Publications by authors named "G C BRESSAN"

Understanding the role of structural and environmental dynamics in the excited state properties of strongly coupled chromophores is of paramount importance in molecular photonics. Ultrafast, coherent, and multidimensional spectroscopies have been utilized to investigate such dynamics in the simplest model system, the molecular dimer. Here, we present a half-broadband two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (HB2DES) study of the previously reported ultrafast symmetry-breaking charge separation (SB-CS) in the subphthalocyanine oxo-bridged homodimer μ-OSubPc.

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Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms which is treated with antipsychotics. However, these drugs present several side effects and, some schizophrenia symptoms, like cognitive, are difficult to treat. The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors-gamma (PPAR-γ) are expressed in dopaminergic neurons of the midbrain participating in the modulation of dopamine-mediated behavior .

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Kaede is the prototype of the optical highlighter proteins, which are an important subclass of the fluorescent proteins that can be permanently switched from green to red emitting forms by UV irradiation. This transformation has important applications in bioimaging. Optimising brightness, enhancing fluorescence characteristics, in these proteins is an important objective.

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Vacuous chewing movements (VCM) have been utilized as an experimental model of orofacial dyskinesia (OD) in rodents to study the underlying molecular mechanisms related to tardive dyskinesia (TD). This study aimed to investigate if the acute treatment with haloperidol can alter components of the dopaminergic synapse or its modulators such as glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and adenosine 2A (A) receptor. Furthermore, to evaluate if changes in molecular markers are associated with the number of VCMs induced by haloperidol in rats it is proposing a method to classify the animals into High and Low VCM groups.

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  • * Current Brazilian diagnostic methods are inadequate, leading to poor disease control, which has prompted the evaluation of a new antigen, rLiNTPDase2, for improved detection.
  • * The study found that a Lateral Flow Immunochromatographic Assay (LFIA) using rLiNTPDase2 achieved a sensitivity of 86.9%, specificity of 62.5%, and accuracy of 76.9%, making it a promising tool for point-of-care testing in detecting CV
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