Ricardo A. Leitão

The TNF-<i>α</i>/Nf-<i>κ</i>B Signaling Pathway has a Key Role in Methamphetamine–Induced Blood–Brain Barrier Dysfunction

Vanessa Coelho‐Santos, Ricardo A. Leitão, Filipa L. Cardoso et al. · Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism · 2015 · 96 citations · Full text

Testing the excitation/inhibition imbalance hypothesis in a mouse model of the autism spectrum disorder: in vivo neurospectroscopy and molecular evidence for regional phenotypes

Joana Gonçalves, Inês R. Violante, José Sereno et al. · Molecular Autism · 2017 · 88 citations · Full text

Effect of Hypoproteic and High-Fat Diets on Hippocampal Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability and Oxidative Stress

Cristhyane Costa de Aquino, Ricardo A. Leitão, Luís A. Oliveira Alves et al. · Frontiers in Nutrition · 2019 · 69 citations · Full text

Nutrition, High-fat Diets, Brain Nutrition +17

Extended-access methamphetamine self-administration elicits neuroinflammatory response along with blood-brain barrier breakdown

Joana Gonçalves, Ricardo A. Leitão, Alejandro Higuera‐Matas et al. · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 2017 · 57 citations

Substance Abuse, Psychoactive Drug, Neurophysiology +11

Impact of developmental exposure to methylphenidate on rat brain’s immune privilege and behavior: Control versus ADHD model

Vanessa Coelho‐Santos, Filipa L. Cardoso, Ricardo A. Leitão et al. · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 2017 · 39 citations

Psychoneuroimmunology, Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience +12