Burke RD, Todd SW, Lumsden E, Mullins RJ, Mamczarz J, Fawcett WP, Gullapalli RP, Randall WR, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (2017)
Developmental neurotoxicity of the organophosphorus insecticide chlorpyrifos: from clinical findings to preclinical models and potential mechanisms
Journal of Neurochemistry 142 Suppl 2: 162

Mamczarz J, Pescrille JD, Gavrushenko L, Burke RD, Fawcett WP, DeTolla LJ, Jr., Chen H, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (2016)
Spatial learning impairment in prepubertal guinea pigs prenatally exposed to the organophosphorus pesticide chlorpyrifos: Toxicological implications
Neurotoxicology 56: 17

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Todd SW, Randall WR, Lane MV, Albuquerque EX (2015)
Functional G-protein-coupled receptor 35 is expressed by neurons in the CA1 field of the hippocampus
Biochemical Pharmacology 93: 506

Mullins RJ, Xu S, Pereira EF, Pescrille JD, Todd SW, Mamczarz J, Albuquerque EX, Gullapalli RP (2015)
Prenatal exposure of guinea pigs to the organophosphorus pesticide chlorpyrifos disrupts the structural and functional integrity of the brain
Neurotoxicology 48: 9

Alexandrova EA, Alkondon M, Aracava Y, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (2014)
Galantamine prevents long-lasting suppression of excitatory synaptic transmission in CA1 pyramidal neurons of soman-challenged guinea pigs
Neurotoxicology 44: 270

Pereira EF, Aracava Y, DeTolla LJ, Jr., Beecham EJ, Basinger GW, Jr., Wakayama EJ, Albuquerque EX (2014)
Animal models that best reproduce the clinical manifestations of human intoxication with organophosphorus compounds
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 350: 313

Banerjee J, Alkondon M, Albuquerque EX, Pereira EF (2013)
Contribution of CA3 and CA1 pyramidal neurons to the tonic alpha7 nAChR-dependent glutamatergic input to CA1 pyramidal neurons
Neuroscience Letters 554: 167

Mullins RJ, Xu S, Pereira EF, Mamczarz J, Albuquerque EX, Gullapalli RP (2013)
Delayed hippocampal effects from a single exposure of prepubertal guinea pigs to sub-lethal dose of chlorpyrifos: a magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy study
Neurotoxicology 36: 42

Banerjee J, Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (2012)
Regulation of GABAergic inputs to CA1 pyramidal neurons by nicotinic receptors and kynurenic acid
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 341: 500

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Eisenberg HM, Kajii Y, Schwarcz R, Albuquerque EX (2011)
Age dependency of inhibition of alpha7 nicotinic receptors and tonically active N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors by endogenously produced kynurenic acid in the brain
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 337: 572

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (2011)
Endogenous activation of nAChRs and NMDA receptors contributes to the excitability of CA1 stratum radiatum interneurons in rat hippocampal slices: effects of kynurenic acid
Biochemical Pharmacology 82: 842

Mamczarz J, Kulkarni GS, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (2011)
Galantamine counteracts development of learning impairment in guinea pigs exposed to the organophosphorus poison soman: clinical significance
Neurotoxicology 32: 785

Alexandrova EA, Aracava Y, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (2010)
Pretreatment of Guinea pigs with galantamine prevents immediate and delayed effects of soman on inhibitory synaptic transmission in the hippocampus
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 334: 1051

Gullapalli RP, Aracava Y, Zhuo J, Helal Neto E, Wang J, Makris G, Merchenthaler I, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (2010)
Magnetic resonance imaging reveals that galantamine prevents structural brain damage induced by an acute exposure of guinea pigs to soman
Neurotoxicology 31: 67

Mamczarz J, Pereira EF, Aracava Y, Adler M, Albuquerque EX (2010)
An acute exposure to a sub-lethal dose of soman triggers anxiety-related behavior in guinea pigs: interactions with acute restraint
Neurotoxicology 31: 77

Pereira EF, Aracava Y, Alkondon M, Akkerman M, Merchenthaler I, Albuquerque EX (2010)
Molecular and cellular actions of galantamine: clinical implications for treatment of organophosphorus poisoning
Journal of Molecular Neuroscience 40: 196

Wu HQ, Pereira EF, Bruno JP, Pellicciari R, Albuquerque EX, Schwarcz R (2010)
The astrocyte-derived alpha7 nicotinic receptor antagonist kynurenic acid controls extracellular glutamate levels in the prefrontal cortex
Journal of Molecular Neuroscience 40: 204

Albuquerque EX, Pereira EF, Alkondon M, Rogers SW (2009)
Mammalian nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from structure to function
Physiol Rev 89: 73

Alkondon M, Aracava Y, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (2009)
A single in vivo application of cholinesterase inhibitors has neuron type-specific effects on nicotinic receptor activity in guinea pig hippocampus
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 328: 69

Aracava Y, Pereira EF, Akkerman M, Adler M, Albuquerque EX (2009)
Effectiveness of donepezil, rivastigmine, and (+/-)huperzine A in counteracting the acute toxicity of organophosphorus nerve agents: comparison with galantamine
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 331: 1014

Fawcett WP, Aracava Y, Adler M, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (2009)
Acute toxicity of organophosphorus compounds in guinea pigs is sex- and age-dependent and cannot be solely accounted for by acetylcholinesterase inhibition
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 328: 516

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Potter MC, Kauffman FC, Schwarcz R, Albuquerque EX (2007)
Strain-specific nicotinic modulation of glutamatergic transmission in the CA1 field of the rat hippocampus: August Copenhagen Irish versus Sprague-Dawley
Journal of Neurophysiology 97: 1163

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (2007)
Age-dependent changes in the functional expression of two nicotinic receptor subtypes in CA1 stratum radiatum interneurons in the rat hippocampus
Biochemical Pharmacology 74: 1134

Lopes C, Pereira EF, Wu HQ, Purushottamachar P, Njar V, Schwarcz R, Albuquerque EX (2007)
Competitive antagonism between the nicotinic allosteric potentiating ligand galantamine and kynurenic acid at alpha7* nicotinic receptors
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 322: 48

Albuquerque EX, Pereira EF, Aracava Y, Fawcett WP, Oliveira M, Randall WR, Hamilton TA, Kan RK, Romano JA, Jr., Adler M (2006)
Effective countermeasure against poisoning by organophosphorus insecticides and nerve agents
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103: 13220

Popa RV, Pereira EF, Lopes C, Maelicke A, Albuquerque EX (2006)
The N-butylcarbamate derivative of galantamine acts as an allosteric potentiating ligand on alpha7 nicotinic receptors in hippocampal neurons: clinical implications for treatment of Alzheimer's disease
Journal of Molecular Neuroscience 30: 227

Aracava Y, Pereira EF, Maelicke A, Albuquerque EX (2005)
Memantine blocks alpha7* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors more potently than n-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in rat hippocampal neurons
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 312: 1195

Albuquerque EX, Pereira EF, Samochocki M, Alkondon M, Christoph U, Maelicke A (2004)
Nicotinic receptor modulation.
Cholinergic Mechanisms, CRC Press

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Yu P, Arruda EZ, Almeida LE, Guidetti P, Fawcett WP, Sapko MT, Randall WR, Schwarcz R, Tagle DA, Albuquerque EX (2004)
Targeted deletion of the kynurenine aminotransferase ii gene reveals a critical role of endogenous kynurenic acid in the regulation of synaptic transmission via alpha7 nicotinic receptors in the hippocampus
Journal of Neuroscience 24: 4635

Almeida LE, Pereira EF, Camara AL, Maelicke A, Albuquerque EX (2004)
Sensitivity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors to the opiate antagonists naltrexone and naloxone: receptor blockade and up-regulation
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Lett 14: 1879

Braga MF, Pereira EF, Mike A, Albuquerque EX (2004)
Pb2+ via protein kinase C inhibits nicotinic cholinergic modulation of synaptic transmission in the hippocampus
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 311: 700

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (2003)
NMDA and AMPA receptors contribute to the nicotinic cholinergic excitation of CA1 interneurons in the rat hippocampus
Journal of Neurophysiology 90: 1613

Menegatti R, Cunha AC, Ferreira VF, Pereira EF, El-Nabawi A, Eldefrawi AT, Albuquerque EX, Neves G, Rates SM, Fraga CA, Barreiro EJ (2003)
Design, synthesis and pharmacological profile of novel dopamine D2 receptor ligands
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 11: 4807

Samochocki M, Hoffle A, Fehrenbacher A, Jostock R, Ludwig J, Christner C, Radina M, Zerlin M, Ullmer C, Pereira EF, Lubbert H, Albuquerque EX, Maelicke A (2003)
Galantamine is an allosterically potentiating ligand of neuronal nicotinic but not of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 305: 1024

Santos MD, Pereira EF, Aracava Y, Castro NG, Fawcett WP, Randall WR, Albuquerque EX (2003)
Low concentrations of pyridostigmine prevent soman-induced inhibition of GABAergic transmission in the central nervous system: involvement of muscarinic receptors
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 304: 254

Pereira EF, Hilmas C, Santos MD, Alkondon M, Maelicke A, Albuquerque EX (2002)
Unconventional ligands and modulators of nicotinic receptors
Journal of Neurobiology 53: 479

Santos MD, Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Aracava Y, Eisenberg HM, Maelicke A, Albuquerque EX (2002)
The nicotinic allosteric potentiating ligand galantamine facilitates synaptic transmission in the mammalian central nervous system
Molecular Pharmacology 61: 1222

Albuquerque EX, Santos MD, Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Maelicke A (2001)
Modulation of nicotinic receptor activity in the central nervous system: a novel approach to the treatment of Alzheimer disease
Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders 15 Suppl 1: S19

Gonzalez-Serratos H, Chang R, Pereira EF, Castro NG, Aracava Y, Melo PA, Lima PC, Fraga CA, Barreiro EJ, Albuquerque EX (2001)
A novel thienylhydrazone, (2-thienylidene)3,4-methylenedioxybenzoylhydrazine, increases inotropism and decreases fatigue of skeletal muscle
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 299: 558

Hilmas C, Pereira EF, Alkondon M, Rassoulpour A, Schwarcz R, Albuquerque EX (2001)
The brain metabolite kynurenic acid inhibits alpha7 nicotinic receptor activity and increases non-alpha7 nicotinic receptor expression: physiopathological implications
Journal of Neuroscience 21: 7463

Wang Y, Pereira EF, Maus AD, Ostlie NS, Navaneetham D, Lei S, Albuquerque EX, Conti-Fine BM (2001)
Human bronchial epithelial and endothelial cells express alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Molecular Pharmacology 60: 1201

Albuquerque EX, Pereira EF, Alkondon M, Eisenberg HM, Maelicke A (2000)
Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors and Synaptic Transmission in the Mammalian Central Nervous System
Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology 144: 337

Albuquerque EX, Pereira EF, Mike A, Eisenberg HM, Maelicke A, Alkondon M (2000)
Neuronal nicotinic receptors in synaptic functions in humans and rats: physiological and clinical relevance
Behavioural Brain Research 113: 131

Alkondon M, Braga MF, Pereira EF, Maelicke A, Albuquerque EX (2000)
alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and modulation of gabaergic synaptic transmission in the hippocampus
European Journal of Pharmacology 393: 59

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Almeida LE, Randall WR, Albuquerque EX (2000)
Nicotine at concentrations found in cigarette smokers activates and desensitizes nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in CA1 interneurons of rat hippocampus
Neuropharmacology 39: 2726

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Eisenberg HM, Albuquerque EX (2000)
Nicotinic receptor activation in human cerebral cortical interneurons: a mechanism for inhibition and disinhibition of neuronal networks
Journal of Neuroscience 20: 66

Almeida LE, Pereira EF, Alkondon M, Fawcett WP, Randall WR, Albuquerque EX (2000)
The opioid antagonist naltrexone inhibits activity and alters expression of alpha7 and alpha4beta2 nicotinic receptors in hippocampal neurons: implications for smoking cessation programs
Neuropharmacology 39: 2740

Mike A, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (2000)
Ca(2+)-sensitive inhibition by Pb(2+) of alpha7-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in hippocampal neurons
Brain Research 873: 112

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Eisenberg HM, Albuquerque EX (1999)
Choline and selective antagonists identify two subtypes of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors that modulate GABA release from CA1 interneurons in rat hippocampal slices
Journal of Neuroscience 19: 2693

Braga MF, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (1999)
Nanomolar concentrations of lead inhibit glutamatergic and GABAergic transmission in hippocampal neurons
Brain Research 826: 22

Braga MF, Pereira EF, Marchioro M, Albuquerque EX (1999)
Lead increases tetrodotoxin-insensitive spontaneous release of glutamate and GABA from hippocampal neurons
Brain Research 826: 10

Wevers A, Monteggia L, Nowacki S, Bloch W, Schutz U, Lindstrom JM, Pereira EF, Eisenberg H, Giacobini E, de Vos RA, Steur EN, Maelicke A, Albuquerque EX, Schroder H (1999)
Expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in the cerebral cortex in Alzheimer's disease: histotopographical correlation with amyloid plaques and hyperphosphorylated-tau protein
European Journal of Neuroscience 11: 2551

Albuquerque EX, Pereira EF, Braga MF, Alkondon M (1998)
Contribution of nicotinic receptors to the function of synapses in the central nervous system: the action of choline as a selective agonist of alpha 7 receptors
Journal de Physiologie Paris 92: 309

Albuquerque EX, Pereira EF, Braga MF, Matsubayashi H, Alkondon M (1998)
Neuronal nicotinic receptors modulate synaptic function in the hippocampus and are sensitive to blockade by the convulsant strychnine and by the anti-Parkinson drug amantadine
Toxicol Lett 102-103: 211

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (1998)
alpha-bungarotoxin- and methyllycaconitine-sensitive nicotinic receptors mediate fast synaptic transmission in interneurons of rat hippocampal slices
Brain Research 810: 257

Macklin KD, Maus AD, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX, Conti-Fine BM (1998)
Human vascular endothelial cells express functional nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 287: 435

Matsubayashi H, Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Swanson KL, Albuquerque EX (1998)
Strychnine: a potent competitive antagonist of alpha-bungarotoxin-sensitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in rat hippocampal neurons
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 284: 904

Maus AD, Pereira EF, Karachunski PI, Horton RM, Navaneetham D, Macklin K, Cortes WS, Albuquerque EX, Conti-Fine BM (1998)
Human and rodent bronchial epithelial cells express functional nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Molecular Pharmacology 54: 779

Albuquerque EX, Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Castro NG, Schrattenholz A, Barbosa CT, Bonfante-Cabarcas R, Aracava Y, Eisenberg HM, Maelicke A (1997)
Properties of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: pharmacological characterization and modulation of synaptic function
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 280: 1117

Albuquerque EX, Pereira EF, Alkondon M, Schrattenholz A, Maelicke A (1997)
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on hippocampal neurons: distribution on the neuronal surface and modulation of receptor activity
J Recept Signal Transduct Res 17: 243

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Barbosa CT, Albuquerque EX (1997)
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activation modulates gamma-aminobutyric acid release from CA1 neurons of rat hippocampal slices
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 283: 1396

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Cortes WS, Maelicke A, Albuquerque EX (1997)
Choline is a selective agonist of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the rat brain neurons
European Journal of Neuroscience 9: 2734

Maelicke A, Coban T, Storch A, Schrattenholz A, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (1997)
Allosteric modulation of Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ion channel activity by noncompetitive agonists
J Recept Signal Transduct Res 17: 11

Albuquerque EX, Pereira EF, Bonfante-Cabarcas R, Marchioro M, Matsubayashi H, Alkondon M, Maelicke A (1996)
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on hippocampal neurons: cell compartment-specific expression and modulatory control of channel activity
Prog Brain Res 109: 111

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (1996)
Mapping the location of functional nicotinic and gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptors on hippocampal neurons
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 279: 1491

Pereira EF, Alkondon M, McIntosh JM, Albuquerque EX (1996)
Alpha-conotoxin-ImI: a competitive antagonist at alpha-bungarotoxin-sensitive neuronal nicotinic receptors in hippocampal neurons
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 278: 1472

Schrattenholz A, Pereira EF, Roth U, Weber KH, Albuquerque EX, Maelicke A (1996)
Agonist responses of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are potentiated by a novel class of allosterically acting ligands
Molecular Pharmacology 49: 1

Albuquerque EX, Pereira EF, Castro NG, Alkondon M, Reinhardt S, Schroder H, Maelicke A (1995)
Nicotinic receptor function in the mammalian central nervous system
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 757: 48

Grando SA, Horton RM, Pereira EF, Diethelm-Okita BM, George PM, Albuquerque EX, Conti-Fine BM (1995)
A nicotinic acetylcholine receptor regulating cell adhesion and motility is expressed in human keratinocytes
Journal of Investigative Dermatology 105: 774

Storch A, Schrattenholz A, Cooper JC, Abdel Ghani EM, Gutbrod O, Weber KH, Reinhardt S, Lobron C, Hermsen B, Soskic V, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX, Methfessel C, Maelicke A (1995)
Physostigmine, galanthamine and codeine act as 'noncompetitive nicotinic receptor agonists' on clonal rat pheochromocytoma cells
European Journal of Pharmacology 290: 207

Pereira EF, Alkondon M, Reinhardt S, Maelicke A, Peng X, Lindstrom JM, Whiting P, Albuquerque EX (1994)
Physostigmine and galanthamine: probes for a novel binding site on the alpha 4 beta 2 subtype of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors stably expressed in fibroblast cells
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 270: 768

Maelicke A, Coban T, Schrattenholz A, Schroder B, Reinhardt-Maelicke S, Storch A, Godovac-Zimmermann J, Methfessel C, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (1993)
Physostigmine and neuromuscular transmission
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 681: 140

Pereira EF, Alkondon M, Tano T, Castro NG, Froes-Ferrao MM, Rozental R, Aronstam RS, Schrattenholz A, Maelicke A, Albuquerque EX (1993)
A novel agonist binding site on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
J Recept Res 13: 413

Pereira EF, Reinhardt-Maelicke S, Schrattenholz A, Maelicke A, Albuquerque EX (1993)
Identification and functional characterization of a new agonist site on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of cultured hippocampal neurons
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 265: 1474

Schrattenholz A, Coban T, Schroder B, Okonjo KO, Kuhlmann J, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX, Maelicke A (1993)
Biochemical characterization of a novel channel-activating site on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
J Recept Res 13: 393

Alkondon M, Pereira EF, Wonnacott S, Albuquerque EX (1992)
Blockade of nicotinic currents in hippocampal neurons defines methyllycaconitine as a potent and specific receptor antagonist
Molecular Pharmacology 41: 802

Pereira EF, Aracava Y, Aronstam RS, Barreiro EJ, Albuquerque EX (1992)
Pyrazole, an alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor, has dual effects on N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors of hippocampal pyramidal cells: agonist and noncompetitive antagonist
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 261: 331

Aracava Y, Froes-Ferrao MM, Pereira EF, Albuquerque EX (1991)
Sensitivity of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors to ethanol and pyrazole
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 625: 451