Roberto Lent studies mechanisms of neuroplasticity in animals and humans, along development and aging.
Keywords: Corpus callosum, neuroplasticity, cerebral cortex, development
EDUCATION
MD, MSc, PhD, all at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
INVESTIGATION AREAS
Neurosciences
Neurology
AWARDS AND HONORS
Emeritus Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2019)
Persons of the Year 2014 (Faz a Diferença), O Globo newspaper (2014)
José Reis National Prize of Science Popularization (2010)
TWAS Prize for Public Understanding and Science Popularization , Third World Academy of Sciences(2007)
National Medal of National Scientific Merit, Brazilian President of the Republic (2000)
Szczupak et al. (2020) Neuroimage
doi: 217:116875
F. Tovar-Moll et al (2014) PNAS USA
doi: 111:7843-7848
C.H. Andrade-Moraes et al. (2013) Brain
doi: 136:3738-3752
Lent et al. (2011) Eur. J. Neurosci. 35:1-9.
F.A.C. Azevedo et al. (2009) J. Comp. Neurol.
doi: 513:532-541