Antunez Vilchez, Juan Manuel
Professor
Department of Psychobiology
Universidad de Malaga
Spain
Biography
Graduated in Psychology (June 2009), with an outstanding average grade (3.55) for which I have been awarded the extraordinary prize of the University of Málaga, the prize awarded by the University of Málaga Foundation and the newspaper El País and the third national award for excellence in academic achievement awarded by the Ministry of Education. I have studied two postgraduate courses, one at the University of Granada where I have been working and training for six months in a sleep laboratory and another at the University of Málaga, where I am doing the doctoral thesis in Psychology entitled "Study of circadian rhythmic performance , cognitive performance and personality characteristics in dual patients with substance use disorder with comorbid major depression "thanks to the granting of an FPU grant awarded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. My research activity has focused on the psychopharmacology of aggression in animal models and on the study of biological rhythms and the sleep-wake cycle. My teaching activity begins in 2013-2014, where I taught in the subject Psychopharmacology of the degree in Psychology and in the subject Neuropsychology of the degree in Speech therapy. My research activity has focused on the psychopharmacology of aggression in animal models and on the study of biological rhythms and the sleep-wake cycle. My teaching activity begins in 2013-2014, where I taught in the subject Psychopharmacology of the degree in Psychology and in the subject Neuropsychology of the degree in Speech therapy. My research activity has focused on the psychopharmacology of aggression in animal models and on the study of biological rhythms and the sleep-wake cycle. My teaching activity begins in 2013-2014, where I taught in the subject Psychopharmacology of the degree in Psychology and in the subject Neuropsychology of the degree in Speech therapy.
Research Interest
Experimental Psychopharmacology Research Group (CTS-195) Research project Correlates and clinical predictive value of circadian rhythmicity, cognitive performance and personality in patients with dual pathology (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness)
Publications
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Antúnez, JM, del RÃo, C., Torre-Luque, A., DÃaz-Piedra, C. and Buela-Casal, G. (2011). Sleep problems in impulsive and / or hyperactive children. In R. Quevedo-Blasco and VJ Quevedo-Blasco (Eds.). Current situation of clinical psychology (pp. 408-411). Granada: Spanish Association of Behavioral Psychology.
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Muela, AT, MartÃn-López, M., Cavas, M., Antúnez, JM and Navarro, JF (2011). Effects of 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethyl-amphetamine (MDEA) on anxiety in male mice tested in the elevated plus-maze. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 21, S582-S583.
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Muela AT, MartÃn-López, M., Antúnez, JM and Navarro, JF (2011). Behavioral profile of MDEA, a recreational drug similar to MDMA, in agonistic encounters between male mice. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 21, S294.
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Del RÃo, C., DÃaz-Piedra, C., Guglielmi, O., Antúnez, JM and Buela-Casal, G. (2011). ADHD and sleep disorders: a bibliometric review of the last ten years. In I. Zych, LE Ferrer and Y. Roca (Eds.), IX National Congress of Clinical Psychology (pp. 277). Granada: Spanish Association of Behavioral Psychology.
