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Effects of taurine in mice and zebrafish behavioral assays with translational relevance to schizophrenia
(2023) [Journal article]Background: Altered redox state and developmental abnormalities in glutamatergic and GABAergic transmission during development are linked to the behavioral changes associated with schizophrenia. As an amino acid that exerts ... -
Brazilian women in bioinformatics : challenges and opportunities
(2023) [Journal article]Bioinformatics is a growing research field that received great notoriety in the years of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a very integrative area, comprising professionals from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ... -
Validity and reliability of the digital functioning assessment short test (DFAST) in the brazilian sample
(2022) [Journal article]Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions in all aspects of daily functioning, from school and work to interactions with friends and family. The Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST) is an ... -
Validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the cognitive reserve assessment scale in health
(2023) [Journal article]Objective: As the older population increases, it is important to identify factors that may reduce the risks of dementia in the general population. One such factor is the concept of cognitive reserve (CR). The present study ... -
Factors associated with the discrepancy between objective and subjective cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder
(2024) [Journal article]Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the discrepancy between objective cognitive measures and cognitive subjective complaints in a sample of euthymic patients with bipolar disorder (BD). Methods: One hundred and ... -
Ketamine study : protocol for naturalistic prospective multicenter study on subcutaneous ketamine infusion in depressed patients with active suicidal ideation
(2023) [Journal article]Background: Psychiatric disorders are associated with more than 90% of reported suicide attempts worldwide, but few treatments have demonstrated a direct effect in reducing suicide risk. Ketamine, originally an anesthetic, ... -
Fisiologia na escola : ciência no cotidiano
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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid disrupts brain bioenergetics, redox homeostasis, and mitochondrial dynamics and affects neurodevelopment in neonatal wistar rats
(2024) [Journal article]3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acidemia (HMGA) is a neurometabolic inherited disorder characterized by the predominant accumulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid (HMG) in the brain and biological fluids of patients. ... -
Investigation of blood-brain barrier disruption in an animal model of mania induced by D-amphetamine
(2022) [Journal article]Background High levels of inflammation and oxidative stress are observed in bipolar disorder (BD) being further associated with mood symptoms and cognitive dysfunction. Due to the crosstalk between the periphery and central ... -
Exposure to household pesticides and Parkinson’s disease in the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative cohort
(2024) [Journal article]Background: In the last decades, the association of household pesticide usage with Parkinson's disease (PD) has been poorly explored, with discordant results. Based on the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) ...