Amanda Siena dos Santos

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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal)
Birthplace: Brazil

Nowadays is a doctoral student at the Department of Pharmacology at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB) of the University of São Paulo (USP) and holds a masters in health sciences (2019) from the Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences. She haves a degree in Neuroscience (2016) and a degree in Science and Technology, both from the Federal University of ABC (2016). She was a technician at the vivarium at the Pasteur Institute and vice-coordinator of the Institute's Animal Use Ethics Committee (CEUA). Has in Neurophysiology and Pharmacology, focusing on Neuroscience and Behavior, acting on the following topics: animal models, animal welfare, neurodevelopment, mental disorders, experience neurodegenerative diseases and infectious diseases of the nervous system. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)

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Neurodevelopment, as well as the stages that comprise it, such as proliferation, differentiation and neuronal migration, synapse formation, myelination and synaptic pruning, are dependent on Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP), intracellular calcium buffering and/or the production of Reactive Oxygen Species (EROS). Therefore, all the essential pathways for the development of the Central Nervous …
The role of the mitochondrial function on synaptic dynamics and neurogenesis in cells exposed to rotenone: relevance for psychiatric disorders, BP.DR

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Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a disabling psychiatric disorder that affects around 1% of the global population. Patients with SCZ present positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms. The SCZ onset occurs at the beginning of adulthood, with correlates with the late stages of neurodevelopment. Then, nowadays, SCZ has been studied as a neurodevelopmental disorder. Some disturbances during neurodevel…
ANALYSIS OF MITOCHONDRIAL COMPLEX I SUBUNIT (NDUFS2) ROLE IN PRIMARY CORTICAL NEURONS FROM A SCHIZOPHRENIA-LIKE ANIMAL MODEL, BE.EP.DR

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Cristoforo Scavone

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Biological Sciences Pharmacology

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