Publications by authors named "Vanessa Lanes Ribeiro"
Brain reconstruction, specially of the cerebral cortex, is a challenging task and even more so when it comes to highly gyrified brained animals. Here, we present Stitcher, a novel tool capable of generating such surfaces utilizing MRI data and manual segmentation. Stitcher makes a triangulation between consecutive brain slice segmentations by recursively adding edges that minimize the total length and simultaneously avoid self-intersection.
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- - River dolphins, which include the Amazon and Bolivian species, are a threatened group of cetaceans, and a study was conducted to investigate the presence of herpesviruses in their populations.
- - The survey found herpesvirus DNA in 59.1% of Bolivian river dolphins and 51.9% of franciscana dolphins, while all Amazon river dolphins tested negative for herpesviruses.
- - Two different types of herpesviruses were identified in the Bolivian river dolphins, including a novel strain, and a new gammaherpesvirus was discovered in franciscana samples, suggesting a complex evolutionary history between viruses and their hosts.
Background: This study aimed at assessing the heart function of one neotropical primate (Alouatta guariba clamitans) kept in captivity using radiography, electrocardiogram (ECG) and Doppler echocardiography.
Methods: Ten adult healthy howler monkeys (A. g.