CV Lattes
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araçatuba. Faculdade de Odontologia (FOA) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Student of biomedicine course of Toledo University Center, Araçatuba-São Paulo. It is currently a Scientific Initiation student in the department of basic sciences of the state university Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho FOA/UNESP) in the laboratory of Neuroendocrinology under the guidance of professor João Cesar Bedran de Castro to aid search FAPESP. It has experience in physiology area, with emphasis on bone metabolism, acting on the following topics: skeletal sexual dimorphism, bone tissue, osteocalcin and TRAP (tartrate resistant acid phosphatase). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The skeletal system is sexually dimorphic, to being average larger and more robust in men compared to women. Sex hormones are considered key mediators of skeletal sexual dimorphism. Studies suggest that prepuberal androgen deficiency, possibly in early childhood, causes permanent defects in bone mineral density. Results from our laboratory show that disturbances of the hypothalamic-pituit…
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