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Manuel M. Paula-Barbosa

Manuel M. Paula-Barbosa

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Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
7399
World Ranking
5825
National Ranking
11

Overview

Manuel M. Paula-Barbosa is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on multiple specialized subfields including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Neurology, Rheumatology, Oncology, and Immunology.

Their research primarily centers on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, with significant work also involving Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders, Polyomavirus and related diseases, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, Ocular Diseases and Behçet's Syndrome, Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases, and Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • Neurology
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Journal of Neurology
  • Multiple Sclerosis Journal

The scientist has coauthored with several researchers on numerous occasions. Notable frequent collaborators are:

  • Raed Alroughani (34 collaborations)
  • Tomáš Kalinčík (33 collaborations)
  • Serkan Özakbaş (29 collaborations)
  • Jeannette Lechner-Scott (28 collaborations)
  • Vincent Van Pesch (27 collaborations)

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Diagnosis and classification of optic neuritis" (2022), published in The Lancet Neurology
  • "Natalizumab, Fingolimod, and Dimethyl Fumarate Use and Pregnancy-Related Relapse and Disability in Women With Multiple Sclerosis" (2021), published in Neurology
  • "Rituximab vs Ocrelizumab in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis" (2023), published in JAMA Neurology
  • "Longitudinal machine learning modeling of MS patient trajectories improves predictions of disability progression" (2021), published in Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
  • "Comparative Effectiveness of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant vs Fingolimod, Natalizumab, and Ocrelizumab in Highly Active Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis" (2023), published in JAMA Neurology

Best Publications

  • Reorganization of the morphology of hippocampal neurites and synapses after stress-induced damage correlates with behavioral improvement.

    N. Sousa;N.V. Lukoyanov;M.D. Madeira;O.F.X. Almeida

  • Microtubule Reduction in Alzheimer’s Disease and Aging Is Independent of τ Filament Formation

    Adam D. Cash;Gjumrakch Aliev;Sandra L. Siedlak;Akihiko Nunomura

  • Effects of corticosterone treatment and rehabilitation on the hippocampal formation of neonatal and adult rats. An unbiased stereological study.

    Nuno Sousa;Maria Dulce Madeira;Manuel M Paula-Barbosa

  • Selective vulnerability of the hippocampal pyramidal neurons to hypothyroidism in male and female rats.

    M. D. Madeira;N. Sousa;M. T. Lima-Andrade;F. Calheiros

  • Age and sex do not affect the volume, cell numbers, or cell size of the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the rat: An unbiased stereological study

    Maria Dulce Madeira;N. Sousa;R. M. Santer;Manuel M. Paula-Barbosa

  • ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENTS AND CYTOMEMBRANES

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  • Maintenance of Hippocampal Cell Numbers in Young and Aged Rats Submitted to Chronic Unpredictable Stress. Comparison with the Effects of Corticosterone Treatment

    N. Sousa;O. F. X. Almeida;F. Holsboer;M. M. Paula-Barbosa

  • Behavioral and neuroanatomical consequences of chronic ethanol intake and withdrawal.

    Nikolay Lukoyanov;Maria Dulce Madeira;Manuel M. Paula-Barbosa

  • Ligand and subfield specificity of corticoid-induced neuronal loss in the rat hippocampal formation.

    N Sousa;M.M Paula-Barbosa;O.F.X Almeida

  • Effects of hypothyroidism upon the granular layer of the dentate gyrus in male and female adult rats : a morphometric study

    M. D. Madeira;A. Cadete-Leite;J. P. Andrade;M. M. Paula-Barbosa

  • Prolonged alcohol intake leads to irreversible loss of vasopressin and oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

    Susana M Silva;M.Dulce Madeira;Carlos Ruela;Manuel M Paula-Barbosa

  • Chronic Alcohol Consumption and Withdrawal Do Not Induce Cell Death in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, But Lead to Irreversible Depression of Peptide Immunoreactivity and mRNA Levels

    M. D. Madeira;J. P. Andrade;A. R. Lieberman;N. Sousa

  • Influence of sex and estrus cycle on the sexual dimorphisms of the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus: stereological evaluation and Golgi study

    M. Dulce Madeira;Luís Ferreira‐Silva;Manuel M. Paula‐Barbosa

  • Reorganization of mossy fiber synapses in male and female hypothyroid rats: a stereological study.

    M D Madeira;M M Paula-Barbosa

  • Structural changes in the hippocampal formation after long-term alcohol consumption and withdrawal in the rat.

    M. M. Paula‐Barbosa;F. Brandão;M. D. Madeira;A. Cadete‐Leite

  • Granule cell loss and dendritic regrowth in the hippocampal dentate gyrus of the rat after chronic alcohol consumption

    Anto´nio Cadete-Leite;Maria Ame´lia Tavares;Harry B.M. Uylings;Manuel Paula-Barbosa

  • Sexual dimorphism in the mossy fiber synapses of the rat hippocampus.

    M.D. Madeira;N. Sousa;M.M. Paula-Barbosa

  • A morphometric Golgi analysis of the Purkinje cell dendritic tree after long-term alcohol consumption in the adult rat.

    M. A. Tavares;M. M. Paula-Barbosa;E. G. Gray

  • Effects of chronic alcohol consumption and of dehydration on the supraoptic nucleus of adult male and female rats.

    M.D. Madeira;N. sousa;A.R. Lieberman;M.M. Paula-Barbosa

  • Alcohol-induced granule cell loss in the cerebellar cortex of the adult rat.

    M.A. Tavares;M.M. Paula-Barbosa

  • Arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus: effects of age and sex.

    Sandra Leal;J. Paulo Andrade;Manuel M. Paula-Barbosa;M. Dulce Madeira

Frequent Co-Authors

Nuno Sousa
Nuno Sousa University of Minho
Osborne F. X. Almeida
Osborne F. X. Almeida Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Alfredo Ribeiro-da-Silva
Alfredo Ribeiro-da-Silva McGill University
Ruud M. Buijs
Ruud M. Buijs National Autonomous University of Mexico

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