Cell coupling in the arc of life: development, adaptation and degeneration of the nervous system

• Grant number: 08/55210-1
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Physiology - Physiology of Organs and Systems
• Principal Investigator: Alexandre Hiroaki Kihara
• Grantee: Alexandre Hiroaki Kihara
• Host Institution: Centro de Matemática, Computação e Cognição (CMCC). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/15018-5 - Study of the role of intracellular calcium receptors inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) in the hippocampus of rats after neonatal anoxia, BP.MS; 14/04568-4 - Gap junction channels in the synchronization of neuronal oscillations in a model of neuronal activation: molecular and electrophysiological approaches, BP.PD; 13/07424-0 - VDAC1 and the Decision Between Celular Life and Death in Neurodegenerative Disorders, BP.MS; + associated scholarships 13/21844-2 - IP3Rs functional role in retinal degeneration caused by mechanical trauma, BP.IC; 13/12928-8 - Functional expression of XRN2 and PAPD4 in spinal cord development, function and injury, BP.PD; 13/07458-2 - Epigenetic-related control of neural differentiation in retinal development, BP.DR; 12/24910-3 - Role of IP3 and ryanodine receptors in the hippocampus development, BP.MS; 11/15327-0 - Expression of genes evolved with miRNA stability during the development of rat spinal cord, BP.MS; 09/15255-9 - Cell coupling and cell cycle relationship in neurodegeneration, BP.MS - associated scholarships

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

WALTER, LAIS TAKATA; VILAR HIGA, GUILHERME SHIGUETO; SCHMELTZER, CHRISTIAN; SOUSA, ERICA; KINJO, ERIKA REIME; RUEDIGER, STEN; HAMASSAKI, DANIA EMI; CERCHIARO, GISELLE; KIHARA, ALEXANDRE HIROAKI. Functional regulation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression and activity in the rat retina. Experimental Neurology, v. 261, p. 510-517, NOV 2014. (08/55210-1)