Involvement of the pathway prefrontal cortex - dorsal raphe nucleus - dorsal periaqueductal gray in the regulation of defensive responses associated to the anxiety and to the panic

• Grant number: 10/07544-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: August 01, 2010
• End date: April 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Pharmacology - Neuropsychopharmacology
• Principal Investigator: Hélio Zangrossi Júnior
• Grantee: Paula Shimene de Melo Yamashita
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 07/03685-3 - Typical and atypical neurotransmitters in neuropsychiatric disorders, AP.TEM

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

YAMASHITA, PAULA S. M.; SPIACCI, JR., AILTON; HASSEL, JR., JAMES E.; LOWRY, CHRISTOPHER A.; ZANGROSSI, JR., HELIO. Disinhibition of the rat prelimbic cortex promotes serotonergic activation of the dorsal raphe nucleus and panicolytic-like behavioral effects. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, v. 31, n. 6, p. 704-714, JUN 2017. (10/07544-8)

RONCON, CAMILA MARRONI; DE MELO YAMASHITA, PAULA SHIMENE; FRIAS, ALANA TERCINO; AUDI, ELISABETH APARECIDA; GRAEFF, FREDERICO GUILHERME; COIMBRA, NORBERTO CYSNE; ZANGROSSI, HELIO. mu-Opioid and 5-HT1A receptors in the dorsomedial hypothalamus interact for the regulation of panic-related defensive responses. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, v. 31, n. 6, p. 715-721, JUN 2017. (12/23238-0, 10/07544-8)

YAMASHITA, PAULA S. M.; ROSA, DAIANE S.; LOWRY, CHRISTOPHER A.; ZANGROSSI, JR., HELIO. Serotonin actions within the prelimbic cortex induce anxiolysis mediated by serotonin 1a receptors. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, v. 33, n. 1, p. 3-11, JAN 2019. (10/07544-8, 12/17626-7)