Search Results - "Ribeiro, Maria Flavia M."
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Kinin B1 receptor deficiency protects mice fed by cafeteria diet from abnormal glucose homeostasis
Published in PloS one (26-05-2022)“…The kallikrein-kinin system has been implicated in body weight and glucose homeostasis. Their major effectors act by binding to the kinin B2 and B1 receptors…”
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DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE PROTECTS MALE AND FEMALE HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS AND NEUROBLASTOMA CELLS FROM GLUCOSE DEPRIVATION
Published in Brain research (01-08-2016)“…Abstract Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) modulates neurogenesis, neuronal function, neuronal survival and metabolism, enhancing mitochondrial oxidative capacity…”
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Increase in Reactive Oxygen Species and Activation of Akt Signaling Pathway in Neuropathic Pain
Published in Cellular and molecular neurobiology (01-12-2008)“…Neuropathic pain occurs as a result of peripheral or central nervous system injury. Its pathophysiology involves mainly a central sensitization mechanism that…”
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Dendritic spines in the posterodorsal medial amygdala after restraint stress and ageing in rats
Published in Neuroscience letters (31-08-2007)“…Several evidences suggest that the posterodorsal medial amygdala (MePD) can be a relevant part of the rat neural circuitry for the regulation of hypothalamic…”
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Neuropathic pain modifies antioxidant activity in rat spinal cord
Published in Neurochemical research (01-05-2006)“…Oxidative stress is an important pathophysiological mechanism of many neurological diseases. Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species have been cited as molecules…”
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Sex-specific effects of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on glucose metabolism in the CNS
Published in The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology (01-07-2017)“…•DHEA decreased glucose uptake in the cerebral cortex of male rats, but had no effect on glucose uptake in the olfactory bulb or hippocampus, and in…”
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Effect of progesterone on the expression of GABAA receptor subunits in the prefrontal cortex of rats: implications of sex differences and brain hemisphere
Published in Cell biochemistry and function (01-12-2012)“…Progesterone is a neuroactive hormone with non‐genomic effects on GABAA receptors (GABAAR). Changes in the expression of GABAAR subunits are related to…”
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Effect of progesterone on the expression of GABA(A) receptor subunits in the prefrontal cortex of rats: implications of sex differences and brain hemisphere
Published in Cell biochemistry and function (01-12-2012)“…Progesterone is a neuroactive hormone with non-genomic effects on GABA(A) receptors (GABA(A)R). Changes in the expression of GABA(A)R subunits are related to…”
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Effect of low doses of progesterone in the expression of the GABA(A) receptor α4 subunit and procaspase-3 in the hypothalamus of female rats
Published in Endocrine (01-08-2014)“…Progesterone is a steroid which regulates neural function, thereby modulating neurotransmission, cell survival, and behavior. Previous studies by our group…”
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Dihydrotestostenone increase the gene expression of androgen receptor coregulator FHL2 in human non-transformed epithelial prostatic cells
Published in African journal of biotechnology (03-06-2015)“…The actions of androgens are mediated through an androgen receptor (AR), and AR activity is modulated by coregulators. The aim of this study was to assess the…”
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Effect of progesterone on the expression of GABA sub(A) receptor subunits in the prefrontal cortex of rats: implications of sex differences and brain hemisphere
Published in Cell biochemistry and function (01-12-2012)“…Progesterone is a neuroactive hormone with non-genomic effects on GABA sub(A) receptors (GABA sub(A)R). Changes in the expression of GABA sub(A)R subunits are…”
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Effects of xenoestrogen bisphenol A on uterine and pituitary weight, serum prolactin levels and immunoreactive prolactin cells in ovariectomized Wistar rats
Published in Archives of toxicology (25-04-2000)“…Considerable attention has currently been focused on bisphenol A (BPA), an environmental endocrine disrupting chemical that has oestrogenic activity. In vitro…”
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Progestin modulation of c-fos and prolactin gene expression in the human endometrium
Published in Fertility and sterility (01-06-1999)“…To evaluate the influence of the menstrual cycle and the effects of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) on the expression of the protooncogene c-fos and of…”
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Effects of tamoxifen on serum prolactin levels, pituitary immunoreactive prolactin cells and uterine growth in estradiol-treated ovariectomized rats
Published in Hormone and metabolic research (01-04-1996)“…Pituitary effects of the antiestrogen tamoxifen are not well established, although estrogen is known to have a stimulatory role in prolactin secretion. Effects…”
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