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Roger Walz is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and neuroscience. Their scholarly activity spans multiple subfields, including psychiatry and mental health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's research focuses on several key topics:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Heart rate variability and autonomic control
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • Pharmacological effects and toxicity studies
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Cardiac arrest and resuscitation

Roger Walz has frequently published in a variety of scientific journals with a notable presence in:

  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
  • Seizure
  • Critical Care Science
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Their recent papers include:

  • The ERK phosphorylation levels in the amygdala predict anxiety symptoms in humans and MEK/ERK inhibition dissociates innate and learned defensive behaviors in rats (2021, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Respiratory Outcomes After 6 Months of Hospital Discharge in Patients Affected by COVID-19: A Prospective Cohort (2022, Frontiers in Medicine)
  • Quality of life long after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery (2021, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica)
  • Impaired dopamine metabolism is linked to fatigability in mice and fatigue in Parkinson's disease patients (2021, Brain Communications)
  • Glasgow coma scale pupil score (GCS-P) and the hospital mortality in severe traumatic brain injury: analysis of 1,066 Brazilian patients (2023, Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria)

The researcher collaborates frequently with several colleagues, including:

  • Kátia Lin
  • Hiago Murilo Melo
  • Peter Wolf
  • Guilherme Loureiro Fialho
  • Felipe Dal-Pizzol

Roger Walz's publication record comprises a broad range of studies, chiefly within clinical research and applied neuroscience. Their work includes a substantial volume of research related to epilepsy, autonomic nervous system regulation, and neurological outcomes in critical care contexts.

Best Publications

  • Cellular prion protein binds laminin and mediates neuritogenesis

    Edgard Graner;Adriana F Mercadante;Silvio M Zanata;Orestes V Forlenza

  • Psychiatric disorders and traumatic brain injury.

    Marcelo Schwarzbold;Alexandre Paim Diaz;Evandro Tostes Martins;Armanda Rufino

  • Increased sensitivity to seizures in mice lacking cellular prion protein.

    Roger Walz;Olavo B. Amaral;Isabel C. Rockenbach;Rafael Roesler

  • Lipid peroxidation in hippocampus early and late after status epilepticus induced by pilocarpine or kainic acid in Wistar rats.

    Felipe Dal-Pizzol;Fábio Klamt;Mônica M.R Vianna;Nadia Schröder

  • Nasu-Hakola Disease (Polycystic Lipomembranous Osteodysplasia with Sclerosing Leukoencephalopathy—PLOSL): A Dementia Associated with Bone Cystic Lesions. From Clinical to Genetic and Molecular Aspects

    Bianchin Mm;Capella Hm;Chaves Dl;Steindel M

  • Amnesia by post-training infusion of glutamate receptor antagonists into the amygdala, hippocampus, and entorhinal cortex.

    Diana Jerusalinsky;Maria B.C. Ferreira;Roger Walz;Ricardo C. Da Silva

  • The Serum S100B Concentration Is Age Dependent

    Luis V.C. Portela;Adriano B.L. Tort;Débora V. Schaf;Luciana Ribeiro

  • Cellular prion protein: on the road for functions.

    Vilma R Martins;Rafael Linden;Marco A.M Prado;Roger Walz

  • Drugs acting upon the cyclic adenosine monophosphate/protein kinase A signalling pathway modulate memory consolidation when given late after training into rat hippocampus but not amygdala.

    L. Bevilaqua;P. Ardenghi;N. Schröder;E. Bromberg

  • Time-Dependent Impairment of Inhibitory Avoidance Retention in Rats by Posttraining Infusion of a Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Inhibitor into Cortical and Limbic Structures☆☆☆

    Roger Walz;Rafael Roesler;João Quevedo;Márcia K. Sant'Anna

  • Psychiatric disorders and health-related quality of life after severe traumatic brain injury: a prospective study.

    Alexandre Paim Diaz;Marcelo Liborio Schwarzbold;Maria Emilia Thais;Alexandre Hohl

  • Mortality in severe traumatic brain injury: a multivariated analysis of 748 Brazilian patients from Florianópolis City.

    Evandro Tostes Martins;Marcelo Neves Linhares;Daniel Santos Sousa;Humberto Kruger Schroeder

  • Effects of traumatic brain injury of different severities on emotional, cognitive, and oxidative stress-related parameters in mice.

    Marcelo L. Schwarzbold;Daniel Rial;Tatiana De Bem;Daniele G. Machado

  • Normal inhibitory avoidance learning and anxiety, but increased locomotor activity in mice devoid of PrP(C)

    Rafael Roesler;Roger Walz;João Quevedo;Fernanda de-Paris

  • Changes in synaptosomal ectonucleotidase activities in two rat models of temporal lobe epilepsy

    C.D Bonan;R Walz;G.S Pereira;P.V Worm

  • Perspectives on Molecular Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Strategies in Traumatic Brain Injury

    André Mendes Arent;Luiz Felipe de Souza;Roger Walz;Alcir Luiz Dafre

  • Time-dependent modulation of AMPA receptor phosphorylation and mRNA expression of NMDA receptors and glial glutamate transporters in the rat hippocampus and cerebral cortex in a pilocarpine model of epilepsy

    Mark William Lopes;Flávia Mahatma Schneider Soares;Nelson de Mello;Jean Costa Nunes

  • Memory processing by the limbic system: Role of specific neurotransmitter systems

    Ivan Izquierdo;Jorge H. Medina;Marino Bianchin;Roger Walz

  • The intranasal administration of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP): a new rodent model to test palliative and neuroprotective agents for Parkinson's disease.

    Rui D. S. Prediger;Aderbal S. Aguiar;Eduardo L. G. Moreira;Filipe C. Matheus

  • The interaction between prion protein and laminin modulates memory consolidation

    Adriana S. Coitinho;Adriana R. O. Freitas;Marilene H. Lopes;Glaucia N. M. Hajj

  • Do psychiatric comorbidities predict postoperative seizure outcome in temporal lobe epilepsy surgery

    Ricardo Guarnieri;Roger Walz;Jaime E.C. Hallak;Érica Coimbra

  • Post-training intrahippocampal infusion of protein kinase C inhibitors causes amnesia in rats

    Diana Jerusalinsky;Jorge A. Quillfeldt;Roger Walz;Ricardo C. Da Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan Izquierdo
Ivan Izquierdo Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Américo Ceiki Sakamoto
Américo Ceiki Sakamoto Universidade de São Paulo
Jorge H. Medina
Jorge H. Medina Buenos Aires Institute of Technology
Vilma R. Martins
Vilma R. Martins National Institute of Standards and Technology
Rafael Roesler
Rafael Roesler Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
João Pereira Leite
João Pereira Leite Universidade de São Paulo
Adriano B. L. Tort
Adriano B. L. Tort Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Hans J. Markowitsch
Hans J. Markowitsch Bielefeld University
Monica R. M. Vianna
Monica R. M. Vianna Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Michael S. Okun
Michael S. Okun University of Florida

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