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Fernanda Marques

Fernanda Marques

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
5609
World Ranking
8157
National Ranking
16

Fernanda Marques publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fernanda Marques sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 83 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Fernanda Marques D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fernanda Marques sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Fernanda Marques is affiliated with the University of Minho in Portugal and specializes in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research predominantly covers areas such as Neurology, Developmental Neuroscience, Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

The primary topics addressed in their work include:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments

Marques has published multiple papers, with recent contributions including:

  • "Altered astrocytic function in experimental neuroinflammation and multiple sclerosis" (2020) in Glia
  • "Iron Status is Associated with Mood, Cognition, and Functional Ability in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study" (2020) in Nutrients
  • "Phospholipase D1 Ablation Disrupts Mouse Longitudinal Hippocampal Axis Organization and Functioning" (2020) in Cell Reports
  • "Astrocytes Undergo Metabolic Reprogramming in the Multiple Sclerosis Animal Model" (2023) in Cells
  • "Enhanced cognitive performance in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mice treated with dimethyl fumarate after the appearance of disease symptoms" (2020) in Journal of Neuroimmunology

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as the Journal of Neuroimmunology, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Biomedicines, Anais do Simpósio Brasileiro de Pesquisa Operacional, and Clinical Cancer Research.

Collaboration is a component of their research, with frequent co-authors including Nuno Sousa, João Carlos Sousa, Sofia Pereira das Neves, João Cerqueira, and Joana Almeida Palha.

Best Publications

  • The mood-improving actions of antidepressants do not depend on neurogenesis but are associated with neuronal remodeling

    J M Bessa;D Ferreira;I Melo;F Marques

  • Blood–brain-barriers in aging and in Alzheimer’s disease

    Fernanda Marques;João Carlos Sousa;Nuno Sousa;Joana Almeida Palha

  • The impact of chronic stress on the rat brain lipidome

    T G Oliveira;R B Chan;F V Bravo;A Miranda

  • Stress-induced changes in human decision-making are reversible

    José Miguel Soares;Adriana Sampaio;Adriana Sampaio;Luís Miguel Ferreira;N. C. Santos

  • Proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the CSF of patients with Alzheimer's disease and their correlation with cognitive decline.

    Ricardo Taipa;Sofia P. das Neves;Ana L. Sousa;Joana Fernandes

  • From the periphery to the brain: Lipocalin-2, a friend or foe?

    Ana C. Ferreira;Sandro Dá Mesquita;João C. Sousa;Margarida Correia-Neves

  • Insights on the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease: the crosstalk between amyloid pathology, neuroinflammation and the peripheral immune system

    Sandro Dá Mesquita;Ana Catarina Ferreira;João Carlos Sousa;Margarida Correia-Neves

  • Transthyretin and Alzheimer's disease: Where in the brain?

    João Carlos Sousa;Isabel Cardoso;Fernanda Marques;Maria João Saraiva

  • Stress-induced anhedonia is associated with hypertrophy of medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens

    J M Bessa;M Morais;F Marques;L Pinto

  • Stress Impact on Resting State Brain Networks.

    José Miguel Soares;Adriana Sampaio;Adriana Sampaio;Luís Miguel Ferreira;Nadine Correia Santos

  • Astrocyte pathology in the prefrontal cortex impairs the cognitive function of rats

    A. Lima;Vanessa Morais Sardinha;A. F. Oliveira;M. Reis

  • The SIGMA rat brain templates and atlases for multimodal MRI data analysis and visualization.

    D. A. Barrière;R. Magalhães;A. Novais;P. Marques

  • Kinetic profile of the transcriptome changes induced in the choroid plexus by peripheral inflammation

    Fernanda Marques;João Carlos Sousa;Giovanni Coppola;Ana Luisa Mendanha Falcão

  • Molecular substrates of schizophrenia: homeostatic signaling to connectivity.

    Melissa A. Landek-Salgado;Travis E. Faust;Akira Sawa

  • The path from the choroid plexus to the subventricular zone: go with the flow!

    Ana M. Falcão;Fernanda Marques;Ashley Cruz Novais;Nuno Sousa

  • Lipocalin 2 is a Choroid Plexus Acute-Phase Protein

    Fernanda Marques;Ana João Rodrigues;João Carlos Sousa;Giovanni Coppola

  • Employing an open-source tool to assess astrocyte tridimensional structure.

    Gabriela Tavares;Manuella Martins;Joana Sofia Correia;Vanessa Morais Sardinha

  • The choroid plexus in health and in disease: dialogues into and out of the brain

    Fernanda Marques;João Carlos Sousa;Maria Alexandra Brito;Jens Pahnke;Jens Pahnke;Jens Pahnke

  • Transthyretin influences spatial reference memory.

    João Carlos Sousa;Fernanda Marques;Eduardo Dias-Ferreira;João José Cerqueira

  • Transcriptome signature of the adult mouse choroid plexus

    Fernanda Marques;João C. Sousa;Giovanni Coppola;Fuying Gao

  • Lipocalin 2 is present in the EAE brain and is modulated by natalizumab.

    Fernanda Marques;Sandro D. Mesquita;João C. Sousa;Giovanni Coppola

Frequent Co-Authors

Nuno Sousa
Nuno Sousa Centro Universitario Max Planck
João José Cerqueira
João José Cerqueira University of Minho
Giovanni Coppola
Giovanni Coppola University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles
Adriana Sampaio
Adriana Sampaio University of Minho
Arnaud Cachia
Arnaud Cachia Université Paris Cité
Thérèse M. Jay
Thérèse M. Jay Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Osborne F. X. Almeida
Osborne F. X. Almeida Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Luísa Pinto
Luísa Pinto University of Minho
Rui L. Reis
Rui L. Reis University of Minho

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