CV Lattes
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Alemanha
Finished his graduate studies in Biology at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel/Germany (1987) and his master and doctoral thesis in Neuroanatomy at the Universität Bielefeld/Germany (1992). Worked from 1998 till 2003 as Visiting Professor at the Heart Institute (InCor-HC/USP). Since 2003 he is Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of São Paulo (ICB/USP). Has experience in the field of Functional Neuroanatomy acting primarily with research topics like: investigation of the cellular and molecular bases of the actions of the neurotransmitter dopamine in its target cells, connectivity and neurochemistry of dopamine and serotonin cell groups in the mesencephalon and mesopontine tegmentum, neuronal circuits involved in mechanisms of reward and aversion. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The habenula (Hb) is an epithalamic structure differentiated into medial (MHb) and lateral habenula (LHb). The LHb plays a key role in encoding disappointments and expectation of punishments, whereas the MHb-interpeduncular nucleus (IP) axis is critically involved in the mediation of the aversive effects of nicotine. Consistent with a key role in processing aversive information, the Hb ha…
The habenula is an epithalamic structure differentiated into two nuclear complexes, medial (MHb) and lateral habenula (LHb). Recently, MHb together with its primary target, the interpeduncular nucleus (IP), have been identified as major players in mediating the aversive effects of nicotine. However, structures downstream of the MHb-IP axis, including the median (MnR) and caudal dorsal rap…
Aversive events impose a threat on brain and body homeostasis, creating a state known as stress. Pathological stress can lead to major depression and anxiety. Brain regions activated in stress involve on one hand telencephalic structures coping with the perception and coding of stress and on the other hand structures in the midbrain and mesopontine tegmentum modulating output systems that…
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