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Email

roberta.goncalves@florey.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Fellow)
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0003-1510-880X

Dr Roberta Goncalves Anversa

Honorary (Fellow)
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology

33 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors In Alcohol Use Disorder
    DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2026.01.015
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Chronic alcohol consumption and abstinence disrupt cholinergic gene expression in the mesopontine tegmentum of alcohol-preferring iP rats
    DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2026.138539
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Bed nucleus of stria terminalis enkephalin neurons contribute to depletion-induced salt appetite.
    DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2290-25.2026
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Exploring the utility of N-acetylcysteine for loss of control eating: protocol of an open-label single-arm pilot study
    DOI: 10.1186/s40814-025-01598-5
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The Effect of Serotonin 5-HT2C Receptor Modulation on Binge Drinking and Alcohol-Seeking in Female Mice
    DOI: 10.1111/adb.70099
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Hunger alters approach-avoidance behaviours differently in male and female mice
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2025.108091
  • 2023

    Internal Research Grant

    Sex-Differences in Stress-Induced Overeating: The Brain Circuits Behind This Behaviour.
Roberta Goncalves Anversa

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    694. Investigating the potential of psilocybin for compulsive eating in a rat model of binge eating
    DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.111
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Ghrelin Receptor Signalling in the Edinger-Westphal Nucleus Regulates Binge Drinking in a Sex-Specific Manner
    DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.100
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    555. M4 muscarinic receptor activation in the central amygdala reduces stress-induced alcohol seeking in alcohol preferring rats
    DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.086
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    684. Investigating the role of orexin in stress-induced binge eating in female mice
    DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.101

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