Marcelo de Oliveira Dietrich, MD, PhD
he/him/his
Associate Professor in Comparative MedicineCards
About
Titles
Associate Professor in Comparative Medicine
Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Appointments
Comparative Medicine
Associate Professor TenurePrimaryNeuroscience
Associate Professor on TermSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- PhD
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Biochemistry (2012)
- MD
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2007)
Research
Overview
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Animals; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms; Hypothalamus; Mental Disorders; Mental Health; Nervous System; Neurobiology; Neurosciences; Obesity
News & Links
Media
- The painting illustrates a mouse engaged in compulsive solving of the Magic Cube, the 3-D puzzle invented by the Hungarian sculptor Ernö Rubik. Illustration for our manuscript published in Cell (2015) on the role of Agrp neurons in compulsive behaviors. Copy of a watercolor painted by the Brazilian artist Daniel Gnattali (2015).
- Cover of Cell on our work on mitochondria dynamics in hypothalamic neurons.
- Cover of Nature Reviews Drug Discovery highlighting our article on hypothalamic circuits that control energy balance.
- Cover of Trends in Neurosciences highlighting our review article on synaptic plasticity in hypothalamic circuits.
News
- October 10, 2023
Immune Sensing of Allergens Promotes Avoidance Behavior
- November 09, 2015
2014 YCCI Scholars
- September 24, 2015
Of brains and bones: How hunger neurons control bone mass
- March 09, 2015
Multitasking hunger neurons also control compulsive behavior