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| Pagnussat,A.S.; Michaelsen,S.M.; Achaval,M.; Ilha,J.; Hermel,E.E.S.; Back,F.P.; Netto,C.A.. |
| The most disabling aspect of human peripheral nerve injuries, the majority of which affect the upper limbs, is the loss of skilled hand movements. Activity-induced morphological and electrophysiological remodeling of the neuromuscular junction has been shown to influence nerve repair and functional recovery. In the current study, we determined the effects of two different treatments on the functional and morphological recovery after median and ulnar nerve injury. Adult Wistar male rats weighing 280 to 330 g at the time of surgery (N = 8-10 animals/group) were submitted to nerve crush and 1 week later began a 3-week course of motor rehabilitation involving either "skilled" (reaching for small food pellets) or "unskilled" (walking on a motorized treadmill)... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Peripheral nerve injury; Functional recovery; Median nerve; Ulnar nerve; Nerve morphometry. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000800010 |
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| Rizelio,V.; Szawka,R.E.; Xavier,L.L.; Achaval,M.; Rigon,P.; Saur,L.; Matheussi,F.; Delattre,A.M.; Anselmo-Franci,J.A.; Meneses,M.; Ferraz,A.C.. |
| The objective of the present study was to determine whether lesion of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) promoted by N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) would rescue nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons after unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) injection into the medial forebrain bundle (MFB). Initially, 16 mg 6-OHDA (6-OHDA group) or vehicle (artificial cerebrospinal fluid - aCSF; Sham group) was infused into the right MFB of adult male Wistar rats. Fifteen days after surgery, the 6-OHDA and SHAM groups were randomly subdivided and received ipsilateral injection of either 60 mM NMDA or aCSF in the right STN. Additionally, a control group was not submitted to stereotaxic surgery. Five groups of rats were studied: 6-OHDA/NMDA, 6-OHDA/Sham, Sham/NMDA, Sham/Sham, and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Subthalamic nucleus; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra pars compacta; 6-Hydroxydopamine; Tyrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010000100012 |
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| Achaval,M.; Penha,M.A.P.; Swarowsky,A.; Rigon,P.; Xavier,L.L.; Viola,G.G.; Zancan,D.M.. |
| We describe the behavior of the snail Megalobulimus abbreviatus upon receiving thermal stimuli and the effects of pretreatment with morphine and naloxone on behavior after a thermal stimulus, in order to establish a useful model for nociceptive experiments. Snails submitted to non-functional (22ºC) and non-thermal hot-plate stress (30ºC) only displayed exploratory behavior. However, the animals submitted to a thermal stimulus (50ºC) displayed biphasic avoidance behavior. Latency was measured from the time the animal was placed on the hot plate to the time when the animal lifted the head-foot complex 1 cm from the substrate, indicating aversive thermal behavior. Other animals were pretreated with morphine (5, 10, 20 mg/kg) or naloxone (2.5, 5.0, 7.5 mg/kg)... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Snail; Thermal avoidance; Nociception; Morphine; Naloxone. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000100012 |
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| Rodrigues,L.P.; Iglesias,D.; Nicola,F.C.; Steffens,D.; Valentim,L.; Witczak,A.; Zanatta,G.; Achaval,M.; Pranke,P.; Netto,C.A.. |
| Cell transplantation is a promising experimental treatment for spinal cord injury. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of mononuclear cells from human umbilical cord blood in promoting functional recovery when transplanted after a contusion spinal cord injury. Female Wistar rats (12 weeks old) were submitted to spinal injury with a MASCIS impactor and divided into 4 groups: control, surgical control, spinal cord injury, and one cell-treated lesion group. Mononuclear cells from umbilical cord blood of human male neonates were transplanted in two experiments: a) 1 h after surgery, into the injury site at a concentration of 5 x 10(6) cells diluted in 10 µL 0.9% NaCl (N = 8-10 per group); b) into the cisterna magna, 9 days after lesion at... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Spinal cord injury; Cell therapy; Functional recovery; Mononuclear cells; Human umbilical cord blood; MASCIS impactor. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000100009 |
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| Nóblega,H.G.; Missaglia,V.; Stenert,C.; Faccioni-Heuser,M.C.; Achaval,M.. |
| The vascularization of the central nervous system of the snail Megalobulimus oblongus was studied by injection of carmine-gelatin solution into the arterial system and using a histochemical technique for the detection of alkaline phosphatase. The central nervous system of M. oblongus is irrigated by the anterior aorta, from which a series of small branches emerge that supply the subesophageal nervous ganglia. In turn, these branches give rise to a series of smaller vessels that irrigate the buccal bulb, the anterior portion of the foot, the cerebral ganglia, the dorsal body gland, and the anterior portion of the reproductive system. No hemolymph vessels were detected within nervous tissue although such vessels were found in the periganglionic connective... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Gastropods; Central nervous system; Vascular supply; Trypan blue; Carmine-gelatin; Alkaline phosphatase activity. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2003000900016 |
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