Role of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and NMDA-nitric oxide-GMPC complex on the neurobiology of defensive reactions in mice: a pharmacological, molecular and ethoexperimental approach

• Grant number: 10/01290-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: September 01, 2010
• End date: May 01, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Pharmacology - Neuropsychopharmacology
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Luiz Nunes de Souza
• Grantee: Karina Santos Gomes
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas (FCFAR). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 13/03445-3 - Effects of corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) overexpression and Crf1 and CRF2 receptors knockout within limbic structures on defensive behavior in mice: influence of acute and chronic stress, BE.EP.PD

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)

MIGUEL, TARCISO TADEU; GAMES, KARINA SANTOS; NUNES-DE-SOUZA, RICARDO LUIZ. Tonic modulation of anxiety-like behavior by corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) type 1 receptor (CRF1) within the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in male mice: Role of protein kinase A (PKA). Hormones and Behavior, v. 66, n. 2, p. 247-256, JUL 2014. (10/01290-4, 13/01283-6)

MASCARENHAS, DIEGO CARDOZO; GOMES, KARINA SANTOS; NUNES-DE-SOUZA, RICARDO LUIZ. Anxiogenic-like effect induced by TRPV1 receptor activation within the dorsal periaqueductal gray matter in mice. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 250, p. 308-315, AUG 1 2013. (10/01290-4, 10/13442-3)