Vania F. Prado

Vania F. Prado publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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Vania F. Prado D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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Best Publications

• Exercise-linked FNDC5/irisin rescues synaptic plasticity and memory defects in Alzheimer's models

  Mychael V. Lourenco;Mychael V. Lourenco;Rudimar L. Frozza;Rudimar L. Frozza;Guilherme B. de Freitas;Guilherme B. de Freitas;Hong Zhang

  885
  Citations

• An optimized acetylcholine sensor for monitoring in vivo cholinergic activity.

  Miao Jing;Yuexuan Li;Yuexuan Li;Jianzhi Zeng;Jianzhi Zeng;Pengcheng Huang

  421
  Citations

• The Hsp70/Hsp90 Chaperone Machinery in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

  Rachel E. Lackie;Andrzej Maciejewski;Valeriy G. Ostapchenko;Jose Marques-Lopes

  373
  Citations

• Mice Deficient for the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Are Myasthenic and Have Deficits in Object and Social Recognition

  Vania F. Prado;Cristina Martins-Silva;Braulio M. de Castro;Ricardo F. Lima

  301
  Citations

• Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines : Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors

  Lin Luo;Mateusz C. Ambrozkiewicz;Fritz Benseler;Cui Chen

  187
  Citations

• Regulation of acetylcholine synthesis and storage.

  Marco A.M Prado;Ricardo A.M Reis;V.F Prado;Maria Christina de Mello

  184
  Citations

• Regulation of cholinergic activity by the vesicular acetylcholine transporter

  Vania F. Prado;Ashbeel Roy;Benjamin Kolisnyk;Robert Gros

  157
  Citations

• The Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Is Required for Neuromuscular Development and Function

  Braulio M. de Castro;Xavier De Jaeger;Xavier De Jaeger;Xavier De Jaeger;Cristina Martins-Silva;Cristina Martins-Silva;Ricardo D. F. Lima

  152
  Citations

• Cholinergic circuits in cognitive flexibility.

  Vania F. Prado;Helena Janickova;Mohammed A. Al-Onaizi;Marco A.M. Prado

  151
  Citations

• The Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 2 (TRPM2) Channel Contributes to β-Amyloid Oligomer-Related Neurotoxicity and Memory Impairment

  Valeriy G. Ostapchenko;Megan Chen;Monica S. Guzman;Yu-Feng Xie

  150
  Citations

• Endocytic intermediates involved with the intracellular trafficking of a fluorescent cellular prion protein.

  Ana C. Magalhães;Juliana A. Silva;Kil S. Lee;Kil S. Lee;Vilma R. Martins

  149
  Citations

• ChAT–ChR2–EYFP Mice Have Enhanced Motor Endurance But Show Deficits in Attention and Several Additional Cognitive Domains

  Benjamin Kolisnyk;Monica S. Guzman;Sandra Raulic;Jue Fan

  140
  Citations

• The “ins” and “outs” of the high‐affinity choline transporter CHT1

  Fabiola M. Ribeiro;Stefanie A. G. Black;Stefanie A. G. Black;Vania F. Prado;R. Jane Rylett;R. Jane Rylett

  138
  Citations

• Endocytosis of Prion Protein Is Required for ERK1/2 Signaling Induced by Stress-Inducible Protein 1

  Fabiana A. Caetano;Marilene H. Lopes;Glaucia N.M. Hajj;Cleiton F. Machado

  126
  Citations

• Cardiomyocyte-secreted acetylcholine is required for maintenance of homeostasis in the heart

  Ashbeel Roy;William C. Fields;Cibele Rocha-Resende;Rodrigo R. Resende

  120
  Citations

• PrPc on the road: trafficking of the cellular prion protein

  Marco A. M. Prado;Juliana Alves-Silva;Juliana Alves-Silva;Ana C. Magalhães;Vania F. Prado

  118
  Citations

• Elimination of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter in the striatum reveals regulation of behaviour by cholinergic-glutamatergic co-transmission.

  Monica S. Guzman;Xavier De Jaeger;Xavier De Jaeger;Sanda Raulic;Ivana A. Souza;Ivana A. Souza

  117
  Citations

• Analgesic effect in rodents of native and recombinant Phα1β toxin, a high-voltage-activated calcium channel blocker isolated from armed spider venom

  Alessandra H. Souza;Juliano Ferreira;Marta do Nascimento Cordeiro;Luciene Bruno Vieira

  113
  Citations

• Non-neuronal cholinergic machinery present in cardiomyocytes offsets hypertrophic signals.

  Cibele Rocha-Resende;Ashbeel Roy;Rodrigo Resende;Marina S. Ladeira

  111
  Citations

• Dysautonomia Due to Reduced Cholinergic Neurotransmission Causes Cardiac Remodeling and Heart Failure

  Aline Lara;Denis D. Damasceno;Rita Pires;Robert Gros

  110
  Citations

• Amyloid-beta oligomers increase the localization of prion protein at the cell surface

  Fabiana A. Caetano;Fabiana A. Caetano;Flavio H. Beraldo;Glaucia N. M. Hajj;Andre L. Guimaraes

  94
  Citations