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Portugal
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
105
Citations
43842
World Ranking
647
National Ranking
1

Medicine

D-Index
107
Citations
44657
World Ranking
6218
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Nuno Sousa is affiliated with the University of Minho in Portugal and has a research portfolio primarily focused on neuroscience and medicine. Their work encompasses various subfields including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, clinical psychology, and physiology.

Their research addresses a range of topics such as stress responses and cortisol, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, functional brain connectivity studies, neural dynamics and brain function, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, tryptophan and brain disorders, as well as neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

Significant recent publications by Nuno Sousa include:

  • Protective Elements of Mental Health Status during the COVID-19 Outbreak in the Portuguese Population, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Fabry Disease and the Heart: A Comprehensive Review, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward Patients With Psychiatric Disorders Among Medical Students and Professionals, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Lean Manufacturing and Ergonomics Integration: Defining Productivity and Wellbeing Indicators in a Human-Robot Workstation, 2021, Sustainability
  • Fabry Disease Therapy: State-of-the-Art and Current Challenges, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent co-authors in Nuno Sousa's work include:

  • Pedro Silva Moreira
  • Ana João Rodrigues
  • Maria Picó-Pérez
  • Ricardo Magalhães
  • Ana Coelho

Common venues for publishing include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Molecular Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and Acta Médica Portuguesa.

Nuno Sousa has also contributed to book publications. They have authored works published by UMinho Editora eBooks and Editora Ecodidática eBooks, including titles such as "Medicina à Cabeceira do Doente & Comunicação Clínica" (2020) and the upcoming "Além das barreiras: o turismo inclusivo por meio das nossas experiências" (2025).

Best Publications

  • The Multimodal Brain Tumor Image Segmentation Benchmark (BRATS)

    Bjoern H. Menze;Andras Jakab;Stefan Bauer;Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer

  • A hitchhiker's guide to diffusion tensor imaging

    José M. Soares;Paulo Marques;Paulo Marques;Victor Alves;Nuno Sousa

  • 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

  • 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

  • From basics to clinical: a comprehensive review on spinal cord injury.

    Nuno A. Silva;Nuno Sousa;Rui L. Reis;António J. Salgado

  • Adipose Tissue Derived Stem Cells Secretome: Soluble Factors and Their Roles in Regenerative Medicine

    António J Braga Osório Gomes Salgado;RuI L Gonçalves Reis;Nuno Jorge Carvalho Sousa;Jeffrey M Gimble

  • 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

  • Neuropathology of stress

    Paul J. Lucassen;Jens Pruessner;Nuno Sousa;Osborne F. X. Almeida

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

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

  • Cognitive performance in healthy older adults relates to spontaneous switching between states of functional connectivity during rest

    Joana Cabral;Joana Cabral;Diego Vidaurre;Paulo César Gonçalves Marques;Ricardo José Silva Magalhães

  • Mesenchymal stem cells secretome: a new paradigm for central nervous system regeneration?

    Fábio G. Teixeira;Miguel M. Carvalho;Nuno Sousa;António J. Salgado

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

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

  • Chronic Stress and Glucocorticoids: From Neuronal Plasticity to Neurodegeneration

    Sheela Vyas;Ana João Rodrigues;Joana Margarida Silva;Francois Tronche

  • A hitchhiker's guide to behavioral analysis in laboratory rodents

    Nuno Sousa;O. F. X. Almeida;C. T. Wotjak

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

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

  • A Hitchhiker's Guide to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    José Miguel Montenegro Soares;Ricardo José Silva Magalhães;Pedro Miguel Silva Moreira;Alexandre Sousa

  • Stress Acts Cumulatively To Precipitate Alzheimer's Disease-Like Tau Pathology and Cognitive Deficits

    I. Sotiropoulos;C. Catania;L. G. Pinto;R. Silva

  • The stressed prefrontal cortex. Left? Right!

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

  • Criticality between Cortical States.

    Antonio J. Fontenele;Nivaldo A. P. de Vasconcelos;Thaís Feliciano;Leandro A. A. Aguiar;Leandro A. A. Aguiar

  • Direct targeting of hippocampal neurons for apoptosis by glucocorticoids is reversible by mineralocorticoid receptor activation

    C. Crochemore;J. Lu;Y. Wu;Zs. Liposits

Frequent Co-Authors

João José Cerqueira
João José Cerqueira University of Minho
Osborne F. X. Almeida
Osborne F. X. Almeida Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Fernanda Marques
Fernanda Marques University of Minho
Luísa Pinto
Luísa Pinto University of Minho
Rui L. Reis
Rui L. Reis University of Minho
Adriana Sampaio
Adriana Sampaio University of Minho
Manuel M. Paula-Barbosa
Manuel M. Paula-Barbosa University of Porto
Óscar F. Gonçalves
Óscar F. Gonçalves University of Coimbra
Joaquim M. Oliveira
Joaquim M. Oliveira University of Minho
Nuno M. Neves
Nuno M. Neves University of Minho

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