CV Lattes
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduated in Biomedical Sciences at Federal University of São Paulo (2008). Received Science master's and Ph.D. degree at Federal University of São Paulo. Currently is a PhD student at Federal University of São Paulo. Has experience in Medicine - Psychiatry, with emphasis on Animal Models of Schizophrenia (SHR strain) and BDNF. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Schizophrenia is a severely incapacitating mental disorder. It's expressed in the late adolescence / early adulthood and causes severe damage on cognitive and social performances of the pacients, as well as great suffering for their families. Its pathophysiology remains unclear, but changes on BDNF (brain-derived neutrophic factor) seem to be associated. The treatment is performed with an…
Changes on receptors, in the signaling cascade and / or expression of BDNF can not only result in a poor neural development, but also changes in neural plasticity and structural abnormalities that may be associated with the development of schizophrenia. Data obtained so far indicate a participation of BDNF in behaviors related to schizophrenia in our animal model, however, the techniques …
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