Development of an experiment for X-Ray Fluorescence quantitative analysis and application to rodent models of epilepsy

• Grant number: 19/18950-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2020
• End date: April 30, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - General Physics
• Principal Investigator: Jean Rinkel
• Grantee: Pedro de Asevedo Piquet Carneiro
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this project, a system of X-ray fluorescence will be developed, with the objective of quantifying the concentration of chemical elements of interest (iron and zinc) in rat brains (controls and with induced epilepsy). The X-ray production, fluorescence, and detection with a spectrometric detector will be studied.