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João José Cerqueira

João José Cerqueira

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Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
20930
World Ranking
6289
National Ranking
13

Overview

João José Cerqueira is affiliated with the University of Minho in Portugal and focuses primarily on the field of Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Immunology, Neurology, Biomedical Engineering, and Hematology.

Their research extensively covers topics such as:

  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research

João José Cerqueira has contributed to a variety of well-regarded publication venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Acta Médica Portuguesa
  • Neurology
  • Sensors
  • Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • Cells

Their recent papers include:

  • "Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward Patients With Psychiatric Disorders Among Medical Students and Professionals" (2020) published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Altered astrocytic function in experimental neuroinflammation and multiple sclerosis" (2020) published in Glia
  • "Deep Learning-Based Energy Expenditure Estimation in Assisted and Non-Assisted Gait Using Inertial, EMG, and Heart Rate Wearable Sensors" (2022) published in Sensors
  • "A multi-camera and multimodal dataset for posture and gait analysis" (2022) published in Scientific Data
  • "TyPed study: Natalizumab for the treatment of pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis in Portugal" (2021) published in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

João José Cerqueira has also authored at least one book, "Fundamentos de Saúde da Criança e Neonatologia" published by Editora Humanize eBooks in 2024.

Frequent collaborators include Ana Silva, Lívia Sousa, Cláudia Nóbrega, João Canto-Gomes, and Daniela Boleixa.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Chronic stress causes frontostriatal reorganization and affects decision-making.

    Eduardo Dias-Ferreira;Eduardo Dias-Ferreira;Eduardo Dias-Ferreira;João Carlos Sousa;Irene Melo;Pedro Morgado

  • The Prefrontal Cortex as a Key Target of the Maladaptive Response to Stress

    João J Cerqueira;François Mailliet;Osborne F X Almeida;Thérèse M Jay

  • 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

  • A trans-dimensional approach to the behavioral aspects of depression.

    J. M. Bessa;Ana Raquel Marcelino Mesquita;Mário Oliveira;José M. Pêgo

  • Morphological Correlates of Corticosteroid-Induced Changes in Prefrontal Cortex-Dependent Behaviors

    João J. Cerqueira;José M. Pêgo;Ricardo Taipa;João M. Bessa

  • The stressed prefrontal cortex. Left? Right!

    João José Cerqueira;Osborne F. X. Almeida;Nuno Sousa;Nuno Sousa

  • An Efficient Chronic Unpredictable Stress Protocol to Induce Stress-Related Responses in C57BL/6 Mice

    Susana Monteiro;Susana Roque;Daniela de Sá-Calçada;Nuno Sousa

  • The impact of chronic stress on the rat brain lipidome

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

  • Specific Configuration of Dendritic Degeneration in Pyramidal Neurons of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Induced by Differing Corticosteroid Regimens

    João José Cerqueira;Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Taipa;Harry B. M. Uylings;Osborne F. X. Almeida

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

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

  • Corticosteroid receptors and neuroplasticity.

    Nuno Sousa;João José Cerqueira;Osborne F. X. Almeida

  • Dissociation of the morphological correlates of stress‐induced anxiety and fear

    J. M. Pego;P. Morgado;L. G. Pinto;J. J. Cerqueira

  • Depression in medical students: insights from a longitudinal study

    Vanessa Silva;Patrício Soares Costa;Inês Pereira;Ricardo Faria

  • The impact of age on emotional and cognitive behaviours triggered by experimental neuropathy in rats.

    Hugo Leite-Almeida;Luis Almeida-Torres;Ana Raquel Mesquita;Antti Pertovaara

  • Time matters in multiple sclerosis: can early treatment and long-term follow-up ensure everyone benefits from the latest advances in multiple sclerosis?

    João José Cerqueira;D. Alastair S. Compston;Ruth Geraldes;Mario M. Rosa

  • Stress Impact on Resting State Brain Networks.

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

  • The impact of stress in decision making in the context of uncertainty.

    Pedro Morgado;Nuno Sousa;João José Cerqueira

  • 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

  • Molecular substrates of schizophrenia: homeostatic signaling to connectivity.

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Nuno Sousa
Nuno Sousa University of Minho
Fernanda Marques
Fernanda Marques University of Minho
Osborne F. X. Almeida
Osborne F. X. Almeida Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Adriana Sampaio
Adriana Sampaio University of Minho
Thérèse M. Jay
Thérèse M. Jay Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Arnaud Cachia
Arnaud Cachia Université Paris Cité
Antti Pertovaara
Antti Pertovaara University of Helsinki
Luísa Pinto
Luísa Pinto University of Minho
Christina Dalla
Christina Dalla National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles

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