CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Has experience in Morphology, focusing on Histology (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The accelerated populational aging has as a result the increased incidence of diseases associated with aging, as well as the costs of medical treatments. Parkinson's disease (PD) is considered the second most common neurodegenerative disease in elderly people and is characterized by the presence of motor difficulties due to loss of dopaminergic neurons in the striatum. The loss of dopamin…
Parkinson's disease (PD) is considered the second most common neurodegenerative disease in elderly people and is characterized by the presence of motor difficulties, which is a consequence of neuronal degeneration in the substantia nigra pars compacta. A major neurotoxin used for PD study in animal models is 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), which exerts neurotoxic effects through the productio…
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