Amauri Gouveia Jr

GROUP LEADER NAME (as it appears in publications): Gouveia, A; Gouveia Jr., A

 AFFILIATION: Universidade Federal do Pará

 TEL:*+55-91-96321808

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 EMAIL:* gouveiajr.a@gmail.com

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 GROUP NAME / RESEARCH INTEREST IN FEW WORDS: Modelos comportamentais animais em psicopatologia (Behavioral Animal Models in Psicopathology)

SHORT SUMMARY OF RESEARCH INTEREST (MAX. 200 WORDS):

Ours interest is in the development of animal models to study of anxiety and depression in Zebrafish, especially  in the parametric aspects of behavior in this models.

 Note: please attach at the end of the form a longer description, with a maximum of 2000 words.

LIST OF UP TO FIVE RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:

                1- Maximino, C., Marques de Brito, Thiago, DIAS, C.A.G.M., Gouveia, Amauri, MORATO, Silvio. Scototaxis as anxiety-like behavior in fish. Nature Protocols (Print). , v.5, p.221 - 228, 2010.

                 2- MAXIMINO, Caio, da Silva, Annanda Waneza Batista, Gouveia Jr., Amauri, Herculano, Anderson Manoel. Pharmacological analysis of zebrafish (Danio rerio) scototaxis. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. , p.624 - 631, 2011.

              3- Maximino, Caio, Brito, Thiago, Gouveia Jr., Amauri. Construct validity of behavioral models of anxiety: where experimental psychopathology meets ecology and evolution. Psychology & Neuroscience (Online). , v.3, p.117 - 123, 2010.

GROUP MEMBERS (NAME, POSITION, EMAIL):*

                1-Amauri Gouveia Junior (leader) (gouveiajr.a@gmail.com)

                2-Anderson Manuel Herculano da Silva (collaborator) (aherculanos@yahoo.com.br)

                3- 10 alumins (8 doctorate; 2 graduation)

 FISH FACILITIES (TYPE OF FISH SYSTEM/TANKS, CAPACITY, ETC.)*

We have a short bioterium with 30 aquaria of 30 l. light and temperature control, with capacity to 1200 animal. We have an apparatus to study behavior, with black-white box (5), system to study aggression (8) and shuttlebox (1)

FISH LINES KEPT IN STOCK:* we use the wild type short tail and long tail.

OTHER EQUIPMENT RELATED TO ZEBRAFISH RESEARCH*

LAB EXPERTISE AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES (RELATED TO ZEBRAFISH RESEARCH)*

Behavioral models (Black/white and inhibitory avoindance in anxiety models; Agression model; learned helplessness test (in adaptation); active avoidance model; predator exploration model;  open field.