Education

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Undergraduate

2000-2004
BS, Biology
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Honors thesis: One-trial tolerance to midazolam and antinociception in rats submitted to the elevated plus-maze test
Mentor: Marcus L. Brandao

 

Graduate

2000-2006
BS, Biology Education
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

2004-2006
MS, Psychobiology
Department of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Thesis: Serotonergic modulation of exploratory behavior in rats submitted to test and retest in the elevated plus-maze
Mentor: Marcus L. Brandao

2006-2010
PhD, Psychobiology
Department of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dissertation: Hormonal, cognitive and neuroanatomical factors associated with the exploratory behavior of rats submitted to test and retest in the elevated plus maze
Mentor: Marcus L. Brandao

 

Post-Doctoral Fellowships

2011-2012
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Research project: The role of dopaminergic mechanisms in the nucleus accumbens on the expression of conditioned fear in rats
Mentor: Marcus L. Brandao

2013-2015
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Boston-MA
Research project: Evaluation of ventral tegmental area CRF mechanisms in stress-induced escalation of cocaine and alcohol intake in rodents. Mentor: Klaus A. Miczek
Lucas Albrechet-Souza, PhD

2018-2018
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Physiology, LSUHSC, New Orleans-LA
Research project: The role of BLA interneurons and endocannabinoid signaling in mediating post-stress escalation of alcohol drinking in rats
Mentor: Nicholas W. Gilpin

 

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Wilson L, Albrechet-Souza L, Ha L, Gilpin NW, Wills TA. Prior adolescent oxycodone exposure enhances pain sensitivity following chronic intermittent ethanol in adult female mice. Physiology & Behavior 31: 115067, 2025.

Bertagna NB, Holmgren EB, Engi SA, Ha L, Cruz FC, Albrechet-Souza L, Wills TA. BNST CRF receptor type 1 modulates mechanical hypersensitivity induced by adolescent alcohol exposure in adult female mice. Psychopharmacology (Berlin) 241: 2513-2523, 2024.

Albrechet-Souza L, Kasten CR, Bertagna NB, Wills TA. Sex-specific negative affect-like behaviour and parabrachial nucleus activation induced by BNST stimulation in adult mice with adolescent alcohol history. Addiction Biology 29: e13366, 2024.

Bertagna NB, Wilson L, Bailey CK, Cruz FC, Albrechet-Souza L*, Wills TA. Long-lasting mechanical hypersensitivity and CRF receptor type-1 neuron activation in the BNST following adolescent ethanol exposure. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research 48: 48-57, 2024.

Munshi S, Albrechet-Souza L, Dos-Santos RC, Stelly CE, Secci ME, Gilpin NW, Tasker JG. Acute ethanol modulates synaptic inhibition in the basolateral amygdala via rapid NLRP3 inflammasome activation and regulates anxiety-like behavior in rats. The Journal of Neuroscience 43: 7902-12, 2023.