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FACULTY

Lucas Albrechet-Souza

Instructor – Research

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Academic Office:

LSUHSC School of Medicine 

2020 Gravier St, Room 734

New Orleans, LA 70112

 

Bio

Instructor-Research, Department of Physiology, LSUHSC-NO

Postdoctoral training in Neuropharmacology, LSUHSC-NO

Postdoctoral training in Psychopharmacology, Tufts University

Postdoctoral training in Neuropsychopharmacology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Ph.D. in Psychobiology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

M.S. in Psychobiology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

B.S. in Biology Education, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

B.S. in Biology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

Bio

Education

Undergraduate

2000-2004
BS, Biology
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Honors thesis: One-trial tolerance to midazolam and antinociception in rats submitted to the elevated plus-maze test
Mentor: Marcus L. Brandao

 

Graduate

2000-2006
BS, Biology Education
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil


2004-2006
MS, Psychobiology
Department of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Thesis: Serotonergic modulation of exploratory behavior in rats submitted to test and retest in the elevated plus-maze
Mentor: Marcus L. Brandao


2006-2010
PhD, Psychobiology
Department of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dissertation: Hormonal, cognitive and neuroanatomical factors associated with the exploratory behavior of rats submitted to test and retest in the elevated plus maze
Mentor: Marcus L. Brandao

 

Post-Doctoral Fellowships

2011-2012
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Research project: The role of dopaminergic mechanisms in the nucleus accumbens on the expression of conditioned fear in rats
Mentor: Marcus L. Brandao

2013-2015
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Boston-MA
Research project: Evaluation of ventral tegmental area CRF mechanisms in stress-induced escalation of cocaine and alcohol intake in rodents. Mentor: Klaus A. Miczek
Lucas Albrechet-Souza, PhD

2018-2018
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Physiology, LSUHSC, New Orleans-LA
Research project: The role of BLA interneurons and endocannabinoid signaling in mediating post-stress escalation of alcohol drinking in rats
Mentor: Nicholas W. Gilpin

 

Curriculum Vitae

Affiliated Hospitals & Clinics

 

LSUHSC School of Medicine

Publications

Albrechet-Souza L, Nastase AS, Hill MN, Gilpin NW. Amygdalar endocannabinoids are affected by predator odor stress in a sex-specific manner and modulate acoustic startle reactivity in female rats. Neurobiology of Stress 15: 100387, 2021.


Albrechet-Souza L, Schratz CL, Gilpin NW. Sex differences in traumatic stress reactivity in rats with and without a history of alcohol drinking. Biology of Sex Differences 11: 27, 2020.


Albrechet-Souza L, Gilpin NW. The predator odor avoidance model of post-traumatic stress disorder in rats. Behavioural Pharmacology 30: 105-14, 2019.


Albrechet-Souza L, Viola TW, Grassi-Oliveira R, Miczek KA, De Almeida RMM. Corticotropin releasing factor in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in socially defeated and non-stressed mice with a history of chronic alcohol intake. Frontiers in Pharmacology 8: 762, 2017.


Albrechet-Souza L, Hwa LS, Han X, Zhang EY, DeBold JF, Miczek KA. Corticotropin releasing factor binding protein and CRF 2 receptors in the ventral tegmental area: Modulation of ethanol binge drinking in C57BL/6J mice. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research 39: 1609-18, 2015.