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Donadon MF, Martin-Santos R, L Osório F. Oxytocin effects on the cognition of women with postpartum depression: A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2021; 111:110098. [PMID: 32937192 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.110098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND One of the most common mental disorders in the perinatal period is postpartum depression (PPD), which is associated with impaired emotional functioning due to alterations in different cognitive aspects including thought and facial emotion recognition (FER). Emotional impairments may affect the interaction and care offered to infants and their later development and therefore interventions with potential to minimize impairments associated with PPD are opportune. Oxytocin (OXT) was shown to have therapeutic properties associated with the promotion of affiliative and pro-social behaviors in different mental disorders. Few studies have assessed its therapeutic potential in PPD. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of the acute administration of intranasal OXT (24 IU) on FER of baby faces and negative thoughts after delivery in mothers with and without PPD. METHODS We conducted a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with a crossover design involving mothers with PPD (N = 20) and without PPD (N = 35) in the puerperium. Participants completed a static task of FER of baby faces and a questionnaire of post-natal negative thoughts. RESULTS Mothers with PPD had increased scores of negative thoughts about motherhood/infants, but no impairments in FER, when compared to healthy mothers. OXT had no effects on the rates of correct judgments or response times in the FER task, but was associated with response biases to facial happiness and the reduction of negative thoughts in mothers with PPD. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION OXT may have positive effects on maternal affiliative behavior, maternal care, and mother-infant interactions as suggested by changes found in different cognitive aspects, thus minimizing the deleterious effects of PPD on child development.
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- Servicio de Psiquiatria y Psicología, Hospital Clinic, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil; National Institute for Science and Technology (INCT-TM, CNPq), Brasília, Brazil.
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Gelabert E, Gutierrez-Zotes A, Navines R, Labad J, Puyané M, Donadon MF, Guillamat R, Mayoral F, Jover M, Canellas F, Gratacós M, Guitart M, Gornemann I, Roca M, Costas J, Ivorra JL, Subirà S, de Diego Y, Osorio FL, Garcia-Esteve L, Sanjuan J, Vilella E, Martin-Santos R. The role of personality dimensions, depressive symptoms and other psychosocial variables in predicting postpartum suicidal ideation: a cohort study. Arch Womens Ment Health 2020; 23:585-593. [PMID: 31802248 DOI: 10.1007/s00737-019-01007-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Suicidability has been associated with neuroticism and psychoticism, but its role during perinatal period has not been analyzed. We explore the association between personality dimensions, depressive symptoms, and other psychosocial variables in postpartum suicidal ideation. A cohort of 1795 healthy Spanish women from the general population was assessed for suicidal ideation (EPDS-Item10) in early postpartum, 8 and 32 weeks postpartum. Sociodemographic, obstetric, and reproductive variables, psychiatric history, social support, stressful life-events during pregnancy, depressive symptoms (EPDS), and the Eysenck's personality dimensions (EPQ-RS) were also assessed at baseline. A major depressive episode (DSM-IV) was confirmed in women with EPDS>10 at follow-up assessments. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were conducted. Adjusted logistic regression analysis was reported as odds ratio (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Seven percent of mothers reported suicidal ideation during the first 8 months postpartum. Sixty-two percent of women with suicidal ideation had a major depressive episode at 8 weeks, and 70% at 32 weeks postpartum. Neuroticism and psychoticism predicted suicidal ideation throughout the first 2 weeks after delivery (OR, 1.03; 95%CI 1.01-1.06; and OR, 1.03; 95%CI 1.01-1.05 respectively). Early postpartum depressive symptoms (OR 1.2; 95%CI 1.11-1.26), personal psychiatric history (OR 2.1; 95%CI 1.33-3.27), and stressful life events during pregnancy (OR 1.88; 95%CI 1.12-3.16) also emerged as predictors of postpartum suicidal ideation. Analysis of women for postpartum suicidal ideation should include not only psychiatric symptoms but also psychosocial assessment (i.e., covering psychiatric history, stressful events, or long-standing personality vulnerabilities) in order to identify those in need of early psychosocial or psychiatric care.
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- E Gelabert
- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Hospital Clinic, Institut of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Salud Mental (CIBERSAM); Neuroscience Programe, IMIM-Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Universitari Institut Pere Mata, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, CIBERSAM, Reus, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Hospital Clinic, Institut of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Salud Mental (CIBERSAM); Neuroscience Programe, IMIM-Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Parc Taulí Hospital Universitario, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Parc Taulí (I3PT), UAB, CIBERSAM, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, National Institute for Science and Technology (INCT-TM, CNPq, Brazil), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Psiquiatria, Departamento de Salud Mental, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA) and Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga, UGC Salud Mental, España, Málaga, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic, Universidad de Valencia, CIBERSAM, Valencia, Spain
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- Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut, Red en Asistencia Primaria (RediAPP), Hospital de Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Centro de Regulación Genómica (CRG) y UPF, Barcelona, Spain
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- Parc Taulí Hospital Universitario, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Parc Taulí (I3PT), UAB, CIBERSAM, Sabadell, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA) and Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga, UGC Salud Mental, España, Málaga, Spain
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- Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut, Red en Asistencia Primaria (RediAPP), Hospital de Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Servizo Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (CHUS), Galicia, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic, Universidad de Valencia, CIBERSAM, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA) and Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga, UGC Salud Mental, España, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, National Institute for Science and Technology (INCT-TM, CNPq, Brazil), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Hospital Clinic, Institut of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Salud Mental (CIBERSAM); Neuroscience Programe, IMIM-Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clinic, Universidad de Valencia, CIBERSAM, Valencia, Spain
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- Hospital Universitari Institut Pere Mata, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, CIBERSAM, Reus, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Hospital Clinic, Institut of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Salud Mental (CIBERSAM); Neuroscience Programe, IMIM-Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
- Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, National Institute for Science and Technology (INCT-TM, CNPq, Brazil), São Paulo, Brazil.
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Donadon MF, Martin-Santos R, Osório FL. Baby Faces: Development and psychometric study of a stimuli set based on babies' emotions. J Neurosci Methods 2018; 311:178-185. [PMID: 30347221 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Revised: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sets of stimuli from babies' facial emotions provide a good instrument to detect the recognition of facial emotion (RFE) in clinical and non clinical groups. However, specificities from the stimuli have not been widely explored and validated by previous studies. NEW METHOD We presented a new set of facial stimuli from infants aged 6-12 months, both sexes, different races, representing five basic emotions. We also present the psychometric properties of validity/reliability for each stimulus and assess whether the sociodemographic characteristics of the stimuli and the subjects affect the RFE. RESULTS The stimuli were obtained by a standardized protocol of activities to elicit emotions and 72 stimuli were developed. A total of 119 subjects from the community were selected for the psychometric analysis of the stimuli. The set produced indicators of validity (mean 62.5%) and reliability. Stimuli were evaluated using the Rash model and 15 stimuli had indicators of unpredictability and unmodeled residuals. The difficulty index of each stimulus was calculated, evidencing that the set was normally distributed. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD Previously published methods are limited in terms of racial diversity, standardisation of the elicitation of emotions, procedure of stimuli extraction, and psychometric evidence. CONCLUSIONS The findings reinforced the Differential Emotion Theory regarding the expression of basic emotions in infants and evidenced the effect of education level on emotion recognition to the detriment of other sociocultural characteristics (sex and race). This set is freely accessible by email request.
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- Mariana Fortunata Donadon
- Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Spain; Department of Medicine, Universidad of Barceloma, Barcelona, Spain; National Institute for Science and Technology (INCT-TM, CNPq, Brazil), Brazil
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- Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil; Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Spain; Department of Medicine, Universidad of Barceloma, Barcelona, Spain.
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Donadon MF, Martin-Santos R, Osório FDL. The Associations Between Oxytocin and Trauma in Humans: A Systematic Review. Front Pharmacol 2018; 9:154. [PMID: 29545749 PMCID: PMC5838009 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Studies have shown that traumatic experiences may affect hormonal systems mediated by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the oxytocinergic system. This effect is the result of long-term impairments in hypothalamic structures and negative feedback mechanisms within the HPA axis, structures that mediate the response to stress. This deregulation reduces the production and release of cortisol and oxytocin (OXT), which may alter stress responses and lead to increased vulnerability to impairments from stressful experiences. The presence of gene polymorphisms might also have an impact on the vulnerability to psychopathology. We made a systematic review of articles dealing with the relationship between OXT and traumatic emotional experiences in humans. Thirty-five studies were reviewed and significant associations between experiences of emotional trauma (ET) and OXT were found. The main results showed that the presence of ET and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is strongly associated with reductions in endogenous OXT, and also that the acute effects of OXT administrations in individuals with ET tend to be anxiolytic only in less severe forms. In victims of recent traumatic experiences (RTE), OXT increased the re-experience of traumas and restored the function of different neural networks associated with fear control/extinction in PTSD patients. The results available also suggest that gene receptor polymorphisms may have a protective function in different outcomes after the experience of traumatic events. We conclude that the relationship between ET and OXT is multifaceted, complex, and mediated by contextual and individual factors. Directions for future studies are suggested considering the gaps in the available literature.
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- Mariana Fortunata Donadon
- Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Technology Institute for Translational Medicine (INCT), National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasília, Brazil
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- Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Technology Institute for Translational Medicine (INCT), National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brasília, Brazil
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Abstract
Non-adaptive personality traits may constitute risk factors for development of
psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety. We aim to evaluate associations
and the predictive value of personality traits among alcohol-dependent individuals,
with or without psychiatric comorbidities. The convenience sample comprised two
groups of males over 18 years of age: one with subjects who had an alcohol dependence
diagnosis (AG, n=110), and a control group without abuse and/or alcohol dependence
diagnosis (CG, n=110). The groups were assessed by means of the Structured Clinical
Interview DSM-IV (SCID-IV). AG participants were recruited among outpatients from the
university hospital, whereas CG participants were recruited from a primary healthcare
program. Data collection was done individually with self-assessment instruments.
Parametric statistics were performed, and a significance level of P=0.05 was adopted.
A positive correlation was observed between openness and the length of time that
alcohol has been consumed, as were significant and negative correlations between
conscientiousness and both the length of time alcohol has been consumed and the
number of doses. For alcoholics, extraversion emerged as a protective factor against
depression development (P=0.008) and tobacco abuse (P=0.007), whereas openness worked
as a protective factor against anxiety (P=0.02). The findings point to specific
deficits presented by alcoholics in relation to personality traits with or without
psychiatric comorbidities and to the understanding that therapeutic approaches should
favor procedures and/or preventive measures that allow more refined awareness about
the disorder.
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- M F Donadon
- Departamento de Neurociência e Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Neurociência e Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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BACKGROUND Alcohol abuse and dependence can cause a wide variety of cognitive, psychomotor, and visual-spatial deficits. It is questionable whether this condition is associated with impairments in the recognition of affective and/or emotional information. Such impairments may promote deficits in social cognition and, consequently, in the adaptation and interaction of alcohol abusers with their social environment. The aim of this systematic review was to systematize the literature on alcoholics' recognition of basic facial expressions in terms of the following outcome variables: accuracy, emotional intensity, and latency time. METHODS A systematic literature search in the PsycINFO, PubMed, and SciELO electronic databases, with no restrictions regarding publication year, was employed as the study methodology. RESULTS The findings of some studies indicate that alcoholics have greater impairment in facial expression recognition tasks, while others could not differentiate the clinical group from controls. However, there was a trend toward greater deficits in alcoholics. Alcoholics displayed less accuracy in recognition of sadness and disgust and required greater emotional intensity to judge facial expressions corresponding to fear and anger. CONCLUSION The current study was only able to identify trends in the chosen outcome variables. Future studies that aim to provide more precise evidence for the potential influence of alcohol on social cognition are needed.
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- Mariana Fortunata Donadon
- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil ; Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel-CAPS, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil ; Technology Institute for Translational Medicine, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil ; Agency of São Paulo Research Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil
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Osório FL, Salum GA, Donadon MF, Forni-dos-Santos L, Loureiro SR, Crippa JAS. Psychometrics properties of early trauma inventory self report - short form (ETISR-SR) for the Brazilian context. PLoS One 2013; 8:e76337. [PMID: 24098478 PMCID: PMC3789732 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
This study aims to translate and validate Early Trauma Inventory Self Report -Short Form (ETISR-SF) to Brazilian Portuguese. 253 adult subjects answered the ETISR-SF, Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST). The instrument showed good internal consistency (0.83). Correlations with the PHQ-9 and BAI were moderate (r=0.26-0.47) and showed the expected associations with psychiatric constructs. No associations were found for FTND and FAST. Confirmatory Factor Analysis revealed that a correlated four-factor model as well as a second order model subsuming four lower order components presented the best model fit. Test-retest reliability was also excellent (ICC=0.78-0.90). ETISR-SF is suitable for assessing traumatic experiences in a Brazilian community sample. Given the importance of trauma as a public health problem, tools such as ETISR-SF may help clinicians/ researchers to better evaluate and measure such events and further advance clinical care of trauma victims.
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- Flávia L. Osório
- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior – Medical School of Ribeirão Preto - University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Technology Institute (INCT, CNPq) for Translational Medicine, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents - CNPq, São Paulo, Brazil
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do, Federative Republic of Brazil, Sul, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior – Medical School of Ribeirão Preto - University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior – Medical School of Ribeirão Preto - University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior – Medical School of Ribeirão Preto - University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Technology Institute (INCT, CNPq) for Translational Medicine, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior – Medical School of Ribeirão Preto - University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Technology Institute (INCT, CNPq) for Translational Medicine, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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