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Ribeiro S, Pimentel AP, Fernandes VR, Deslandes AC, Amarante P. It is time for more holistic practices in mental health. PLOS Ment Health. 2024;1(1):e0000028. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000028. Souza AC, Souza BC, França A, Moradi M, Souza NC, Leão KE, Tort ABL, Leão RN, Lopes-Dos-Santos V, Ribeiro S. 5-MeO-DMT induces sleep-like LFP spectral signatures in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of awake rats. Sci Rep. 2024 May 17;14(1):11281. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-61474-9. Erratum in: Sci Rep. 2024 Jul 10;14(1):15914. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-66730-6. PMID: 38760450; PMCID: PMC11101617. 2022
Fernandes VR, Ribeiro MLS, Araújo NB, Mota NB, Ribeiro S, Diamon A, Deslandes A. Effects of Capoeira on children’s executive functions: A randomized controlled trial. Ment Health Phys Act. 2022;22:100451. doi: 10.1016/j.mhpa.2022.100451. Wießner I, Falchi M, Daldegan-Bueno D, Palhano-Fontes F, Olivieri R, Feilding A, B Araujo D, Ribeiro S, Bezerra Mota N, Tófoli LF. LSD and language: Decreased structural connectivity, increased semantic similarity, changed vocabulary in healthy individuals. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2023 Mar;68:89-104. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2022.12.013. Epub 2023 Jan 19. PMID: 36669231. Ornelas IM, Cini FA, Wießner I, Marcos E, Araújo DB, Goto-Silva L, Nascimento J, Silva SRB, Costa MN, Falchi M, Olivieri R, Palhano-Fontes F, Sequerra E, Martins-de-Souza D, Feilding A, Rennó-Costa C, Tófoli LF, Rehen SK, Ribeiro S. Nootropic effects of LSD: Behavioral, molecular and computational evidence. Exp Neurol. 2022 Oct;356:114148. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.114148. Epub 2022 Jun 19. PMID: 35732217. Wießner I, Olivieri R, Falchi M, Palhano-Fontes F, Oliveira Maia L, Feilding A, B Araujo D, Ribeiro S, Tófoli LF. LSD, afterglow and hangover: Increased episodic memory and verbal fluency, decreased cognitive flexibility. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2022 May;58:7-19. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2022.01.114. Epub 2022 Feb 11. PMID: 35158230. Wießner I, Falchi M, Maia LO, Daldegan-Bueno D, Palhano-Fontes F, Mason NL, Ramaekers JG, Gross ME, Schooler JW, Feilding A, Ribeiro S, Araujo DB, Tófoli LF. LSD ancreativity: Increased novelty and symbolic thinking, decreased utility and convergent thinking. J Psychopharmacol. 2022 Mar;36(3):348-359. doi: 10.1177/02698811211069113. Epub 2022 Feb 1. PMID: 35105186.d 2021
Wießner I, Falchi M, Palhano-Fontes F, Oliveira Maia L, Feilding A, Ribeiro S, Bezerra Mota N, Araujo DB, Tófoli LF. Low-dose LSD and the stream of thought: Increased Discontinuity of Mind, Deep Thoughts and abstract flow. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2022 Jun;239(6):1721-1733. doi: 10.1007/s00213-021-06006-3. Epub 2021 Oct 28. PMID: 34708255. Wießner I, Falchi M, Palhano-Fontes F, Feilding A, Ribeiro S, Tófoli LF. LSD, madness and healing: Mystical experiences as possible link between psychosis model and therapy model. Psychol Med. 2023 Mar;53(4):1151-1165. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721002531. Epub 2021 Jul 13. PMID: 34253268. 2019
Fontenele AJ, de Vasconcelos NAP, Feliciano T, Aguiar LAA, Soares-Cunha C, Coimbra B, Dalla Porta L, Ribeiro S, Rodrigues AJ, Sousa N, Carelli PV, Copelli M. Criticality between Cortical States. 2016
Fernandes VR, Ribeiro ML, Melo T, de Tarso Maciel-Pinheiro P, Guimarães TT, Araújo NB, Ribeiro S, Deslandes AC. Motor Coordination Correlates with Academic Achievement and Cognitive Function in Children. 2015
Bedi G, Carrillo F, Cecchi GA, Slezak DF, Sigman M, Mota NB, Ribeiro S, Javitt DC, Copelli M, Corcoran CM. Automated analysis of free speech predicts psychosis onset in high-risk youths.
NPJ Schizophr. 2015 Aug 26;1:15030. doi: 10.1038/npjschz.2015.30. PMID: 27336038; PMCID: PMC4849456. Palhano-Fontes F, Andrade KC, Tofoli LF, Santos AC, Crippa JA, Hallak JE, Ribeiro S, de Araujo DB. The psychedelic state induced by ayahuasca modulates the activity and connectivity of the default mode network. Bouso JC, Palhano-Fontes F, Rodríguez-Fornells A, Ribeiro S, Sanches R, Crippa JA, Hallak JE, de Araujo DB, Riba J. Long-term use of psychedelic drugs is associated with differences in brain structure and personality in humans. 2014
Sigman M, Peña M, Goldin AP, Ribeiro S. Neuroscience and education: prime time to build the bridge. 2013
Lopes-dos-Santos V, Ribeiro S, Tort AB. Detecting cell assemblies in large neuronal populations. 2012
de Araujo DB, Ribeiro S, Cecchi GA, Carvalho FM, Sanchez TA, Pinto JP, de Martinis BS, Crippa JA, Hallak JE, Santos AC. Seeing with the eyes shut: neural basis of enhanced imagery following Ayahuasca ingestion. Mota NB, Vasconcelos NA, Lemos N, Pieretti AC, Kinouchi O, Cecchi GA, Copelli M, Ribeiro S. Speech graphs provide a quantitative measure of thought disorder in psychosis. Rocha KK, Ribeiro AM, Rocha KC, Sousa MB, Albuquerque FS, Ribeiro S, Silva RH. Improvement in physiological and psychological parameters after 6 months of yoga practice. 2010
Ribeiro TL, Copelli M, Caixeta F, Belchior H, Chialvo DR, Nicolelis MA, Ribeiro S. Spike avalanches exhibit universal dynamics across the sleep-wake cycle. 2006
Dzirasa K, Ribeiro S, Costa R, Santos LM, Lin SC, Grosmark A, Sotnikova TD, Gainetdinov RR, Caron MG, Nicolelis MA. Dopaminergic control of sleep-wake states. 2004
Ribeiro S, Gervasoni D, Soares ES, Zhou Y, Lin SC, Pantoja J, Lavine M, Nicolelis MA. Long-lasting novelty-induced neuronal reverberation during slow-wave sleep in multiple forebrain areas. Gervasoni D, Lin SC, Ribeiro S, Soares ES, Pantoja J, Nicolelis MA. Global forebrain dynamics predict rat behavioral states and their transitions. Ribeiro S, Nicolelis MA. Reverberation, storage, and postsynaptic propagation of memories during sleep. 2002
Ribeiro S, Mello CV, Velho T, Gardner TJ, Jarvis ED, Pavlides C. Induction of hippocampal long-term potentiation during waking leads to increased extrahippocampal zif-268 expression during ensuing rapid-eye-movement sleep. 2000
Jarvis ED, Ribeiro S, da Silva ML, Ventura D, Vielliard J, Mello CV. Behaviourally driven gene expression reveals song nuclei in hummingbird brain. 1999
Ribeiro S, Goyal V, Mello CV, Pavlides C. Brain gene expression during REM sleep depends on prior waking experience. 1998
Mello CV, Ribeiro S. ZENK protein regulation by song in the brain of songbirds. Ribeiro S, Cecchi GA, Magnasco MO, Mello CV. Toward a song code: evidence for a syllabic representation in the canary brain. 
Ribeiro S, Pimentel AP, Fernandes VR, Deslandes AC, Amarante P. It is time for more holistic practices in mental health. PLOS Ment Health. 2024;1(1):e0000028. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000028.