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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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Geihs, Marcio Alberto
(2009)
Em vertebrados, vários trabalhos verificaram distintos efeitos da melatonina sobre o sistema de defesa antioxidante (SDA), atuando de várias formas dependentes da dose e do tempo. Em crustáceos a melatonina já foi identificada ...
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Geihs, Marcio Alberto; Vargas, Marcelo Alves; Maciel, Fabio Everton; Barbosa, Sergiane Caldas; Cruz, Bruno Pinto; Primel, Ednei Gilberto; Monserrat, José María; Nery, Luiz Eduardo Maia
(2010)
In vertebrates, many studies verified different effects of melatonin in the antioxidant defense system (ADS). In crustaceans, few studies have been conducted to verify this possibility. We verified the melatonin effects ...
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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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Maciel, Fabio Everton; Geihs, Marcio Alberto; Vargas, Marcelo Alves; Ramos, Bianca Padovani; Cruz, Bruno Pinto; Machado, Maria Souza; Filadelfi, Ana Maria Caliman; Louzada, Fernando Mazzilli; Nery, Luiz Eduardo Maia
(2009)
N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine or melatonin is a multifunctional molecule. The main physiological function, at least in vertebrates, is to transduce to the animal the photoperiodic information and regulate rhythmic parameters. ...
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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 ...
