Bessa, J M

The mood-improving actions of antidepressants do not depend on neurogenesis but are associated with neuronal remodeling

Bessa, J. M., Ferreira, D., Melo, I., Marques, F., Cerqueira, J. J., Palha, J. A., Almeida, O. F. X., & Sousa, N. (2009) · Molecular Psychiatry

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A trans-dimensional approach to the behavioral aspects of depression

Bessa, J. M. (2009) · Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Treatment of Major DepressionStress Responses and Cortisol

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Sustained remission from depressive-like behavior depends on hippocampal neurogenesis

Mateus-Pinheiro, A., Pinto, L., Bessa, J. M., Morais, M., Alves, N. D., Monteiro, S., Patrício, P., Almeida, O. F. X., & Sousa, N. (2013) · Translational Psychiatry

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsTreatment of Major Depression

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Stress-induced anhedonia is associated with hypertrophy of medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens

Bessa, J. M., Morais, M., Marques, F., Pinto, L., Palha, J. A., Almeida, O. F. X., & Sousa, N. (2013) · Translational Psychiatry

Treatment of Major DepressionNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

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Serotonin 2C receptor antagonists induce fast-onset antidepressant effects

Opal, M. D., Klenotich, S. C., Morais, M., Bessa, J., Winkle, J., Doukas, D., Kay, L. J., Sousa, N., & Dulawa, S. M. (2014) · Molecular Psychiatry

Treatment of Major DepressionNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

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Adult hippocampal neuroplasticity triggers susceptibility to recurrent depression

Alves, N. D., Correia, J. S., Patrício, P., Mateus-Pinheiro, A., Machado-Santos, A. R., Loureiro-Campos, E., Morais, M., Bessa, J. M., Sousa, N., & Pinto, L. (2017) · Translational Psychiatry

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsTreatment of Major Depression

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Differential and Converging Molecular Mechanisms of Antidepressants’ Action in the Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus

Patrício, P., Mateus-Pinheiro, A., Irmler, M., Alves, N. D., Machado-Santos, A. R., Morais, M., Correia, J. S., Korostynski, M., Piechota, M., Stoffel, R., et al. (2015) · Neuropsychopharmacology

Treatment of Major DepressionStress Responses and Cortisol

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Hippocampal neurogenesis induced by antidepressant drugs: an epiphenomenon in their mood-improving actions

Bessa, J. M., Ferreira, D., Melo, I., Marques, F., Cerqueira, J. J., Palha, J. A., Almeida, O. F. X., & Sousa, N. (2009) · Molecular Psychiatry

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsTreatment of Major Depression

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The modulation of adult neuroplasticity is involved in the mood-improving actions of atypical antipsychotics in an animal model of depression

Morais, M., Patrício, P., Mateus-Pinheiro, A., Alves, N. D., Machado-Santos, A. R., Correia, J. S., Pereira, J., Pinto, L., Sousa, N., & Bessa, J. M. (2017) · Translational Psychiatry

Treatment of Major DepressionNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

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Cell genesis and dendritic plasticity: a neuroplastic pas de deux in the onset and remission from depression

Mateus-Pinheiro, A., Patrício, P., Bessa, J. M., Sousa, N., & Pinto, L. (2013) · Molecular Psychiatry

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsTreatment of Major Depression

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