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Almeida, Osborne Francisco Xavier was born on July 28, 1954 in Nakuru, Kenya. Son of Brigido Luis Caetano and Olga Maria Angela (Sousa) Almeida.
(Steroid hormone influences on neural circuits throughout ...)
Steroid hormone influences on neural circuits throughout life largely determine the quality of the "dialogue" between the endocrine and nervous system, and thus, the function of adaptive mechanisms. This work provides a summary of "classic" knowledge on steroid actions in the brain, and addresses several novel and less explored issues, such as sex steriod-induced gender dichotomy in stress responsiveness, developmental effects of adrenal steroids on brain functions, contribution of steroid hormones to the structural plasticity of the limbic system, and the role of neurosteroids in the development of mechanisms,s of adaptation. This comprehensive update of steroid effects in the brain will be a helpful reference for basic researchers, whereas implication to the pathogenesis of neuro- and psychopathological conditions aim at the audience of clinical researchers. For students of medicine and biology, the book may serve as a guide to both, basic knowledge and intrigu! ing research objectives in neurobiology of steroids.
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Almeida, Osborne Francisco Xavier was born on July 28, 1954 in Nakuru, Kenya. Son of Brigido Luis Caetano and Olga Maria Angela (Sousa) Almeida.
Bachelor of Science, University London, 1976. Master of Science, University Wales, United Kingdom, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1982.
Doctor habilitatus, Faculty of Biology, University Munich, 1995.
Research officer Reproductive Biology Unit Medical Research Council, Edinburgh, 1981-1982. Visiting scientist National Institute Child Health & Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1982-1984. Research scientist Max Planck Institute Psychiatry, Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany, 1984-1989.
Academy counselor veterinary faculty University Munich, 1987-1990. Basic science group leader Max Planck Institute Psychiatry, Munich, since 1991. Lecturer Zoology Institute University Munich, 1992-1996.
Professor University Minho, Boraga, Portugal, since 2007. Guest professor National History Museum, Paris, 2000. Visiting professor Institute Anatomy Medical Faculty University Porto, Portugal, 1996, University Minho, Institute for Health & Life Science Research, Braga, Portugal, 2002, 2006, professor, 2007.
Consultant Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Neurosci., 1995. Visiting scientist National Museum Natural History, Paris, 1998.
(Steroid hormone influences on neural circuits throughout ...)
Author, editor: (with Thomas Stearns Shippenberg): Neurobiology of Opioids, 1991, (with V.K. Patchev): Steroid Hormone-Dependent Organization of Neuroendocrine Functions, 1999. Member editorial board Assisted Reproductive Technology-Andrology, 1986-1991, Life Science Advances, 1986-1991, Journal Neuroendocrinology, 1989-1997, Neuroendocrinology, 1990-1997, Biomed Central, since 2002, frontiers Neuroscis. Contributor over 120 articles in neuroscience, pharmacology and endocrinology to professional journals.
Member Society Endocrinology United Kingdom, Society for Study Fertility United Kingdom, German Society Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Society for Neurosci., German Neurosci. Society, German Endocrine Society, German Society Neuro-pharmacopsychiatry, Max Planck Society (science council representative since 2002).
Married Isabel Forgas y Moya, 1995. 1 child, Leila Olga Miguela Rocio.