[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.591601.].
Worldwide environmental tragedies of anthropogenic origin causing massive release of metals and other pollutants have been increasing considerably. These pollution outbreaks affect the ecosystems and impact human health. Among those tragedies, recent large-scale environmental disasters in Brazil strongly affected riverside populations, leading to high-risk exposure to methylmercury (MeHg). MeHg is highly neurot...
Objective: Prolonged maternal separation (PMS) in the first 2 wk of life has been associated with poor growth with lasting effects in brain structure and function. This study aimed to investigate whether PMS-induced undernutrition could cause systemic inflammation and changes in nutrition-related hormonal levels, affecting hippocampal structure and neurotransmission in C57BL/6J suckling mice. Methods: This stud...
Documentos apresentados no âmbito do reconhecimento de graus e diplomas estrangeiros; A presente tese foi concebida a partir de experimentos realizados no Laboratório de Biotecnologia e Biologia Molecular da EMBRAPA Meio Norte, Teresina-PI. O pinhão manso (Jatropha curcas L.) é uma planta oleaginosa, da família Euphorbiaceae, perene, de provável origem da América Central. Com as atuais urgências de substituição...