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Estudo comparativo entre três técnicas abertas de orquiectomia em gatos
Oliveira, Karen Maciel de; Muzzi, Leonardo Augusto Lopes; Torres, Bruno Benetti Junta; Alves, Endrigo Gabellini Leonel; Sampaio, Gabriela RodriguesBackground: Surgical sterilization of male cats is one of the most commonly procedures in the small animals practice, used as a control method against the overpopulation of domestic cats. Orchiectomy also aims to prevent or treat hormone-mediated diseases, disorders of the reproductive organs, such as testicular cancer, orchitis, prostatic diseases, trauma or abscesses. In addition, it may be used to control un...
Conotoxin MVIIA improves cell viability and antioxidant system after spinal cor...
Oliveira, Karen Maciel de; Binda, Nancy Scardua; Lavor, Mário Sérgio Lima de; Silva, Carla Maria Osório; Rosado, Isabel RodriguesThis study evaluates whether intrathecal MVIIA injection after spinal cord injury (SCI) elicits neuroprotective effects. The test rats were randomly distributed into six groups— sham, placebo, MVIIA 2.5 μM, MVIIA 5 μM, MVIIA 10 μM, and MVIIA 20 μM—and were administered the treatment four hours after SCI. After the optimal MVIIA dose (MVIIA 10 μM) was defined, the best time for application, one or four hours, wa...