CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades (EACH) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
obtained her major on Physiotherapy at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (1997), Ph.D. on Morphological Sciences at Universidade de São Paulo (2005) and worked as post-doc in Universidade Federal de São Paulo (2009) and University of California at Los Angeles (2012). Assistant Professor at Escola de Artes,Ciências e Humanidades of Universidade de São Paulo and has master and PhD students in the program Neurociências e Comportamento of Instituto de Psicologia of USP. Has experience in Physiotherapy and neuroscience acting on the following subjects: neuroplasticity, neuroprotection, neurogenesis, spinal cord injury, behaviour, physical activity. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The social isolation has been described as a stressor, at physiological level as soon as behavioral level, with association with many psychological disorders, such as anxiety and depression, and loss in memory. It is necessary to study ways for intervention in order to prevent such a situation, which is difficult because of the way in which the modern society is structured. Also, the mist…
The spontaneous physical activity has been widely studied aiming benefits for health in general. In the Central Nervous System (CNS), it's known that there are molecular systems that, when changed, can potentiate the plasticity in the CNS, influencing memory and learning parameters and bringing benefits and protection against many neurological conditions, like Parkinson's disease, Alzheim…
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