Bárbara Guimarães Salazar Coimbra (F310-2242-55B5)

Curriculum Vitae

Bárbara Guimarães Salazar Coimbra

I am a Junior Researcher at the ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho, funded by an FCT Scientific Employment Stimulus. I hold a BSc in Biology and an MSc in Health Sciences, and in 2018 I completed my PhD under the supervision of Dr. Ana João Rodrigues and Prof. Nuno Sousa, where I investigated the role of the laterodorsal tegmentum (LDT) in motivation and reward. My doctoral research revealed novel mechanisms through which mesopontine cholinergic circuits shape the encoding of positive stimuli, with findings published in leading journals including Nature Communications and eLife. As a postdoctoral researcher at the ICVS and through international collaborations, spending part at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (USA), I integrated advanced approaches such as electrophysiology, fiber photometry, in vivo calcium imaging, and optogenetics to dissect the neuronal ensembles underlying reward and aversion. My research program currently focuses on the functional dynamics of LDT projections to the nucleus accumbens and their role in natural reward processing, drug addiction, and stress-related disorders. To date, I have authored 34 publications in peer-reviewed journals, including high-impact contributions in Nature Communications, Molecular Psychiatry, and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. I am principal investigator of two ongoing projects (FCT, BIAL Foundation) and team member in several others supported by national and European funding agencies (ERC, FCT, “La Caixa” Foundation, FEBS). I have supervised students across multiple levels, from undergraduate to MSc, and actively contribute to training and mentoring the next generation of neuroscientists. My work has been recognized with competitive awards, including the SPN Best Manuscript Award, FENS/IBRO Travel Scholarships, and multiple international travel fellowships. By combining molecular, imaging, and behavioral neuroscience, my research aims to uncover circuit-level mechanisms of motivation and reward, with direct translational relevance for addiction, depression, and other psychiatric conditions.

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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo: Bárbara Guimarães Salazar Coimbra

Nomes de citação

Coimbra, Bárbara

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID: F310-2242-55B5
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1737-2268
Researcher Id: AAE-7996-2020
Scopus Author Id: 55700724900

Endereços de correio eletrónico

barbaracoimbra@med.uminho.pt (Profissional)

Moradas

Escola de Medicina/Instituto de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde. Universidade of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057, Gualtar, Braga, Portugal (Profissional)

Websites

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1737-2268 (Profissional)

Domínios de atuação

Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - Ciências da Saúde - Toxicodependência Alcoólica e de Outras Substâncias
Ciências Médicas e da Saúde - Medicina Básica - Neurociências
Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Biologia das Ciências do Comportamento

Formação

	Grau	Classificação
2019/06/17 - 2021/06/06 Concluído	Impact of prenatal stress in the reward system: from depression to addiction and back (Pós-doutoramento) Universidade do Minho, Portugal Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2019/01/15 - 2019/06/15 Concluído	MEDPERSYST - Redes sinápticas e abordagens compreensivas de medicina personalizada em doenças neurocomportamentais ao longo da vida (Pós-doutoramento) Universidade do Minho, Portugal Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2014/03/01 - 2018/12/20 Concluído	Ciências da Saúde (Doutoramento) Especialização em Especialidade: Ciências da Saúde Universidade do Minho, Portugal Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal "Role of laterodorsal tegmentum in motivation and reward" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2010/09/03 - 2012/06/30 Concluído	Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal "Effects of prenatal exposure to glucocorticoids in impulsivity and novelty-seeking behavior" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	16
2007/09/05 - 2010/07/15 Concluído	Biologia Aplicada (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal "Nociception descending modulation in an animal model of chronic stress " (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	15

Percurso profissional

Ciência

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2021 - Atual	Investigador Contratado (Investigação)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2019/01/15 - 2021/06/30	Pós-doutorado (Investigação)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

2021 - 2021	Pós-doutorado (Investigação)	Albert Einstein College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Estados Unidos
	Albert Einstein College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Estados Unidos
2013/03/15 - 2014/03/15	Investigador (Investigação)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Docência no Ensino Superior

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2017 - Atual	Assistente Convidado (Docente Universitário)	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Outros

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2016/03/22 - Atual	Accreditation from Direcção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária (DGAV) as competent person (investigator) for animal experimentation (Category C)	Direcção Geral de Veterinária, Portugal

2014/04/01 - 2018/12/20	PhD student	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

2011/09/01 - 2012/12/17	Master in Health Sciences: Thesis project - "Effects of prenatal exposure of glucocorticoids in impulsive behavior"	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

2010/04/22 - 2010/07/06	Final Research Stage of Licenciatura em Biologia Aplicada - Modulação descendente da nocicepção em animais com stress crónico: modelo de stress crónico imprevisível	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal

Projetos

Bolsa

	Designação	Financiadores
2019/01/15 - 2019/06/15	MEDPERSYST - Redes sinápticas e abordagens compreensivas de medicina personalizada em doenças neurocomportamentais ao longo da vida SAICTPAC/0010/2015 Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2012/03/01 - 2013/03/01	DoIT- Desenvolvimento e Operacionalização da Investigação de Translação UMINHO/BI/134/2013 Bolseiro de Investigação Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal	Concluído

Projeto

	Designação	Financiadores
2026/01 - Atual	Mind under influence: Decoding cholinergic dynamics from the laterodorsal tegmentum in the nucleus accumbens 16554 Investigador responsável Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal
2025/03 - 2028/02	Cholinergic dynamics of projections from Laterodorsal Tegmentum to the Nucleus Accumbens in associative learning A-41279 Investigador responsável Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal	Fundação Bial
2025 - 2028	Dynamic shift in Behavioral Adaptation: contribution of genetically distinctive nucleus accumbens’ neuronal sub-types for depression COMPETE2030-FEDER-00708300 Investigador Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021 - 2026	Challenging current models of Valence encoding in the mammalian brain ERC Consolidator 101003187 Investigador Pós-doutorado Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	European Research Council Em curso
2023/04 - 2025/09	Mapping neuronal ensembles of associative learning in thenucleus accumbens MS_CC Investigador Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal	Fundação Bial
2023 - 2025	Novel tools for selective targeting of neuronal ensembles encoding valence FEBS_CC Investigador Pós-doutorado	Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Em curso
2021 - 2025	Defining how cocaine alters laterodorsal tegmentum to nucleus accumbens inputs and relevance for the development of natural reward deficits PTDC/SAU-TOX/6802/2020 Investigador responsável	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2023 - 2024	Genetic and functional maps of neuronal ensembles encoding natural rewards versus drugs of abuse 2022.01467.PTDC Investigador Pós-doutorado	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021 - 2024	Neuronal circuits of reward and aversion: where do endogenous opioids stand? PTDC/MED-NEU/4804/2020 Investigador Pós-doutorado	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Em curso
2021 - 2024	The role of nucleus accumbens in the perception of natural rewards 175/20 Investigador Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação Bial
2018/07/01 - 2021/06/30	Impact of prenatal stress in the reward system: from depression to addiction and back PTDC/MED-NEU/29071/2017 Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Em curso

Outro

	Designação	Financiadores
2017 - Atual	Synaptic networks and Personalized Medicine Approaches to Understand Neurobehavioural Diseases Across the Lifespan POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016428 Investigador Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2020 - 2023	Encoding reward and aversion in the mammalian brain: the overlooked role of endogenous opioids HR20-01000 Investigador Pós-doutorado Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona
2017 - 2019	Neuronal basis of motivation 30/2016 Investigador Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal	Concluído
2012/01/01 - 2012/08/01	Reprogramming effects of early life stress Institute¿ for¿ Social¿ and¿ Affective¿ Neuroscience¿ (ISAN) Outra Laboratório Associado ICVS 3B's, Portugal	Concluído

Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista	AGUIAR, LEANDRO; ROYON, Lea; Bastos-Gonçalves, Ricardo; Carvalho, T. T. A.; Teixeira, Eduardo; Faria, Ana Clara; Vasconcelos, Nivaldo; et al. Autor correspondente: Coimbra, Bárbara. "Adaptive changes of cholinergic projections to the nucleus accumbens bidirectionally mediate cocaine reinforcing effects". Nature Communications (2025): Em revisão Rodrigues-Neves, Ana C.; Monteiro, Jéssica; Coimbra, Bárbara; Gaspar, Rita; Domingues, Verónica; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Patrício, Patrícia; et al. "Early life behavioral deficits and microglia remodeling in the mesocorticolimbic system precede the emergence of Schizophrenia-like symptoms". Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 129 (2025): 416-433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2025.06.009. 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.06.009 Domingues, Ana Verónica; Carvalho, Tawan T. A.; Martins, Gabriela J.; Correia, Raquel; Coimbra, Bárbara; Bastos-Gonçalves, Ricardo; Wezik, Marcelina; et al. "Dynamic representation of appetitive and aversive stimuli in nucleus accumbens shell D1- and D2-medium spiny neurons". Nature Communications 16 1 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55269-9. 10.1038/s41467-024-55269-9 Jungmann, Rafael M.; Feliciano, Thaís; Aguiar, Leandro A. A.; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Coimbra, Bárbara; Rodrigues, Ana João; Copelli, Mauro; et al. "State-dependent complexity of the local field potential in the primary visual cortex". Physical Review E 110 1 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.110.014402. 10.1103/physreve.110.014402 Ricardo Bastos-Gonçalves; Bárbara Coimbra; Ana João Rodrigues. "The mesopontine tegmentum in reward and aversion: From cellular heterogeneity to behaviour". Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105702. 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105702 Mustonen, Paula; Kortesluoma, Susanna; Scheinin, Noora M.; Perasto, Laura; Kataja, Eeva-Leena; Tervahartiala, Katja; Tuulari, Jetro J.; et al. "Negative associations between maternal prenatal hair cortisol and child socioemotional problems". Psychoneuroendocrinology 162 (2024): 106955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106955. 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106955 Deseyve, Catarina; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Carvalho, Tawan T. A.; Armada, Gisela; Correia, Raquel; Vieitas-Gaspar, Natacha; Wezik, Marcelina; et al. "Nucleus accumbens neurons dynamically respond to appetitive and aversive associative learning". Journal of Neurochemistry 168 3 (2024): 312-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.16063. 10.1111/jnc.16063 Patrícia A. Gomes; Cristian Bodo; Carlos Nogueras-Ortiz; Martina Samiotaki; Minghao Chen; Carina Soares-Cunha; Joana M. Silva; et al. "A novel isolation method for spontaneously released extracellular vesicles from brain tissue and its implications for stress-driven brain pathology". Cell Communication and Signaling (2023): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-023-01045-z. 10.1186/s12964-023-01045-z Raquel Correia; Ana Verónica Domingues; Bárbara Coimbra; Natacha Vieitas-Gaspar; Nuno Sousa; Luisa Pinto; Ana João Rodrigues; Carina Soares-Cunha. "Involvement of nucleus accumbens D2-MSN projections to the ventral pallidum in anxious-like behaviour". Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (2023): Aceite para publicação Ana Verónica Domingues; Bárbara Coimbra; Raquel Correia; Catarina Deseyve; Natacha Vieitas-Gaspar; Stan B. Floresco; Nuno Sousa; Carina Soares-Cunha; Ana João Rodrigues. "Prenatal dexamethasone exposure alters effort decision making and triggers nucleus accumbens and anterior cingulate cortex functional changes in male rats". Translational Psychiatry (2022): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02043-4. 10.1038/s41398-022-02043-4 Campos, Ana Bela; Duarte-Silva, Sara; Fernandes, Bruno; Coimbra, Bárbara; Campos, Jonas; Monteiro-Fernandes, Daniela; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia; Ambrósio, António Francisco; Maciel, Patrícia. "Microglial Depletion Has No Impact on Disease Progression in a Mouse Model of Machado-Joseph Disease". Cells 11 13 (2022): 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells11132022. Publicado • 10.3390/cells11132022 Lopes, Marta; Vieira de Castro, Joana; Pojo, Marta; Gonçalves, Céline S.; Martins, Eduarda P.; Coimbra, Bárbara; Sotiropoulos, Ioannis; et al. "Chronic Stress Does Not Influence the Survival of Mouse Models of Glioblastoma". Frontiers in Oncology 12 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.856210. 10.3389/fonc.2022.856210 Gaspar, Rita; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Coimbra, Bárbara; Baptista, Filipa I.; Pinto, Luísa; Ambrósio, António F.; Rodrigues, Ana João; Gomes, Catarina A.. "The Duration of Stress Determines Sex Specificities in the Vulnerability to Depression and in the Morphologic Remodeling of Neurons and Microglia". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 16 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.834821. 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.834821 Soares-Cunha, Carina; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Correia, Raquel; Coimbra, Bárbara; Vieitas-Gaspar, Natacha; de Vasconcelos, Nivaldo A.P.; Pinto, Luísa; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, Ana João. "Distinct role of nucleus accumbens D2-MSN projections to ventral pallidum in different phases of motivated behavior". Cell Reports 38 7 (2022): 110380. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110380. 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110380 Bárbara Coimbra; Ana Verónica Domingues; Carina Soares-Cunha; Raquel Correia; Luísa Pinto; Nuno Sousa; Ana João Rodrigues. "Laterodorsal tegmentum–ventral tegmental area projections encode positive reinforcement signals". Journal of Neuroscience Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24931. 10.1002/jnr.24931 Viitaniemi, Hilja; Suominen, Auli; Karlsson, Linnea; Mustonen, Paula; Kortesluoma, Susanna; Rantavuori, Kari; Rodrigues, Ana João; et al. "Hair Cortisol Concentrations Are Associated with Dental Anxiety during Pregnancy". Dentistry Journal 9 4 (2021): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dj9040042. 10.3390/dj9040042 Gaspar, R.; Soares-Cunha, C.; Domingues, A.V.; Coimbra, B.; Baptista, F.I.; Pinto, L.; Ambrósio, A.F.; Rodrigues, A.J.; Gomes, C.A.. "Resilience to stress and sex-specific remodeling of microglia and neuronal morphology in a rat model of anxiety and anhedonia". Neurobiology of Stress 14 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85100476643&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100302 Aatsinki, A.-K.; Keskitalo, A.; Laitinen, V.; Munukka, E.; Uusitupa, H.-M.; Lahti, L.; Kortesluoma, S.; et al. "Maternal prenatal psychological distress and hair cortisol levels associate with infant fecal microbiota composition at 2.5 months of age". Psychoneuroendocrinology 119 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85086118792&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104754 Lotfi, N.; Fontenele, A.J.; Feliciano, T.; Aguiar, L.A.A.; De Vasconcelos, N.A.P.; Soares-Cunha, C.; Coimbra, B.; et al. "Signatures of brain criticality unveiled by maximum entropy analysis across cortical states". Physical Review E 102 1 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85089345395&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Submetido • 10.1103/PhysRevE.102.012408 Bárbara Coimbra; Carina Soares-Cunha; Nivaldo A P Vasconcelos; Ana Verónica Domingues; Sónia Borges; Nuno Sousa; Ana João Rodrigues. "Role of laterodorsal tegmentum projections to nucleus accumbens in reward-related behaviors". Nature Communications (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11557-3. 10.1038/s41467-019-11557-3 Carina Soares-Cunha; Nivaldo A. P. de Vasconcelos; Bárbara Coimbra; Ana Verónica Domingues; Joana M. Silva; Eduardo Loureiro-Campos; Rita Gaspar; et al. "Correction: Nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons subtypes signal both reward and aversion". Molecular Psychiatry (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-019-0525-y. 10.1038/s41380-019-0525-y Carina Soares-Cunha; Nivaldo A. P. de Vasconcelos; Bárbara Coimbra; Ana Verónica Domingues; Joana M. Silva; Eduardo Loureiro-Campos; Rita Gaspar; et al. "Nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons subtypes signal both reward and aversion". Molecular Psychiatry (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-019-0484-3. 10.1038/s41380-019-0484-3 Mustonen P; Karlsson L; Kataja EL; Scheinin NM; Kortesluoma S; Coimbra B; Rodrigues AJ; Sousa N; Karlsson H. "Maternal prenatal hair cortisol is associated with prenatal depressive symptom trajectories.". Psychoneuroendocrinology (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31400561. 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104383 Fontenele AJ; de Vasconcelos NAP; Feliciano T; Aguiar LAA; Soares-Cunha C; Coimbra B; Dalla Porta L; et al. "Criticality between Cortical States.". Physical review letters 122 20 (2019): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/31172737. 10.1103/physrevlett.122.208101 Goulart, A.; Ferreira, C.; Rodrigues, A.; Coimbra, B.; Sousa, N.; Leão, P.. "The correlation between serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and tumor VEGF receptor 3 in colorectal cancer". Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research 97 1 (2019): 15-20. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85069501435&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.4174/astr.2019.97.1.15 Soares, Ana Rosa; Esteves, Madalena; Moreira, Pedro Silva; Cunha, Ana Margarida; Guimarães, Marco Rafael; Carvalho, Miguel Murteira; Raposo-Lima, Catarina; et al. "Trait determinants of impulsive behavior: a comprehensive analysis of 188 rats". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35537-7. Publicado • 10.1038/s41598-018-35537-7 Soares-Cunha, Carina; Coimbra, Bárbara; Borges, Sónia; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Silva, Deolinda; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, Ana João. "Mild Prenatal Stress Causes Emotional and Brain Structural Modifications in Rats of Both Sexes". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 12 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00129. Publicado • 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00129 Mustonen P; Karlsson L; Scheinin NM; Kortesluoma S; Coimbra B; Rodrigues AJ; Karlsson H. "Hair cortisol concentration (HCC) as a measure for prenatal psychological distress - A systematic review.". Psychoneuroendocrinology (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29609112. 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.03.019 Soares-Cunha, C.; Coimbra, B.; Domingues, A.V.; Vasconcelos, N.; Sousa, N.; Rodrigues, A.J.; Soares-Cunha, Carina; et al. "Nucleus accumbens microcircuit underlying D2-MSN-driven increase in motivation". eNeuro 5 2 (2018): ENEURO.0386-18.2018. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85058232597&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Publicado • 10.1523/ENEURO.0386-18.2018 Bárbara Coimbra; Carina Soares-Cunha; Sónia Borges; Nivaldo AP Vasconcelos; Nuno Sousa; Ana João Rodrigues. "Impairments in laterodorsal tegmentum to VTA projections underlie glucocorticoid-triggered reward deficits". eLife 6 (2017): https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.25843. Publicado • 10.7554/eLife.25843 Coimbra, Bárbara. "Adenosine A2A receptor regulation of microglia morphological remodeling-gender bias in physiology and in a model of chronic anxiety.". Molecular psychiatry (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27725661. Publicado • 10.1038/mp.2016.173 Soares-Cunha, C.; Coimbra, B.; David-Pereira, A.; Pinto, L.; Costa, P.; Sousa, N.; Rodrigues, A.. "Activation of D1 and D2-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens enhances motivation". European Neuropsychopharmacology 26 (2016): S186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-977x(16)31020-3. 10.1016/s0924-977x(16)31020-3 Soares-Cunha C; Coimbra B; Sousa N; Rodrigues AJ. "Reappraising striatal D1- and D2-neurons in reward and aversion.". (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27235078. 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.05.021 Soares-Cunha, C; Coimbra, B; Borges, S; Carvalho, M M; Rodrigues, A J; Sousa, N. "The motivational drive to natural rewards is modulated by prenatal glucocorticoid exposure". Translational Psychiatry 4 6 (2014): e397-e397. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2014.45. 10.1038/tp.2014.45 Borges S; Coimbra B; Soares-Cunha C; Miguel Pêgo J; Sousa N; João Rodrigues A. "Dopaminergic modulation of affective and social deficits induced by prenatal glucocorticoid exposure.". (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23648781. 10.1038/npp.2013.108 Carvalho MM; Campos FL; Coimbra B; Pêgo JM; Rodrigues C; Lima R; Rodrigues AJ; Sousa N; Salgado AJ. "Behavioral characterization of the 6-hydroxidopamine model of Parkinson's disease and pharmacological rescuing of non-motor deficits.". (2013): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23621954. 10.1186/1750-1326-8-14 Borges, Sónia; Coimbra, Bárbara; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Ventura-Silva, Ana P.; Pinto, Luisa; Carvalho, Miguel M.; Pêgo, José-Miguel; Rodrigues, Ana João; Sousa, Nuno. "Glucocorticoid Programing of the Mesopontine Cholinergic System". Frontiers in Endocrinology 4 (2013): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2013.00190. Publicado • 10.3389/fendo.2013.00190
Poster em conferência	Correia, Raquel; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Coimbra, Bárbara; Wezik, Marcelina Olga; Vieitas-Gaspar, Natacha; Sousa, Nuno; Pinto, Luisa; Rodrigues, Ana João; Soares-Cunha, Carina. "Nucleus accumbens D2 medium spiny neuron projections to the ventral pallidum promote anxiety-like behaviour". Trabalho apresentado em ECNP Workshop for Early Career Scientists in Europe, 2023. Domingues, Ana Verónica; Coimbra, Bárbara; Correia, Raquel; Deseyve, Catarina; Vieitas-Gaspar, Natacha; Floresco, Stan B; Nuno Sousa; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Ana João Rodrigues. "Alteration on effort decision making in a model of prenatal stress: NAc and ACC functional changes". Trabalho apresentado em Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2022, 2022. Soares-Cunha, Carina; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Correia, Raquel; Coimbra, Bárbara; Vieitas-Gaspar, Natacha; Nivaldo AP de Vasconcelos; Luísa Pinto; Nuno Sousa; Ana João Rodrigues. "Divergent role of nucleus accumbens D2-MSN-ventral pallidum projections in different phases of motivated behavior". Trabalho apresentado em Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2022, 2022. Correia, Raquel G.; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Coimbra, Bárbara; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Rodrigues, Ana J. "Role of Nucleus Accumbens Direct and Indirect Pathways in Anxiety- and Depressive-like Behaviors". Trabalho apresentado em iMed Conference 12.0, 2020. Soares-Cunha, Carina; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Correia, Raquel G.; Coimbra, Bárbara; de Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, Ana J. "Modulation of reward behaviors by nucleus accumbens indirect pathway". Trabalho apresentado em XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN), 2019. Gaspar, Rita; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Coimbra, Bárbara; Domingues, AV; Baptista, F; Fontes-Ribeiro, CA; Sousa, Nuno; et al. "Prenatal glucocorticoid exposure alters microglia in a sex-specific manner and blunts stress-induced behavioral changes in adulthood". Trabalho apresentado em Glia - XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, 2019. Gaspar, Rita; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Coimbra, Bárbara; Domingues, Ana Verónica; Fontes-Ribeiro, C.A.; Sousa, Nuno; Ambrósio, A.F.; Rodrigues, Ana João; Gomes, C.A.. "Prenatal and adulthood stress: gender-dependent effects in behavior". Trabalho apresentado em 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany, 2018. Gaspar, Rita; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Coimbra, Bárbara; Fontes-Ribeiro, C.A.; Sousa, Nuno; Ambrósio, A.F.; Rodrigues, Ana João; Gomes, Catarina A.. "Stress inoculation to rat females improves stress coping in a model of chronic anxiety". Trabalho apresentado em III Symposium Portuguese Glial Network, 2018. Gaspar, Rita; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Coimbra, Bárbara; Borges, Sónia; Fontes-Ribeiro, C.A.; Sousa, Nuno; Ambrósio, A.F.; Rodrigues, Ana João; Gomes, Catarina A.. "Microglia morphologic plasticity and stress coping: gender differences in a model of chronic anxiety". Trabalho apresentado em EMBO Workshop: Microglia, EMBL, 2018. Coimbra, Bárbara; Soares-Cunha, C; Borges, S.; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "Role of LDT-VTA inputs in multiple phases of reward behaviour.". Trabalho apresentado em 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience. Berlin, Germany, 7-11 July 2018, 2018. Mustonen, Paula; Karlsson, Linnea; Scheinin, Noora M.; Kortesluoma, Susanna; Coimbra, Bárbara; Rodrigues, Ana João; Karlsson, Hasse. "Different Aspects to Prenatal Stress from Hair Cortisol Concentration Studies?". Trabalho apresentado em NORDCAP Conference 2018, Finland, 2018. Mustonen, Paula; Karlsson, Linnea; Scheinin, NM; Kortesluoma, Susanna; Coimbra, Bárbara; Rodrigues, Ana João; Sousa, Nuno; Karlsson, Hasse. "Maternal prenatal depressive symptoms moderate the association between maternal hair cortisol concentration and infant corpus callosum integrity". Trabalho apresentado em 48th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2018. Coimbra, Bárbara; Soares-Cunha, C; Borges, S; de Vasconcelos, NAP; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "Reward deficits triggered by glucocorticoid exposure depend on laterodorsal tegmentum inputs to ventral tegmental area in rats". Trabalho apresentado em ECNP workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for junior scientists in Europe. Nice, France, 9-12 March 2017., 2017. Coimbra, Bárbara; Soares-Cunha, C.; Borges, S; de Vasconcelos, NAP; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "Impairments in laterodorsal tegmentum to VTA projections underlie glucocorticoid triggered reward deficits.". Trabalho apresentado em XIII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN). Braga, Portugal, 25-26 May 2017., 2017. Coimbra, Bárbara; Soares-Cunha, C.; Borges, S; de Vasconcelos, NAP; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "Impairments in laterodorsal tegmentum to VTA projections underlie glucocorticoid triggered reward deficits.". Trabalho apresentado em ISN-ESN Meeting 2017. Paris, France, 20-24 August 2017., 2017. Coimbra, Bárbara; Soares-Cunha, C; Borges, S; de Vasconcelos, NAP; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "Impairments in laterodorsal tegmentum to VTA projections underlie glucocorticoid triggered reward deficits.". Trabalho apresentado em Society for Neuroscience (SfN). Washington, USA, 11-15 November 2017., 2017. Soares-Cunha, C; Coimbra, Bárbara; David-Pereira, A; Borges, S; Pinto, Luisa; Costa, P; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "D2-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens modulates motivation". Trabalho apresentado em FENS SfN Summer School. Bertinoro, Italy, 29 May- 4 June 2016., 2016. Soares-Cunha, C; Coimbra, Bárbara; David-Pereira, A; Borges, S; Pinto, Luisa; Costa, P; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "D2-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens modulate motivation". Trabalho apresentado em 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience. Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-6 July 2016., 2016. Soares-Cunha, C; Coimbra, Bárbara; David-Pereira, A; Borges, S; Pinto, Luisa; Costa, P; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "Activation of D1- and D2-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens enhances motivation". Trabalho apresentado em Society for Neuroscience (SfN). San Diego, USA, 12-16 November 2016., 2016. Coimbra, Bárbara; Soares-Cunha, C; Borges, S; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "Impact of prenatal stress in laterodorsal tegmental area inputs to the ventral tegmental area". Trabalho apresentado em 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience. Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-6 July 2016., 2016. Coimbra, Bárbara; Soares-Cunha, C; Borges, S; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "Modulation of the laterodorsal tegmental area inputs to the ventral tegmental area by prenatal stress". Trabalho apresentado em 29th ECNP congress of applied and translational neuroscience. Vienna, Austria, 17 – 20 September 2016, 2016. Soares-Cunha, C; Coimbra, Bárbara; David-Pereira, A.; Borges, S; Pinto, Luisa; Costa, P; Deisseroth, K; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "Activation of D2-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens enhances motivation". Trabalho apresentado em Neuroscience (SfN). Chicago, USA, 17-21 October, 2015., 2015. Coimbra, Bárbara. "The modulation of reward-responses is dependent on dopamine D2 receptor activation in the nucleus accumbens". Trabalho apresentado em 28th ecnp congress of applied and translational neuroscience. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 29 August-1 September 2015., 2015. Soares-Cunha, C.; Coimbra, Bárbara; David-Pereira, A; Borges, S; Pinto, Luisa; Costa, P; Deisseroth, K; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "Stimulation of dopamine D2-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens facilitates motivation". Trabalho apresentado em XIV Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN). Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, 4-5 June 2015, 2015. 10.1109/iembs.2009.5333768 Coimbra, Bárbara; Soares-Cunha, C; Borges, S; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "Effects of stress in the mesopontine cholinergic control of nucleus accumbens activity.". Trabalho apresentado em SPN 2015. XIII Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. June, 2015., 2015. Soares-Cunha, C; Coimbra, Bárbara; David-Pereira, A.; Borges, S; Pinto, Luisa; Costa, P; Deisseroth, K; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "dopamine D2 receptor activation in the nucleus accumbens regulates motivation". Trabalho apresentado em ECNP Workshop for Junior Scientists in Europe. Nice, France, 12-15 March 2015., 2015. Soares-Cunha, C; Coimbra, Bárbara; Borges, S; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "The motivational drive to natural rewards is modulated by prenatal glucocorticoid exposure.". Trabalho apresentado em FENS Forum. Washington, USA, 15-19 November 2014., 2014. Coimbra, Bárbara; Rodrigues, AJ; Sousa, Nuno. "Role of glucocorticoids in the epigenetic modulation of the cholinergic system". Trabalho apresentado em EMBO workshop - Epigenetic plasticity: Implications in neural (dys)function, Braga, Portugal. October 2014., 2014. Coimbra, Bárbara. "The motivational drive to natural rewards is modulated by prenatal glucocorticoid exposure.". Trabalho apresentado em FENS Forum. Milan, Italy, 5-9 July 2014., 2014. Soares-Cunha, C; Coimbra, Bárbara; Borges, S; Rodrigues, AJ; Sousa, Nuno. "Prenatal glucocorticoid exposure disrupts Pavlovian-instrumental transfer: role of D2 dopamine receptor". Trabalho apresentado em XII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN). Luso, Portugal, 31 May-2 June 2013., 2013. Coimbra, Bárbara; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, AJ. "From novelty-seeking to impulsive behaviour: effects of prenatal exposure to glucocorticoids". Trabalho apresentado em SPN 2013. XIII Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Luso, Portugal. May/June, 2013., 2013. Coimbra, Bárbara; Borges, S; Soares-Cunha, C; Pêgo, José Miguel; Piscitelli, F; Marzo, V; Palha, J; Rodrigues, AJ; Sousa, Nuno. "Prenatal glucocorticoid exposure affects social and affective behaviors". Trabalho apresentado em Neuroscience 2012. XLII Meeting of the Society for Neurosciences, New Orleans, USA. October, 2012., 2012.
Resumo em conferência	Coimbra, Bárbara; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Borges, Sónia; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, Ana João. "Reward deficits triggered by glucocorticoid exposure depend on laterodorsal tegmentum inputs to ventral tegmental area in rats". Trabalho apresentado em European-College-of-Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Workshop for Junior Scientists in Europe, 2017. Publicado Soares-Cunha, Carina; Coimbra, Bárbara; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, Ana João. "Nucleus accumbens D2-dependent increase in motivation: impact of selective manipulation of local microcircuits". Trabalho apresentado em ISN-ESN Meeting, 2017. Publicado Coimbra, Bárbara; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Borges, Sónia; Vasconcelos, Nivaldo António Portela; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, Ana João. "Impairments in laterodorsal tegmentum to VTA projections underlie glucocorticoid triggered reward deficits". Trabalho apresentado em ISN-ESN Meeting, 2017. Publicado Soares-Cunha, Carina; Coimbra, Bárbara; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, Ana João. "Impact of selective manipulation of nucleus accumbens local microcircuits on D2-medium spiny neurons (MSN)-dependent increase in motivation". Trabalho apresentado em 30th Congress of the European-College-of-Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP), 2017. Publicado Coimbra, Bárbara; Soares-Cunha, Carina; Borges, Sónia; Vasconcelos, Nivaldo António Portela; Sousa, Nuno; Rodrigues, Ana João. "Reward deficits triggered by glucocorticoids are driven by laterodorsal tegmentum ventral tegmental area dysfunction". Trabalho apresentado em 30th Congress of the European-College-of-Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP), 2017. Publicado Coimbra, B.; Soares-Cunha, C.; Borges, S.; Sousa, N.; Rodrigues, A.. "Modulation of the laterodorsal tegmental area inputs to the ventral tegmental area by prenatal stress". 2016. 10.1016/s0924-977x(16)31032-x Soares-Cunha C; Coimbra B; David-Pereira A; Borges S; Pinto L; Costa P; Sousa N; Rodrigues AJ. "Activation of D2 dopamine receptor-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens increases motivation.". 2016. 10.1038/ncomms11829 Soares-Cunha, C.; Coimbra, B.; Borges, S.; Rodrigues, A.J.; Sousa, N.. "P.1.c.011 The modulation of reward-responses is dependent on dopamine D2 receptor activation in the nucleus accumbens". 2015. 10.1016/s0924-977x(15)30201-7 Soares-Cunha C; Coimbra B; Borges S; Carvalho MM; Rodrigues AJ; Sousa N. "The motivational drive to natural rewards is modulated by prenatal glucocorticoid exposure.". 2014. Borges S; Coimbra B; Soares-Cunha C; Ventura-Silva AP; Pinto L; Carvalho MM; Pêgo JM; Rodrigues AJ; Sousa N. "Glucocorticoid programing of the mesopontine cholinergic system.". 2013. 10.3389/fendo.2013.00190
Tese / Dissertação	Coimbra, Bárbara. "Role of laterodorsal tegmentum in motivation and reward". Doutoramento, Universidade do Minho, 2018. Rodrigues, Ana João; Sousa, Nuno; Coimbra, Bárbara Guimarães Salazar. "Effects of prenatal exposure to glucocorticoids in impulsivity and novelty-seeking behavior". Mestrado, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/24479.

Outros

Outra produção

Distinct role of nucleus accumbens D2-MSN projections to ventral pallidum in different phases of motivated behavior. 2020. Carina Soares-Cunha; Raquel Correia; Ana Verónica Domingues; Bárbara Coimbra; Nivaldo AP de Vasconcelos; Luísa Pinto; Nuno Sousa; Ana João Rodrigues. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.27.401042.
10.1101/2020.11.27.401042
Criticality between cortical states. 2018. Fontenele AJ; de Vasconcelos NAP; Feliciano T; Aguiar LAA; Soares-Cunha C; Coimbra B; Porta LD; et al. http://europepmc.org/abstract/PPR/PPR60235.
10.1101/454934

Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

	Título da apresentação	Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2025/06	Cholinergic mesopontine signals are selectively affected and bidirectionally mediate cocaine reinforcing effects	10th Mediterranean Neuroscience Society Conference MNS (Grécia)
2025/05/30	A cholinergic brainstem input to the nucleus accumbens bidirectionally mediate cocaine reinforcing effects	XIX Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Neuroscience Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN) (Portugal)
2024/11/14	A new player in the addiction circuitry: the laterodorsal tegmentum	Neurobucano Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) (Brasil)
2024/03	A cholinergic brainstem input to nucleus accumbens neurons determines cocaine place preference	Gordon Research Conferences Basal Ganglia GRC (Estados Unidos)
2022	Laterodorsal tegmentum-Nucleus accumbens projections underlie cocaine-induced preference	ISN-APSN 2022 Meeting International Society of Neurochemistry (Honululu, Estados Unidos)
2022	Laterodorsal tegmentum projections to nucleus accumbens drive preference and increase motivation.	Addiction 2022
2022	Beyond Accumbens: role of LDT inputs in reward signalling.	Ciência Falada Universidade do Minho
2019/10/19	Role of different laterodorsal tegmentum inputs to nucleus accumbens in reward	Neuroscience SfN 2019 Society for Neuroscience (Chicago, Estados Unidos)
2019/08/27	In-vivo circuit manipulation/optogenetics - From networks to behavior and back	Young Scientists’ Workshop associated with the EBPS Biennial Meeting 2019 European Behavioral Pharmacology Society (Braga, Portugal)
2017	Reward deficits triggered by glucocorticoids are driven by laterodorsal tegmentum-ventral tegmental area dysfunction	30th ECNP Congress of Applied and Translational Neuroscience ECNP (França)
2017	Impairments in laterodorsal tegmentum to VTA projections underlie glucocorticoid triggered reward deficits	XIII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN) Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências (Portugal)
2017	Reward deficits triggered by glucocorticoid exposure depend on laterodorsal tegmentum inputs to ventral tegmental area in rats	ECNP workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for junior scientists in Europe. ECNP (França)
2013	Prenatal glucocorticoid exposure disrupts Pavlovian-instrumental transfer: role of D2 dopamine receptor.	XIII Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências (Luso, Portugal)
2013	Dopaminergic modulation of affective and social deficits induced by prenatal glucocorticoid exposure	SPN 2013. XIII Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências (Luso, Portugal)
2013	From novelty-seeking to impulsive behaviour: effects of prenatal exposure to glucocorticoids	SPN 2013. XIII Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências (Portugal)
2012	The secretome of mesenchymal stem cells as therapeutical option for Parkinson's Disease	07/20/2015-07/24/2015 ICVS/3B's - Associate Laboratory

Orientação

	Título / Tema Papel desempenhado	Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização
2024/10 - 2025	Cholinergic dynamics of projections from Laterodorsal Tegmentum to the Nucleus Accumbens in associative learning Orientador	Master in Biomedicine (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2023 - 2024	Valence encoding ensembles in Laterodorsal Tegmentum Orientador	Masters in Neurobiology (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - 2023	Investigating the neuronal ensembles encoding valence in the Laterodorsal Tegmentum Orientador	Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde (Mestrado) Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Organização de evento

	Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)	Instituição / Organização
2012 - Atual	Brain awareness week - neuroscience (2012)
2024 - 2034	Advanced techniques and methodologies for brain circuit-level analysis (2024 - 2024) Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2023 - 2023	New insights into the modulation of reward and aversion encoding in the brainstem (2023) Simpósio (Outra)	Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Bélgica Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2019/08/27 - 2019/08/27	Organization of the Young Scientists’ Workshop associated with the EBPS Biennial Meeting 2019 (2019/08/27 - 2019/08/27) Oficina (workshop) (Coorganizador)
2017 - 2017	XV Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (2017 - 2017) Conferência (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014 - 2014	EMBO workshop: Epigenetic plasticity: Implications in neural (dys)function (2014 - 2014) Oficina (workshop) (Outra)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010 - 2010	Applied Biology Conference 2010 (2010) Encontro (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Participação em evento

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento	Nome do evento Instituição / Organização
2019/10/19 - 2019/10/23	Neuroscience congress - Oral presentation in symposium Congresso	Neuroscience 2019 Society for Neuroscience, Estados Unidos
2019/08/28 - 2019/08/31	Neuroscience congress Congresso	EBPS Biennial Meeting 2019 European Behavioural Pharmacology Society, Alemanha
2019/08/27 - 2019/08/27	Lecture in workshop: "In-vivo circuit manipulation/optogenetics" Oficina (workshop)	European Behavioral Pharmacology (EBPS) Biennial Meeting 2019 European Behavioural Pharmacology Society, Alemanha
2019/05/30 - 2019/06/01	Neuroscience congress Congresso	XVI Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neurosciences Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2018/07/07 - 2018/07/11	Neuroscience congress Congresso	11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience 2018 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Bélgica
2017/11/11 - 2017/11/15	Neuroscience congress Congresso	Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Neuroscience 2017 Society for Neuroscience, Estados Unidos
2017/09/02 - 2017/09/05	Neuroscience congress - Oral presentation in symposium Congresso	30th ECNP Congress of Applied and Translational Neuroscience European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Países Baixos
2017/08/20 - 2017/08/24	Neuroscience congress Congresso	ISN-ESN Meeting 2017 International Society for Neurochemistry, Suiça
2017/05/25 - 2017/05/26	Neuroscience congress - Oral presentation in symposium Congresso	XIII Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2017/03/09 - 2017/03/12	Workshop for junior scientists - Oral presentation in symposium Oficina (workshop)	ECNP workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for junior scientists in Europe European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Países Baixos
2016/09/17 - 2016/09/20	Neuroscience congress Congresso	29th ECNP congress of applied and translational neuroscience European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Países Baixos
2016/07/02 - 2016/07/06	Neuroscience congress Congresso	10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Bélgica
2015/06/04 - 2015/06/05	Neuroscience congress Congresso	XIV Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2014 - 2014	EMBO workshop Oficina (workshop)	EMBO workshop - Epigenetic plasticity: Implications in neural (dys)function EMBO Press, Alemanha
2013 - 2013	Neuroscience congress - Oral presentation in symposium Congresso	XIII Reunião da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociência Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal

Arbitragem científica em revista

	Nome da revista (ISSN)	Editora
2022 - Atual	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (1662-5153)	Frontiers
2022 - Atual	BMC Psychiatry	Springer Nature

Comissão de avaliação

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de assessoria	Instituição / Organização	Entidade financiadora
2018 - Atual	Evaluation committee of Laboratory Animal Sciences Project Avaliador	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

	Disciplina	Curso (Tipo)	Instituição / Organização
2021 - Atual	Fundamentals in Neurosciences		Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
2013 - Atual	Laboratory Animal Sciences	Animals Sciences (Postgraduate Certificate) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))	Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal

Membro de associação

	Nome da associação	Tipo de participação
2016 - Atual	International Society for Neurochemistry	Member
2016 - Atual	European Society for Neurochemistry	Member
2013 - Atual	Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências	Effective Member
2013 - Atual	Federation of European Neuroscience Societies	Effective Member

Revisão ad hoc de artigos em revista

	Nome da revista (ISSN)	Editora
2025 - Atual	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
2024 - Atual	eLife
2024 - Atual	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Tutoria

	Tópico	Nome do aluno
2019/11/28 - 2020/01/03	Laboratory rotation - Master program in Health Sciences	Natacha Gaspar
2019 - 2019	Laboratory Animal Sciences' Lab rotation	Raquel Correia
2019 - 2019	Laboratory Animal Sciences' Lab rotation	Carlos Marques
2019 - 2019	Laboratory Animal Sciences' Lab rotation	Daniela Garcia
2018 - 2018	Laboratory Animal Sciences' Lab rotation	Henrique Silva
2018 - 2018	Laboratory Animal Sciences' Lab rotation	Joana Martins
2018 - 2018	Laboratory Animal Sciences' Lab rotation	Laura Silva
2017 - 2018	Master Thesis in Health Sciences	Laura Silva
2017 - 2017	Final project of biochemistry degree	Ana Helena Borges
2017 - 2017	Final project of biochemistry degree	Ana Rita Machado
2017 - 2017	Final project of biochemistry degree	Vitória Baptista

Distinções

Prémio

2022	Travel Award to attend the ISN-APSN Meeting, Honolulu, USA International Society for Neurochemistry, Suiça
2021	SPN Best Manuscript 2020 Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurociências, Portugal
2021	Research Incentive Award Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2020	Research Incentive Award Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal Universidade do Minho Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde, Portugal
2018	Travel scholarship granted by FENS/IBRO to attend FENS meeting 2018, Berlin, Germany Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Bélgica
2017	Travel award to attend 30th ECNP Congress, Paris, France European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Países Baixos
2017	Travel Award for the ECNP Workshop on Neuropsychopharmacology for Junior Scientists in Europe, March 2017, Nice, France European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Países Baixos
2017	Best poster award on 30th ECNP Congress, Paris, France European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Países Baixos
2017	Fellowship Award for 2017 ISN ESN Meeting, Paris, France
2016	Best poster FENS/SfN Summer School on Cellular mechanisms and networks in addiction Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Bélgica
2016	Travel award to granted by Portuguese Society for Neurosciences (SPN) to attend FENS meeting 2016

Título

2020	Scientific Employment Stimulus (CEEC 3rd Edition) - Junior Researcher Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal