Normal spatial learning and improved spatial working memory in mice (mus musculus) lacking dopamine d4 receptors [PDF]
, 2001 Dopamine terminals in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex modulate cognitive processes such as spatial learning and working memory. Because dopamine D4 receptors are expressed in these brain areas we have analyzed mutant mice lacking this receptor ...
Avale, Maria Elena +3 more
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Molecular epidemiology of domestic and sylvatic Trypanosoma cruzi infection in rural northwestern Argentina [PDF]
, 2008 Genetic diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi populations and parasite transmission dynamics have been well documented throughout the Americas, but few studies have been conducted in the Gran Chaco ecoregion, one of the most highly endemic areas for Chagas ...
Cardinal, Marta Victoria +8 more
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A participação da genética nas dependências químicas
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 1999 Este artigo procura examinar a questão da herdabilidade nas dependências químicas. Através da revisão de estudos em famílias, em gêmeos e de adoção, encontramos evidências para afirmar a importância dos fatores genéticos na transmissão da vulnerabilidade
Guilherme Peres Messas
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The structure of Brazilian Amazonian gut microbiomes in the process of urbanisation
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2021 Shifts in subsistence strategy among Native American people of the Amazon may be the cause of typically western diseases previously linked to modifications of gut microbial communities.
Ana Paula Schaan +9 more
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Molecular phylogeny and diversification history of Prosopis (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) [PDF]
, 2008 The genus Prosopis is an important member of arid and semiarid environments around the world. To study Prosopis diversification and evolution, a combined approach including molecular phylogeny, molecular dating, and character optimization analysis was ...
Alberdi +81 more
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Differential Contribution of Subunit Interfaces to α 9 α 10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Function [PDF]
, 2017 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors can be assembled from either homomeric or heteromeric pentameric subunit combinations. At the interface of the extracellular domains of adjacent subunits lies the acetylcholine binding site, composed of a principal ...
Boffi, Juan Carlos +11 more
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Mutations in the RB1 Gene in Argentine Retinoblastoma Patients and Uncommon Clinical Presentations [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Retinoblastoma, the most common ocular cancer of childhood, is caused by inactivation of the RB1 tumor suppressor gene in the developing retina.
Alonso, Cristina +6 more
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Transgenic tobacco plants expressing the Potato virus X open reading frame 3 gene develop specific resistance and necrotic ring symptoms after infection with the homologous virus [PDF]
, 2001 Tobacco plants were transformed with the open reading frame 3 gene from Potato virus X (PVX) coding for the p12 protein. Although the transgenic plants exhibited a normal morphological aspect, microscopic examination revealed extensive alterations in ...
Cabral, Silvia +4 more
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Genética Molecular e Citogenética [PDF]
, 2018 XXXII Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia, Foz do Iguaçu, 2018. Tema: Desafios e perspectivas para a Zoologia na América LatinaCaderno de Resumos de Trabalhos da Área temática Genética Molecular e Citogenética, do XXXII Congresso Brasileiro de ...
Alegria-Barrero, E. +4 more
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Brucella and Osteoarticular Cell Activation: Partners in Crime [PDF]
, 2017 Osteoarticular brucellosis is the most common presentation of human active disease although its prevalence varies widely. The three most common forms of osteoarticular involvement are sacroiliitis, spondylitis, and peripheral arthritis.
Adamopoulos +95 more
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