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Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Currently, she is a doctoral student in the Psychology Graduate Program at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), specializing in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience. She is a member of the Learning Psychology Laboratory and a CAPES scholarship recipient.Master's in Psychobiology from the Federal University of São Carlos.Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, with a focus on Political Science, from the Federal University of São Carlos.Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the Centro Universitário Central Paulista (UNICEP), with experience in School Psychology and Clinical Psychology.Area of study: Neuroscience with an emphasis on neuropsychopharmacology, focusing on Anxiety, Fear, Defensive Behavior, Aversive Conditioning, Dopamine, and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Metyrapone, an inhibitor of adrenal corticosteroid synthesis, has been shown to reduce both conditioned and unconditioned defensive responses in male rats. In conditioned fear, corticosterone appears to modulate dopamine release in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) through activation of mineralocorticoid receptors (MR) in the ventral tegmental area (VTA). However, the relationship between co…
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