André M. M. Sousa

11.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

André M. M. Sousa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, André M. M. Sousa has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in André M. M. Sousa's work include Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (4 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers). André M. M. Sousa is often cited by papers focused on Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (4 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers). André M. M. Sousa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Spain. André M. M. Sousa's co-authors include Nenad Šestan, Gabriel Santpere, Kyle A. Meyer, Forrest O. Gulden, Daniel J. Miller, Mihovil Pletikos, Ying Zhu, Mingfeng Li, Yuka Imamura Kawasawa and Cheryl D. Stimpson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

André M. M. Sousa

22 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Evolution of the Human Nervous System Function, Structure... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200 250
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Evolution of the Human Nervous System Function, Structure, and Development
    2017 292 citations André M. M. Sousa, Kyle A. Meyer et al. Cell profile →

Peers

André M. M. Sousa
Daniel J. Miller United States
Mihovil Pletikos United States
Mladen Roko Rašin Croatia
Carsten Reidies Bjarkam Denmark
Julie Earle United States
Debora A. Rothmond Australia
Alán Alpár Hungary
Steven G. Kohama United States
Vladimir V. Senatorov United States
Frank Angenstein Germany
Daniel J. Miller United States
André M. M. Sousa
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Countries citing papers authored by André M. M. Sousa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of André M. M. Sousa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of André M. M. Sousa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of André M. M. Sousa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with André M. M. Sousa. André M. M. Sousa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Jing, Hanzhi Zhao, Camila Manso Musso, et al.. (2025). A human-specific enhancer fine-tunes radial glia potency and corticogenesis. Nature. 643(8074). 1321–1332. 3 indexed citations
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Knaack, Sara, Stuart MacGregor, Masoumeh Hosseini, et al.. (2025). Single‐nucleus analysis reveals oxidative stress in Down syndrome basal forebrain neurons at birth. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(7). e70445–e70445. 1 indexed citations
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Bhattacharyya, Anita, Luis de la Torre-Ubieta, Ying Zhu, et al.. (2025). Development of Molecular Neuropathology in Down Syndrome across the Lifespan. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(46). e1365252025–e1365252025.
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Risgaard, Ryan D., et al.. (2024). Evolutionary innovations in the primate dopaminergic system. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 88. 102236–102236. 2 indexed citations
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Sousa, André M. M., et al.. (2024). Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 25(11). 740–755. 6 indexed citations
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Sirois, Carissa L., Yu Guo, Meng Li, et al.. (2024). CGG repeats in the human FMR1 gene regulate mRNA localization and cellular stress in developing neurons. Cell Reports. 43(6). 114330–114330. 2 indexed citations
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Gudelj, Ivan, Gabriel Santpere, Mislav Novokmet, et al.. (2023). Human-specific features and developmental dynamics of the brain N-glycome. Science Advances. 9(49). eadg2615–eadg2615. 9 indexed citations
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Shen, Minjie, Qiping Dong, Carissa L. Sirois, et al.. (2023). Elevated levels of FMRP-target MAP1B impair human and mouse neuronal development and mouse social behaviors via autophagy pathway. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3801–3801. 16 indexed citations
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He, Chenfeng, Ryan D. Risgaard, Carissa L. Sirois, et al.. (2023). BOMA, a machine-learning framework for comparative gene expression analysis across brains and organoids. Cell Reports Methods. 3(2). 100409–100409. 11 indexed citations
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Tao, Yunlong, Xueyan Li, Qiping Dong, et al.. (2023). Generation of locus coeruleus norepinephrine neurons from human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Biotechnology. 42(9). 1404–1416. 14 indexed citations
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Eickhoff, Jens C., José Guerrero-González, Douglas Dean, et al.. (2022). Novel Injury Scoring Tool for Assessing Brain Injury following Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia in Mice. Developmental Neuroscience. 44(4-5). 394–411. 3 indexed citations
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Shibata, Mikihito, Kartik Pattabiraman, Belén Lorente-Galdós, et al.. (2021). Regulation of prefrontal patterning and connectivity by retinoic acid. Nature. 598(7881). 483–488. 77 indexed citations
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Vrselja, Zvonimir, Stefano G. Daniele, John Silbereis, et al.. (2019). Restoration of brain circulation and cellular functions hours post-mortem. Nature. 568(7752). 336–343. 136 indexed citations
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Zhu, Ying, André M. M. Sousa, Tianliuyun Gao, et al.. (2018). Spatiotemporal transcriptomic divergence across human and macaque brain development. Science. 362(6420). 232 indexed citations
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Carlyle, Becky C., Robert R. Kitchen, Jean Kanyo, et al.. (2017). A multiregional proteomic survey of the postnatal human brain. Nature Neuroscience. 20(12). 1787–1795. 110 indexed citations
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Sousa, André M. M., Kyle A. Meyer, Gabriel Santpere, Forrest O. Gulden, & Nenad Šestan. (2017). Evolution of the Human Nervous System Function, Structure, and Development. Cell. 170(2). 226–247. 292 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lun, Melody P., Matthew B. Johnson, Kevin G. Broadbelt, et al.. (2015). Spatially Heterogeneous Choroid Plexus Transcriptomes Encode Positional Identity and Contribute to Regional CSF Production. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(12). 4903–4916. 112 indexed citations
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Pletikos, Mihovil, André M. M. Sousa, Goran Sedmak, et al.. (2014). Temporal Specification and Bilaterality of Human Neocortical Topographic Gene Expression. Neuron. 81(2). 321–332. 150 indexed citations
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Zhu, Ying, Mingfeng Li, André M. M. Sousa, & Nenad Šestan. (2014). XSAnno: a framework for building ortholog models in cross-species transcriptome comparisons. BMC Genomics. 15(1). 343–343. 19 indexed citations
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Borges, Maria-Teresa, et al.. (2007). Aerobic and Anoxic Growth and Nitrate Removal Capacity of a Marine Denitrifying Bacterium Isolated from a Recirculation Aquaculture System. Microbial Ecology. 55(1). 107–118. 24 indexed citations

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