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Early consumption of high-fat diet worsens renal damage in spontaneously hypert...
Farah, Vera
Post-weaning exposure to high-fat diet induces kidney lipid accumulation and fu...
Muller, Cynthia R.; Leite, Ana Paula O.; Yokota, Rodrigo; Pereira, Renata O.; Americo, Anna Laura V.; Nascimento, Nilberto Robson Falcão doAim: We investigated the kidney morphofunctional consequences of high-fat diet intake since post-weaning in adult rats. Main Methods: Male Wistar rats were divided into two groups: ND (normal diet; n = 10) and HD (high-fat diet; n = 10). The high-fat diet was introduced post-weaned and animals were followed for 8 weeks. Key Findings: HD group did not change body weight gain even though food consumption has decr...
The effects of green tea consumption on cardiometabolic alterations induced by ...
Farah, Vera
Monosodium glutamate neonatal treatment induces cardiovascular autonomic functi...
Konrad, Signorá Peres; Farah, Vera; Rodrigues, Bruno; Wichi, Rogério Brandão; Machado, Ubiratan Fabres; Lopes, Heno Ferreira; Schaan, Beatriz D'AgordOBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate cardiovascular autonomic function in a rodent obesity model induced by monosodium glutamate injections during the first seven days of life. METHOD: The animals were assigned to control (control, n = 10) and monosodium glutamate (monosodium glutamate, n = 13) groups. Thirty-three weeks after birth, arterial and venous catheters were implanted for arterial pressur...