Luiz Kobuti Ferreira

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About me

I am a psychiatrist, currently working in an old age psychiatric ward and
researching on human brain aging.
* ST-handledare prize 2023, Psykiatri Södra Stockholm
* AT-handledare prize 2019, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm
* Travel fellowship, 2014 Alzheimer's Association International Conference.
* Poster award, XXI World Congress of Neurology, Vienna 2013
* Institute of Psychiatry Prize, Medical School, University of Sao Paulo.
2009 and 2010.
* Residency in Psychiatry, Psykiatri Södra Stockholm. 2017-2018
* PhD at Medical School, University of Sao Paulo. Supervisor Prof Geraldo
Busatto. 2010-2015
* Visiting PhD student. Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto.
2013
* Residency in Psychiatry. Institute of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo.
2007-2010
* Medical School, University of Sao Paulo. 2001- 2006

Research

My focus is to better describe changes in the connectivity of the human brain during aging, specially in dementia.

Teaching

Clinical supervision of psychiatric residents (ST-läkare, BT-läkare), interns (AT-läkare), medical students (KUL, läkarkandidat).
Main supervisor of psychiatric residents (ST-läkare).
Organisation of course Dementia and cognitive disorders for specialist doctors.

Articles

Article: ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA: TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH & CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS. 2020;6(1):e12075
Mnemonic strategy training modulates functional connectivity at rest in mild cognitive impairment: Results from a randomized controlled trial
Simon SS; Hampstead BM; Nucci MP; Ferreira LK; Duran FLS; Fonseca LM; Martin MDGM; Avila R; Porto FHG; Brucki SMD; Martins CB; Tascone LS; Amaro Jr E; Busatto GF; Bottino CMC
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. 2019;197:255-261
The role of neurocognitive functioning, substance use variables and the DSM-5 severity scale in cocaine relapse: A prospective study
Lim DR; Goncalves PD; Ometto M; Malbergier A; Amaral RA; dos Santos B; Cavallet M; Chaim-Avancini T; Serpa MH; Kobuti Ferreira LR; de Souza Duran FL; Zanetti MV; Nicastr S; Busatto GF; Andrad AG; Cunh PJ
Article: BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2018;40(2):181-191
Support vector machine-based classification of neuroimages in Alzheimer's disease: direct comparison of FDG-PET, rCBF-SPECT and MRI data acquired from the same individuals
Ferreira LK; Rondina JM; Kubo R; Ono CR; Leite CC; Smid J; Bottino C; Nitrini R; Busatto GF; Duran FL; Buchpiguel CA
Article: NEUROIMAGE: CLINICAL. 2018;17:628-641
Selecting the most relevant brain regions to discriminate Alzheimer's disease patients from healthy controls using multiple kernel learning: A comparison across functional and structural imaging modalities and atlases
Rondina JM; Ferreira LK; de Souza Duran FL; Kubo R; Ono CR; Leite CC; Smid J; Nitrini R; Buchpiguel CA; Busatto GF
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2016;26(9):3851-3865
Aging Effects on Whole-Brain Functional Connectivity in Adults Free of Cognitive and Psychiatric Disorders
Ferreira LK; Brocanello Regina AC; Kovacevic N; Morais Martin MDG; Santos PP; Carneiro CDG; Kerr DS; Amaro EJ; McIntosh AR; Busatto GF
Article: BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL. 2014;2014:706157-9
Neuroanatomical Classification in a Population-Based Sample of Psychotic Major Depression and Bipolar I Disorder with 1 Year of Diagnostic Stability
Serpa MH; Ou Y; Schaufelberger MS; Doshi J; Ferreira LK; Machado-Vieira R; Menezes PR; Scazufca M; Davatzikos C; Busatto GF; Zanetti MV
Article: CADERNOS DE SAÚDE PÚBLICA. 2013;29(11):2347-2352
Clinical and demographic differences between voluntary and involuntary psychiatric admissions in a university hospital in Brazil
Minatogawa Chang TM; Ferreira LK; Ferreira MP; Hirata ES
Article: PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2013;43:116-125
Neuroanatomical pattern classification in a population-based sample of first-episode schizophrenia
Zanetti MV; Schaufelberger MS; Doshi J; Ou Y; Ferreira LK; Menezes PR; Scazufca M; Davatzikos C; Busatto GF
Article: SEIZURE. 2013;22(1):28-32
The benign spectrum of hypothalamic hamartomas: Infrequent epilepsy and normal cognition in patients presenting with central precocious puberty
Cukier P; Martins Castro LH; Banaskiwitz N; Teles LR; Kobuti Ferreira LR; Adda CC; Leite CDC; Arnhold IJP; Mendonca BB; Latronico AC; Brito VN
Article: CLINICS. 2011;66(Suppl 1):19-24
Neuroimaging in Alzheimer's disease: current role in clinical practice and potential future applications
Ferreira LK; Busatto GF
Article: CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHIATRY. 2010;23(6):491-497
Vascular diseases and old age mental disorders: an update of neuroimaging findings
de Toledo Ferraz Alves TC; Ferreira LK; Busatto GF
Article: SEIZURE. 2007;16(1):50-58
Epilepsy syndromes associated with hypothalamic hamartomas
Castro LH; Ferreira LK; Teles LR; Jorge CL; Arantes PR; Ono CR; Adda CC; Valerio RF
Journal article: ACTA CIRÚRGICA BRASILEIRA. 2004;19(suppl 1):32-41
Experimental model for composite tissue allotransplantations
Ferreira LM; Ferreira LRK
Journal article: ACTA CIRÚRGICA BRASILEIRA. 2003;18(spe):01-03
Experimental model: historic and conceptual revision
Ferreira LM; Ferreira LRK

All other publications

Review: BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR. 2022;12(12):e2790
Functional connectivity in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia
Ferreira LK; Lindberg O; Santillo AF; Wahlund L-O
Review: BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2014;36(4):344-357
The link between cardiovascular risk, Alzheimer's disease, and mild cognitive impairment: support from recent functional neuroimaging studies
Ferreira LK; Tamashiro-Duran JH; Squarzoni P; Duran FL; Alves TC; Buchpiguel CA; Busatto GF
Conference publication: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2014;29
AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN THE POSTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY: A RESTING-STATE FMRI STUDY IN ADULTS FREE OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
Ferreira LK; Regina ACB; Kovacevic N; Carneiro CG; Martin MGM; Amaro EJ; McIntosh AR; Busatto GF
Review: EXPERT REVIEW OF NEUROTHERAPEUTICS. 2013;13(5):483-493
White matter abnormalities associated with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment: a critical review of MRI studies
Radanovic M; Silvestre Pereira FR; Stella F; Aprahamian I; Ferreira LK; Forlenza OV; Busatto GF
Review: NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS. 2013;37(3):384-400
Resting-state functional connectivity in normal brain aging
Ferreira LK; Busatto GF
Review: NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 2011;32(10):1733-1741
Neurostructural predictors of Alzheimer's disease: A meta-analysis of VBM studies
Ferreira LK; Diniz BS; Forlenza OV; Busatto GF; Zanetti MV
Published conference paper: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2010;184(1):1-9
Volume reduction of the corpus callosum and its relationship with deficits in interhemispheric transfer of information in recent-onset psychosis
Chaim TM; Schaufelberger MS; Ferreira LK; Duran FLS; Ayres AM; Scazufca M; Menezes PR; Amaro EJ; Leite CC; Murray RM; McGuire PK; Rushe TM; Busatto GF
Meeting abstract: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY. 2010;77(3):263
Evaluation of abnormal hippocampal volumes using voxel-based morphometry (VBM): Impact of variable smoothing filters in a study using elderly as a model
Squarzoni P; Ferreira LK; Ayres A; Duran FL; Duarte E; Menezes PR; Scazufca M; Busatto GF; Alves TC
Letter: THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. SUPPLEMENT. 2010;197(1):76-77
Heterogeneity of coordinate-based meta-analyses of neuroimaging data: an example from studies in OCD
Ferreira LK; Busatto GF
Review: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. 2010;20(3):749-763
Cardiac Disorders as Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease
de Toledo Ferraz Alves TC; Ferreira LK; Wajngarten M; Busatto GF
Conference publication: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2010;12:59
Classification of complex morphological patterns in bipolar I disorder
Zanetti MV; Schaufelberger MS; Koka D; Ferreira LK; Menezes PR; Scazufca M; Davatzikos C; Busatto GF
Letter: PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2008;32(8):2006-2007
Lithium as a treatment of clozapine-induced neutropenia: A case report
Brunoni AR; Kobuti Ferreira LR; Gallucci-Neto J; Elkis H; Zanetti MV; Pereira Rodrigues Velloso ED
Conference publication: EPILEPSIA. 2005;46:27
Seizure spread patterns in hypothalamic hamartomas: A video-EEG study
Ferreira LK; Teles LR; Valerio RMF; Jorge CL; Arantes PR; Ono CR; Castro LHM

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Psychiatrist, Old age psychiatry, Psykiatri Södra Stockholm, Stockholm Health Care Services, 2018-
Affiliated to Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2025

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