Search Results - "Tomaz, Carlos"
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Pulvinar neurons reveal neurobiological evidence of past selection for rapid detection of snakes
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (19-11-2013)“…Snakes and their relationships with humans and other primates have attracted broad attention from multiple fields of study, but not, surprisingly, from…”
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Relationship between cardiac vagal activity and mood congruent memory bias in major depression
Published in Journal of affective disorders (15-01-2016)“…Abstract Background Previous studies suggest that autonomic reactivity during encoding of emotional information could modulate the neural processes mediating…”
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Habit learning and memory in mammals: Behavioral and neural characteristics
Published in Neurobiology of learning and memory (01-10-2014)“…•Brain areas and neurotransmitters systems involved in habit learning are described.•Emotional modulation of habit learning in rodents and primates is…”
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A 3D-video-based computerized analysis of social and sexual interactions in rats
Published in PloS one (30-10-2013)“…A large number of studies have analyzed social and sexual interactions between rodents in relation to neural activity. Computerized video analysis has been…”
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Fast Detector/First Responder: Interactions between the Superior Colliculus-Pulvinar Pathway and Stimuli Relevant to Primates
Published in Frontiers in neuroscience (17-02-2017)“…Primates are distinguished from other mammals by their heavy reliance on the visual sense, which occurred as a result of natural selection continually favoring…”
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Bearded capuchin monkeys as a model for Alzheimer’s disease
Published in Scientific reports (15-03-2024)“…The absence of a natural animal model is one of the main challenges in Alzheimer’s disease research. Despite the challenges of using nonhuman primates in…”
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SMR Neurofeedback Training Facilitates Working Memory Performance in Healthy Older Adults: A Behavioral and EEG Study
Published in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience (20-12-2018)“…Cognitive aging has become a major concern because life expectancy has increased and elderly populations are socially and economically active. Neurofeedback is…”
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Gamma oscillations in the superior colliculus and pulvinar in response to faces support discrimination performance in monkeys
Published in Neuropsychologia (01-05-2019)“…The subcortical visual pathway including the superior colliculus (SC), pulvinar, and amygdala has been implicated in unconscious visual processing of faces,…”
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Comparative anatomy of the Sapajus sp. (bearded capuchin) hand with comments on tool use in a parallel evolution with the hominid pathway
Published in Frontiers in physiology (2024)“…Bearded capuchins display a wide variety of manipulatory skills and make routine use of tools in both captivity and the wild. The efficient handling of objects…”
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Executive Dysfunctions: The Role in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Post-traumatic Stress Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Published in Frontiers in psychology (23-08-2016)“…Executive functions (EFs) is an umbrella term for various cognitive processes controlled by a complex neural activity, which allow the production of different…”
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Delay-Dependent Impairments in Memory and Motor Functions After Acute Methadone Overdose in Rats
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (10-09-2018)“…Methadone is used as a substitution drug for the treatment of opioid dependence and chronic pain. Despite its widespread use and availability, there is a…”
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A Prototypical Template for Rapid Face Detection Is Embedded in the Monkey Superior Colliculus
Published in Frontiers in systems neuroscience (06-02-2020)“…Human babies respond preferentially to faces or face-like images. It has been proposed that an innate and rapid face detection system is present at birth…”
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Working and reference memory across the estrous cycle of rat: A long-term study in gonadally intact females
Published in Behavioural brain research (12-11-2010)“…The results of many studies conducted over the past two decades suggested a role of estrogen on mammal's ability to learn and remember. In the present paper,…”
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Superior Neuronal Detection of Snakes and Conspecific Faces in the Macaque Medial Prefrontal Cortex
Published in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. 1991) (01-06-2018)“…Abstract Snakes and conspecific faces are quickly and efficiently detected in primates. Because the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) has been implicated in…”
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Snakes elicit earlier, and monkey faces, later, gamma oscillations in macaque pulvinar neurons
Published in Scientific reports (08-02-2016)“…Gamma oscillations (30–80 Hz) have been suggested to be involved in feedforward visual information processing, and might play an important role in detecting…”
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EXAMINING EFFECTIVE CONNECTIVITY PATTERNS IN PATIENTS WITH NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA USING RESTING-STATE FMRI
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Hydrogel Containing Oleoresin From Copaifera officinalis Presents Antibacterial Activity Against Streptococcus agalactiae
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (04-12-2019)“…or Group B (GBS) remains a leading cause of neonatal infections worldwide; and the maternal vaginal-rectal colonization increases the risk of vertical…”
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Cognitive evaluation following the evolution of brain myofibroblastic tumor in the adolescence: a case study report
Published in Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria (01-07-2022)“…ABSTRACT Objective To report the case of a teenager (12 years old) diagnosed with a brain tumor in the right frontal-parietal region emphasizing the main…”
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Preferential Neuronal Responses to Snakes in the Monkey Medial Prefrontal Cortex Support an Evolutionary Origin for Ophidiophobia
Published in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience (24-03-2021)“…Ophidiophobia (snake phobia) is one of the most common specific phobias. It has been proposed that specific phobia may have an evolutionary origin, and that…”
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Planning ability impairments in probable Alzheimer's disease patients: Evidence from the Tower of London test
Published in Dementia & neuropsychologia (01-06-2017)“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with progressive impairment of higher-level cognitive abilities. Previous research suggests that early impairment of…”
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