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Marcelo Febo is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Physiology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their research topics focus extensively on advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, as well as functional brain connectivity studies. Additional topics include stress responses and cortisol regulation, neurotransmitter receptor influences on behavior, and the role of tryptophan in brain disorders.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Marjory Pompilus, Adriaan W. Bruijnzeel, Matteo M. Grudny, Barry Setlow, and Kevin Wang. These coauthors have worked alongside Marcelo Febo on multiple projects, indicating ongoing collaborative relationships.

Marcelo Febo has published extensively across various scientific journals with a concentration of work appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Alzheimer's & Dementia, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, and Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging-derived free water detects neurodegenerative pattern induced by interferon-γ, 2020, Brain Structure and Function
  • Traffic-related particulate matter affects behavior, inflammation, and neural integrity in a developmental rodent model, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Magneto-plasmonic nanostars for image-guided and NIR-triggered drug delivery, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Mechanism of Manganese Dysregulation of Dopamine Neuronal Activity, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Neurovascular protection by adropin in experimental ischemic stroke through an endothelial nitric oxide synthase-dependent mechanism, 2021, Redox Biology

Best Publications

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Temporal MRI characterization, neurobiochemical and neurobehavioral changes in a mouse repetitive concussive head injury model

    Zhihui Yang;Ping Wang;Drake Morgan;Adriaan W. Bruijnzeel

  • Pup suckling is more rewarding than cocaine: evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging and three-dimensional computational analysis

    Craig F. Ferris;Praveen P. Kulkarni;John M. Sullivan;Josie A. Harder

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging shows oxytocin activates brain regions associated with mother-pup bonding during suckling

    Marcelo Febo;Michael Numan;Craig F. Ferris

  • Increased free water in the substantia nigra of Parkinson's disease: a single-site and multi-site study

    Edward Ofori;Ofer Pasternak;Peggy J. Planetta;Roxana Burciu

  • Imaging the neural circuitry and chemical control of aggressive motivation

    Craig F Ferris;Tara Stolberg;Praveen Kulkarni;Murali Murugavel

  • Hatching the behavioral addiction egg: Reward Deficiency Solution System (RDSS)™ as a function of dopaminergic neurogenetics and brain functional connectivity linking all addictions under a common rubric.

    Kenneth Blum;Marcelo Febo;Thomas McLaughlin;Frans J. Cronjé

  • rsfMRI effects of KB220Z™ on Neural Pathways in Reward Circuitry of Abstinent Genotyped Heroin Addicts

    Kenneth Blum;Yijun Liu;Yijun Liu;Wei Wang;Yarong Wang

  • The Neural Consequences of Repeated Cocaine Exposure Revealed by Functional MRI in Awake Rats

    Marcelo Febo;Annabell C. Segarra;Govind Nair;Karl F. Schmidt

  • Systemic Inflammation Mediates Age-Related Cognitive Deficits.

    Tian Lin;Gene A. Liu;Eliany Perez;Robert D. Rainer

  • Molecular role of dopamine in anhedonia linked to reward deficiency syndrome (RDS) and anti- reward systems.

    Mark S Gold;Kenneth Blum;Marcelo Febo;David Baron

  • Altered Inflammatory Response Is Associated With an Impaired Autonomic Input to the Bone Marrow in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat

    Jasenka Zubcevic;Joo Yun Jun;Seungbum Kim;Pablo D. Perez

  • Oxytocin Receptors Are Expressed by Glutamatergic Prefrontal Cortical Neurons That Selectively Modulate Social Recognition.

    Yalun Tan;Sarthak M. Singhal;Scott W. Harden;Karlena M. Cahill

  • The sigma-1 receptor modulates methamphetamine dysregulation of dopamine neurotransmission

    Danielle O. Sambo;Min Lin;Anthony Owens;Joseph J. Lebowitz

  • Metal Transporter Zip14 (Slc39a14) Deletion in Mice Increases Manganese Deposition and Produces Neurotoxic Signatures and Diminished Motor Activity.

    Tolunay Beker Aydemir;Min-Hyun Kim;Jinhee Kim;Luis M. Colon-Perez

  • Estradiol: A key biological substrate mediating the response to cocaine in female rats

    Annabell C Segarra;José L Agosto-Rivera;Marcelo Febo;Natasha Lugo-Escobar

  • Impaired butyrate absorption in the proximal colon, low serum butyrate and diminished central effects of butyrate on blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

    Tao Yang;Kacy L Magee;Luis M Colon-Perez;Riley Larkin

  • Inactivation Or Inhibition Of Neuronal Activity In The Medial Prefrontal Cortex Largely Reduces Pup Retrieval And Grouping in Maternal Rats

    Marcelo Febo;Ada C. Felix-Ortiz;Tehya R. Johnson

  • Dopamine homeostasis: brain functional connectivity in reward deficiency syndrome.

    Marcelo Febo;Kenneth Blum;Rajendra D Badgaiyan;David Baron

  • Enhanced functional connectivity and volume between cognitive and reward centers of naïve rodent brain produced by pro-dopaminergic agent KB220Z

    Marcelo Febo;Kenneth Blum;Rajendra D. Badgaiyan;Pablo D. Perez

  • Genetic addiction risk score (GARS) ™, a predictor of vulnerability to opioid dependence.

    Kenneth Blum;Amanda L C Chen;Panayotis K Thanos;Marcelo Febo

  • Dopamine in the Brain: Hypothesizing Surfeit or Deficit Links to Reward and Addiction.

    Kenneth Blum;Peter K Thanos;Marlene Oscar-Berman;Marcelo Febo

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig F. Ferris
Craig F. Ferris Northeastern University
Zsolt Demetrovics
Zsolt Demetrovics Flinders University
Barry Setlow
Barry Setlow University of Florida
Marlene Oscar-Berman
Marlene Oscar-Berman Boston University
Jean A. King
Jean A. King University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
David E. Vaillancourt
David E. Vaillancourt University of Florida
Todd E. Golde
Todd E. Golde Emory University
Robert Cousins
Robert Cousins University of California, Los Angeles
Michael A. King
Michael A. King University of Florida
Yuqing Li
Yuqing Li University of Florida

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