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Overview

Hélio Zangrossi is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and psychology, with significant contributions in subfields such as social psychology, behavioral neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, and molecular biology.

Their work encompasses several main topics, notably:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior
  • Child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development
  • Cannabis and cannabinoid research
  • Menstrual health and disorders

Zangrossi has published extensively in various scientific journals, frequently contributing to venues such as Behavioural Brain Research, European Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Psychopharmacology, Neuroscience Letters, and IBRO Neuroscience Reports.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Effect of Estrous Cycle on Behavior of Females in Rodent Tests of Anxiety (2021), Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Role of 5-HT1A receptors in the ventral hippocampus in the regulation of anxiety- and panic-related defensive behaviors in rats (2021), Behavioural Brain Research
  • Panic-like responses of female Wistar rats confronted by Bothrops alternatus pit vipers, or exposure to acute hypoxia: Effect of oestrous cycle (2021), European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Enhanced responsiveness to hypoxic panicogenic challenge in female rats in late diestrus is suppressed by short-term, low-dose fluoxetine: Involvement of the dorsal raphe nucleus and the dorsal periaqueductal gray (2021), Journal of Psychopharmacology
  • Serotonin mediates the panicolytic-like effect of oxytocin in the dorsal periaqueductal gray (2020), Journal of Psychopharmacology

Frequent collaborators include Alana Tercino Frias, Paloma Molina Hernandes, Heloísa Helena Vilela-Costa, T.A. Lovick, and Matheus Fitipaldi Batistela, reflecting a network of coauthors with ongoing partnerships in advancing understanding of behavioral and molecular neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • The elevated T-maze as an experimental model of anxiety

    Frederico G Graeff;Cristina Ferreira Netto;Hélio Zangrossi

  • Behavioral effects of acute and chronic imipramine in the elevated T-maze model of anxiety.

    Rafael Custódio Teixeira;Hélio Zangrossi;Frederico G Graeff

  • Behavioral consequences in animal tests of anxiety and exploration of exposure to cat odor

    Helio Zangrossi;Sandra E. File

  • Trial 2 in the elevated plus-maze: a different form of fear?

    Sandra E. File;Helio Zangrossi;Milena Viana;Frederico G. Graeff

  • Behavioral Validation of the Elevated T-Maze, a New Animal Model of Anxiety

    Hélio Zangrossi;Frederico G Graeff

  • Antipanic-like effect of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the elevated T-maze.

    Selma Conceição Poltronieri;Hélio Zangrossi;Milena de Barros Viana

  • “One-trial tolerance” to the anxiolytic actions of benzodiazepines in the elevated plus-maze, or the development of a phobic state?

    Sandra E. File;Helio Zangrossi

  • Effect of Estrous Cycle on Behavior of Females in Rodent Tests of Anxiety.

    Thelma A. Lovick;Hélio Zangrossi

  • Dissociation between behavioral and corticosterone responses on repeated exposures to cat odor

    Sandra E. File;Helio Zangrossi;Fiona L. Sanders;P.S. Mabbutt

  • Raised corticosterone in the rat after exposure to the elevated plus-maze.

    Sandra E. File;Helio Zangrossi;Fiona L. Sanders;Peter S. Mabbutt

  • The Dual Role of Serotonin in Defense and the Mode of Action of Antidepressants on Generalized Anxiety and Panic Disorders

    Frederico Guilherme Graeff;Helio Zangrossi

  • Serotonin in anxiety and panic: contributions of the elevated T-maze.

    Hélio Zangrossi;Frederico G. Graeff

  • Elevated mazes as animal models of anxiety: effects of serotonergic agents

    Simone H. Pinheiro;Hélio Zangrossi;Cristina M. Del-Ben;Frederico G. Graeff

  • Animal Models of Anxiety Disorders

    Frederico G. Graeff;Hélio Zangrossi

  • Opposing Roles for Cannabinoid Receptor Type-1 (CB(1)) and Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type-1 Channel (TRPV1) on the Modulation of Panic-Like Responses in Rats

    Plínio C Casarotto;Ana Luisa B Terzian;Ana Luisa B Terzian;Daniele C Aguiar;Hélio Zangrossi

  • Intra-dorsal periaqueductal gray administration of cannabidiol blocks panic-like response by activating 5-HT1A receptors.

    Vanessa de Paula Soares;Alline Cristina Campos;Valquíria Camin de Bortoli;Hélio Zangrossi

  • Serotonergic regulation of inhibitory avoidance and one-way escape in the rat elevated T-maze.

    Hélio Zangrossi;Milena B. Viana;Janaı́na Zanoveli;Cı́ntia Bueno

  • Serotonin in the dorsal periaqueductal gray modulates inhibitory avoidance and one-way escape behaviors in the elevated T-maze

    Janaina M Zanoveli;Regina L Nogueira;Hélio Zangrossi

  • The dorsal raphe nucleus exerts opposed control on generalized anxiety and panic-related defensive responses in rats.

    Lı́gia Moreiras Sena;Cı́ntia Bueno;Roger L.H Pobbe;Telma G.C.S Andrade

  • Anxiolytic effect of intra-amygdala injection of midazolam and 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin in the elevated T-maze.

    Hélio Zangrossi;Milena B. Viana;Frederico G. Graeff

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederico Guilherme Graeff
Frederico Guilherme Graeff Universidade de São Paulo
Norberto Cysne Coimbra
Norberto Cysne Coimbra Universidade de São Paulo
Francisco Silveira Guimarães
Francisco Silveira Guimarães Universidade de São Paulo
Fernando M.A. Corrêa
Fernando M.A. Corrêa Universidade de São Paulo
Carsten T. Wotjak
Carsten T. Wotjak Max Planck Society
Marcus Lira Brandão
Marcus Lira Brandão Universidade de São Paulo
Norberto Garcia-Cairasco
Norberto Garcia-Cairasco Universidade de São Paulo
D. Caroline Blanchard
D. Caroline Blanchard University of Hawaii at Manoa
José Antunes-Rodrigues
José Antunes-Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo
Robert J. Blanchard
Robert J. Blanchard University of Hawaii at Manoa

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