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Claudio Da Cunha is affiliated with the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers multiple key topics within the field, including:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Several recent papers highlight the scope of their research:

  • "Ketamine reversed short-term memory impairment and depressive-like behavior in animal model of Parkinson's disease" (2020, Brain Research Bulletin)
  • "Allopregnanolone Decreases Evoked Dopamine Release Differently in Rats by Sex and Estrous Stage" (2021, Frontiers in Pharmacology)
  • "Diazepam attenuates the effects of cocaine on locomotion, 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations and phasic dopamine in the nucleus accumbens of rats" (2021, British Journal of Pharmacology)
  • "Fenofibrate promotes neuroprotection in a model of rotenone-induced Parkinson's disease" (2022, Behavioural Pharmacology)
  • "Sleep and Pain: A Role for the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Nucleus Accumbens, and Dopamine in the Increased Pain Sensitivity Following Sleep Restriction" (2023, Journal of Pain)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Claudio Da Cunha include:

  • José Augusto Pochapski
  • Roberto Andreatini
  • Rainer K.W. Schwarting
  • William N. Sanchez
  • Donita L. Robinson

Publication venues where their work appears repeatedly are:

  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Neuroscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Research Bulletin

Claudio Da Cunha's contributions span over a wide range of neuroscience-related topics, often integrating behavioral studies with molecular signaling pathways. Their research involves examining receptor mechanisms and the neuroendocrine regulation of behavior, with particular attention to how stress, sleep, and memory processes interact with neurotransmitter systems.

Best Publications

  • Neurotransmitter receptors involved in post-training memory processing by the amygdala, medial septum, and hippocampus of the rat.

    Ivan Izquierdo;Claudio da Cunha;Claudio da Cunha;Renata Rosat;Diana Jerusalinsky

  • Emotional, cognitive and neurochemical alterations in a premotor stage model of Parkinson's disease.

    M.T. Tadaiesky;P.A. Dombrowski;C.P. Figueiredo;E. Cargnin-Ferreira

  • Comparison of bilaterally 6-OHDA- and MPTP-lesioned rats as models of the early phase of Parkinson's disease: histological, neurochemical, motor and memory alterations.

    Marcelo Machado Ferro;Maria Ines Bellissimo;Janete Aparecida Anselmo-Franci;Miriam Elizabeth Mendes Angellucci

  • Impaired learning in a spatial working memory version and in a cued version of the water maze in rats with MPTP-induced mesencephalic dopaminergic lesions.

    Edmar Miyoshi;Samantha Wietzikoski;Milton Camplessei;Rodolfo Silveira

  • A simple and fast densitometric method for the analysis of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity in the substantia nigra pars compacta and in the ventral tegmental area.

    Léder Leal Xavier;Giordano Gubert Viola;Anete Curte Ferraz;Claudio Da Cunha

  • Role of brainstem serotonin in analgesia produced by low-intensity exercise on neuropathic pain after sciatic nerve injury in mice.

    Franciane Bobinski;Tamara Andrea Alarcón Ferreira;Marina Machado Córdova;Patrícia Andréia Dombrowski

  • The lesion of the rat substantia nigra pars compacta dopaminergic neurons as a model for Parkinson's disease memory disabilities.

    Claudio Da Cunha;Miriam Elizabeth Mendes Angelucci;Newton S Canteras;Susan Wonnacott

  • Memory disruption in rats with nigral lesions induced by MPTP: a model for early Parkinson's disease amnesia

    Da Cunha C;Gevaerd Ms;Vital Ma;Miyoshi E

  • Pharmacological Evaluation of Ricinine, a Central Nervous System Stimulant Isolated from Ricinus communis

    Anete C Ferraz;Miriam Elizabeth M Angelucci;Mariana L Da Costa;Ilza R Batista

  • Caffeine reverses the memory disruption induced by intra-nigral MPTP-injection in rats.

    Monique S Gevaerd;Reinaldo N Takahashi;Rodolfo Silveira;Claudio Da Cunha

  • The effect of caffeine in animal models of learning and memory.

    Miriam E.M Angelucci;Miriam E.M Angelucci;Maria A.B.F Vital;Clérson Cesário;Carla R Zadusky

  • Evidence for the substantia nigra pars compacta as an essential component of a memory system independent of the hippocampal memory system.

    Claudio Da Cunha;Samantha Wietzikoski;Evellyn C Wietzikoski;Edmar Miyoshi

  • Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac in freshwater fish Rhamdia quelen.

    Izonete Cristina Guiloski;Laercio Dante Stein Piancini;Ana Carolina Dagostim;Sabrina Loise de Morais Calado

  • Neuroprotective effects of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha and gamma agonists in model of parkinsonism induced by intranigral 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahyropyridine

    Janaína K. Barbiero;Ronise M. Santiago;Daniele Suzete Persike;Maria José da Silva Fernandes

  • PPAR-α agonist fenofibrate protects against the damaging effects of MPTP in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.

    Janaína K. Barbiero;Ronise Santiago;Fernanda S. Tonin;Suelen Boschen

  • Neuroprotective and antidepressant-like effects of melatonin in a rotenone-induced Parkinson's disease model in rats.

    Taysa B. Bassani;Raisa W. Gradowski;Tiago Zaminelli;Janaína K. Barbiero

  • Memory Impairment Induced by Sodium Fluoride is Associated with Changes in Brain Monoamine Levels

    Marcela Pereira;Patrícia A. Dombrowski;Estela M. Losso;Lea R. Chioca

  • Evaluation of the face validity of reserpine administration as an animal model of depression--Parkinson's disease association.

    Luana L Skalisz;Vanessa Beijamini;Samia L Joca;Maria A B F Vital

  • The COX-2 inhibitor parecoxib produces neuroprotective effects in MPTP-lesioned rats.

    Angela B. Reksidler;Marcelo M.S. Lima;Marcelo M.S. Lima;Sílvio M. Zanata;Hidevaldo B. Machado

  • Involvement of Mast Cells in a Mouse Model of Postoperative Pain

    Sara Marchesan Oliveira;Carine Cristiane Drewes;Cássia Regina Silva;Gabriela Trevisan

Frequent Co-Authors

Newton S. Canteras
Newton S. Canteras Universidade de São Paulo
Reinaldo N. Takahashi
Reinaldo N. Takahashi Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Jorge H. Medina
Jorge H. Medina Buenos Aires Institute of Technology
Ivan Izquierdo
Ivan Izquierdo Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Charles D. Blaha
Charles D. Blaha Mayo Clinic
Roger Walz
Roger Walz Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Philip Winn
Philip Winn University of Strathclyde
Rainer K.W. Schwarting
Rainer K.W. Schwarting Philipp University of Marburg
Marcus Lira Brandão
Marcus Lira Brandão Universidade de São Paulo
Matilde Achaval
Matilde Achaval Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

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