Publications by authors named "Fernando Wesley Cavalcanti de Araujo"
Malnutrition/exercise interaction in the rat mother-pup dyad: a behavioral and electrophysiological analysis.
Maria Luísa Figueira de Oliveira Anna Carolina Lopes de Lira José Anderson da Silva Gomes Amanda Ferraz Braz Fernando Wesley Cavalcanti de Araújo Rubem Carlos Araujo Guedes
Nutr Neurosci
January 2025
Objectives: Maternal protein malnutrition alters brain functioning, impairing fetal development. Physical exercise during gestation benefits the fetal organism from maternal adaptive changes that may be neuroprotective. This study evaluated the effect of a low-protein diet associated with maternal voluntary physical activity (VPA) on rats' behavioral and brain electrophysiological parameters in the mother-pup dyad.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReestablishment of feeding following partial food deprivation: Impact on locomotor activity, visceral fat, food intake, and circadian glycemic curve.
Eryka Maria Dos Santos Alves Fernando Wesley Cavalcanti de Araújo Pierre Castro Soares Laura Alexia Ramos da Silva Daniel Nunes de Araújo Gonçalves
Chronobiol Int
July 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the effects of partial food deprivation in Wistar rats, focusing on changes in body weight, visceral fat, glycemic levels, and locomotor behavior over a 6-week period of restricted feeding and a subsequent 6-week recovery phase.
- Results showed that while body weight and food intake decreased during deprivation, visceral fat significantly increased; however, these effects were mostly reversed after normal feeding resumed, along with improvements in glycemic control and locomotion activity.
- The findings suggest that partial food deprivation causes notable physiological and metabolic changes, but these changes can largely be undone with a return to normal feeding patterns, indicating the potential for recovery from such dietary restrictions.