Luis E.F. Almeida

Nicotine at concentrations found in cigarette smokers activates and desensitizes nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in CA1 interneurons of rat hippocampus

Manickavasagom Alkondon, Edna F. R. Pereira, Luis E.F. Almeida et al. · Neuropharmacology · 2000 · 130 citations

Rat Hippocampus, Tobacco Control, Tobacco Use +14

Targeted Deletion of the Kynurenine Aminotransferase II Gene Reveals a Critical Role of Endogenous Kynurenic Acid in the Regulation of Synaptic Transmission via<i>α</i>7 Nicotinic Receptors in the Hippocampus

Manickavasagon Alkondon, Edna F. R. Pereira, Ping Yü et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2004 · 128 citations · Full text

Circulating mitochondrial DNA is a proinflammatory DAMP in sickle cell disease

Laxminath Tumburu, Shohini Ghosh-Choudhary, Fayaz Seifuddin et al. · Blood · 2021 · 114 citations · Full text

Increased BDNF expression in fetal brain in the valproic acid model of autism

Luis E.F. Almeida, Clinton Roby, Bruce K. Krueger · Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience · 2014 · 96 citations

Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Bdnf Expression, Developmental Biology +12

Modulation of social deficits and repetitive behaviors in a mouse model of autism: the role of the nicotinic cholinergic system

Li Wang, Luis E.F. Almeida, Nicholas Spornick et al. · Psychopharmacology · 2015 · 71 citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry +12