Luis E. Almeida, Ph.D.

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University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States 
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Edson X. Albuquerque grad student 2004 University of Maryland Medical School
 (Effects of nicotine in the hippocampus and implications for anti-smoking therapy.)
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Wang L, Almeida LE, Spornick NA, et al. (2015) Modulation of social deficits and repetitive behaviors in a mouse model of autism: the role of the nicotinic cholinergic system. Psychopharmacology
Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Yu P, et al. (2004) Targeted deletion of the kynurenine aminotransferase ii gene reveals a critical role of endogenous kynurenic acid in the regulation of synaptic transmission via alpha7 nicotinic receptors in the hippocampus. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 24: 4635-48
Almeida LE, Pereira EF, Camara AL, et al. (2004) Sensitivity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors to the opiate antagonists naltrexone and naloxone: receptor blockade and up-regulation. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14: 1879-87
Schwarcz R, Pereira E, Alkondon M, et al. (2003) S.12.03 Physiological regulation of α7 nicotinic receptor activity by endogenous levels of the brain metabolite kynurenic acid: Clinical implications European Neuropsychopharmacology. 13: S128
Almeida LE, Pereira EF, Alkondon M, et al. (2000) The opioid antagonist naltrexone inhibits activity and alters expression of alpha7 and alpha4beta2 nicotinic receptors in hippocampal neurons: implications for smoking cessation programs. Neuropharmacology. 39: 2740-55
Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Almeida LE, et al. (2000) Nicotine at concentrations found in cigarette smokers activates and desensitizes nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in CA1 interneurons of rat hippocampus. Neuropharmacology. 39: 2726-39
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