Publications by authors named "Cristiane Peracio Bastos"
High-intensity interval training improves long-term memory and increases hippocampal antioxidant activity and BDNF levels in ovariectomized Wistar rats.
Behav Brain Res
September 2023
Article Synopsis
- Menopause is associated with a decrease in estrogen production, leading to various physiological and cognitive changes, prompting the need for alternatives to mitigate these effects.
- High-intensity interval training (HIIT) has shown potential benefits for cognitive function by boosting antioxidant defenses and levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).
- In a study with ovariectomized rats, HIIT improved memory and increased BDNF levels, but also raised anxiety and corticosterone levels, indicating a complex impact on behavior and neurochemistry related to memory impairments.
Inappropriate defense-alerting reaction to fear is a common feature of neuropsychiatric diseases. Therefore, impairments in brain circuits, as well as in molecular pathways underlying the neurovegetative adjustments to fear may play an essential role on developing neuropsychiatric disorders. Here we tested the hypothesis that interfering with angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)]/Mas receptor axis homeostasis, which appears to be essential to arterial pressure control, would affect fear memory and extinction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Epilepsy is a common neurological disease affecting over 40 million people worldwide. The foremost important challenge of epileptologists has been to control and predict the recurrent and spontaneous seizures of epileptic patients. The application of low frequency electrical stimulation (LFS) in deep brain structures has shown promising results in seizure control.
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