Search Results - "Luciene B. Vieira"

Metabotropic glutamate receptors and neurodegenerative diseases by Ribeiro, Fabiola M., Vieira, Luciene B., Pires, Rita G.W., Olmo, Roenick P., Ferguson, Stephen S.G.

“…[Display omitted] Glutamate is the most important excitatory neurotransmitter of the mammalian central nervous system (CNS), playing an important role in…”
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Animal Toxins as Therapeutic Tools to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases by de Souza, Jessica M, Goncalves, Bruno D C, Gomez, Marcus V, Vieira, Luciene B, Ribeiro, Fabiola M

“…Neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of individuals worldwide. So far, no disease-modifying drug is available to treat patients, making the search for…”
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Zika Virus Promotes Neuronal Cell Death in a Non-Cell Autonomous Manner by Triggering the Release of Neurotoxic Factors by Olmo, Isabella G, Carvalho, Toniana G, Costa, Vivian V, Alves-Silva, Juliana, Ferrari, Carolina Z, Izidoro-Toledo, Tatiane C, da Silva, Juliana F, Teixeira, Antonio L, Souza, Danielle G, Marques, Joao T, Teixeira, Mauro M, Vieira, Luciene B, Ribeiro, Fabiola M

“…Zika virus (ZIKV) has recently caused a worldwide outbreak of infections associated with severe neurological complications, including microcephaly in infants…”
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Social isolation impairs the persistence of social recognition memory by disturbing the glutamatergic tonus and the olfactory bulb-dorsal hippocampus coupling by Almeida-Santos, Ana F., Carvalho, Vinícius R., Jaimes, Laura F., de Castro, Caio M., Pinto, Hyorrana P., Oliveira, Tadeu P. D., Vieira, Luciene B., Moraes, Márcio F. D., Pereira, Grace S.

“…The absence of companion may jeopardize mental health in social animals. Here, we tested the hypothesis that social isolation impairs social recognition memory…”
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Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 knockout rescues obesity phenotype in a mouse model of Huntington’s disease by Santos, Rebeca P. M., Ribeiro, Roberta, Ferreira-Vieira, Talita H., Aires, Rosaria D., de Souza, Jessica M., Oliveira, Bruna S., Lima, Anna Luiza D., de Oliveira, Antônio Carlos P., Reis, Helton J., de Miranda, Aline S., Vieira, Erica M. L., Ribeiro, Fabiola M., Vieira, Luciene B.

“…Obesity represents a global health problem and is characterized by metabolic dysfunctions and a low-grade chronic inflammatory state, which can increase the…”
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Negative Modulation of the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Type 5 as a Potential Therapeutic Strategy in Obesity and Binge-Like Eating Behavior by Oliveira, Tadeu P D, Gonçalves, Bruno D C, Oliveira, Bruna S, de Oliveira, Antonio Carlos P, Reis, Helton J, Ferreira, Claudia N, Aguiar, Daniele C, de Miranda, Aline S, Ribeiro, Fabiola M, Vieira, Erica M L, Palotás, András, Vieira, Luciene B

“…Obesity is a multifactorial disease, which in turn contributes to the onset of comorbidities, such as diabetes and atherosclerosis. Moreover, there are only…”
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A Potential Role for the Ketogenic Diet in Alzheimer's Disease Treatment: Exploring Pre-Clinical and Clinical Evidence by Oliveira, Tadeu P D, Morais, Ana L B, Dos Reis, Pedro L B, Palotás, András, Vieira, Luciene B

“…Given the remarkable progress in global health and overall quality of life, the significant rise in life expectancy has become intertwined with the surging…”
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Inhibition of high voltage-activated calcium channels by spider toxin PnTx3-6 by Vieira, Luciene B, Kushmerick, Christopher, Hildebrand, Michael E, Garcia, Esperanza, Stea, Antony, Cordeiro, Marta N, Richardson, Michael, Gomez, Marcus Vinicius, Snutch, Terrance P

“…Animal peptide toxins have become powerful tools to study structure-function relationships and physiological roles of voltage-activated Ca(2+) channels. In the…”
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Cannabidiol, a Cannabis sativa constituent, inhibits cocaine-induced seizures in mice: Possible role of the mTOR pathway and reduction in glutamate release by Gobira, Pedro H., Vilela, Luciano R., Gonçalves, Bruno D.C., Santos, Rebeca P.M., de Oliveira, Antonio C., Vieira, Luciene B., Aguiar, Daniele C., Crippa, José A., Moreira, Fabricio A.

“…•Cannabidiol prevented cocaine-induced seizures in mice.•CB1 and CB2 antagonists failed to prevent cannabidiol effects.•Cocaine increases, whereas cannabidiol…”
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N-type Ca2+ channels are affected by full-length mutant huntingtin expression in a mouse model of Huntington’s disease by Silva, Flavia R, Miranda, Artur S, Santos, Rebeca P.M, Olmo, Isabella G, Zamponi, Gerald W, Dobransky, Tomas, Cruz, Jader S, Vieira, Luciene B, Ribeiro, Fabiola M

“…Abstract Huntington’s disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by a polyglutamine expansion in the amino-terminal region of the…”
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Cholesterol as a key player in the balance of evoked and spontaneous glutamate release in rat brain cortical synaptosomes by Teixeira, Graziele, Vieira, Luciene B., Gomez, Marcus V., Guatimosim, Cristina

“…► Methyl-β-cyclodextrin induced spontaneous but inhibited the KCl-evoked glutamate release. ► This effect might be upstream to sodium and calcium entry through…”
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The Phoneutria nigriventer spider toxin, PnTx4-5-5, promotes neuronal survival by blocking NMDA receptors by Silva, Flavia R., Batista, Edleusa M.L., Gomez, Marcus V., Kushmerick, Christopher, Da Silva, Juliana F., Cordeiro, Marta N., Vieira, Luciene B., Ribeiro, Fabiola M.

“…Spider toxins are recognized as useful sources of bioactive substances, showing a wide range of pharmacological effects on neurotransmission. Several spider…”
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Alterations of Calcium Channels in a Mouse Model of Huntington’s Disease and Neuroprotection by Blockage of CaV1 Channels by Miranda, Artur S., Cardozo, Pablo Leal, Silva, Flavia R., de Souza, Jessica M., Olmo, Isabella G., Cruz, Jader S., Gomez, Marcus Vinícius, Ribeiro, Fabiola M., Vieira, Luciene B.

“…Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative autosomal dominant disorder, characterized by symptoms of involuntary movement of the body, loss of cognitive…”
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Peripheral blood mono-nuclear cells derived from Alzheimer's disease patients show elevated baseline levels of secreted cytokines but resist stimulation with β-amyloid peptide by Rocha, Natália Pessoa, Teixeira, Antônio Lúcio, Coelho, Fernanda Matos, Caramelli, Paulo, Guimarães, Henrique Cerqueira, Barbosa, Izabela Guimarães, da Silva, Tarcilia Aparecida, Mukhamedyarov, Marat Alexandrovich, Zefirov, Andrey Lvovich, Rizvanov, Albert Anatolyevich, Kiyasov, Andrey Pavlovich, Vieira, Luciene B., Janka, Zoltán, Palotás, András, Reis, Helton José

“…Among several other factors, the neuro-toxic β-amyloid peptide (βAP)-induced inflammatory mechanisms have also been implicated in the pathogenesis of…”
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Neuro-transmitters in the central nervous system & their implication in learning and memory processes by Reis, Helton J, Guatimosim, Cristina, Paquet, Maryse, Santos, Magda, Ribeiro, Fabíola M, Kummer, Arthur, Schenatto, Grace, Salgado, João V, Vieira, Luciene B, Teixeira, Antônio L, Palotás, András

“…This review article gives an overview of a number of central neuro-transmitters, which are essential for integrating many functions in the central nervous…”
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Coronary artery bypass surgery provokes Alzheimer's disease-like changes in the cerebrospinal fluid by Palotás, András, Reis, Helton J, Bogáts, Gábor, Babik, Barna, Racsmány, Mihály, Engvau, Linda, Kecskeméti, Eva, Juhász, Anna, Vieira, Luciene B, Teixeira, Antônio L, Mukhamedyarovi, Marat A, Rizvanov, Albert A, Yalvaç, Mehmet E, Guimarães, Melissa M, Ferreira, Cláudia N, Zefirov, Andrey L, Kiyasov, Andrey P, Wang, Lan, Janka, Zoltán, Kálmán, János

“…Several biomarkers are used in confirming the diagnosis of cognitive disorders. This study evaluates whether the level of these markers after heart surgery…”
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Transcriptional Analysis of Blood Lymphocytes and Skin Fibroblasts, Keratinocytes, and Endothelial Cells as a Potential Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease by Mukhamedyarov, Marat A, Rizvanov, Albert A, Yakupov, Eduard Z, Zefirov, Andrey L, Kiyasov, Andrey P, Reis, Helton J, Teixeira, Antônio L, Vieira, Luciene B, Lima, Luciana M, Salafutdinov, Ilnur I, Petukhova, Elena O, Khaiboullina, Svetlana F, Schlauch, Karen A, Lombardi, Vincent C, Palotás, András

“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating and progressive form of dementia that is typically associated with a build-up of amyloid-β plaques and…”
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All-or-Nothing Type Biphasic Cytokine Production of Human Lymphocytes After Exposure to Alzheimer's β-Amyloid Peptide by Teixeira, Antônio L, Reis, Helton J, Coelho, Fernanda M, Carneiro, Daniel S, Teixeira, Mauro M, Vieira, Luciene B, Mukhamedyarov, Marat A, Zefirov, Andrey L, Janka, Zoltán, Palotás, András

“…Background Neuro-inflammation, triggered by β-amyloid peptide, is implicated as one of the primary contributors to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis, and…”
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Effect of halothane on the release of [Ca2+]i in dorsal root ganglion neurons by Gomes, Dawidson A, Guatimosim, Cristina, Gomez, Renato Santiago, Leite, Maria F, Vieira, Luciene B, Prado, Marco A, Romano-Silva, Marco A, Gomez, Marcus V

“…We investigated the effect of the volatile anaesthetic halothane on [Ca]i of dorsal root ganglion neurons. Halothane was able to increase [Ca]i in those…”
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Alterations of Calcium Channels in a Mouse Model of Huntington’s Disease and Neuroprotection by Blockage of Ca V 1 Channels by Miranda, Artur S., Cardozo, Pablo Leal, Silva, Flavia R., de Souza, Jessica M., Olmo, Isabella G., Cruz, Jader S., Gomez, Marcus Vinícius, Ribeiro, Fabiola M., Vieira, Luciene B.

“…Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative autosomal dominant disorder, characterized by symptoms of involuntary movement of the body, loss of cognitive…”
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