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Matilde Achaval is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with specific subfields including Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Social Psychology, and Rehabilitation.

The scientist has concentrated on topics related to the effects of vibration on health, ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders, and exercise and physiological responses. These areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach that integrates physiological studies with psychological and rehabilitative considerations.

Matilde Achaval's recent publication includes the paper titled Whole-body vibration mediates mechanical hypersensitivity through Aβ-fiber and C-fiber thermal sensation in a chronic pain model, published in 2021 in the journal Experimental Biology and Medicine. This work has received citations, indicating engagement within the research community.

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Anelise Sonza
  • Luciana Sayuri Sanada
  • Luiza Raulino de Oliveira
  • Mário Bernardo-Filho
  • Danúbia da Cunha de Sá-Caputo

The scientist has published notably in the venue Experimental Biology and Medicine, among their frequent publication outlets.

Best Publications

  • Molecular pathways of pain: Fos/Jun-mediated activation of a noncanonical AP-1 site in the prodynorphin gene

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  • Influence of sex, estrous cycle and motherhood on dendritic spine density in the rat medial amygdala revealed by the Golgi method.

    A.A Rasia-Filho;C Fabian;K.M Rigoti;M Achaval

  • 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

  • Functional activities of the amygdala: an overview.

    A A Rasia-Filho;R G Londero;M Achaval

  • Effects of daily environmental enrichment on memory deficits and brain injury following neonatal hypoxia-ischemia in the rat.

    Lenir Orlandi Pereira;Nice Sarmento Arteni;Ruth Chamorro Petersen;Anderson Padilha da Rocha

  • Physical exercise increases GFAP expression and induces morphological changes in hippocampal astrocytes.

    Lisiani Saur;Pedro Porto Alegre Baptista;Priscylla Nunes de Senna;Mariana Fontoura Paim

  • Neonatal cerebral hypoxia-ischemia causes lateralized memory impairments in the adult rat.

    Nice Sarmento Arteni;Jennifer Salgueiro;Iraci Torres;Matilde Achaval

  • Endurance and resistance exercise training programs elicit specific effects on sciatic nerve regeneration after experimental traumatic lesion in rats.

    Jocemar Ilha;Rafaela T. Araujo;Tais Malysz;Erica E. S. Hermel

  • Morphological changes in hippocampal astrocytes induced by environmental enrichment in mice.

    Giordano G. Viola;Letícia Rodrigues;João C. Américo;Gisele Hansel

  • Lateralized and sex-dependent behavioral and morphological effects of unilateral neonatal cerebral hypoxia-ischemia in the rat.

    N.S. Arteni;L.O. Pereira;A.L. Rodrigues;D. Lavinsky

  • Effects of daily environmental enrichment on behavior and dendritic spine density in hippocampus following neonatal hypoxia-ischemia in the rat

    Joseane Jiménez Rojas;Bruna Ferrary Deniz;Patrícia Maidana Miguel;Ramiro Diaz

  • Dendritic spine density of posterodorsal medial amygdala neurons can be affected by gonadectomy and sex steroid manipulations in adult rats: a Golgi study.

    Juliana de Castilhos;Claudia D. Forti;Matilde Achaval;Alberto A. Rasia-Filho

  • Early enriched housing results in partial recovery of memory deficits in female, but not in male, rats after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia.

    Lenir Orlandi Pereira;Atahualpa Cauê Paim Strapasson;Patrícia Machado Nabinger;Matilde Achaval

  • Early handling, but not maternal separation, decreases emotional responses in two paradigms of fear without changes in mesolimbic dopamine

    Clarice Madruga;Léder L Xavier;Matilde Achaval;Gilberto L Sanvitto

  • Plantar thermography is useful in the early diagnosis of diabetic neuropathy

    Luciane Fachin Balbinot;Luis Henrique Canani;Caroline Cabral Robinson;Matilde Achaval

  • Prenatal Stress Produces Social Behavior Deficits and Alters the Number of Oxytocin and Vasopressin Neurons in Adult Rats

    Marcelo Alves de Souza;Marcelo Alves de Souza;Lígia Aline Centenaro;Lígia Aline Centenaro;Pâmela Rossi Menegotto;Thiago Pereira Henriques

  • GMP protects against quinolinic acid-induced loss of NADPH-diaphorase-positive cells in the rat striatum.

    César Malcon;Matilde Achaval;Fábio Komlos;Wania Partata

  • Tactile stimulation and maternal separation prevent hippocampal damage in rats submitted to neonatal hypoxia-ischemia.

    Analú L. Rodrigues;Nice S. Arteni;Cristiano Abel;Daniel Zylbersztejn

  • Evaluation of chronic omega-3 fatty acids supplementation on behavioral and neurochemical alterations in 6-hydroxydopamine-lesion model of Parkinson's disease

    Ana Márcia Delattre;Ágata Kiss;Raphael Escorsim Szawka;Janete Aparecida Anselmo-Franci

  • Effects of physical exercise on spatial memory and astroglial alterations in the hippocampus of diabetic rats.

    Priscylla Nunes de Senna;Jocemar Ilha;Pedro Porto Alegre Baptista;Patrícia Severo do Nascimento

  • Hippocampal Alterations in Rats Submitted to Streptozotocin-Induced Dementia Model are Prevented by Aminoguanidine

    Letícia Rodrigues;Regina Biasibetti;Alessandra Swarowsky;Marina C Leite

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Alexandre Netto
Carlos Alexandre Netto Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Christianne Gazzana Salbego
Christianne Gazzana Salbego Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Claudio Da Cunha
Claudio Da Cunha Federal University of Paraná
Angela T. S. Wyse
Angela T. S. Wyse Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Monica R. M. Vianna
Monica R. M. Vianna Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Manuel Nieto-Sampedro
Manuel Nieto-Sampedro Spanish National Research Council
Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres
Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

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