Carina Soares-Cunha
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Domingues A, Carvalho T, Martins G, Correia R, Coimbra B, Bastos-Goncalves R, et al.
Nat Commun
. 2025 Jan;
16(1):59.
PMID: 39746997
The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a key brain region for motivated behaviors, yet how distinct neuronal populations encode appetitive or aversive stimuli remains undetermined. Using microendoscopic calcium imaging in mice,...
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Jungmann R, Feliciano T, Aguiar L, Soares-Cunha C, Coimbra B, Rodrigues A, et al.
Phys Rev E
. 2024 Aug;
110(1-1):014402.
PMID: 39160943
The local field potential (LFP) is as a measure of the combined activity of neurons within a region of brain tissue. While biophysical modeling schemes for LFP in cortical circuits...
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Eraslan E, Castelhano-Carlos M, Amorim L, Soares-Cunha C, Rodrigues A, Sousa N
Neurobiol Stress
. 2024 Apr;
30:100635.
PMID: 38645599
Rodents are sensitive to the emotional state of conspecifics. While the presence of affiliative social partners mitigates the physiological response to stressors (buffering), the partners of stressed individuals show behavioral...
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Deseyve C, Domingues A, Carvalho T, Armada G, Correia R, Vieitas-Gaspar N, et al.
J Neurochem
. 2024 Feb;
168(3):312-327.
PMID: 38317429
To survive, individuals must learn to associate cues in the environment with emotionally relevant outcomes. This association is partially mediated by the nucleus accumbens (NAc), a key brain region of...
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Duarte-Silva S, Da Silva J, Monteiro-Fernandes D, Costa M, Neves-Carvalho A, Raposo M, et al.
J Clin Invest
. 2024 Jan;
134(5).
PMID: 38227368
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is an adult-onset neurodegenerative disease caused by a polyglutamine expansion in the ataxin-3 (ATXN3) gene. No effective treatment is available for this disorder, other than...
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Mendes-Pinheiro B, Campos J, Marote A, Soares-Cunha C, Nickels S, Monzel A, et al.
Cells
. 2023 Nov;
12(21).
PMID: 37947643
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common movement disorder, characterized by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons from the nigrostriatal system. Currently, there is no treatment that retards disease progression...
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Domingues A, Rodrigues A, Soares-Cunha C
FEBS Lett
. 2023 Aug;
597(21):2601-2610.
PMID: 37643893
The nucleus accumbens (NAc) has been considered a key brain region for encoding reward/aversion and cue-outcome associations. These processes are encoded by medium spiny neurons that express either dopamine receptor...
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Correia R, Coimbra B, Domingues A, Wezik M, Vieitas-Gaspar N, Gaspar R, et al.
J Psychiatry Neurosci
. 2023 Jul;
48(4):E267-E284.
PMID: 37437920
Background: The nucleus accumbens (NAcc) is a crucial brain region for emotionally relevant behaviours. The NAcc is mainly composed of medium spiny neurons (MSNs) expressing either dopamine receptor D1 (D1-MSNs)...
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Eraslan E, Castelhano-Carlos M, Amorim L, Soares-Cunha C, Rodrigues A, Sousa N
Front Behav Neurosci
. 2023 Jun;
17:1195011.
PMID: 37358966
Being social animals, rats exhibit a range of social behaviors that help them build social bonds and maintain group cohesion. Behavior is influenced by multiple factors, including stress exposure, and...
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Soares-Cunha C, Heinsbroek J
Front Neural Circuits
. 2023 Feb;
17:1086053.
PMID: 36817646
The interconnected nuclei of the ventral basal ganglia have long been identified as key regulators of motivated behavior, and dysfunction of this circuit is strongly implicated in mood and substance...