Retinofugal Projections Into Visual Brain Structures in the Bat Artibeus planirostris: A CTb Study [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2018 A well-developed visual system can provide significant sensory information to guide motor behavior, especially in fruit-eating bats, which usually use echolocation to navigate at high speed through cluttered environments during foraging.
Melquisedec A. D. Santana +10 more
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The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus and the Intergeniculate Leaflet of the Flat-Faced Fruit-Eating Bat (Artibeus planirostris): Retinal Projections and Neurochemical Anatomy [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2018 In mammals, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) and the intergeniculate leaflet (IGL) are the main components of the circadian timing system. The SCN, classically known as the master circadian clock, generates rhythms and synchronizes them to environmental
Nelyane N. M. Santana +12 more
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The body mass index is influenced by the environment in populations of Artibeus planirostris (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)? [PDF]
Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 2021 Bats are the second most diverse taxa of mammals in the world, after rodents. Some studies have evaluated if there is a relationship between the environment and the morphology of bats, because environmental conditions can have an important influence on ...
Adrián Alonso Durán
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Leptospira in Brazilian Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera): A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Vet Med SciWe performed a systematic review on bats and Leptospira in Brazil. 8 studies were conducted between 1976 and 2024, with 66 bat taxa found positive, 1 Leptospira species and four serovars identified. Graphical abstract made with Biorender. ABSTRACT Bats are a megadiverse clade with plural ecological functions, including their role as bacterial, viral ...
Braga CDS, Zeppelini CG.
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Genomic characterization of a novel Hepatovirus identified in Maranhão state, Brazil [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBats are efficient reservoirs of a number of viruses with zoonotic potential, and are involved directly in the transmission cycle of many zoonoses. In the present study, which is part of a larger project that is documenting the viromes of the bat species
Walna Micaelle de Moraes Pires +10 more
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Coronavirus Detection in Bats Captured on the Deforestation Arc of Mato Grosso, Brazil. [PDF]
Zoonoses Public HealthABSTRACT Coronaviruses (CoV) are RNA viruses associated with enteric and respiratory diseases and known for their emergence potential in humans and other mammals. CoVs originate from zoonotic transmission, in which bats are natural reservoirs. Previous studies suggest that CoV diversity is positively correlated with bat diversity, whereas anthropogenic
Cosentino MAC +5 more
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Genetic Evidence for a Potentially New Pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> sp. Circulating in Bats from Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]
Transbound Emerg Dis, 2023 Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonosis frequently reported worldwide, caused by a spirochete of the genus Leptospira. It is capable of infecting domestic animals, free‐living animals, and humans. Among wild animals, the role of bats in the epidemiology of leptospirosis has been investigated but is far from being elucidated.
Di Azevedo MIN +6 more
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Foraging strategies, craniodental traits, and interaction in the bite force of Neotropical frugivorous bats (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae). [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2021 Abstract Bats in the family Phyllostomidae exhibit great diversity in skull size and morphology that reflects the degree of resource division and ecological overlap in the group. In particular, the subfamily Stenodermatinae has high morphological diversification associated with cranial and mandibular traits that are associated with the ability to ...
García-Herrera LV +6 more
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Bat-Associated Pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> spp. from Forest Fragments in Southwestern Brazilian Amazonia. [PDF]
Transbound Emerg DisBats are known as potential carriers of different pathogens; these animals have been identified worldwide as an important reservoir of different species of Leptospira. Therefore, there has been an increasing interest in studying leptospirosis in neotropical bats in the Amazon.
Verde RS +8 more
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Integrated molecular and metatranscriptomic evidence of Tacaribe virus and the brain virome profile of Molossus molossus bat sampled in Brazil [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumTacaribe virus (TCRV), a New World arenavirus, is associated with neotropical frugivorous bats, particularly Artibeus spp., and is considered to have zoonotic potential.
Larissa Leão F. de Sousa +11 more
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