CV Lattes
Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). Instituto Butantan (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduate at Farmácia from Universidade Católica de Santos (2008). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Pain is a multidimensional sensory experience and multiple mechanisms are involved in the generation of pathophysiological nociceptive pain. Identification of mechanisms and molecular components responsible for pain generation has contributed to the advance in understanding of pain and its control. However, despite the increase in the number of options for pain treatment, many patients co…
Studies develop in the last years in our lab, using compounds obtained from animal venoms or toxins, resulted in the discovery of crotalfina, a peptide of 14 amino acids that had its sequence based on natural painkiller factor obtained from the venom of Crotalus durissus terrificus. Studies demonstrated that crotalfina induces long-lasting antinociception (2-3 days in the chronic pain mod…
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