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Maciel, Fabio Everton; Geihs, Marcio Alberto; Vargas, Marcelo Alves; Cruz, Bruno Pinto; Ramos, Bianca Padovani; Vakkuri, Olli; Meyer-Rochow, Victor-Benno; Meyer, Luiz Eduardo Maia; Allodi, Silvana
(2008)
Melatonin is a biogenic amine, known from almost all phyla of living organisms. In vertebrates melatonin is produced rhythmically in the pinealocytes of the pineal gland, relaying information of the environmental light/dark ...
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Maciel, Fabio Everton; Ramos, Bianca Padovani; Geihs, Marcio Alberto; Vargas, Marcelo Alves; Cruz, Bruno Pinto; Meyer-Rochow, Victor-Benno; Vakkuri, Olli; Allodi, Silvana; Monserrat, José María; Nery, Luiz Eduardo Maia
(2010)
Numerous studies have shown that melatonin exerts some influence on the antioxidant defense system (ADS) in vertebrates, but
for crustaceans no such effect has been demonstrated till now. However,earlier reports did show ...
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Hollmann, Gabriela; Fonseca, Duane Barros da; Allodi, Silvana; Martínez, Pablo Elías; Nery, Luiz Eduardo Maia
(2011)
Decapod crustaceans show proliferation of the
nerve cells in the olfactory lobe throughout their lives. However, the regulation of this process is still poorly understood, since it may vary with endogenous and exogenous
factors. ...
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Vargas, Marcelo Alves; Cruz, Bruno Pinto; Maciel, Fabio Everton; Geihs, Marcio Alberto; Cousin, João Carlos Brahm; Trindade, Gilma Santos; Baisch, Ana Luiza Muccillo; Allodi, Silvana; Nery, Luiz Eduardo Maia
(2008)
The ability of UV radiation to stimulate color change in vertebrates is well known; howeve, the signaling pathway involved is not fully explained. Since nitric oxide (NO) is among the candidates for this role, in this study ...
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Vargas, Marcelo Alves; Geihs, Marcio Alberto; Maciel, Fabio Everton; Cruz, Bruno Pinto; Nery, Luiz Eduardo Maia; Allodi, Silvana
(2011)
The first and main target-structure of ultraviolet (UV) radiation in animals is the body surface, including the skin and eyes. Here, we investigated cell damage in the visual system of the crab Neohelice granulata
acclimated ...
