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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Dr Diniz graduated in Medicine from the University of São Paulo Medical School in 2003 and completed her residentship training in 2006. She received a PhD in Psychiatry from the University of São Paulo in 2011 and has been trained in clinical research by Harvard University. She has been awarded a post doctoral degree in 2014. Her specialties are psychopharmacology, behavioral research and psychophysiological measures. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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It is believed that the physiopathology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is associated with a deficiency in inhibitory neuronal processes and fear of extinction. In patients with OCD, it was found that plasma levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are smaller than in healthy subjects and the allelic variant of the gene that encodes it, known as BDNF met66val, is associat…
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has an estimated lifetime prevalence of 3% in the general population and has been associated with significant social, professional, academic and familial burden. The serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRI) are the first-line treatment choice for OCD. However, the mechanisms that lead to OCD symptoms improvements with the use of SRI are still unknown. In add…
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