Carlos M. Contreras
Carlos M. Contreras is a Senior Researcher at the Biomedical Research Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Titular Professor of Experimental Clinical Medicine and Pharmacology at the Universidad Veracruzana, and Emerit Researcher of the National Researchers System in México. Dr. Contreras is a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Sciences at UNAM where he has taught Physiological Psychology and Pharmacology. His first studies at the Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute in México involved pharmacology of sleep, epilepsy, and drug dependence. He later received training in Biological Psychiatry in Mexico and Experimental Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. During the past 45 years, he has been studying and continuously publishing his results on the neurophysiology, neurochemistry, and etiology of affective disorders and anxiety.