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Viscosity as a key factor in decision making of nectar feeding ants
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2021-01)
It is well known that viscosity reduces the intake rates in nectar-feeding insects, such as nectivorous ants, though it remains unclear whether viscosity imposes a higher energy investment in these insects, and how this ...
Investigação pós-tratamento agudo e crônico com adenosina exógena no nematoide Caenorhabditis elegans
(Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrasilBioquímicaUFSMPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Bioquímica ToxicológicaCentro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, 2021-06-25)
Adenosine is a purine, which has important biological functions for cell metabolism, in addition to many researches relating its use to neuromodulation. Caenorhabditis elegans is a non-parasitic nematode found in nature ...
Neem oil based nanopesticide as an environmentally-friendly formulation for applications in sustainable agriculture: anecotoxicological perspective
(Elsevier, 2019-04-24)
Sustainable agriculture encourages practices that present low risks to the environment and human health. To this end, zein (corn protein) can be used to develop nanocarrier systems capable of improving the physicochemical ...
Clinical trial of a rehabilitation device based on electrical stimulation for patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA): a study protocol [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
(F1000Research, 2021)
Obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (OSA) is a respiratory disorder characterised by repetitive obstruction of the upper airway, leading to several interruptions during sleep. It is currently one of the main public ...
A new antagonist of Caenorhabditis elegans glutamate-activated chloride channels with anthelmintic activity
(Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencias, 2020)
Nematode parasitosis causes mortality and morbidity in humans and losses in livestock and domestic animals. The acquisition of resistance to current anthelmintic drugs has prompted the search for new compounds for which ...
Avaliação do comportamento alimentar de Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888 (AcariI: Ixodidae) em camundongos
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrasilICB - DEPARTAMENTO DE PARASITOLOGIAPrograma de Pós-Graduação em ParasitologiaUFMG, 2018-08-30)
Amblyomma sculptum is an ixodid tick with wide distribution in the Americas, found from
humid areas of northern Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay to periamazonic areas in Brazil. A.
sculptum is one of the six species belonging ...
Caracterização dos mecanismos subjacentes da ação neuroprotetora do extrato de guaraná (Paullinia cupana) no organismo modelo Caenorhabditis elegans
(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrasilUFRNBiomedicina, 2018-11-26)
Investigations involving the guarana seeds extract (Paullinia cupana) show many benefic proprieties, including antioxidative, antimutagenic and protective and stimulating on the central nervous system (CNS). Preliminary ...
Fatores associados às alterações na dinâmica da deglutição orofaríngea na Doença de Parkinson: achados videofluoroscópicos
(Faculdade de Medicina da BahiaPrograma de Pós-graduação em Medicina e SaúdeUFBAbrasil, 2017-09-18)
RESUMO
A disfagia é uma alteração frequente na doença de Parkinson (DP) e pode aumentar o
risco de pneumonia e morte nesta população. Apesar disso, os mecanismos que levam à disfagia
e os seus fatores associados ainda ...