Marco Antonio Lopes
Research Associate
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS
Brazil
Biography
Dr. Marco Lopes has experience practicing counseling, psychotherapy and research in behavioral neuroscience. He works with individuals, couples and families. He tailors his approach to each person’s unique life situation, background, and goals taking an interactive and supportive cognitive approach with an emphasis on what works. Marco helps people cope with transitions, trauma and loss, overcome depression and anxiety from personal or work stress and develop a sense of meaning and direction in life. He also researches the evidence of neuroendocrine-immune system interactions (spleen, thymus, bone marrow and lymph nodes) and changes in brain functions affecting different immune responses for a new clinical approach which perceives and treats the patient as a psychic and somatic whole. Specialties: Specialist in neuroendocrinoimmunology - Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital Master of Neuroradiology Interventionnelle - l'Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere in Paris Specialist in General Psychopathology - Naippe / Institute of Psychiatry - Hospital das Clinicas FMUSP
Research Interest
Neuroscience and Phenomenology,Neuroimaging of Bipolar Disorder,behavioral neuroscience