Carine Dias, Ph.D.
Contact Information
Research Associate
Phillips Lab
University of British Columbia
IMPART Postdoctoral Fellow
Sept 2004-August 2006
Focus of IMPART Research:
Neurobiological mechanisms of relapse and drug-seeking behavior.
Academic Information
Ph.D. (2003)
Neurosciences and Neuropharmacology
Bordeaux, France
M.Sc. (1999)
Physiology
Bordeaux, France B.Sc. (1998)
Cellular Biology
Bordeaux, France
Research Interests
The study of the neuropharmacological processes underlying the reinstatement of psychostimulant-seeking behavior using an animal model of "craving".
Publications
- Dias, C., Choi, F. Y., & Phillips, A.G. (submitted). Absence of sex differences in contextual cue-induced renewal of amphetamine-seeking behaviour.
- Baunez, C., Dias, C., Cador, C., & Amalric, M. (2005). Opposite modulation of cocaine and natural rewards by subthalamic nucleus. Nature Neurosciences, 8 (4):484-9 ...abstract in PudMed.
- Dias, C., Lachize, S., Boilet, V., Huitelec, E., & Cador, M. (2004)Differential effects of dopaminergic agents on locomotor sensitisation and on the reinstatement of cocaine- and food-seeking behaviour. Psychopharmacology, 175(4):414-27. ...abstract on PubMed.
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