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    • Acute food restriction increases collagen breakdown and phagocytosis by mature decidual cells of mice 

      Spadacci-Morena, D. D.; Katz, S. G. (Churchill Livingstone, 2001-06-01)
      An ultrastructural study was undertaken on antimesometrial mature decidual tissue of fed and food-restricted mice, on day 9 of pregnancy. the mean ad libitum food intake was established on mice from the 8th till the 9th ...

    • Addictive potential of modafinil and cross-sensitization with cocaine: a pre-clinical study 

      Wuo-Silva, Raphael [UNIFESP]; Fukushiro, Daniela F. [UNIFESP]; Borcoi, Aline R. [UNIFESP]; Fernandes, Helaine A. [UNIFESP]; Procopio-Souza, Roberta [UNIFESP]; Hollais, Andre W. [UNIFESP]; Santos, Renan [UNIFESP]; Ribeiro, Luciana T. C. [UNIFESP]; Correa, Jussara M. R. M. [UNIFESP]; Talhati, Fernanda [UNIFESP]; Saito, Luis P. [UNIFESP]; Aramini, Tatiana C. F. [UNIFESP]; Kameda, Sonia R. [UNIFESP]; Bittencourt, Lia R. A. [UNIFESP]; Tufik, Sergio [UNIFESP]; Frussa-Filho, Roberto [UNIFESP] (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-10-01)
      Repeated or even a single exposure to drugs of abuse can lead to persistent locomotor sensitization, which is the result of an abundance of neuroplastic changes occurring within the circuitry involved in motivational ...

    • Amino acid and monoamine alterations in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of mice submitted to ricinine-induced seizures 

      Ferraz, A. C.; Anselmo-Franci, J. A.; Perosa, SR; Castro-Neto, E. F. de; Bellissimo, M. I.; Oliveira, B. H. de; Cavalheiro, E. A.; Naffah-Mazzacoratti, MDG; Da Cunha, C. (Elsevier B.V., 2002-07-01)
      The alkaloid ricinine isolated from the plant Ricinus communis, when administered to mice at high doses, induces clonic seizures accompanied by electroencephalographic alterations in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. ...

    • Amphetamine-induced rapid-onset sensitization: Role of novelty, conditioning and behavioral parameters 

      Nascimento Alvarez, J. do; Fukushiro, D. F.; Obara Tatsu, J. A.; Pereira de Carvalho, E.; Castro Gandolfi, A. C. de; Tsuchiya, J. B.; Carrara-Nascimento, P. F.; Lima, M. L.; Gentil Bellot, R.; Frussa-Filho, R. (Elsevier B.V., 2006-04-01)
      Background: Environmental factors may modulate sensitization to the locomotor-activating effects of psychostimulants. in addition, some parameters of locomotor activity seem to be more sensitive to detect cocaine-induced ...

    • Aplicação da fluorescência a laser no estudo da mineralização óssea e dentária na doença hepática colestática em ratos 

      Rogerio, Victor Edson [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2013-12-20)
      Persistent cholestatic liver disease (CLD) associated with liver failure, presents multiple systemic changes and among them the bone metabolism resulting in osteodystrophy. The evolution of the CLD for liver cirrhosis is ...

    • Assessment of aerobic capacity during swimming exercise in ob/ob mice 

      Almeida, W. S.; Lima, L. C. J.; Cunha, V. N. C.; Cunha, R. R.; Araujo, R. C.; Barros, C. C. [UNIFESP]; Simoes, H. G.; Campbell, C. S. G. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-12-01)
      Obesity is a highly prevalent condition associated with several diseases. Physical exercise has been considered as a non-pharmacological tool in the treatment of obesity. However, several aspects underlying exercise ...

    • Associação de betabloqueadores e treinamento físico na insuficiência cardíaca de camundongos 

      Vanzelli, Andréa Somolanji; Medeiros, Alessandra [UNIFESP]; Sirvente, Raquel De Assis; Salemi, Vera Maria Cury; Mady, Charles; Brum, Patricia Chakur (Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC, 2010-09-01)
      BACKGROUND: Currently there are several types of interventions for the treatment of heart failure (HF). Among these are beta-blocker therapy (BB) and physical training (PT). However, the effects of the combination of these ...

    • Atualização da memória contextual apetitiva induzida por cocaína envolve mecanismosde consolidação e não de reconsolidação 

      Sa, Rafael Karan Vianna de [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2015-06-30)
      One of the neurobiological theory of drug addiction suggest the memories related to contextual and behavioral aspects related to drug taking are constantly updated. Therefore, the knowledge of the mechanism involved in the ...

    • BALB/c and C57BL/6 Mice Cytokine Responses to Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Are Independent of Parasite Strain Infectivity 

      Ferreira, Bianca L. [UNIFESP]; Ferreira, Eden Ramalho [UNIFESP]; Brito, Marlon Vilela de [UNIFESP]; Salu, Bruno Ramos [UNIFESP]; Oliva, Maria Luiza Vilela [UNIFESP]; Mortara, Renato Arruda [UNIFESP]; Orikaza, Cristina Mary [UNIFESP] (Frontiers Media Sa, 2018)
      Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiologic agent of Chagas' disease, which affects 6-7 million people worldwide. Different strains of T. cruzi present specific genotypic and phenotypic characteristics that affect the host-pathogen ...

    • Behavioral characterization of morphine effects on motor activity in mice 

      Patti, C. L.; Frussa, R.; Silva, R. H.; Carvalho, R. C.; Kameda, SR; Takatsu-Coleman, A. L.; Cunha, JLS; Abilio, V. C. (Elsevier B.V., 2005-08-01)
      A biphasic effect of morphine on locomotion has been extensively described. Nevertheless, the effects of this opioid on other behavioral parameters have been overlooked. the aim of the present study was to verify the effects ...