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Rafael S Maior

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Gale K, Dybdal D, Wicker E, Campos-Rodriguez C, Maior R, Elorette C, et al.
Epilepsia . 2024 Dec; 66(2):569-582. PMID: 39636294
Objective: Area tempestas, a functionally defined region in the anterior piriform cortex, was identified as a crucial ictogenic trigger zone in the rat brain in the 1980s. However, whether the...
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Avon I, Monferrari-Martins B, Ferreira J, Campos G, Maior R, Mortari M
Behav Brain Res . 2024 Nov; 479:115362. PMID: 39615797
Pathological anxiety is among the most common psychiatric disorders. Despite advancements, predominant pharmacological treatments can lead to physical, chemical, and psychological dependence. Venoms of arthropods are important sources of neuroactive...
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Jacobs J, Maior R, Waguespack H, Campos-Rodriguez C, Malkova L, Forcelli P
Psychopharmacology (Berl) . 2024 Jul; 242(1):101-115. PMID: 39019996
Serotonin signaling plays critical roles in social and emotional behaviors. Likewise, decades of research demonstrate that the amygdala is a prime modulator of social behavior. Permanent excitotoxic lesions and transient...
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Waguespack H, Jacobs J, Park J, Campos-Rodriguez C, Maior R, Forcelli P, et al.
eNeuro . 2024 Apr; 11(4). PMID: 38575350
The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a central component of the brain circuitry that mediates motivated behavior, including reward processing. Since the rewarding properties of social stimuli have a vital role...
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Waguespack H, Maior R, Campos-Rodriguez C, Jacobs J, Malkova L, Forcelli P
Neuropharmacology . 2023 Apr; 235:109563. PMID: 37116610
Sensorimotor gating is the ability to suppress motor responses to irrelevant sensory inputs. This response is disrupted in a range of neuropsychiatric disorders. Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the acoustic startle...
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Jacobs J, Maior R, Waguespack H, Campos-Rodriguez C, Forcelli P, Malkova L
J Neurosci . 2023 Apr; 43(18):3331-3338. PMID: 37012054
The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) has been implicated in a variety of social behaviors, including aggression, maternal care, mating behavior, and social interaction. Limited evidence from rodent...
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Costa A, Costa D, Pessoa V, Caixeta F, Maior R
Schizophr Res . 2023 Jan; 252:13-22. PMID: 36610221
Visual illusions have long been used as tools to investigate sensory-perceptual deficits in schizophrenia. Recent conflicting accounts have called into question the assumption of abnormal illusion perception in patients and,...
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Aquino J, Moreira M, Evangelista N, Maior R, Barros M
Anim Cogn . 2022 Oct; 26(2):551-561. PMID: 36181571
The spontaneous object recognition (SOR) task is a versatile and widely used memory test that was only recently established in nonhuman primates (marmosets). Here, we extended these initial findings by...
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Maior R, Nishijo H, Caixeta F
Front Behav Neurosci . 2021 Dec; 15:774064. PMID: 34867231
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Oliveira A, Pacheco J, Costa C, Aquino J, Maior R, Barros M
Pharmacol Biochem Behav . 2021 Nov; 211:173300. PMID: 34798097
The spontaneous object recognition (SOR) task is one of the most widely used behavioral protocols to assess visual memory in animals. However, only recently was it shown that nonhuman primates...