MD-PhD, researcher in ADHD, Psychiatry resident @PittPsychiatry
Joined February 2020
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18 Apr 2025
Very happy to see this paper out!
16 Apr 2025
New paper alertšØ
Our new study led by @dtleffa & @guilhermepovala published @alzdemjournals links genetic risk for ADHD to more severe dementia.
Check here: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wā¦
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26 Jul 2024
Looking forward to the Pascoal teamās presentations at this Saturdayās #AIC pre-conference! @NeuroimagingPIA @ISTAART @alzassociation
Check out our line-up:
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27 Jul 2024
Congratulations to @BellaverBruna for receiving the Publication of the Year Award from the Biofluid Based Biomarkers @ISTAART Professional Interest Area at PIA day, for her recent paper in Nature Medicine! #AAIC24
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21 Jan 2024
Very proud to share this one! Here we showed transcriptomic similarities and differences between three AD animal models and EOAD and LOAD. Thank you all to collaborators involved @giovannacollar
@erzimmer @mvlourenco @aslfricardo @TharickAPascoal @pedrorosaneto
19 Jan 2024
šØONLINE NOW! In our new article led by @BellaverBruna and #DeBastiani published in @iScience_CP, we took advantage of comparative medicine tools to investigate molecular core similarities and differences among AD mouse models and EOAD and LOAD individuals tinyurl.com/3fj8b8tb
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11 Jan 2024
Amazing work by the great @jpfsouza33 !
11 Jan 2024
Out now in Neurobiology of Aging!
In this new article, we demonstrated that vascular risk burden & AD pathophysiology jointly accelerate neurodegeneration and cognitive decline in CU individuals
@erzimmer @ufrgsnoticias @ppgbioq @CAPES_Oficial @TharickAPascoal @LabPascoal
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Douglas Leffa retweeted
25 Oct 2023
Please join us in welcoming new faculty members Bruna Bellaver, PhD (Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), and Pamela Lukasewicz Ferreira, PhD (Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry)! bit.ly/3SeYaNE
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26 Sep 2023
Research from Pitt's School of Medicine may hold the key to understanding Alzheimer's progression. Read more about this groundbreaking study. pittmag.pitt.edu/news/advancā¦
ALT A tall brown-skinned man stands next to a shorter white woman with long hair. They both wear medical white coats. Medical brain scans are in the background.
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Douglas Leffa retweeted
7 Aug 2023
A link between #ADHD and #Alzheimers disease has been suspected for some time, and now two separate #research studies have shown a #connection.
Find out more ā”ļø bit.ly/3KrQnHD.
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24 Jul 2023
What an amazing experience at #AAIC23! Thanks a lot for the @alzassociation @ISTAART for the opportunity to share our work from @LabPascoal šŗšø & @zimmerneurolab š§š·. Already excited to see you all again in Philly #AAIC24 š§
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2 Aug 2023
Amazing @jpfsouza33 !
26 Jul 2023
Congrats to our PhD student @jpfsouza33 for receiving the Prof. Gilberto Schwartsmann Award for publishing the best paper in 2022-23 (rdcu.be/dhOJk) among the medical students at @ufrgsnoticias! Huge team effort led by JoĆ£o together with @LabPascoal & @zimmerneurolab š
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2 Aug 2023
Any program would be lucky to have you!
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31 Jul 2023
We are happy that @dtleffa's work linking ADHD with Alzheimer's is being featured in numerous TV broadcasts across the country, reaching millions of Americans wgem.com/2023/07/24/brain-coā¦
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12 Jul 2023
We thank the @alzassociation and are very proud of our postdocs @gbnegrini and @SarahAbbas52 awarded with the AA Research and Clinical fellowships, respectively. They will address important gaps in tau PET harmonization and the use of inflammation biomarkers in trials. Congrats!!
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16 Jul 2023
What a fantastic talk by @guilhermepovala at #AIC23, where he discussed the impact of microglial activation on brain atrophy in preclinical AD. #AAIC2023 @alzassociation @ISTAART
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17 Jul 2023
During the coffe break donāt miss the opportunity to check the beautiful poster of @FrancieliRohden where she evaluated the association between astrocyte reactivity and synaptic distinction!! #AAIC2023 @alzassociation
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29 May 2023
Amazing work by @BellaverBruna !!
29 May 2023
By assessing more than 1,000 CU participants, we observed that plasma p-tau181 increases as a function of AĪ² only in individuals that present positive astrocyte reactivity biomarker signature (Ast ). The presence of both A /Ast showed a large magnitude of effect on p-tau levels.
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6 Apr 2023
Amazing work from @jpfsouza33 ! You will shape the Alzheimerās field, my friend!
5 Apr 2023
Our latest work is out in @ScienceAdvancesšØ! Using multiple PET radiotracers, we found clinical evidence that APOEĪµ4 contributes to microglial activation in early Braak regions, which is further associated with AD progression š§ . Link: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciaā¦
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29 Mar 2023
This morning @BellaverBruna presented her results on how kidney function impacts plasma p-tau levels, mainly in cognitively unimpaired individuals. If you missed it, her presentation is also available on-demand! @adpdnet #ADPD2023 #adpd23
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29 Mar 2023
@BellaverBruna work "BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER PERMEABILITY IMPACTS THE PERFORMANCE OF PLASMA AMYLOID-B" can be found in the poster hall by the number 329.#ADPD2023 @adpdnet
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