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Maria da Graça Naffah-Mazzacoratti

Maria da Graça Naffah-Mazzacoratti

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Neuroscience

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34
Citations
3693
World Ranking
9377
National Ranking
81

Overview

Maria da Graça Naffah-Mazzacoratti is affiliated with the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on dementia and related neurological conditions. Their research spans multiple interconnected disciplines, including psychiatry and mental health, neurology, physiology, molecular biology, and pediatrics.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics primarily related to neurodegenerative diseases and brain injury. Notable papers include:

  • Neuropsychiatric feature profiles of patients with Lewy body dementia, 2020, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
  • Associations of Neuropsychiatric Features with Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers of Amyloidogenesis and Neurodegeneration in Dementia with Lewy Bodies Compared with Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitively Healthy People, 2021, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Differential associations of clinical features with cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease, 2023, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Anthropometric and Demographic Features Affect the Interpretation of Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Patients with Different Dementia Syndromes and Cognitively Healthy Adults, 2024, NeuroMolecular Medicine
  • miR-9-5p is Downregulated in Serum Extracellular Vesicles of Patients Treated with Biperiden After Traumatic Brain Injury, 2024, Molecular Neurobiology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, often co-authoring papers with Fabricio Ferreira de Oliveira, Paulo Henrique Ferreira Bertolucci, Marjorie Câmara Miraldo, Eduardo Ferreira de Castro-Neto, and Sandro Soares de Almeida. These collaborations indicate a strong network in the neurology and dementia research communities.

Maria da Graça Naffah-Mazzacoratti has published work in several recognized venues, including:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

The main fields and subfields of study targeted by their research include:

  • Medicine
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Neurology
  • Physiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

The central topics of their research work involve:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Best Publications

  • Spontaneous recurrent seizures in rats: amino acid and monoamine determination in the hippocampus.

    E. A. Cavalheiro;M. J. Fernandes;L. Turski;M. G. Naffah-Mazzacoratti

  • The pilocarpine model of epilepsy: what have we learned?

    Fulvio A Scorza;Ricardo M Arida;Maria da Graça Naffah-Mazzacoratti;Débora A Scerni

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

    Maria I. Bellissimo;Débora Amado;Dulcinéia Saes Parra Abdalla;Edmar Cid Ferreira

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

    Sérgio Gomes da Silva;Nicolas Unsain;Daniel Hugo Mascó;Michelle Toscano-Silva

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

    Sérgio Gomes da Silva;Priscila Santos Rodrigues Simões;Renato Arruda Mortara;Fulvio Alexandre Scorza

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

    Ricardo Mario Arida;Carla Alessandra Scorza;Fulvio Alexandre Scorza;Sergio Gomes da Silva

  • CHAPTER 35 – The Pilocarpine Model of Seizures

    Esper A. Cavalheiro;Maria G. Naffah-Mazzacoratti;Luiz E. Mello;João P. Leite

  • Piperine decreases pilocarpine-induced convulsions by GABAergic mechanisms

    Giovany Michely Pinto da Cruz;Cícero Francisco Bezerra Felipe;Fúlvio Alexandre Scorza;Marta Aline Coelho da Costa

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

    Eliângela de Lima;José Maria Soares;Yaima del Carmen Sanabria Garrido;Sandra Gomes Valente

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

    Maricilia S Costa;João B.T Rocha;Sandra R Perosa;Esper A Cavalheiro

  • Evidence that ATP participates in the pathophysiology of pilocarpine-induced temporal lobe epilepsy: fluorimetric, immunohistochemical, and Western blot studies.

    E P M Vianna;A T Ferreira;M G Naffah-Mazzacoratti;E R G Sanabria

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

    João Ananias Machado-Filho;Alyne Oliveira Correia;Anyssa Brilhante Aires Montenegro;Maria Elizabeth Pereira Nobre

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

    M.G. Naffah-Mazzacoratti;M.I. Bellíssimo;E.A. Cavalheiro

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

    Y.C.S Garrido;E.R.G Sanabria;M.G Funke;E.A Cavalheiro

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

    S.R Perosa;M.A Porcionatto;A Cukiert;J.R.M Martins

  • Serotonin depletion effects on the pilocarpine model of epilepsy.

    Euclides Maurício Trindade-Filho;Eduardo Ferreira de Castro-Neto;Reinaldo de A. Carvalho;Eliangela Lima

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

    Gustavo Adolfo Argañaraz;José Antônio Silva;Sandra Regina Perosa;Luciana Gilbert Pessoa

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

    M.J.S. Fernandes;M.G. Naffah-Mazzacoratti;E.A. Cavalheiro

  • Glutamate Levels in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Triptans Overuse in Chronic Migraine

    Domingos Sávio deSouza Vieira;Maria da Graça Naffah-Mazzacoratti;Eliova Zukerman;Carlos Augusto Senne Soares

  • Valproic Acid Neuroprotection in the 6-OHDA Model of Parkinson's Disease Is Possibly Related to Its Anti-Inflammatory and HDAC Inhibitory Properties.

    José Christian Machado Ximenes;Kelly Rose Tavares Neves;Luzia Kalyne A. M. Leal;Marta Regina Santos do Carmo

Frequent Co-Authors

Esper A. Cavalheiro
Esper A. Cavalheiro Federal University of Sao Paulo
Fulvio A. Scorza
Fulvio A. Scorza Federal University of Sao Paulo
Ricardo Mario Arida
Ricardo Mario Arida Federal University of Sao Paulo
Elza Márcia Targas Yacubian
Elza Márcia Targas Yacubian Federal University of Sao Paulo
Américo Ceiki Sakamoto
Américo Ceiki Sakamoto Universidade de São Paulo
João Pereira Leite
João Pereira Leite Universidade de São Paulo
Robbin Gibb
Robbin Gibb University of Lethbridge
Louise D. McCullough
Louise D. McCullough The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Richelle Mychasiuk
Richelle Mychasiuk Monash University
Bryan Kolb
Bryan Kolb University of Lethbridge

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