2026 Marcus Lira Brandão: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	67	2933	2682	12	11	268	12842

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Neuroscience

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12842

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Brazil Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Marcus Lira Brandão is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's work centers on a set of interconnected topics, which include:

Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
Stress Responses and Cortisol
Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior

Marcus Lira Brandão has contributed to various research publications in noteworthy venues. The frequent journals for their publications are:

Hematology Transfusion and Cell Therapy
Journal of Psychopharmacology
Neurobiology of Stress
Experimental Brain Research
Behavioural Brain Research

Some of their recent papers include:

Sex-dependent differences in the anxiolytic-like effect of cannabidiol in the elevated plus-maze (2022, Journal of Psychopharmacology)
Dopamine modulates individual differences in avoidance behavior: A pharmacological, immunohistochemical, neurochemical and volumetric investigation (2020, Neurobiology of Stress)
Distinct patterns of brain Fos expression in Carioca High- and Low-conditioned Freezing Rats (2020, PLoS ONE)
Dopamine D2 receptors in the expression and extinction of contextual and cued conditioned fear in rats (2021, Experimental Brain Research)
Antinociceptive action of cannabidiol on thermal sensitivity and post-operative pain in male and female rats (2023, Behavioural Brain Research)

The scientist frequently collaborates with a select group of coauthors, including:

Milene Cristina de Carvalho
T.A. Lovick
Wiliam A. Prado
José Alexandre S. Crippa
Karina Genaro

Best Publications

Antidepressant-Like Effects of Medial Prefrontal Cortex Deep Brain Stimulation in Rats

Clement Hamani;Clement Hamani;Mustansir Diwan;Carlos E. Macedo;Marcus L. Brandão

363
Citations
Neurochemical mechanisms of the defensive behavior in the dorsal midbrain.

M.L. Brandão;V.Z. Anseloni;J.E. Pandóssio;J.E. De Araújo

313
Citations
Different patterns of freezing behavior organized in the periaqueductal gray of rats: Association with different types of anxiety

Marcus L. Brandão;Janaína M. Zanoveli;Janaína M. Zanoveli;Raquel C. Ruiz-Martinez;Raquel C. Ruiz-Martinez;Luciana C. Oliveira;Luciana C. Oliveira

269
Citations
GABA mediation of the anti-aversive action of minor tranquilizers☆

M.L. Brandão;J.C. De Aguiar;F.G. Graeff

244
Citations
Acute and chronic effects of gepirone and fluoxetine in rats tested in the elevated plus-maze: an ethological analysis.

R.C.B Silva;M.L Brandão

236
Citations
Anatomical connections of the periaqueductal gray: specific neural substrates for different kinds of fear

D.M.L. Vianna;M.L. Brandão

225
Citations
Neural substrate of defensive behavior in the midbrain tectum

M.L. Brandão;S.H. Cardoso;L.L. Melo;V. Motta

204
Citations
Serotonin and pain

Marcus Lira Brandão

181
Citations
The relevance of neuronal substrates of defense in the midbrain tectum to anxiety and stress: empirical and conceptual considerations

Marcus L Brandão;Ana Cristina Troncoso;Maria Angélica de Souza Silva;Joseph P Huston

166
Citations
Substance P and its role in neural mechanisms governing learning, anxiety and functional recovery

R.U. Hasenöhrl;M.A.De Souza-Silva;S. Nikolaus;C. Tomaz

158
Citations
Psicofisiologia: as bases fisiológicas do comportamento

Marcus Lira Brandão;João José Lachat;Jose Geraldo Mill;Norberto Cysne Coimbra

156
Citations
Gabaergic regulation of the neural organization of fear in the midbrain tectum.

Marcus Lira Brandão;Karina Genaro Borelli;Manoel Jorge Nobre;Julia Maria Santos

153
Citations
Neurobiologia das doenças mentais

Frederico Guilherme Graeff;Marcus Lira Brandão;Francisco Silveira Guimarães;Viana, Glauce, S. B.

153
Citations
Role of resocialization and of 5-HT1A receptor activation on the anxiogenic effects induced by isolation in the elevated plus-maze test

S. Maisonnette;S. Morato;M.L. Brandão

150
Citations
Neuroanatomical approaches of the tectum-reticular pathways and immunohistochemical evidence for serotonin-positive perikarya on neuronal substrates of the superior colliculus and periaqueductal gray matter involved in the elaboration of the defensive behavior and fear-induced analgesia.

N.C. Coimbra;R. De Oliveira;R.L. Freitas;S.J. Ribeiro

149
Citations
Dorsolateral and ventral regions of the periaqueductal gray matter are involved in distinct types of fear.

D.M.L Vianna;J Landeira-Fernandez;M.L Brandão

149
Citations
Mechanisms of defense in the inferior colliculus

Marcus Lira Brandão;L L Melo;S N Cardoso

145
Citations
Effects of microinjections of the neuropeptide substance P in the dorsal periaqueductal gray on the behaviour of rats in the plus-maze test.

Maria Socorro Aguiar;Marcus L. Brandão

145
Citations
Ethopharmacological analysis of behaviour of rats using variations of the elevated plus-maze.

V Z Anseloni;M L Brandão

142
Citations
Defensive freezing evoked by electrical stimulation of the periaqueductal gray: comparison between dorsolateral and ventrolateral regions.

Daniel Machado Luiz Vianna;Frederico Guilherme Graeff;Marcus Lira Brandão;Jesus Landeira-Fernandez

130
Citations