Effects of central melatonin replacement therapy in older animals - changes in insulin signal transmission in the hypothalamus, liver, muscle and adipose tissue.

• Grant number: 10/12947-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: March 01, 2011
• End date: February 28, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Physiology - General Physiology
• Principal Investigator: José Cipolla Neto
• Grantee: Rosana Fátima Dantas Ferreira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 09/52920-0 - Melatonin and the control of energy metabolism: central and peripheral actions and the circadian timing of the metabolic function, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 12/20229-0 - Analysis of intracerebroventricular injection of melatonin in feeding behavior and changes in signal transmission of insulin in liver, muscle and adipose tissues in the experimental diurnal model Arvicanthis ansorgei, BE.EP.DR

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

FERREIRA, Rosana Fátima Dantas. Effects of therapeutic central replacement of melatonin in pinealectomized animals - implications on feeding behavior and body weight.. 2015. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) São Paulo.