Effects of vitamin D supplementation in rats with chronic neuropathy

• Grant number: 16/14675-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2017
• End date: February 05, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Morphology - Anatomy
• Principal Investigator: Marucia Chacur
• Grantee: Rafael Augusto Galdino Venega
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 17/08567-0 - Effects of vitamin D on intracellular calcium of primary neuronal cultures, BE.EP.IC

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the effects of vitamin D3 on Chronic Constrict Injury (CCI) induced rats, focusing on the biochemical and morphological changes in their spinal cord before and after vitamin D3 supplementation and their behaviour as a consequence of painful episodes. (AU)

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)

DA SILVA, J. T.; EVANGELISTA, B. G.; VENEGA, R. A. G.; OLIVEIRA, M. E.; CHACUR, M.. EARLY AND LATE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN SCIATIC NERVE INJURY MAY BE MODULATED BY NERVE GROWTH FACTOR AND SUBSTANCE P IN RATS: A CHRONIC CONSTRICTION INJURY LONG-TERM EVALUATION. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL REGULATORS AND HOMEOSTATIC AGENTS, v. 31, n. 2, p. 309-319, APR-JUN 2017. (14/24533-0, 16/14675-8, 12/24408-6)