Publications

2017
Dias C, Lv H, Picos R, Aguiar P, Cardoso S., Freitas P., et al. Bipolar resistive switching in Si/Ag nanostructures. Applied Surface Science. 2017.
Dias C, Guerra LM, Aguiar P, Ventura J. The concept of Metal-Insulator-Metal nanostructures as Adaptive Neural Networks. U. Porto Journal of Engineering. 2017;3:1-10.
Mestre AL, Inácio PM, Elamine Y, Asgarifar S, Lourenço AS, Cristiano ML, et al. Extracellular Electrophysiological Measurements of Cooperative Signals in Astrocytes Populations. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 2017;11.
Martins LF, Costa RO, Pedro JR, Aguiar P, Serra SC, Teixeira FG, et al. Mesenchymal stem cells secretome-induced axonal outgrowth is mediated by BDNF. Scientific Reports. 2017;7:4153.
Mestre AL, Cerquido M, Inácio PM, Asgarifar S, Lourenço AS, Cristiano ML, et al. Ultrasensitive gold micro-structured electrodes enabling the detection of extra-cellular long-lasting potentials in astrocytes populations. Scientific Reports. 2017;7:14284.
Shamarova E, Chertovskih R, Ramos AF, Aguiar P. Backward-stochastic-differential-equation approach to modeling of gene expression. Physical Review E. 2017;95:032418.
2016
Alencastre IS, Sousa DM, Alves CJ, Leitao L, Neto E, Aguiar P, et al. Delivery of pharmaceutics to bone: nanotechnologies, high-throughput processing and in silico mathematical models. EUROPEAN CELLS & MATERIALS. 2016;30:355-381.
Gerós A, Horta R, Aguiar P. Facegram–Objective quantitative analysis in facial reconstructive surgery. Journal of biomedical informatics. 2016;61:1-9.
Conde-Sousa E, Szücs P, Peng H, Aguiar P. N3DFix: an Algorithm for Automatic Removal of Swelling Artifacts in Neuronal Reconstructions. Neuroinformatics. 2016:1-8.
Sousa DM, Conceição F, Silva DI, Leitão L, Neto E, Alves CJ, et al. Ablation of Y1 receptor impairs osteoclast bone-resorbing activity. Scientific reports. 2016;6.
Teixeira GQ, Pereira CL, Castro F, Ferreira JR, Gomez-Lazaro M, Aguiar P, et al. Anti-inflammatory Chitosan/Poly-γ-glutamic acid nanoparticles control inflammation while remodeling extracellular matrix in degenerated intervertebral disc. Acta biomaterialia. 2016;42:168-179.
Pereira CL, Teixeira GQ, Ribeiro-Machado C, Caldeira J, Costa M, Figueiredo F, et al. Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells seeded on cartilaginous endplates promote intervertebral disc regeneration through extracellular matrix remodeling. Scientific reports. 2016;6.
Lopes CD, Gomes CP, Neto E, Sampaio P, Aguiar P, Pêgo AP. Microfluidic-based platform to mimic the in vivo peripheral administration of neurotropic nanoparticles. Nanomedicine. 2016;11:3205-3221.
Pereira AJ, Aguiar P, Belsley M, Maiato H. Inducible fluorescent speckle microscopy. J Cell Biol. 2016;212:245-255.
Neto E, Leitão L, Sousa DM, Alves CJ, Alencastre IS, Aguiar P, et al. Compartmentalized microfluidic platforms: The unrivaled breakthrough of in vitro tools for neurobiological research. Journal of Neuroscience. 2016;36:11573-11584.
2015
Neto E, Paramos-de-Carvalho D, Lourenço AH, Aguiar P, Lamghari M. Compartmentalized Microfluidic Platforms as Tool of Choice to Study the Interaction Between Neurons and Osteoblasts. Microfluidic and Compartmentalized Platforms for Neurobiological Research. 2015:161-179.
Dias C, Guerra LM, Ventura J, Aguiar P. Memristor-based Willshaw network: Capacity and robustness to noise in the presence of defects. Applied Physics Letters. 2015;106:223505.
2014
Afonso O, Matos I., Pereira A., Aguiar P, Lampson M., Maiato H.. Feedback control of chromosome separation by a midzone Aurora B gradient. Science. 2014;345:332-336.
Aguiar P, Sousa M, Lima D. NMDA Channels Together With L-Type Calcium. J Neurophysiol. 2014;111:1507-1518.
Neto E, Sousa D, Alencastre IS, Alves J., Aguiar P, Lamghari M. Antagonize without compromise: effect of Y-1 receptor antagonism in bone re-innervation. In: JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE. Vol 8. WILEY-BLACKWELL 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA; 2014. 4. p. 403-404p.
Silva P., Travassos B, Vilar L, Aguiar P, Davids K, Araújo D, et al. Numerical relations and skill level constrain co-adaptive behaviors of agents in sports teams. PloS one. 2014;9:e107112.
Horta R, Aguiar P, Monteiro D, Silva A, Amarante JM. A facegram for spatial–temporal analysis of facial excursion: Applicability in the microsurgical reanimation of long-standing paralysis and pretransplantation. Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 2014;42:1250-1259.
Barisic M, Aguiar P, Geley S, Maiato H. Kinetochore motors drive congression of peripheral polar chromosomes by overcoming random arm-ejection forces. Nature cell biology. 2014;16:1249-1256.
Silva P., Aguiar P, Duarte R, Davids K, Araújo D, Garganta J. Effects of pitch size and skill level on tactical behaviours of Association Football players during small-sided and conditioned games. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 2014;9:993-1006.
Horta R, Aguiar P, Monteiro D., Silva A., Amarante JM. A facegram for spatial-temporal analysis of facial excursion: Applicability in the microsurgical reanimation of long-standing paralysis and pretransplantation. Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 2014.
Silva P., Duarte R, Sampaio J, Aguiar P, Davids K, Araújo D, et al. Field dimension and skill level constrain team tactical behaviours in small-sided and conditioned games in football. Journal of sports sciences. 2014;32:1888-1896.
Sousa M., Szucs P., Lima D., Aguiar P. The pronociceptive dorsal reticular nucleus contains mostly tonic neurons and shows a high prevalence of spontaneous activity in block preparation. Journal of Neurophysiology. 2014;111:1507-1518.
Monteiro JP, Oliveira HP, Aguiar P, Cardoso JS. A depth-map approach for automatic mice behavior recognition. In: Image Processing (ICIP), 2014 IEEE International Conference on. IEEE; 2014. 2. p. 2261-2265p.
Horta R, Aguiar P, Silva P., Monteiro D., Amarante JM. Facial disfigurement: Restoration of facial dynamics in a patient with concomitant facial paralysis and blindness. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2014;30:207-210.
Sousa M., Aguiar P. Building, simulating and visualizing large spiking neural networks with NeuralSyns. Neurocomputing. 2014;123:372-380.
Barisic M, Aguiar P, Geley S, Maiato H. CENP-E and detyrosinated microtubules guide peripheral polar chromosomes towards the cell equator.. In: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL. Vol 25. AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY 8120 WOODMONT AVE, STE 750, BETHESDA, MD 20814-2755 USA; 2014.
Silva P., Travassos B, Vilar L, Aguiar P, Davids K, _. Numerical Relations and Skill Level Constrain Co-Adaptive Behaviors of Agents in Sports.. 2014.
Castro L, Aguiar P. A feedforward model for the formation of a grid field where spatial information is provided solely from place cells. Biological Cybernetics. 2014;108:133-143.
Neto E, Alves CJ, Sousa D., Alencastre IS, Lourenço A., Leitão L., et al. Sensory neurons and osteoblasts: Close partners in a microfluidic platform. Integrative Biology (United Kingdom). 2014;6:586-595.
2013
Moutinho-Pereira S., Stuurman N., Afonso O, Hornsveld M., Aguiar P, Goshima G., et al. Genes involved in centrosome-independent mitotic spindle assembly in Drosophila S2 cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2013;110:19808-19813.
Horta R, Monteiro D, Silva A, Amarante JM, Aguiar P. Evaluation of a Facial Transplant Candidate with a Facegram: A Baseline Analysis: Correction. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2013;132:1040-1041.
Guimarães J., Moura E., Silva E., Aguiar P, Garrett C., Vieira-Coelho M.. Locus coeruleus is involved in weight loss in a rat model of Parkinson's disease: An effect reversed by deep brain stimulation. Brain Stimulation. 2013;6:845-855.
Conde-Sousa E, Aguiar P. A working memory model for serial order that stores information in the intrinsic excitability properties of neurons. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 2013;35:187-199.
Aguiar P, Sousa M., Szucs P.. Versatile morphometric analysis and visualization of the three-dimensional structure of neurons. Neuroinformatics. 2013;11:393-403.
Conde-Sousa E, Aguiar P. A working memory model for serial order that stores information in the intrinsic excitability properties of neurons. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 2013;35:187-199.
Horta R, Monteiro D., Silva A., Amarante JM, Aguiar P. Erratum: Evaluation of a facial transplant candidate with a facegram: A baseline analysis (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (2013) 132 (479e-480)). Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2013;132:1040-1041.
Aguiar P. A model for grid cells where spatially correlated place cells compete for the grid map nodes. BMC Neuroscience. 2013;14:P2.
Aguiar P, Horta R, Monteiro D., Silva A., Amarante JM. Evaluation of a facial transplant candidate with a facegram: A baseline analysis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2013;132:479e-480e.
Sousa M, Aguiar P, Szücs P. Reduction in inhibitory control is sufficient to generate hyperalgesia in a spiking model of nociceptive integration in the superficial dorsal horn. BMC neuroscience. 2013;14:P1.
Silva P., Garganta J, Araújo D, Davids K., Aguiar P. Shared knowledge or shared affordances? insights from an ecological dynamics approach to team coordination in sports. Sports Medicine. 2013;43:765-772.
Conde-Sousa E, Aguiar P. Conversion from spatial patterns of activity to sequences of neuronal activations using gate interneurons. BMC Neuroscience. 2013;14:P3.
Szucs P., Luz L., Pinho R., Aguiar P, Antal Z., Tiong S., et al. Axon diversity of lamina I local-circuit neurons in the lumbar spinal cord. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2013;521:2719-2741.
Carneiro J., Duarte-Pereira S., Azevedo L., Castro L., Aguiar P, Moreira I., et al. The Evolutionary Portrait of Metazoan NAD Salvage. PLoS ONE. 2013;8.
2012
Pais-Vieira M., Aguiar P, Lima D., Galhardo V. Inflammatory pain disrupts the orbitofrontal neuronal activity and risk-assessment performance in a rodent decision-making task. Pain. 2012;153:1625-1635.
Castro L, Aguiar P. Phase precession through acceleration of local theta rhythm: A biophysical model for the interaction between place cells and local inhibitory neurons. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 2012;33:141-150.
Monteiro JP, Oliveira HP, Aguiar P, Cardoso JS. Depth-map images for automatic mice behavior recognition. In: 1st PhD Students Conference in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Porto, Portugal.; 2012.
Pinto S., Krishna R., Dias C., Pimentel G., Oliveira G., Teixeira J., et al. Resistive switching and activity-dependent modifications in Ni-doped graphene oxide thin films. Applied Physics Letters. 2012;101.
2011
Aguiar P, Szücs P. Detailed visualization and morphometric analysis of reconstructed neurons using Blender and Python. BMC Neuroscience. 2011;12:P323.
Aguiar P. Phase precession through acceleration of local theta rhythm: a biophysical model for the interaction between complex spike cells and theta cells. BMC neuroscience. 2011;12:P2.
2010
Aguiar P, Sousa M., Lima D.. NMDA channels together with L-type calcium currents and calcium-activated nonspecific cationic currents are sufficient to generate windup in WDR neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology. 2010;104:1155-1166.
Lima D, Sousa M, Aguiar P. Analysis of the mechanisms underlying windup using a detailed biophysical model of WDR neurons. BMC neuroscience. 2010;11:O14.
2009
De-Castro-Aguiar P. Neuralsyns: A Novel Tool for Simulating Large Neuronal Networks With Complex Architectures. In: Front. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: 11th Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/conf. neuro. Vol 1.; 2009.
Pais-Vieira M, Aguiar P, Lima D, Galhardo V. 375 ABNORMAL ENCODING OF CHOICES AND REWARDS IN ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX IN MONOARTHRITIC RATS. European Journal of Pain. 2009;13:S113.
Rodrigues M, Aguiar P. Neuronal connectivity inference from spike trains using an empirical probabilistic causality measure. BMC Neuroscience. 2009;10:P169.
Mafalda-Sousa M, De-Castro-Aguiar P. Netbuilder: A Tool for Constructing Large and Complex Neural Networks. In: Front. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: 11th Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/conf. neuro. Vol 1.; 2009.
2007
Aguiar P. SpiNet Tutorials.. 2007.
Aguiar P, Willshaw D. Simulating large and heterogeneous networks of spiking neurons with SpiNet. BMC neuroscience. 2007;8:P9.
Aguiar P, Mendonça L, Galhardo V. OpenControl: a free opensource software for video tracking and automated control of behavioral mazes. Journal of neuroscience methods. 2007;166:66-72.
2006
Aguiar P. A General Hippocampal Computational Model Combining Episodic and Spatial Memory in a Spiking Model.. 2006.
2004
Aguiar P, Willshaw D. Hippocampal mossy fibre boutons as dynamical synapses. Neurocomputing. 2004;58:699-703.