Bárbara Coimbra

2.0k total citations
37 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Bárbara Coimbra is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Bárbara Coimbra has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 11 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Bárbara Coimbra's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (11 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (10 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers). Bárbara Coimbra is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (11 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (10 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers). Bárbara Coimbra collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Brazil and Finland. Bárbara Coimbra's co-authors include Ana João Rodrigues, Nuno Sousa, Carina Soares‐Cunha, Ana Verónica Domingues, Nivaldo A. P. de Vasconcelos, Sónia Borges, Luísa Pinto, José Miguel Pêgo, Rita Gaspar and Miguel M. Carvalho and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Bárbara Coimbra

36 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bárbara Coimbra Portugal 18 657 422 362 234 185 37 1.4k
Carina Soares‐Cunha Portugal 21 775 1.2× 432 1.0× 627 1.7× 183 0.8× 153 0.8× 46 1.6k
Johan Alsiö United Kingdom 25 678 1.0× 526 1.2× 549 1.5× 186 0.8× 205 1.1× 43 2.0k
Limei Zhang Mexico 25 549 0.8× 662 1.6× 342 0.9× 274 1.2× 386 2.1× 100 1.9k
Shiro Suda Japan 22 458 0.7× 739 1.8× 450 1.2× 127 0.5× 151 0.8× 29 1.9k
Karl J. Iremonger New Zealand 20 535 0.8× 169 0.4× 337 0.9× 238 1.0× 422 2.3× 36 1.5k
Fiona M. Inglis United States 22 777 1.2× 444 1.1× 532 1.5× 172 0.7× 135 0.7× 30 1.7k
Valentina Mosienko Germany 17 605 0.9× 190 0.5× 537 1.5× 149 0.6× 234 1.3× 34 1.5k
Hui Shen China 16 673 1.0× 206 0.5× 258 0.7× 338 1.4× 318 1.7× 42 1.2k
Terrell Holloway United States 15 859 1.3× 379 0.9× 433 1.2× 68 0.3× 139 0.8× 20 1.4k
William C. Griffin United States 26 1.4k 2.1× 456 1.1× 637 1.8× 223 1.0× 193 1.0× 59 2.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bárbara Coimbra

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bárbara Coimbra. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bárbara Coimbra 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 Bárbara Coimbra. Bárbara Coimbra is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Domingues, Ana Verónica, Gabriela J. Martins, Bárbara Coimbra, et al.. (2025). Dynamic representation of appetitive and aversive stimuli in nucleus accumbens shell D1- and D2-medium spiny neurons. Nature Communications. 16(1). 59–59. 3 indexed citations
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Domingues, Ana Verónica, Luísa Pinto, Nuno Sousa, et al.. (2024). Nucleus accumbens neurons dynamically respond to appetitive and aversive associative learning. Journal of Neurochemistry. 168(3). 312–327. 8 indexed citations
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Scheinin, Noora M., Eeva‐Leena Kataja, Jetro J. Tuulari, et al.. (2024). Negative associations between maternal prenatal hair cortisol and child socioemotional problems. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 162. 106955–106955. 3 indexed citations
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Coimbra, Bárbara, Ana Verónica Domingues, Rita Gaspar, et al.. (2023). Involvement of nucleus accumbens D2–medium spiny neurons projecting to the ventral pallidum in anxiety-like behaviour. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 48(4). E267–E284. 9 indexed citations
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Gomes, Patrícia, Cristian Bodo, Carlos Nogueras‐Ortiz, et al.. (2023). A novel isolation method for spontaneously released extracellular vesicles from brain tissue and its implications for stress-driven brain pathology. Cell Communication and Signaling. 21(1). 35–35. 19 indexed citations
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Soares‐Cunha, Carina, Ana Verónica Domingues, Bárbara Coimbra, et al.. (2022). Distinct role of nucleus accumbens D2-MSN projections to ventral pallidum in different phases of motivated behavior. Cell Reports. 38(7). 110380–110380. 36 indexed citations
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Domingues, Ana Verónica, Bárbara Coimbra, Stan Floresco, et al.. (2022). Prenatal dexamethasone exposure alters effort decision making and triggers nucleus accumbens and anterior cingulate cortex functional changes in male rats. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 338–338. 3 indexed citations
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Coimbra, Bárbara, Ana Verónica Domingues, Carina Soares‐Cunha, et al.. (2021). Laterodorsal tegmentum–ventral tegmental area projections encode positive reinforcement signals. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 99(11). 3084–3100. 7 indexed citations
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Gaspar, Rita, Carina Soares‐Cunha, Ana Verónica Domingues, et al.. (2021). Resilience to stress and sex-specific remodeling of microglia and neuronal morphology in a rat model of anxiety and anhedonia. Neurobiology of Stress. 14. 100302–100302. 29 indexed citations
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Vasconcelos, Nivaldo A. P. de, Carina Soares‐Cunha, Bárbara Coimbra, et al.. (2020). Signatures of brain criticality unveiled by maximum entropy analysis across cortical states. Physical review. E. 102(1). 12408–12408. 9 indexed citations
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Aatsinki, Anna‐Katariina, Anniina Keskitalo, Eveliina Munukka, et al.. (2020). Maternal prenatal psychological distress and hair cortisol levels associate with infant fecal microbiota composition at 2.5 months of age. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 119. 104754–104754. 55 indexed citations
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Karlsson, Linnéa, Eeva‐Leena Kataja, Noora M. Scheinin, et al.. (2019). Maternal prenatal hair cortisol is associated with prenatal depressive symptom trajectories. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 109. 104383–104383. 42 indexed citations
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Soares‐Cunha, Carina, Nivaldo A. P. de Vasconcelos, Bárbara Coimbra, et al.. (2019). Nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons subtypes signal both reward and aversion. Molecular Psychiatry. 25(12). 3241–3255. 162 indexed citations
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Coimbra, Bárbara, Carina Soares‐Cunha, Nivaldo A. P. de Vasconcelos, et al.. (2019). Role of laterodorsal tegmentum projections to nucleus accumbens in reward-related behaviors. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4138–4138. 37 indexed citations
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Soares‐Cunha, Carina, Bárbara Coimbra, Ana Verónica Domingues, et al.. (2018). Nucleus Accumbens Microcircuit Underlying D2-MSN-Driven Increase in Motivation. eNeuro. 5(2). ENEURO.0386–18.2018. 64 indexed citations
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Esteves, Madalena, Pedro Silva Moreira, Marco Rafael Guimarães, et al.. (2018). Trait determinants of impulsive behavior: a comprehensive analysis of 188 rats. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17666–17666. 12 indexed citations
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Karlsson, Linnéa, et al.. (2018). Hair cortisol concentration (HCC) as a measure for prenatal psychological distress — A systematic review. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 92. 21–28. 49 indexed citations
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Soares‐Cunha, Carina, Bárbara Coimbra, Sónia Borges, et al.. (2014). The motivational drive to natural rewards is modulated by prenatal glucocorticoid exposure. Translational Psychiatry. 4(6). e397–e397. 17 indexed citations
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Borges, Sónia, Bárbara Coimbra, Carina Soares‐Cunha, et al.. (2013). Glucocorticoid Programing of the Mesopontine Cholinergic System. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 4. 190–190. 18 indexed citations
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Borges, Sónia, Bárbara Coimbra, Carina Soares‐Cunha, et al.. (2013). Dopaminergic Modulation of Affective and Social Deficits Induced by Prenatal Glucocorticoid Exposure. Neuropsychopharmacology. 38(10). 2068–2079. 25 indexed citations

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