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Irene Melo
Researcher at RMIT University
Publications - 1
Citations - 772
Irene Melo is an academic researcher from RMIT University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chronic stress & Prefrontal cortex. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 690 citations.
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Chronic stress causes frontostriatal reorganization and affects decision-making.
Eduardo Dias-Ferreira,Eduardo Dias-Ferreira,Eduardo Dias-Ferreira,João Carlos Sousa,Irene Melo,Pedro Morgado,Ana Mesquita,João José Cerqueira,Rui M. Costa,Rui M. Costa,Nuno Sousa +10 more
TL;DR: It is shown that chronic stress biases decision-making strategies, affecting the ability of stressed animals to perform actions on the basis of their consequences, and the relative advantage of circuits coursing through sensorimotor striatum observed after chronic stress leads to a bias in behavioral strategies toward habit.