Vítor Paixão

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 822 citations indexed

About

Vítor Paixão is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vítor Paixão has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 822 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Vítor Paixão's work include Neurological disorders and treatments (3 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers). Vítor Paixão is often cited by papers focused on Neurological disorders and treatments (3 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers). Vítor Paixão collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United States and Spain. Vítor Paixão's co-authors include Rui M. Costa, Joaquim Alves da Silva, Fatuel Tecuapetla, Andreas Klaus, Cristina Afonso, Liam Paninski, Pengcheng Zhou, Gabriela J. Martins, Carlos A. Salgueiro and Hugo Gambôa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuron and PLoS ONE.

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Vítor Paixão

17 papers receiving 810 citations

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Dopamine neuron activity before action initiation gates and invigorates future movements

2018 355 citations Joaquim Alves da Silva, Fatuel Tecuapetla et al. Nature profile →

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17 of 17 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Differential Effects of Levodopa and Stimulation on Post‐Surgery Freezing of Gait in Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Parkinson's Disease Patients: A Clinical and Kinematic Analysis 2025 ·Movement Disorders Clinical Practice ·Raquel Barbosa, Paulo Bastos, Patrícia Pita Lobo, (unknown), Anabela Valadas, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Vítor Paixão, Mário Miguel Rosa, Ricardo Matias, (unknown), Marcelo Mendonça, Miguel Coelho	1
2	Dynamic behaviour restructuring mediates dopamine-dependent credit assignment 2023 ·Nature ·Jonathan C. Y. Tang, Vítor Paixão, (unknown), (unknown), Andreas Klaus, Joaquim Alves da Silva, Rui M. Costa	12
3	Explicit knowledge of task structure is a primary determinant of human model-based action 2022 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·(unknown), Thomas Akam, (unknown), Marta Camacho, Vítor Paixão, Ana Maia, J. Bernardo Barahona‐Corrêa, Peter Dayan, Blair Simpson, Rui M. Costa, Albino J. Oliveira‐Maia	17
4	Childhood adversities and the comorbidity between mood and general medical disorders in adults: Results from the WHO World Mental Health Survey Portugal 2021 ·Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health ·J. Oliveira, Vítor Paixão, Graça Cardoso, Miguel Xavier, José Miguel Caldas‐de‐Almeida, Albino J. Oliveira‐Maia	3
5	Dopamine neuron activity before action initiation gates and invigorates future movements breakdown → 2018 ·Nature ·Joaquim Alves da Silva, Fatuel Tecuapetla, Vítor Paixão, Rui M. Costa	355
6	Toxoplasma-induced changes in host risk behaviour are independent of parasite-derived AaaH2 tyrosine hydroxylase 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Cristina Afonso, Vítor Paixão, Andreas Klaus, Matteo Lunghi, (unknown), Carla Emiliani, Manlio Di Cristina, Rui M. Costa	25
7	A Perspective on Wearable Sensor Measurements and Data Science for Parkinson’s Disease 2017 ·Frontiers in Neurology ·Ricardo Matias, Vítor Paixão, (unknown), Joaquim J. Ferreira	27
8	The Spatiotemporal Organization of the Striatum Encodes Action Space 2017 ·Neuron ·Andreas Klaus, Gabriela J. Martins, Vítor Paixão, Pengcheng Zhou, Liam Paninski, Rui M. Costa	156
9	Human Activity Recognition Based on Novel Accelerometry Features and Hidden Markov Models Application 2015 ·(unknown), Vítor Paixão, Hugo Gambôa	1
10	Human activity data discovery from triaxial accelerometer sensor: Non-supervised learning sensitivity to feature extraction parametrization 2014 ·Information Processing & Management ·(unknown), (unknown), Hugo Gambôa, Vítor Paixão, Rui M. Costa	61
11	Human Activity Recognition from Triaxial Accelerometer Data - Feature Extraction and Selection Methods for Clustering of Physical Activities 2014 ·(unknown), (unknown), Hugo Gambôa, Vítor Paixão	1
12	Chronic Toxoplasma Infection Modifies the Structure and the Risk of Host Behavior 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Cristina Afonso, Vítor Paixão, Rui M. Costa	73
13	Revealing the structural origin of the redox-Bohr effect: the first solution structure of a cytochrome from Geobacter sulfurreducens 2011 ·Biochemical Journal ·Leonor Morgado, Vítor Paixão, M. Schiffer, P. Raj Pokkuluri, Marta Bruix, Carlos A. Salgueiro	48
14	Backbone, side chain and heme resonance assignments of the triheme cytochrome PpcA from Geobacter sulfurreducens 2010 ·Biomolecular NMR Assignments ·Leonor Morgado, Vítor Paixão, Carlos A. Salgueiro, Marta Bruix	13
15	Redox Linked Conformational Changes in Cytochrome c₃ from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774 2010 ·Biochemistry ·Vítor Paixão, Hans Vis, David L. Turner	11
16	The Solution Structure of a Tetraheme Cytochrome from Shewanella frigidimarina Reveals a Novel Family Structural Motif 2008 ·Biochemistry ·Vítor Paixão, Carlos A. Salgueiro, Lorraine Brennan, Gillian Reid, Stephen K. Chapman, David L. Turner	17
17	Cylindrical hollow magnetron cathode. Al–N selective coatings for solar collector absorbers 2002 ·Vacuum ·Paulo Gordo, (unknown), Y. Nunes, Vítor Paixão, M.J.P. Maneira	1

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