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Rui Tao

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Name: Rui Tao

 

Department: Department of Biomedical Sciences

Department Website: http://www.science.fau.edu/biomed/

Institution: Florida Atlantic University

 

Address: Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Science Center
Room 145
Boca Raton, Florida 33431

 

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Expertise: # Pharmacology of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in midbrain raphe and forebrain
# 5-HT and related effective disorders (such as depression, anxiety)
# Dorsal and median raphe neural circuitry including afferents and interneurons
# Physiology of opioidergic systerms (neurons, ligands and receptors)
# Role of opioids in the regulation of 5-HT release
# Relationship between exercise, 5-HT and opioid abuse
# The role of GABA and glutamate in opioid addiction

 

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