Education
- Bachelor in Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 1965-1968
- Doctor of Sciences (Physiology), Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 1977
- Postdoctoral Studies (Neurophysiology of Behavior): Dept. Primate Behavior, Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology (formerly Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry), Munich, Germany, 1977-1979