Liana Melo-Thomas

CV Lattes

Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Baixada Santista. Instituto de Saúde e Sociedade (ISS) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal)
Birthplace: Brazil

graduate at Farmácia-Bioquímica from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (1988), master's at Psychology from Universidade de São Paulo (1991) and ph.d. at Psychology from Universidade de São Paulo (1994). Has experience in Physiology, acting on the following subjects: colículo inferior, resposta emocional condicionada, inibição latente, labirinto em cruz elevado and serotonina. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)

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The inferior colliculus (IC) is primarily involved in auditory information processing but also integrates sensory information of aversive nature. It has been shown that the activation of the neural substrates of aversion of the IC by excitatory amino acids (EAA) causes freezing, escape behavior and immobility. Recently we demonstrated that an other kind of immobility, the catalepsy, can b…
Electrical stimulation and recording of the neural activity into the inferior colliculus during the haloperidol-induced catalepsy: a behavioral and electrophysiologic study, AP.R
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The inferior colliculus (IC) is primarily involved in auditory information processing but also integrates sensory information of aversive nature. Aberrant processing of auditory information may be at the root of auditory delusions commonly seen in schizophrenic patients. It has been shown that the activation of the neural substrates of aversion of the IC by excitatory amino acids (EAA) ca…
Investigation of glutamatergic neurotransmission mediated by NMDA receptors in the inferior colliculus in catalepsy induced by haloperidol, AP.R
Effects of intra hippocampal infusions of the ampa antagonist, dnqx, on classical aversive conditioning in pigeons (c.livia)., AR.EXT

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The inferior colliculus (IC) is primarily involved in auditory information processing but also integrates sensory information of aversive nature. Aberrant processing of auditory information may be at the root of auditory delusions commonly seen in schizophrenic patients. It has been shown that that the activation of the neural substrates of aversion of the IC by excitatory amino acids (EA…
Involvement of the glutamatergic neurotransmission in the inferior colliculus on the catalepsy induced by intraestriatal haloperidol microinjection, BP.MS
Investigation of the role of glutamate AMPA-receptors in the inferior colliculus on the catalepsy induced by Haloperidol in rats, BP.IC

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7 / 4	Completed research grants
12 / 2	Completed scholarships in Brazil
19 / 6	All research grants and scholarships

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