Publications by authors named "Dante Agustin Paz"
Article Synopsis
- Obesity is increasingly linked to reproductive issues such as infertility and ovulation problems, though the exact mechanisms are not fully understood.
- The study used a cafeteria diet model to induce obesity in female rats, which led to obesity, glucose intolerance, and insulin resistance, negatively affecting their ovaries.
- Findings indicate that obesity disrupts glucose and insulin regulation in the ovaries, causing reproductive issues and resulting in overlarge offspring, suggesting long-term health impacts for both mothers and their young.
Olfactory epithelium has the capability to continuously regenerate olfactory receptor neurons throughout life. Adult neurogenesis results from proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells, and consequently, olfactory neuroepithelium offers an excellent opportunity to study neural regeneration and the factors involved in the maintenance and regeneration of all their cell types. We analyzed the expression of BDNF in the olfactory system under normal physiological conditions as well as during a massive regeneration induced by chemical destruction of the olfactory epithelium in Xenopus laevis larvae.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe investigated the occurrence and anatomy of the vomeronasal system (VNS) in tadpoles of 13 different anuran species. All of the species possessed a morphologically fully developed VNS with a highly conserved anatomical organisation. We found that a bean-shaped vomeronasal organ (VNO) developed early in the tadpoles, during the final embryonic stages, and was located in the anteromedial nasal region.
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