Search Results - "Ana Rodrigues"
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RPN-6 determines C. elegans longevity under proteotoxic stress conditions
Published in Nature (London) (13-09-2012)“…Organisms that protect their germ-cell lineages from damage often do so at considerable cost: limited metabolic resources become partitioned away from…”
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The multifaceted challenge of evaluating protected area effectiveness
Published in Nature communications (13-10-2020)“…Protected areas (PAs) are the most important conservation tool, yet assessing their effectiveness is remarkably challenging. We clarify the links between the…”
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Protected Areas and Effective Biodiversity Conservation
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (15-11-2013)“…Increasing the collective contribution of protected areas toward preventing species extinctions requires the strategic allocation of management efforts…”
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Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century
Published in Nature (London) (08-10-2020)“…Humanity will soon define a new era for nature—one that seeks to transform decades of underwhelming responses to the global biodiversity crisis. Area-based…”
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Why do birds migrate? A macroecological perspective
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-06-2015)“…Aim: Bird migration poses a challenge to macroecology, because with one in five species moving twice yearly between breeding and non-breeding grounds,…”
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Lifespan extension induced by AMPK and calcineurin is mediated by CRTC-1 and CREB
Published in Nature (London) (17-02-2011)“…CTRCs as ageing mediators Ageing is slowed, and lifespan extended, in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans by the activation of the enzyme AMPK (5′ adenosine…”
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Effectiveness of protected areas in conserving tropical forest birds
Published in Nature communications (14-09-2020)“…Protected areas (PAs) are the cornerstones of global biodiversity conservation efforts, but to fulfil this role they must be effective at conserving the…”
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Shortcuts for Biodiversity Conservation Planning: The Effectiveness of Surrogates
Published in Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics (01-01-2007)“…Biodiversity is not completely known anywhere, so conservation planning is always based on surrogates for which data are available and, hence, assumed…”
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Status and Trends of Amphibian Declines and Extinctions Worldwide
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (03-12-2004)“…The first global assessment of amphibians provides new context for the well-publicized phenomenon of amphibian declines. Amphibians are more threatened and are…”
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Sodium chloride effect on the aggregation behaviour of rhamnolipids and their antifungal activity
Published in Scientific reports (10-10-2017)“…In this work, the antifungal activity of rhamnolipids produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa #112 was evaluated against Aspergillus niger MUM 92.13 and Aspergillus…”
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Boom-and-Bust Development Patterns Across the Amazon Deforestation Frontier
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (12-06-2009)“…The Brazilian Amazon is globally important for biodiversity, climate, and geochemical cycles, but is also among the least developed regions in Brazil. Economic…”
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Bio3d: an R package for the comparative analysis of protein structures
Published in Bioinformatics (01-11-2006)“…An automated procedure for the analysis of homologous protein structures has been developed. The method facilitates the characterization of internal…”
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NLRP3 inflammasome-driven pathways in depression: Clinical and preclinical findings
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-08-2017)“…Highlights • Chronic stress activates NLRP3 complex in rodent brain. • NLRP3 is activated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with MDD. •…”
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difference conservation makes to extinction risk of the world's ungulates
Published in Conservation biology (01-10-2015)“…Previous studies show that conservation actions have prevented extinctions, recovered populations, and reduced declining trends in global biodiversity…”
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Creatine, Similar to Ketamine, Counteracts Depressive-Like Behavior Induced by Corticosterone via PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway
Published in Molecular neurobiology (01-12-2016)“…Ketamine has emerged as a novel strategy to treat refractory depression, producing rapid remission, but elicits some side effects that limit its use. In an…”
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Reappraising striatal D1- and D2-neurons in reward and aversion
Published in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews (01-09-2016)“…•Striatum is mainly composed of medium spiny neurons (MSNs) that are segregated into those that express dopamine receptor D1 (D1-MSNs) and D2-MSNs.•Coding the…”
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Mapping global diversity patterns for migratory birds
Published in PloS one (07-08-2013)“…Nearly one in five bird species has separate breeding and overwintering distributions, and the regular migrations of these species cause a substantial seasonal…”
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Agmatine, by Improving Neuroplasticity Markers and Inducing Nrf2, Prevents Corticosterone-Induced Depressive-Like Behavior in Mice
Published in Molecular neurobiology (01-07-2016)“…Agmatine, an endogenous neuromodulator, is a potential candidate to constitute an adjuvant/monotherapy for the management of depression. A recent study by our…”
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Activation of D2 dopamine receptor-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens increases motivation
Published in Nature communications (23-06-2016)“…Striatal dopamine receptor D1-expressing neurons have been classically associated with positive reinforcement and reward, whereas D2 neurons are associated…”
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Excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe - preliminary pooled estimates from the EuroMOMO network, March to April 2020
Published in Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles (02-07-2020)“…A remarkable excess mortality has coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. We present preliminary pooled estimates of all-cause mortality for 24…”
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