PhD and MSc from the Neurology/Neurosciences postgraduate program at the Federal University of São Paulo. He completed part of his doctorate at the University of Surrey (UK) and training at the Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Neurológicas, Hospital de Especialidades, CMN Siglo XXI, IMSS (Mexico) sponsored by the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). Graduated Nursing from the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences of Juiz de Fora - SUPREMA. Member of the Society for Neuroscience, the European Brain and Behavior Society (EBBS), the American Epilepsy Society (AES), the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN), the Brazilian Epilepsy League (LBE), the Brazilian Society of Neuroscience and Behavior (SBNeC) and the Brazilian Association of Neurology and Neurosurgery Nursing (ABENN). Her research focuses on the neuroprotective effects of physical exercise on the Central Nervous System in normal and pathological conditions and stress mechanisms associated with psychiatric disorders associated with epilepsy. It also works on public and social policies for diversity, equity, and inclusion of people with epilepsy. Leader of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) for Latin America Nursing Section. He has experience in Neuroscience and Physiology with an emphasis on epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy, experimental models of epilepsy associated with physical exercise, stress during pregnancy and brain development, and neuroplasticity. Currently (12/2021) Coordinator of the Nursing Course at Faculdade Uniterp - FACTERP and lecturer at Faculdade Ceres de Medicina. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Combinations of antiepileptogenic and neuroprotective strategies for preventing and treating epilepsy have been investigated. In this regard, physical exercise can be a potential candidate to be integrated as complementary therapy for preventing or treating epilepsy. The beneficial effects of exercise for people with epilepsy have been increasingly reported, including reduction of seizure…
Environmental factors such as prenatal stress in animals can induce alterations in the development of nervous system and consequently increase seizures susceptibility and the development of epilepsy of offspring in the early and later stages of life. Further, the developing brain in the postnatal period presents increased susceptibility to seizures, depending on brain development phase. R…
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