What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Internal medicine
- Neuroscience
- Neuron
João Pereira Leite mostly deals with Epilepsy, Hippocampal formation, Fascia dentata, Hippocampal sclerosis and Granule cell.
His study with Epilepsy involves better knowledge in Neuroscience.
His research brings together the fields of Neuron and Hippocampal formation.
The various areas that João Pereira Leite examines in his Fascia dentata study include Kainate receptor and Hippocampus.
His research investigates the connection between Hippocampal sclerosis and topics such as Pathology that intersect with problems in Cortical dysplasia.
As a part of the same scientific family, João Pereira Leite mostly works in the field of Granule cell, focusing on Axon and, on occasion, Synaptogenesis and Nerve growth factor.
His most cited work include:
- Long-term effects of pilocarpine in rats: structural damage of the brain triggers kindling and spontaneous recurrent seizures. (557 citations)
- Reactive synaptogenesis and neuron densities for neuropeptide Y, somatostatin, and glutamate decarboxylase immunoreactivity in the epileptogenic human fascia dentata (278 citations)
- Hippocampal GABA and glutamate transporter immunoreactivity in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (239 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Epilepsy, Neuroscience, Temporal lobe, Hippocampal formation and Internal medicine are his primary areas of study.
His Epilepsy study results in a more complete grasp of Psychiatry.
His work deals with themes such as Synaptic plasticity and NMDA receptor, which intersect with Neuroscience.
His research integrates issues of Hippocampal sclerosis and Neuron in his study of Hippocampal formation.
His Hippocampal sclerosis study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Dentate gyrus, Central nervous system disease and Pathology.
His research in Internal medicine intersects with topics in Anesthesia, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology and Cardiology.
He most often published in these fields:
- Epilepsy (35.62%)
- Neuroscience (33.05%)
- Temporal lobe (20.60%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Neuroscience (33.05%)
- Hippocampal formation (21.03%)
- Epilepsy (35.62%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His scientific interests lie mostly in Neuroscience, Hippocampal formation, Epilepsy, Prefrontal cortex and Hippocampus.
His work in Neuroscience covers topics such as NMDA receptor which are related to areas like Local field potential.
His Hippocampal formation research integrates issues from Pilocarpine and Temporal lobe.
João Pereira Leite specializes in Temporal lobe, namely Hippocampal sclerosis.
The concepts of his Epilepsy study are interwoven with issues in Radiology and Abnormality.
His Endocrinology research incorporates themes from Anesthesia and Internal medicine.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- The frequency of spontaneous seizures in rats correlates with alterations in sensorimotor gating, spatial working memory, and parvalbumin expression throughout limbic regions. (25 citations)
- Cerebral blood flow and vasoreactivity in aging: an arterial spin labeling study. (23 citations)
- Individual hippocampal subfield assessment indicates that matrix macromolecules and gliosis are key elements for the increased T2 relaxation time seen in temporal lobe epilepsy (20 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Internal medicine
- Neuroscience
- Neuron
His primary areas of study are Neuroscience, Epilepsy, Hippocampal formation, Temporal lobe and Prefrontal cortex.
João Pereira Leite has included themes like Pharmacology and Monoaminergic in his Neuroscience study.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Cannabis, Endocannabinoid system and Neurological disorder.
The Hippocampal formation study combines topics in areas such as Long-term potentiation, Recognition memory, Astrogliosis and Pathology.
His Temporal lobe research focuses on Hippocampal sclerosis in particular.
His research investigates the connection with Prefrontal cortex and areas like Hippocampus which intersect with concerns in Ictal, Limbic system and Sensory gating.
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