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  1. A New Brain Stimulation Approach for Treating Depression in Older Adults

    Article • American Journal of Psychiatry, March 2026, American Psychiatric Association

    Leandro Valiengo, Leandro Valiengo

  2. Differential Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Mood and Pain Symptoms in People With Chronic Pain and Major Depressive Disorders—A Review

    Article • European Journal of Pain, July 2025, Wiley

    Leandro Valiengo

  3. Ketamine versus electroconvulsive therapy for major depressive episode: An updated systematic review and non-inferiority meta-analysis

    Article • Psychiatry Research, September 2024, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  4. Erupted compound odontoma in patient with epileptic seizures - a case report

    Article • Research Society and Development, April 2023, Research, Society and Development

    Leandro Valiengo

  5. A study protocol for an ongoing multi-arm, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial with digital features, using portable transcranial electrical stimulation and internet-based behavioral therapy for major depression disorders: The PSYL...

    Article • Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Leandro Valiengo

  6. Interventional psychiatry: 13 reasons why

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, January 2022, FRACTAL EDITORA LTDA

    Leandro Valiengo

  7. Interventional Psychiatry: 13 reasons why

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, January 2022, FRACTAL EDITORA LTDA

    Leandro Valiengo

  8. Cognitive outcomes after tDCS in schizophrenia patients with prominent negative symptoms: Results from the placebo-controlled STARTS trial

    Article • Schizophrenia Research, September 2021, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  9. Adjunctive Therapy to Manage Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Moderate and Severe Dementia: Randomized Clinical Trial Using an Outpatient Version of Tailored Activity Program

    Article • Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, August 2021, IOS Press

    Leandro Valiengo

  10. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Major Depressive Disorder in Older Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Article • The Journals of Gerontology Series A, August 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Leandro Valiengo

  11. Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and concurrent cognitive training on episodic memory in patients with traumatic brain injury: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled study

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2021, BMJ

    Leandro Valiengo

  12. Treatment of mixed depression with theta-burst stimulation (TBS): results from a double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial

    Article • Neuropsychopharmacology, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leandro Valiengo

  13. Prevalence and risk factors of psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the ELSA-Brasil COVID-19 mental health cohort

    Article • Psychological Medicine, April 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Leandro Valiengo

  14. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in the management of epilepsy: A systematic review

    Article • Seizure, March 2021, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  15. Transkranielle elektrische Hirnstimulationsverfahren zur Behandlung der Negativsymptomatik bei Schizophrenie

    Article • Der Nervenarzt, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leandro Valiengo

  16. Schizophrenia: Negative Symptoms

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leandro Valiengo

  17. Medical cannabinoids for treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia: a systematic review

    Article • Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, January 2021, FRACTAL EDITORA LTDA

    Leandro Valiengo

  18. Gamma transcranial alternating current stimulation for treatment of negative symptoms in schizophrenia: Report of two cases

    Article • Asian Journal of Psychiatry, December 2020, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  19. Mental Health Status of Psychogeriatric Patients During the 2019 New Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic and Effects on Caregiver Burden

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, November 2020, Frontiers

    Leandro Valiengo

  20. Immunization stress-related responses presenting as psychogenic non-epileptic seizures following HPV vaccination in Rio Branco, Brazil

    Article • Vaccine, October 2020, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  21. Gamma transcranial alternating current stimulation in patients with negative symptoms in schizophrenia: A case series

    Article • Neurophysiologie Clinique, September 2020, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  22. Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: new definitions and challenges

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, August 2020, FRACTAL EDITORA LTDA

    Leandro Valiengo

  23. Precision non-implantable neuromodulation therapies: a perspective for the depressed brain

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, August 2020, FRACTAL EDITORA LTDA

    Leandro Valiengo

  24. Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Theta-Burst Stimulation in Mixed Depression: Design, Rationale, and Objectives of a Randomized, Double-Blinded, Sham-Controlled Trial

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, May 2020, Frontiers

    Leandro Valiengo

  25. Efficacy and Safety of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Treating Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

    Article • JAMA Psychiatry, February 2020, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr Mauricio Henriques Serpa, Leandro Valiengo

  26. Schizophrenia TreAtment with electRic Transcranial Stimulation (STARTS): design, rationale and objectives of a randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled trial

    Article • Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, June 2019, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Mauricio Henriques Serpa, Leandro Valiengo

  27. Changes in motor cortical excitability in schizophrenia following transcranial direct current stimulation

    Article • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, March 2019, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  28. Cognitive outcomes of TMS treatment in bipolar depression: Safety data from a randomized controlled trial

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, August 2018, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  29. Frailty in older adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment as a result of Alzheimer's disease: A comparison of two models of frailty characterization

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, May 2017, Wiley

    Leandro Valiengo

  30. Treatment of Bipolar Depression with Deep TMS: Results from a Double-Blind, Randomized, Parallel Group, Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial

    Article • Neuropsychopharmacology, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leandro Valiengo

  31. Transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of post-stroke depression: results from a randomised, sham-controlled, double-blinded trial

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, November 2016, BMJ

    Leandro Valiengo

  32. Home-Based Psychiatric Outpatient Care Through Videoconferencing for Depression: A Randomized Controlled Follow-Up Trial

    Article • JMIR Mental Health, August 2016, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Leandro Valiengo

  33. Mood disorders in the elderly: prevalence, functional impact, and management challenges

    Article • August 2016, Dove Medical Press

    Florindo Stella, Leandro Valiengo

  34. Antidepressant Efficacy of Adjunctive Aerobic Activity and Associated Biomarkers in Major Depression: A 4-Week, Randomized, Single-Blind, Controlled Clinical Trial

    Article • PLOS One, May 2016, PLOS

    Leandro Valiengo

  35. Transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of post-stroke depression in aphasic patients: a case series

    Article • Neurocase, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Leandro Valiengo

  36. Emotional reactivity to valence-loaded stimuli are related to treatment response of neurocognitive therapy

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, January 2016, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  37. Plasma levels of soluble TNF receptors 1 and 2 after tDCS and sertraline treatment in major depression: Results from the SELECT-TDCS trial

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, October 2015, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  38. Epistasis between COMT Val158Met and DRD3 Ser9Gly polymorphisms and cognitive function in schizophrenia: genetic influence on dopamine transmission

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, September 2015, FRACTAL EDITORA LTDA

    Leandro Valiengo

  39. Decreased AKT1/mTOR pathway mRNA expression in short-term bipolar disorder

    Article • European Neuropsychopharmacology, April 2015, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  40. Role of quetiapine beyond its clinical efficacy in bipolar disorder: From neuroprotection to the treatment of psychiatric disorders (Review)

    Article • Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, January 2015, Spandidos Publications

    Leandro Valiengo

  41. Transcranial direct current stimulation in psychiatric disorders

    Article • World Journal of Psychiatry, January 2015, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Leandro Valiengo

  42. Assessment of non-BDNF neurotrophins and GDNF levels after depression treatment with sertraline and transcranial direct current stimulation in a factorial, randomized, sham-controlled trial (SELECT-TDCS): An exploratory analysis

    Article • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, January 2015, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  43. Comorbid epilepsy and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: How well do patients and caregivers distinguish between the two

    Article • Seizure, August 2014, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  44. BDNF plasma levels after antidepressant treatment with sertraline and transcranial direct current stimulation: Results from a factorial, randomized, sham-controlled trial

    Article • European Neuropsychopharmacology, July 2014, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  45. Cognitive control therapy and transcranial direct current stimulation for depression: A randomized, double-blinded, controlled trial

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, June 2014, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  46. Enhancement of Affective Processing Induced by Bifrontal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Patients With Major Depression

    Article • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, February 2014, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  47. Impact of 5-HTTLPR and BDNF polymorphisms on response to sertraline versus transcranial direct current stimulation: Implications for the serotonergic system

    Article • European Neuropsychopharmacology, November 2013, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  48. Cytokines plasma levels during antidepressant treatment with sertraline and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): results from a factorial, randomized, controlled trial

    Article • Psychopharmacology, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Leandro Valiengo

  49. Transcranial direct current stimulation and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in consultation-liaison psychiatry

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, October 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Leandro Valiengo

  50. Bifrontal tDCS prevents implicit learning acquisition in antidepressant-free patients with major depressive disorder

    Article • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, June 2013, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  51. THE SERTRALINE VERSUS ELECTRICAL CURRENT THERAPY FOR TREATING DEPRESSION CLINICAL STUDY (SELECT-TDCS): RESULTS OF THE CROSSOVER AND FOLLOW-UP PHASES

    Article • Depression and Anxiety, April 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Leandro Valiengo

  52. The Sertraline vs Electrical Current Therapy for Treating Depression Clinical Study

    Article • JAMA Psychiatry, April 2013, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Leandro Valiengo

  53. Acute working memory improvement after tDCS in antidepressant-free patients with major depressive disorder

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, March 2013, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  54. Formal Thought Disorder and language impairment in schizophrenia

    Article • Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, December 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Leandro Valiengo

  55. Plasma cortisol in first episode drug-naïve mania: Differential levels in euphoric versus irritable mood

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Mario F. Juruena, Leandro Valiengo

  56. A systematic review and meta‐analysis of heart rate variability in epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs

    Article • Epilepsia, January 2012, Wiley

    Leandro Valiengo

  57. Manic Psychosis After Sertraline and Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation

    Article • Journal of Neuropsychiatry, July 2011, American Psychiatric Association

    Leandro Valiengo

  58. Sertraline vs. ELectrical Current Therapy for Treating Depression Clinical Trial - SELECT TDCS: Design, rationale and objectives

    Article • Contemporary Clinical Trials, January 2011, Elsevier

    Leandro Valiengo

  59. Intracranial arterial aneurysms in childhood: case report

    Article • Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, September 2006, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Leandro Valiengo

  60. Genetic therapy in gliomas: Historical analysis and future perspectives

    Article • Neurology India, January 2005, Medknow

    Leandro Valiengo