Dr. Ricardo J. Rodrigues is the Principal Investigator in the Brain Development and Disease Laboratory, CNC—Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal. He obtained his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Coimbra in 2007 and completed a six-year postdoctoral training at the Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante in Spain. Dr. Rodrigues’ research interests include the role of purinergic receptors in the migration of cortical projection neurons and interneurons, in neurodegeneration, and epileptogenesis, evaluating their functional interaction with NMDA receptors.