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    Research Theme Adaptive Brain Computations Brains and Machines Neurons, Circuits and Networks
    Research Focus

    Keywords

  • Fear Memory
  • Learning & Memory
  • Memory Reconsolidation
  • Synaptic Plasticity

    • Clinical Conditions

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder

    • Equipment & Techniques

  • Behavioural analysis
  • Computational modelling
  • Electroencephalography (EEG)
  • Signal processing
  • Statistical analysis

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  • Reproducibility in Science
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    Dr Felippe Amorim

    (he/him/his)
    University Position
    Research Associate

    Interests

    My research interests comprise behavioral neuroscience and computational neuroscience. Currently, I study phenotypical characteristics of obssesive-compulsive disorder using translationally relevant animal models. For that, I am using different techniques such as behavioral experiments, machine learning models and software development. I also have interest in understanding which plasticity systems are behind memory reconsolidation and destabilization.

    Collaborators

    Cambridge
  • Sharon Morein
    • External
  • Olavo Bohrer Amaral

    • Key Publications

    A Freely Available, Self-Calibrating Software for Automatic Measurement of Freezing Behavior

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00205
    Journal: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
    Year: 2019
    Authors: Amorim FE, Moulin TC, Amaral OB

    Memory destabilization during reconsolidation: a consequence of homeostatic plasticity?

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.053418.121
    Journal: Learning & Memory
    Year: 2021
    Authors: Amorim FE, Chapot RL, Moulin TC, Lee JLC, Amaral OB

    A meta-analysis of the effect of protein synthesis inhibitors on rodent fear conditioning

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.339
    Journal: Peer Community Journal
    Year: 2023
    Authors: Carneiro, CFD, Amorim FE, Amaral OB

    Publications

    Different temporal windows for CB1 receptor involvement in contextual fear memory destabilisation in the amygdala and hippocampus

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205781
    Journal: PLOS ONE
    Year: 2019
    Authors: Lee JLC, Amorim FE, Cassini LF, Amaral OB.

    Shifting from fear to safety through deconditioning-update

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.51207
    Journal: eLife
    Year: 2020
    Authors: Popik B, Amorim FE, Amaral OB, De Oliveira Alvares L.

    Comparing quality of reporting between preprints and peer-reviewed articles in the biomedical literature

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-020-00101-3
    Journal: Research Integrity and Peer Review
    Year: 2020
    Authors: Carneiro CFD, Queiroz VGS, Moulin TC, Carvalho CAM, Haas CB, Rayêe D, Henshall DE, De-Souza EA, Amorim FE, Boos FZ, Guercio GD, Costa IR, Hajdu KL, van Egmond L, Modrák M, Tan PB, Abdill RJ, Burgess SJ, Guerra SFS, Bortoluzzi VT, Amaral OB.

    A translational approach to understanding anxiety: the limitations, strengths of differences. A commentary on Drzewiecki & Fox

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-024-01182-z
    Journal: Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
    Year: 2024
    Authors: Amorim FE, Colom M, Milton AL.

    Agonism at mGluR2 receptors reduces dysfunctional checking on a rodent analogue of compulsive-like checking in obsessive compulsive disorder

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-025-06774-2
    Journal: Psychopharmacology
    Year: 2025
    Authors: McKenzie C, Sloot B, Amorim FE, Robbins TW, Milton AL