Publications by authors named "J A Livramento"
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- L-Arginine (L-ARG) might help people with a disease called MELAS, which affects how cells produce energy.
- It is thought that L-ARG can improve blood flow and help with some problems caused by the disease by increasing a substance called nitric oxide (NO) in the body.
- However, the study found that while L-ARG didn’t change how well the energy parts of the cells worked, it did lower certain harmful proteins in cells with the disease, which may help patients feel better.
A small No. 2 fuel oil spill contaminated a Mytilus edulis population in the Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts, USA during a three day period in April 1983. Retention and release of the fuel oil compounds were assessed over several days and months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMales of , a rodent living in the Amazon rainforest are studied in biomedical research because of their antiepileptogenic mechanism. Females are usually taken from experimental designs, because of limited data of this sex. This study aimed to characterize the estrous cycle to include females together with males in research in a more balanced approach.
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