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Errol B. De Souza is affiliated with the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a focus on Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work primarily addresses areas within Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Among the main topics investigated are:

  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Sperm and Testicular Function
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Ovarian function and disorders

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Simone do Socorro Damasceno Santos
  • Nathália Nogueira da Costa de Almeida
  • O. M. Ohashi
  • Priscila Di Paula Bessa Santana
  • Moysés dos Santos Miranda

Errol B. De Souza has published in various scientific journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Animal Reproduction
  • Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Theriogenology
  • Zygote
  • Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Use of platelet-rich plasma on in vitro maturation during bovine embryo production" (2024), published in Animal Reproduction
  • "Scrotal thermoregulation and sequential sperm abnormalities in buffalo bulls (Bubalus bubalis) under short-term heat stress" (2021), published in Journal of Thermal Biology
  • "Influence of l-carnitine on lipid metabolism of buffalo cumulus-oocyte complexes matured in either fetal bovine serum or fatty acid-free bovine serum albumin" (2020), published in Theriogenology
  • "Sperm chromatin protamination influences embryo development in unsexed and sexed bull semen" (2021), published in Zygote
  • "Heat stress induced in vitro affects cell viability and gene expression of dermal fibroblasts from bovine and buffalo" (2023), published in Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Best Publications

  • Corticotrophin-releasing factor receptors: from molecular biology to drug design

    Derek T. Chalmers;Timothy W. Lovenberg;Dimitri E. Grigoriadis;Dominic P. Behan

  • MDMA-induced neurotoxicity: parameters of degeneration and recovery of brain serotonin neurons.

    George Battaglia;S.Y. Yeh;Errol B. De Souza

  • Pharmacologic profile of MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) at various brain recognition sites

    George Battaglia;Brian P. Brooks;Chaiyaporn Kulsakdinun;Errol B. De Souza

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor receptors: Physiology, pharmacology, biochemistry and role in central nervous system and immune disorders

    Unknown

  • Peripheral-Type Benzodiazepine Receptors in Endocrine Organs: Autoradiographic Localization in Rat Pituitary, Adrenal, and Testis*

    Errol B. De Souza;Robert R. H. Anholt;Kenneth M. M. Murphy;Solomon H. Snyder

  • Displacement of corticotropin releasing factor from its binding protein as a possible treatment for Alzheimer's disease

    Dominic P. Behan;Stephen C. Heinrichs;Juan C. Troncoso;Xin Jun Liu

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor CRF1, but not CRF2, receptors mediate anxiogenic-like behavior

    S.C Heinrichs;J Lapsansky;T.W Lovenberg;E.B De Souza

  • Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF) Binding Protein: A Novel Regulator of CRF and Related Peptides

    Dominic P. Behan;Errol B. De Souza;Philip J. Lowry;Ellen Potter

  • Reciprocal changes in corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)-like immunoreactivity and CRF receptors in cerebral cortex of Alzheimer's disease.

    Errol B. De Souza;Errol B. De Souza;Peter J. Whitehouse;Michael J. Kuhar;Michael J. Kuhar;Donald L. Price

  • Interleukin 1 receptors in the brain and endocrine tissues

    Emmett T. Cunningham;Errol B. De Souza

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor receptors in rat forebrain: autoradiographic identification

    EB De Souza;MH Perrin;TR Insel;J Rivier

  • Brain Penetrance, Receptor Occupancy and Antistress In Vivo Efficacy of a Small Molecule Corticotropin Releasing Factor Type I Receptor Selective Antagonist

    Stephen C Heinrichs;Errol B De Souza;Gery Schulteis;Jeanette L Lapsansky

  • Reductions in corticotropin releasing factor-like immunoreactivity in cerebral cortex in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and progressive supranuclear palsy.

    P. J. Whitehouse;W. W. Vale;W. W. Vale;R. M. Zweig;H. S. Singer

  • Characterization of corticotropin-releasing factor receptor-mediated adenylate cyclase activity in the rat central nervous system.

    George Battaglia;Elizabeth L. Webster;Errol B. De Souza;Errol B. De Souza

  • The CRF1 receptor mediates the excitatory actions of corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) in the developing rat brain: in vivo evidence using a novel, selective, non-peptide CRF receptor antagonist

    Tallie Z Baram;Derek T Chalmers;Chen Chen;Yani Koutsoukos

  • Displacement of insulin-like growth factors from their binding proteins as a potential treatment for stroke

    Sarah A. Loddick;Xin Jun Liu;Zi Xian Lu;Changlu Liu

  • Neuroanatomic specificity and time course of alterations in rat brain serotonergic pathways induced by MDMA (3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine): Assessment using quantitative autoradiography

    George Battaglia;George Battaglia;John Sharkey;John Sharkey;Michael J. Kuhar;Michael J. Kuhar;Errol B. de Souza;Errol B. de Souza

  • Depletion of peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptors after hypophysectomy in rat adrenal gland and testis

    Robert R.H. Anholt;Errol B De Souza;Michael J. Kuhar;Solomon H. Snyder

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor receptors in rat pituitary gland: autoradiographic localization.

    Errol B. De Souza;Marilyn H. Perrin;Marilyn H. Perrin;Jean Rivier;Jean Rivier;Wylie W. Vale;Wylie W. Vale

  • Stress-induced inhibition of the plasma corticosterone response to a subsequent stress in rats: a nonadrenocorticotropin-mediated mechanism.

    Unknown

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor receptors in mouse spleen: identification, autoradiographic localization, and regulation by divalent cations and guanine nucleotides.

    Elizabeth L. Webster;Errol B. De Souza

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor-binding protein ligand inhibitor blunts excessive weight gain in genetically obese Zucker rats and rats during nicotine withdrawal

    Stephen C. Heinrichs;Jeannette Lapsansky;Dominic P. Behan;Raymond K. W. Chan

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Kuhar
Michael J. Kuhar Emory University
Solomon H. Snyder
Solomon H. Snyder Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Stephen C. Heinrichs
Stephen C. Heinrichs Boston College
Peter J. Whitehouse
Peter J. Whitehouse Case Western Reserve University
Akira Sawa
Akira Sawa Johns Hopkins University
Roland D. Ciaranello
Roland D. Ciaranello Stanford University
Narayan R. Bhat
Narayan R. Bhat Medical University of South Carolina
Robert R. H. Anholt
Robert R. H. Anholt Clemson University
Joseph D. Buxbaum
Joseph D. Buxbaum Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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