro;A.M. Sebastião;A. de Mendonça

  690
  Citations

• Adenosine receptors and calcium: basis for proposing a third (A3) adenosine receptor.

  J.A. Ribeiro;A.M. Sebastião

  372
  Citations

• Adenosine A2 receptor-mediated excitatory actions on the nervous system.

  A M Sebastião;J A Ribeiro

  371
  Citations

• Fine-tuning neuromodulation by adenosine

  Ana M Sebastião;J.Alexandre Ribeiro

  353
  Citations

• Adenosine receptors and the central nervous system.

  Ana M. Sebastião;Joaquim A. Ribeiro

  330
  Citations

• Adenosine: does it have a neuroprotective role after all?

  Alexandre de Mendonça;Ana Maria Sebastião;Joaquim Alexandre Ribeiro

  323
  Citations

• Preferential Release of ATP and Its Extracellular Catabolism as a Source of Adenosine upon High- but Not Low-Frequency Stimulation of Rat Hippocampal Slices

  Cunha Ra;Vizi Es;Ribeiro Ja;Sebastião Am

  311
  Citations

• Extracellular Alpha-Synuclein Oligomers Modulate Synaptic Transmission and Impair LTP Via NMDA-Receptor Activation

  Maria José Diógenes;Raquel B. Dias;Diogo M. Rombo;Hugo Vicente Miranda

  308
  Citations

• Evidence for functionally important adenosine A2a receptors in the rat hippocampus.

  R. A. Cunha;B. Johansson;I. Van Der Ploeg;A. M. Sebastiao

  286
  Citations

• Going the Extra (Synaptic) Mile: Excitotoxicity as the Road Toward Neurodegenerative Diseases.

  Adam Armada-Moreira;Adam Armada-Moreira;Adam Armada-Moreira;Joana I Gomes;Joana I Gomes;Carolina Campos Pina;Carolina Campos Pina;Oksana K Savchak;Oksana K Savchak

  269
  Citations

• Inhibition by ATP of hippocampal synaptic transmission requires localized extracellular catabolism by ecto-nucleotidases into adenosine and channeling to adenosine A1 receptors

  Rodrigo A. Cunha;Ana M. Sebastião;J. A. Ribeiro

  248
  Citations

• Activation of adenosine A2A receptor facilitates brain-derived neurotrophic factor modulation of synaptic transmission in hippocampal slices.

  Maria José Diógenes;Catarina Cunha Fernandes;Ana Maria Sebastião;Joaquim Alexandre Ribeiro

  215
  Citations

• Inhibition of NMDA receptor-mediated currents in isolated rat hippocampal neurones by adenosine A1 receptor activation.

  A de Mendonça;A M Sebastião;J A Ribeiro

  198
  Citations

• Early changes of neuromuscular transmission in the SOD1(G93A) mice model of ALS start long before motor symptoms onset.

  Mariana C. Rocha;Paula A. Pousinha;Alexandra M. Correia;Ana M. Sebastião

  194
  Citations

• Preferential activation of excitatory adenosine receptors at rat hippocampal and neuromuscular synapses by adenosine formed from released adenine nucleotides

  Rodrigo A. Cunha;Paulo Correia-de-Sá;Ana M. Sebastião;J. Alexandre Ribeiro

  189
  Citations

• Evidence for high-affinity binding sites for the adenosine A2A receptor agonist [3H] CGS 21680 in the rat hippocampus and cerebral cortex that are different from striatal A2A receptors.

  Cunha Ra;Johansson B;Constantino;Sebastião Am

  187
  Citations

• On the role, inactivation and origin of endogenous adenosine at the frog neuromuscular junction.

  J A Ribeiro;A M Sebastião

  180
  Citations

• Modification of A1 and A2a adenosine receptor binding in aged striatum, hippocampus and cortex of the rat.

  R A Cunha;M C Constantino;A M Sebastião;J A Ribeiro

  177
  Citations

• Adenosine: setting the stage for plasticity

  Raquel B. Dias;Diogo M. Rombo;Joaquim A. Ribeiro;Jeremy M. Henley

  172
  Citations

• Excitatory and Inhibitory Effects of A1 and A2A Adenosine Receptor Activation on the Electrically Evoked [3H]Acetylcholine Release from Different Areas of the Rat Hippocampus

  Rodrigo A. Cunha;E. Milusheva;E. S. Vizi;J. A. Ribeiro

  154
  Citations