CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Acquired his master?s degree in Morphofunctional Sciences at USP where he developed specific knowledge needed for his field of research. Graduated in Molecular Sciences of the University of São Paulo, he acquired knowledge in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and computation, as well as specific training in areas relevant to neuroscience such as statistics, anatomy and psychology. Researches with Prof. Dr. Newton Sabino Canteras since July 30, 2012. He worked on a research project whose main objective was to analyze the involvement of BLAa, showing the involvement of this area in the innate and contextual predatory fear response. As a secondary objective, it systematically analyzed BLAa connections. He is currently working on a research project that aims to relate the neuronal activities of PAG functional columns to experimental conditions (safe environment, cat exposure and predatory context) and behavioral aspects of the antipredatory response (eg, freezing and evaluation of risk). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) is involved in behavioral responses related to innate and learned fear. These involvements were verified by several methods, among them, indirect markers for neural activity, lesions, inactivations through specific receptor antagonists, activations of different modalities, and through the recording of neuronal activity by chronic implantation for extracell…
The basolateral nucleus of the amygdala is usually study as the combination of both the lateral nucleus (LA) and basolateral (BLA). The role of BLA and LA in the expression and acquisition of conditioned fear to a painful stimulus has been extensively studied. Experiments conducted in our laboratory confirm that animals with bilateral lesions in the LA show a decrease of innate fear respo…
The amygdala is a heterogeneous structure crucial for fear responses. The function of the anterior part of the basal lateral nucleus of the amygdala (BLAa) in innate predatory and conditioned fear is unknown. This research will be done through an ethological model, in which behavioral reactions of fear to the predator will be categorized. The experiment starts with injury of the BLAa thro…
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