Dr. Fabricio Moreira

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsPharmacology,Neurosciences
KeywordsAnxiety, Fear, Drugs, Addiction, Endocannabinoids

Current contact address

CountryBrazil
CityBelo Horizonte
InstitutionUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
InstituteInstituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofisica

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Beat LutzInstitut für Physiologische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2006

Programme(s)

2005Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2008Fabricio A. Moreira, Nadine Kaiser, Krisztina Monory, Beat Lutz: Reduced anxiety-like behaviour induced by genetic and pharmacological inhibition of the endocannabinoid-degrading enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is mediated by CB1 receptors.. In: Neuropharmacology, 2008, 141-150
2007Fabricio A. Moreira: Serotonin, the prefrontal cortex, and the antidepressant-like effect of cannabinoids. . In: The Journal of Neuroscience, 2007, 13369-13370