Publications by authors named "Luciana Almeida Sato"
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- - Caecilians are unique, snake-like amphibians that are not well understood compared to frogs and salamanders, and they have specialized skin glands for lubrication and defense.
- - The study focused on characterizing the skin glands of caecilians, particularly the structure and function of their poison glands in comparison to those of frogs and salamanders.
- - Researchers found that caecilian poison glands share similarities with those of salamanders, featuring complex structures with mucus compartments, while frogs have simpler gland structures.
Bufotenine is an alkaloid derived from serotonin, structurally similar to LSD and psilocin. This molecule is able to inhibit the rabies virus infection in and models, increasing the survival rate of infected animals. Being a very promising molecule for an incurable disease and because of the fact that there is no consensus regarding its neurological effects, this study aimed to evaluate chronic treatment of bufotenine on behavior, pathophysiology, and pharmacokinetics of mice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe emergence and maintenance of animal communication systems requires the co-evolution of signal and receiver. Frogs and toads rely heavily on acoustic communication for coordinating reproduction and typically have ears tuned to the dominant frequency of their vocalizations, allowing discrimination from background noise and heterospecific calls. However, we present here evidence that two anurans, Brachycephalus ephippium and B.
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