Fabricio De A. Moreira
Professor
Pharmacology DepartmentÂÂ
University of Minas
Brazil
Biography
Graduated in Pharmacy (1996-2000) from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He holds a master's degree (2000-2002) and Ph.D. (2002-2006) in Pharmacology, at the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP-RP). He was awarded a post-doc scholarship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany), having worked at the Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz (2006-2007). He worked as a visiting researcher at the Center for Regenerative Therapies - Dresden (March to July 2008) and at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry - Munich (2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011). He worked in the year 2014 as a visiting researcher at the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge. Since August 2008 he is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biological Sciences, UFMG. Has experience in Neuropsychopharmacology.
Research Interest
1-Pharmacology of Cannabis, Canabinoids, Endocanabinoides and Endovaniloides. 2-Pharmacology of Antipsychotics.
Publications
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da Silveira VT, de Castro Medeiros D, Ropke J, Guidine PA, Rezende GH, et al. (2017) Effects of early or late prenatal immune activation in mice on behavioral and neuroanatomical abnormalities relevant to schizophrenia in the adulthood. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience; 58 : 1-8.
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Sartim AG, Moreira FA, Joca SR. (2017) Involvement of CB 1 and TRPV1 receptors located in the ventral medial prefrontal cortex in the modulation of stress coping behavior. Neuroscience; 340 : 126-134.
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Batista LA, Haibara AS, Schenberg LC, Moreira FA. (2017) Effects of alprazolam and cannabinoid-related compounds in an animal model of panic attack. Behavioural brain research; 317 : 508-514.
