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  1. Anthropometric and Demographic Features Affect the Interpretation of Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Patients with Different Dementia Syndromes and Cognitively Healthy Adults

    Article • November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Fabricio Ferreira de Oliveira, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  2. Differential associations of clinical features with cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease

    Article • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Fabricio Ferreira de Oliveira, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  3. Neuropsychiatric feature profiles of patients with Lewy body dementia

    Article • Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Fabricio Ferreira de Oliveira, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  4. Sleep deprivation changes thimet oligopeptidase (THOP1) expression and activity in rat brain

    Article • Heliyon, November 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  5. Plasma kallikrein‐kinin system contributes to peripheral inflammation in temporal lobe epilepsy

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, July 2019, Wiley

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  6. Renal denervation reduces sympathetic overactivation, brain oxidative stress, and renal injury in rats with renovascular hypertension independent of its effects on reducing blood pressure

    Article • Hypertension Research, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  7. Botulinum toxin A (BT-A) versus low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in chronic migraine treatment: a comparison

    Article • Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, October 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  8. Lifetime Risk Factors for Functional and Cognitive Outcomes in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

    Article • Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, August 2018, IOS Press

    Dr Fabricio Ferreira de Oliveira, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  9. Protective Role of UCP2 in Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis during the Silent Phase of an Experimental Model of Epilepsy Induced by Pilocarpine

    Article • Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, August 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  10. Neurochemical Changes and c-Fos Mapping in the Brain after Carisbamate Treatment of Rats Subjected to Lithium–Pilocarpine-Induced Status Epilepticus

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, November 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  11. Maternal seizures can affect the brain developing of offspring

    Article • Metabolic Brain Disease, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  12. Methadone Increases and Prolongs Detomidine-Induced Arterial Hypertension in Horses, but These Effects Are Not Mediated by Increased Plasma Concentrations of Arginine Vasopressin or Serum Concentrations of Catecholamines

    Article • Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, February 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  13. High serum levels of proinflammatory markers during epileptogenesis. Can omega-3 fatty acid administration reduce this process?

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  14. Indomethacin can downregulate the levels of inflammatory mediators in the hippocampus of rats submitted to pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus

    Article • Clinics, September 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  15. Lovastatin decreases the synthesis of inflammatory mediators during epileptogenesis in the hippocampus of rats submitted to pilocarpine-induced epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  16. Caffeine neuroprotective effects on 6-OHDA-lesioned rats are mediated by several factors, including pro-inflammatory cytokines and histone deacetylase inhibitions

    Article • Behavioural Brain Research, May 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Gerly Anne de Castro Brito, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  17. Expression and activity of thimet oligopeptidase (TOP) are modified in the hippocampus of subjects with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE)

    Article • Epilepsia, April 2014, Wiley

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  18. Lovastatin and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: A matter for debate

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  19. Exercise-induced hippocampal anti-inflammatory response in aged rats

    Article • Journal of Neuroinflammation, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ricardo Mario Arida, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  20. Valproic acid: an anticonvulsant drug with potent antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory properties

    Article • Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gerly Anne de Castro Brito, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  21. Piperine decreases pilocarpine-induced convulsions by GABAergic mechanisms

    Article • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Gerly Anne de Castro Brito, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  22. The levels of renin–angiotensin related components are modified in the hippocampus of rats submitted to pilocarpine model of epilepsy

    Article • Neurochemistry International, July 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  23. Interleukin-6 bares a dark side in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, June 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Ricardo Mario Arida, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  24. Consequences of pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus in immunodeficient mice

    Article • Brain Research, April 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  25. Carbamazepine inhibits angiotensin I-converting enzyme, linking it to the pathogenesis of temporal lobe epilepsy

    Article • Translational Psychiatry, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  26. Masruha et al. reply

    Article • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, January 2012, Wiley

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  27. Stress during development alters anxiety-like behavior and hippocampal neurotransmission in male and female rats

    Article • Neuropharmacology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  28. Neuroglobin is up‐regulated in the cerebellum of pups exposed to maternal epileptic seizures

    Article • International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, July 2011, Wiley

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  29. Melatonin administration after pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus: A new way to prevent or attenuate postlesion epilepsy?

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, April 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  30. Kallikrein 1 is overexpressed by astrocytes in the hippocampus of patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy, associated with hippocampal sclerosis

    Article • Neurochemistry International, March 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  31. Neuroprotective effect of pyruvate and oxaloacetate during pilocarpine induced status epilepticus in rats

    Article • Neurochemistry International, February 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  32. Relationship between fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) signal intensity and inflammatory mediator's levels in the hippocampus of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and mesial temporal sclerosis

    Article • Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, February 2011, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  33. Lovastatin decreases the synthesis of inflammatory mediators in the hippocampus and blocks the hyperthermia of rats submitted to long-lasting status epilepticus

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  34. Malnutrition in Infancy as a Susceptibility Factor for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in Adulthood Induced by the Pilocarpine Experimental Model

    Article • Developmental Neuroscience, January 2011, Karger Publishers

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  35. Spontaneous periodic hypothermia and hyperhidrosis: a possibly novel cerebral neurotransmitter disorder

    Article • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, December 2010, Wiley

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  36. Early exercise promotes positive hippocampal plasticity and improves spatial memory in the adult life of rats

    Article • Hippocampus, December 2010, Wiley

    Professor Ricardo Mario Arida, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  37. Physical exercise in adolescence changes CB1 cannabinoid receptor expression in the rat brain

    Article • Neurochemistry International, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Ricardo Mario Arida, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  38. Seizures during pregnancy modify the development of hippocampal interneurons of the offspring

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, September 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  39. Hippocampal expression and distribution of CB1 receptors in the Amazonian rodent Proechimys: An animal model of resistance to epilepsy

    Article • Brain Research, June 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  40. Behavioral evaluation of adult rats exposed in utero to maternal epileptic seizures

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, May 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  41. 94. Melatonin levels are decreased in rats with epilepsy induced by pilocarpine

    Article • Epilepsy & Behavior, April 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Jose Cipolla-Neto, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  42. Akt pathway activation and increased neuropeptide Y mRNA expression in the rat hippocampus: Implications for seizure blockade

    Article • Neuropeptides, April 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  43. Pathophysiological Aspects of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and the Role of P2X Receptors

    Article • The Open Neuroscience Journal, January 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  44. Rasmussen Encephalitis: longterm outcome after surgery

    Article • Journal of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, January 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  45. The pilocarpine model of epilepsy: what have we learned?

    Article • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, September 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Ricardo Mario Arida, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  46. Nestin down-regulation of cortical radial glia is delayed in rats submitted to recurrent status epilepticus during early postnatal life

    Article • Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, September 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Ricardo Mario Arida, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  47. Melatonin treatment decreases c-fos expression in a headache model induced by capsaicin

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jose Cipolla-Neto, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  48. Rasmussen encephalitis: long-term outcome after surgery

    Article • Child s Nervous System, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  49. Neurogenesis induced by seizures in the dentate gyrus is not related to mossy fiber sprouting but is age dependent in developing rats

    Article • Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, December 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  50. Serotonin depletion effects on the pilocarpine model of epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsy Research, December 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  51. Effect of hormonal replacement therapy in the hippocampus of ovariectomized epileptic female rats using the pilocarpine experimental model

    Article • Epilepsy Research, November 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  52. The renin‐angiotensin system is upregulated in the cortex and hippocampus of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy related to mesial temporal sclerosis

    Article • Epilepsia, July 2008, Wiley

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  53. Chondroitin sulfate and kallikrein in saliva: Markers for glossodynia

    Article • International Immunopharmacology, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  54. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension With and Without Papilloedema in a Consecutive Series of Patients With Chronic Migraine

    Article • Cephalalgia, June 2008, SAGE Publications

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  55. Bone marrow cells are able to increase vessels number during repair of sciatic nerve lesion

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience Methods, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  56. Kinin B1 receptors facilitate the development of temporal lobe epilepsy in mice

    Article • International Immunopharmacology, February 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  57. Cardiovascular protective effect of melatonin in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: A hypothesis

    Article • Medical Hypotheses, January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Ricardo Mario Arida, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  58. Glutamate Levels in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Triptans Overuse in Chronic Migraine

    Article • Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain, June 2007, Wiley

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  59. Effects of different types of physical exercise on the staining of parvalbumin-positive neurons in the hippocampal formation of rats with epilepsy

    Article • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, May 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Ricardo Mario Arida, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  60. Estudo comparativo entre enxerto autógeno e enxerto muscular coberto com tubo de veia autógeno em nervos tibiais de ratos wistar, utilizando o fluoro-gold® como marcador neuronal

    Article • Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, January 2007, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  61. Kinin B1 and B2 receptors are overexpressed in the hippocampus of humans with temporal lobe epilepsy

    Article • Hippocampus, November 2006, Wiley

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  62. Effect of aerobic physical exercise in pinealectomized animals submitted to the pilocarpine model of epilepsy

    Article • Journal of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, June 2006, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  63. Effect of glycemic state in rats submitted to status epilepticus during development

    Article • Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, June 2006, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  64. Efeito neuroprotetor da melatonina e N-acetilserotonina na epileptogênese e no controle de crises em animais submetidos ao modelo da pilocarpina

    Article • Journal of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, June 2006, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  65. Cerebrospinal fluid GABA levels in chronic migraine with and without depression

    Article • Brain Research, May 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  66. Investigation of mitochondrial involvement in the experimental model of epilepsy induced by pilocarpine

    Article • Epilepsy Research, March 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  67. Effects of pinealectomy and the treatment with melatonin on the temporal lobe epilepsy in rats

    Article • Brain Research, May 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  68. Expression of nestin in the hippocampal formation of rats submitted to the pilocarpine model of epilepsy

    Article • Neuroscience Research, March 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Ricardo Mario Arida, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  69. Status epilepticus induced by pilocarpine and Ca2+ transport by microsome in the hippocampus of rats

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, August 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  70. Expression of apoptosis inhibitor protein Mcl1 linked to neuroprotection in CNS neurons

    Article • Cell Death and Differentiation, July 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  71. Role of kinin B1 and B2 receptors in the development of pilocarpine model of epilepsy

    Article • Brain Research, July 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  72. The synthesis and distribution of the kinin B1 and B2 receptors are modified in the hippocampus of rats submitted to pilocarpine model of epilepsy

    Article • Brain Research, April 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  73. Pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus increases glutamate release in rat hippocampal synaptosomes

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, February 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Joao Batista Teixeira Rocha, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  74. Levels of the synaptic protein X11 alpha/mint1 are increased in hippocampus of rats with epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsy Research, November 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Ricardo Mario Arida, Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  75. Mesangial cells are able to produce catecholamines in vitro

    Article • Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, April 2003, Wiley

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  76. Glycosaminoglycan levels and proteoglycan expression are altered in the hippocampus of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, September 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  77. Extracellular Matrix Components are Altered in the Hippocampus, Cortex, and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsia, July 2002, Wiley

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  78. Evidence That ATP Participates in the Pathophysiology of Pilocarpine-Induced Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Fluorimetric, Immunohistochemical, and Western Blot Studies

    Article • Epilepsia, July 2002, Wiley

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  79. Amino acid and monoamine alterations in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of mice submitted to ricinine-induced seizures

    Article • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, July 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  80. Castration in female rats modifies the development of the pilocarpine model of epilepsy

    Article • Epilepsy Research, May 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  81. Superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase activities and the hydroperoxide concentration are modified in the hippocampus of epileptic rats

    Article • Epilepsy Research, August 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  82. Catecholamine response to exercise in individuals with different levels of paraplegia

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, August 2000, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  83. Selective alterations of glycosaminoglycans synthesis and proteoglycan expression in rat cortex and hippocampus in pilocarpine-induced epilepsy

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, November 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  84. Growth-associated phosphoprotein expression is increased in the supragranular regions of the dentate gyrus following pilocarpine-induced seizures in rats

    Article • Neuroscience, June 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  85. Mitogen-activated protein kinase is increased in the limbic structures of the rat brain during the early stages of status epilepticus

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, October 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  86. Tyrosine phosphorylation is increased in the rat hippocampus during the status epilepticus induced by pilocarpine

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, September 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  87. Monoamine responses to acute and chronic aerobic exercise in normotensive and hypertensive subjects

    Article • Sao Paulo Medical Journal, February 1998, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  88. Monoamines and their metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid and temporal cortex of epileptic patients

    Article • Epilepsy Research, October 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  89. Na+K+ ATPase activity in the rat hippocampus: A study in the pilocarpine model of epilepsy

    Article • Neurochemistry International, May 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  90. Profile of prostaglandin levels in the rat hippocampus in pilocarpine model of epilepsy

    Article • Neurochemistry International, December 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  91. Spontaneous Recurrent Seizures in Rats: Amino Acid and Monoamine Determination in the Hippocampus

    Article • Epilepsia, January 1994, Wiley

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  92. Rat liver kininase, a serine peptidase

    Article • Biochemical Pharmacology, March 1982, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti

  93. Inactivation of kinins by chymotrypsin

    Article • Biochemical Pharmacology, November 1976, Elsevier

    Professor Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti