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Internal Medicine, Stress, Neurogenesis & Neuroplasticity in the adult brain, Epigenetic and animal behavior, Development of new tools fro preclinical drug testing, Science Enterpreneurship
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Biography

António Mateus-Pinheiro (MD PhD) graduated in Applied Biology, and subsequently in Medicine, by the University of Minho.
In 2016, he got his PhD at the School of Medicine, University of Minho (Portugal), under the supervision of Dr. Luísa Pinto, PhD,  Professor Nuno Sousa, MD, PhD  and in collaboration with Dr. Miguel Branco, at the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London (UK). The title of his PhD project is "Adult Hippocampal Neural Plasticity: insights into its relevance in the stressed and depressed brain". In his thesis, he studied the relevance of adult hippocampal neural plasticity in the healthy brain and in the context of stress-related disorders, such as Anxiety and Depression. He received a project grant from Epigenesys European Network to conduct this study as a junior PI, in a international collaborative work.
He is currently an MD PhD researcher at the ICVS, University of Minho, and he authored and co-authored several publications, including original research articles, reviews, patents and book chapters (17 peer-reviewed publications, with an accumulated impact factor over 100). António has been an invited lecturer in different scientific meetings and participates as invited lecturer in the medical course, as well as in post-graduation courses, at the School of Medicine, University of Minho.
In 2012, he co-founded the spin-off company BnML - Behavioral & Molecular Lab. BnML offers customized pre-clinical behavioral and molecular analysis services for testing the potential of new therapeutic compounds. In recent years, António also devoted himself to the development of new tools for preclinical drug testing, and had additional training in several areas of management, accounting and entrepreneurship.

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ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho: Braga, PT

2017 to present | PhD Researcher / Medical Doctor
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BnML - Behavioral and Molecular Lab Company: Braga, PT

2012 to present | Co-founder and Preclinical Senior Research Consultant (Neuroscience Division )
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Minho: Braga, PT

2012 to 2017 | Integrated Master’s degree in Medicine (MD) (School of Medicine)
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University of Minho & Queen Mary University of London: Braga / London, GB

2012 to 2016 | PhD in Neuropsychiatry & Neuroregeneration (Neurosciences Research Domain)
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University of Minho: Braga, PT

2009 to 2011 | MSc in Health Sciences (School of Health Sciences)
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University of Minho: Braga, PT

2006 to 2009 | Applied Biology (BSc) (School of Sciences)
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Funding (1)

Functional analysis of TET-mediated epigenetic regulation of neurogenesis

2014 to 2016 | Grant
EpiGeneSys (Paris, FR)
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Works (17)

Valuing Mundane Manifestations of Rare, but Underdiagnosed, Diseases in Portugal: The Example of McArdle Disease

Acta Médica Portuguesa
2023-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: António Mateus-Pinheiro; Tiago Costa; Hélder Esperto; Sónia Moreira
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Hippocampal cytogenesis abrogation impairs inter-regional communication between the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex and promotes the time-dependent manifestation of emotional and cognitive deficits

Molecular Psychiatry
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: António Mateus-Pinheiro; Patrícia Patrício; Nuno Dinis Alves; Joana Martins-Macedo; Inês Caetano; Tiago Silveira-Rosa; Bruna Araújo; Miguel Mateus-Pinheiro; Joana Silva-Correia; Vanessa Morais Sardinha et al.
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AP2γ: A New Player on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis Regulation

Journal of Experimental Neuroscience
2018-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Antonio Mateus-Pinheiro; Nuno Dinis Alves; Nuno Sousa; Luisa Pinto
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Adenosine A 2A receptor regulation of microglia morphological remodeling-gender bias in physiology and in a model of chronic anxiety

Molecular Psychiatry
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84991030115

Contributors: Caetano, L.; Pinheiro, H.; Patrício, P.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Alves, N.D.; Coimbra, B.; Baptista, F.I.; Henriques, S.N.; Cunha, C.; Santos, A.R. et al.
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AP2γ 3 controls adult hippocampal neurogenesis and modulates cognitive, but not anxiety or depressive-like behavior

Molecular Psychiatry
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84992390012

Contributors: Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Alves, N.D.; Patrício, P.; Machado-Santos, A.R.; Loureiro-Campos, E.; Silva, J.M.; Sardinha, V.M.; Reis, J.; Schorle, H.; Oliveira, J.F. et al.
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Chronic stress targets adult neurogenesis preferentially in the suprapyramidal blade of the rat dorsal dentate gyrus

Brain Structure and Function
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85028750066

Contributors: Alves, N.D.; Patrício, P.; Correia, J.S.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Machado-Santos, A.R.; Loureiro-Campos, E.; Morais, M.; Bessa, J.M.; Sousa, N.; Pinto, L.
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Tau-dependent suppression of adult neurogenesis in the stressed hippocampus

Molecular Psychiatry
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85026899195

Contributors: Dioli, C.; Patrício, P.; Trindade, R.; Pinto, L.G.; Silva, J.M.; Morais, M.; Ferreiro, E.; Borges, S.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Rodrigues, A.J. et al.
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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

Translational Psychiatry
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85020410481

Contributors: 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.
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Differential and Converging Molecular Mechanisms of Antidepressants' Action in the Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus

Neuropsychopharmacology
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84929660426

Contributors: 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.
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Mesenchymal stem cells secretome as a modulator of the neurogenic niche: Basic insights and therapeutic opportunities

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84937392771

Contributors: Salgado, A.J.; Sousa, J.C.; Costa, B.M.; Pires, A.O.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Teixeira, F.G.; Pinto, L.; Sousa, N.
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The effects of chronic stress on hippocampal adult neurogenesis and dendritic plasticity are reversed by selective MAO-A inhibition

Journal of Psychopharmacology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84911109619

Contributors: Morais, M.; Santos, P.A.R.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Patrício, P.; Pinto, L.; Sousa, N.; Pedroso, P.; Almeida, S.; Filipe, A.; Bessa, J.M.
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The Sweet Drive Test: Refining phenotypic characterization of anhedonic behavior in rodents

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84896934696

Contributors: Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Patrício, P.; Alves, N.D.; Machado-Santos, A.R.; Morais, M.; Bessa, J.M.; Sousa, N.; Pinto, L.
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Cell genesis and dendritic plasticity: A neuroplastic pas de deux in the onset and remission from depression

Molecular Psychiatry
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84879409713

Contributors: Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Patrício, P.; Bessa, J.M.; Sousa, N.; Pinto, L.
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Re-cycling paradigms: Cell cycle regulation in adult hippocampal neurogenesis and implications for depression

Molecular Neurobiology
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84880924582

Contributors: Patrício, P.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Sousa, N.; Pinto, L.
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Sustained remission from depressive-like behavior depends on hippocampal neurogenesis.

Translational psychiatry
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84879414589

Contributors: Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Pinto, L.; Bessa, J.M.; Morais, M.; Alves, N.D.; Monteiro, S.; Patrício, P.; Almeida, O.F.; Sousa, N.
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Immuno-golgi as a tool for analyzing neuronal 3D-dendritic structure in phenotypically characterized neurons

PLoS ONE
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84858052488

Contributors: Pinto, L.; Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Morais, M.; Bessa, J.M.; Sousa, N.
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Epigenetic (de)regulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis: Implications for depression

Clinical Epigenetics
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84880921625

Contributors: Mateus-Pinheiro, A.; Pinto, L.; Sousa, N.
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Epigenetics & chromatin. (1)