Tadeu Mello E Souza
Professor
Biochemistry
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Brazil
Biography
Currently Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and member of the Postgraduate Program in Neurosciences of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). He holds a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences (Biophysics) from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1994), a Master's Degree in Biological Sciences (Biochemistry) from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1996), a Ph.D. Rio Grande do Sul (2001) and postdoctoral (Neurophysiology) at the CNRS of Gif-sur-Yvette, France (2001). Has experience in several areas of Neuroscience.
Research Interest
It acts mainly (1) animal model of Parkinson's with use of 6-OHDA; (2) mechanisms of memory and cognition; (3) consciousness; (4) computational analyzes of biomolecules and (5) in studies of the relationship between the immune system and the nervous system.
Publications
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BATASSINI, Cristiane ; BROETTO, NÚBIA; TORTORELLI, LUCAS SILVA; BORSOI, MILENE; ZANOTTO, CAROLINE; GALLAND, FABIANA ; Souza, Tadeu Mello ; LEITE, MARINA CONCLI ; GONÇALVES, CARLOS-ALBERTO . Striatal Injury with 6-OHDA Transiently Increases Cerebrospinal GFAP and S100B. Neural Plasticity , v. 2015, p. 1-9, 2015.
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TORTORELLI, LUCAS SILVA; ENGELKE, DOUGLAS SENNA; LUNARDI, PAULA ; Mello e Souza, Tadeu ; SANTOS-JUNIOR, JAIR GUILHERME; GONÇALVES, CARLOS-ALBERTO . Cocaine counteracts LPS-induced hypolocomotion and triggers locomotor sensitization expression. Behavioral Brain Research , v. 287, p. 226-229, 2015.
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Ribeiro, Leticia ; BATASSINI, Cristiane ; SILVESTRIN, Roberta Bristot ; Bizarro, Lisiane ; SOUZA, TADEU MELLO E ; OF OLIVEIRA, ALCYR ALVES. Epicatechin improves proprioception without preventing neuronal death in the 6-hydroxydopamine's Parkinsonism model .. PSYCHOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE (ONLINE), v. 9, p. 282-291, 2016.
