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Tiago A Ferreira

Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Verified email at hhmi.org
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Synaptic pruning by microglia is necessary for normal brain development

…, M Scianni, P Panzanelli, M Giustetto, TA Ferreira… - science, 2011 - science.org
Microglia are highly motile phagocytic cells that infiltrate and take up residence in the
developing brain, where they are thought to provide a surveillance and scavenging function. …

Neuronal morphometry directly from bitmap images

TA Ferreira, AV Blackman, J Oyrer, S Jayabal… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Neuroscientists measure the tree-like structures of neurons in order to better understand how
neural circuits are constructed and how neural information is processed. In 1953, Donald …

[PDF][PDF] Reconstruction of 1,000 projection neurons reveals new cell types and organization of long-range connectivity in the mouse brain

J Winnubst, E Bas, TA Ferreira, Z Wu, MN Economo… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Neuronal cell types are the nodes of neural circuits that determine the flow of information
within the brain. Neuronal morphology, especially the shape of the axonal arbor, provides an …

SNT: a unifying toolbox for quantification of neuronal anatomy

…, U Günther, M Eddison, KIS Harrington, TA Ferreira - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
SNT is an end-to-end framework for neuronal morphometry and whole-brain connectomics
that supports tracing, proof-editing, visualization, quantification and modeling of …

The spectrum of neuropathological changes associated with congenital Zika virus infection

…, AGM Batista, MMR Amorim, FO Melo, TA Ferreira… - Acta …, 2017 - Springer
A major concern associated with ZIKV infection is the increased incidence of microcephaly
with frequent calcifications in infants born from infected mothers. To date, postmortem …

Infectivity of Trypanosoma cruzi strains is associated with differential expression of surface glycoproteins with differential Ca2+ signalling activity

…, LM DORTA, EMM OSHIRO, TA FERREIRA… - Biochemical …, 1998 - portlandpress.com
Mammalian cell invasion assays, using metacyclic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi G
and CL strains, showed that the CL strain enters target cells in several-fold higher numbers …

[HTML][HTML] Defective microglial development in the hippocampus of Cx3cr1 deficient mice

…, E Zurolo, E Guiducci, TA Ferreira… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Microglial cells participate in brain development and influence neuronal loss and synaptic
maturation. Fractalkine is an important neuronal chemokine whose expression increases …

[HTML][HTML] CT and MR imaging of orbital inflammation

TA Ferreira, P Saraiva, SW Genders, MV Buchem… - Neuroradiology, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Orbital inflammation can be idiopathic or in the context of a specific disease and it
can involve different anatomical orbital structures. On imaging, inflammatory disease is …

[HTML][HTML] MRI of uveal melanoma

TA Ferreira, L Grech Fonk, MG Jaarsma-Coes… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Uveal Melanoma (UM) is the most common primary malignant ocular tumor. The high soft
tissue contrast and spatial resolution, and the possibility of generating 3D volumetric and …

Less postoperative nausea and vomiting after propofol+ remifentanil versus propofol+ fentanyl anaesthesia during plastic surgery

P Rama‐Maceiras, TA Ferreira, N Molins… - Acta …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The effect of different opioids on postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV)
has not been conclusively determined yet, thus the aim of this study was to compare the …