Rodrigo Molini Leão, Ph.D.

Research Interests

Rodrigo was a post-doctorate fellow in Hope Lab from 2014 to 2015. He studied the role of prefrontal cortex neuronal ensembles projections to nucleus accumbens in context-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking. As of 2018, Rodrigo is a professor and principal investigator at Federal University of Bahia in Salvador/BA, Brazil. His lab studies the effect of cannabidiol and biperiden on the activity of the mesocorticolimbic pathway and its influence on ethanol self-administration, and the molecular alterations in selectively activated neurons in the reinstatement of ethanol self-administration.