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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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  1. Cunha AOS, de Deus JL, Ceballos CC, Leão RM. Increased hippocampal GABAergic inhibition after long-term high-intensity sound exposure. PLoS One. 2019 May 8;14(5):e0210451. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210451.

  2. De Bernardis Murat C, Leão RM. A voltage-dependent depolarization induced by low external glucose in neurons of the nucleus of the tractus solitarius: interaction with KATP channels. J Physiol. 2019 May;597(9):2515-2532

  3. Cunha AOS, Ceballos CC, de Deus JL, Pena R, Roque AC, Garcia-Cairasco N, Leão RM. Intrinsic and synaptic properties of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons of the Wistar Audiogenic Rat (WAR) strain, a genetic model of epilepsy. Scientific Reports. 2018 Jul 10;8(1):10412. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28725-y.

  4. Cunha AOS, Ceballos CC, de Deus JL, Leão RM. Long-term high-intensity sound stimulation inhibits h current (Ih) in CA1 pyramidal neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience 2018 May 19. doi: 10.1111/ejn.13954.

  5. Zugaib, J; Leao RM. Enhancement of Endocannabinoid-dependent Depolarization-induced Suppression of Excitation in Glycinergic Neurons by Prolonged Exposure to High Doses of Salicylate.. Neuroscience.. . 2018 Apr 15;376:72-79.

  6. De Deus, JL; Cunha, AOS; Terzian, AL; Restell, LB; Elias, LLK; Antunes-Rodrigues, J; Almeida, SS. Leão, RM. A single episode of high-intensity sound inhibits long-term potentiation in the hippocampus of rats. Scientific Reports, 7:14094, 2017.

  7. Ceballos CC, Roque AC, Leão RM. A Negative Slope Conductance of the Persistent Sodium Current Prolongs Subthreshold Depolarizations. Biophysical Journal. 2017 Nov 21;113(10):2207-2217. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.06.047.

  8. CC Ceballos, S Li, AC Roque, T Tzounopoulos, RM Leao: Ih equalizes membrane input resistance in a heterogeneous population of fusiform neurons in the dorsal cochlear nucleus. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 11/2016; 10, 249. DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00249.

  9. Zugaib J, Ceballos CC, Leão RM: High doses of salicylate reduces glycinergic inhibition in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of the rat. Hearing Research. 332, 188-198. 02/2016;  DOI:10.1016/j.heares.2015.10.008

  10. Dagostin AA, Lovell PV, Hilscher MH,  Mello CV,Leão RM: Control of Phasic Firing by a Background Leak Current in Avian Forebrain Auditory Neurons. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 12/2015; 9(13). DOI:10.3389/fncel.2015.00471

  11. Cunha AOS, Oliveira JAC,  Almeida SS, Garcia-Cairasco N,  Leão RM. Inhibition of long-term potentiation in the schaffer-CA1 pathway by repetitive high intensity sound stimulation. Neuroscience 09/2015; 310. :. DOI:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.09.040

  12. Almado, CEL, Machado BH, Leão RM:.Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia Depresses Afferent Neurotransmission in NTS Neurons by a Reduction in the Number of Active Synapses. The Journal of Neuroscience. 11/2012; DOI:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2654-12.2012

  13. Leao RM, Li S, Doiron B, Tzounopoulos T: Diverse levels of an inwardly rectifying potassium conductance generate heterogeneous neuronal behavior in a population of dorsal cochlear nucleus pyramidal neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 02/2012; 107(11):3008-19. DOI:10.1152/jn.00660.2011

Selected Journal Articles

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Reviews and Book Chapters

  1. Leão RM. The ion channels and synapses responsible for the physiological diversity of mammalian lower brainstem auditory neurons.Hearing Research. 2018 Dec 26. pii: S0378-5955(18)30409-X. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.12.011

  2. Ceballos CC, Roque AC, Leão RM. The role of negative conductances in neuronal subthreshold properties and synaptic integration. Biophysical Reviews. 2017 Oct;9(5):827-834. doi: 10.1007/s12551-017-0300-8.

  3. Tzounopoulos T. Leão RM, Learning and memory in the auditory system. In Trussell, L. O., Popper, A. N., and Fay, R. R. (eds). (2012). Synaptic Mechanisms in the Auditory System. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, New York. pp 203-226.

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