Manuel Alves dos Santos Júnior

Graduado em Farmácia pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) (2016), mestrado em Farmacologia pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (2018). Atualmente é aluno de doutorado no Pós-graduação em Farmacologia da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). Membro do grupo de pesquisa em Neuropsicofarmacologia UFC. Exerceu atividades de monitoria em Farmacologia Geral, Toxicologia e Química Analítica II. Tem experiência no estudo de efeitos comportamentais de plantas medicinais e compostos isolados de plantas, redirecionamento de fármacos, busca de novos alvos terapêuticos para transtornos mentais como depressão, esquizofrenia e uso abusivo de álcool. Atua principalmente nos seguintes temas: farmacologia pré-clínica e comportamento animal.

Manuel Alves concluded his master degree in 2018 and, currently, is a Ph.D. student in Pharmacology in the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. He holds a degree in Pharmacy from the Federal University of Ceará (2016). He was a professor assistant during his Pharmacy degree, monitoring activities in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Analytical Chemistry. He has experience in neuropsychopharmacology with a focus on animal behavior, alcohol dependence pharmacology, animal models of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. During his master degree, he investigated the neurodevelopmental consequences of D2 / D3 receptor super-sensitivity in male and female animals, as well as the consequences of childhood environmental stress in mice. Currently investigates the interaction between the gut-microbiota-brain axis and neuroendocrine systems in major depressive disorder using animal models.