bachelor's at Farmácia from Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto Usp (1992), master's at Psicobiologia from Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - USP (1994) and doctorate at Psicobiologia from Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - USP (1998). Has experience in Pharmacology, focusing on Neuropsicopharmacology, acting on the following subjects: labirinto em cruz elevado, camundongos, ansiedade, midazolam and matéria cinzenta periaquedutal. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The success of social interaction is a necessary condition for human survival and depends on the ability to understand the intentions and emotions of the other. Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another is feeling. The literature has shown that, like humans, other animals can show behavioral responses related to empathy. Empathy can be observed in other animal species, fo…
Numerous studies have shown that states of anxiety, despite being positively correlated with hyperactivation of the amygdala and insula, have been correlated with generalized hypoactivity in the prefrontal cortex (negative correlation), which has been called hypofrontality in states of anxiety. Some studies have shown that patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) present general…
The understanding of the empathy seems necessary considering the importance of the theme and its evolutionist feature, that contributes to human being evolution and fortification of society living. Empathy is an emotional response and product of many brain circuits. Recent studies suggest the capacity to empathy of rodents, mainly in front of pain situation. The pain perception also has e…
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Chronic pain often leads to severe impairment of patient's normal psychological and physical functions. Models of hyperalgesic priming, which can be established with paradigms such as the mouse incision model, provide important insight about the nature of persistent neuronal plasticity that causes these impairments. This model is also an important tool for understanding the molecular mech…
Clinical and experimental evidence suggest an intrinsic relationship between some pain condition and emotional disturbances. Therefore patients in cancer treatment are extremely vulnerable group affective disorders due their pathological condition, or as a consequence of therapies use in treatment. Oxaliplatin (OXL) is a second-line chemotherapy agent, has been used as first-line for some…
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