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Vera Maria Morsch is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria in Brazil and has contributed extensively to research in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work spans several subfields including Animal Science and Zoology, Physiology, Plant Science, Pharmacology, and Biological Psychiatry. The main topics of their research include:

  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Frequent co-authors contributing alongside Vera Maria Morsch are:

  • Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger
  • Charles Elias Assmann
  • Nathieli B. Bottari
  • Vitor Bastianello Mostardeiro
  • Priscila Marquezan Copetti

The researcher has published multiple papers in venues that include:

  • Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • Chemosphere
  • Molecular Biology Reports
  • The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Recent papers of note are:

  • "Chlorpyrifos pesticide promotes oxidative stress and increases inflammatory states in BV-2 microglial cells: A role in neuroinflammation," 2021, Chemosphere
  • "Laying hens fed mycotoxin-contaminated feed produced by Fusarium fungi (T-2 toxin and fumonisin B1) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae lysate: Impacts on poultry health, productive efficiency, and egg quality," 2020, Microbial Pathogenesis
  • "Growth performance and meat quality of broilers fed with microencapsulated organic acids," 2020, Animal Feed Science and Technology
  • "Diabetes and hypertension: Pivotal involvement of purinergic signaling," 2021, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • "Berberine induces apoptosis in glioblastoma multiforme U87MG cells via oxidative stress and independent of AMPK activity," 2020, Molecular Biology Reports

The scope of Morsch's research reflects interdisciplinary interests involving neuroinflammation, nutrition, toxicology, and animal health. Their publications frequently address the biochemical and physiological effects of environmental toxins, feed contaminants, and pharmacological agents on both animal and cellular models.

Best Publications

  • Acute effects of glyphosate herbicide on metabolic and enzymatic parameters of silver catfish (Rhamdia quelen).

    Lissandra Glusczak;Denise dos Santos Miron;Bibiana Silveira Moraes;Róli Rodrigues Simões

  • Antioxidant effects of different extracts from Melissa officinalis, Matricaria recutita and Cymbopogon citratus.

    Romaiana Picada Pereira;Roselei Fachinetto;Alessandro de Souza Prestes;Robson Luiz Puntel

  • NTPDase and 5'-nucleotidase activities in physiological and disease conditions: new perspectives for human health.

    Maria Rosa C. Schetinger;Vera Maria Morsch;Carla Denise Bonan;Angela T. S. Wyse

  • Effect of different temperature regimes on metabolic and blood parameters of silver catfish Rhamdia quelen

    Carine Luísa Lermen;Rosiele Lappe;Márcia Crestani;Vânia Pimentel Vieira

  • Effects of the herbicides clomazone, quinclorac, and metsulfuron methyl on acetylcholinesterase activity in the silver catfish (Rhamdia quelen) (Heptapteridae)

    Denise dos Santos Miron;Márcia Crestani;Maria Rosa Shettinger;Vera Maria Morsch

  • Measurement of oxidative stress and antioxidant status in acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients.

    Vanessa Battisti;Liési D.K. Maders;Margarete D. Bagatini;Karen F. Santos

  • N-acetylcysteine prevents memory deficits, the decrease in acetylcholinesterase activity and oxidative stress in rats exposed to cadmium.

    Jamile F. Gonçalves;Amanda M. Fiorenza;Roselia M. Spanevello;Cinthia M. Mazzanti

  • Characterization of NTPDase (NTPDase1; ecto-apyrase; ecto-diphosphohydrolase; CD39; EC 3.6.1.5) activity in human lymphocytes.

    Daniela B.R. Leal;Cristiane A. Streher;Tiago N. Neu;Fábio P. Bittencourt

  • New Benzodiazepines Alter Acetylcholinesterase and ATPDase Activities

    M. R. C. Schetinger;N. M. Porto;M. B. Moretto;V. M. Morsch

  • Oxidative stress versus antioxidant defenses in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

    Margarete Dulce Bagatini;Caroline Curry Martins;Vanessa Battisti;Diogo Gasparetto

  • Anthocyanins restore behavioral and biochemical changes caused by streptozotocin-induced sporadic dementia of Alzheimer's type

    Jessié M. Gutierres;Fabiano B. Carvalho;Maria Rosa C. Schetinger;Patrícia Marisco

  • Quercetin protects the impairment of memory and anxiogenic-like behavior in rats exposed to cadmium: Possible involvement of the acetylcholinesterase and Na+,K+-ATPase activities

    Fátima H. Abdalla;Roberta Schmatz;Andréia M. Cardoso;Fabiano B. Carvalho

  • Cadmium toxicity causes oxidative stress and induces response of the antioxidant system in cucumber seedlings

    Jamile F. Gonçalves;Alexssandro G. Becker;Denise Cargnelutti;Luciane A. Tabaldi

  • Effect of mercuric chloride intoxication and dimercaprol treatment on delta-aminolevulinate dehydratase from brain, liver and kidney of adult mice.

    T. Emanuelli;J. B. T. Rocha;M. E. Pereira;L. O. Porciuncula

  • Antidepressants inhibit human acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase activity

    Tatiane C. Müller;João Batista T. Rocha;Vera M. Morsch;Roseli Tatto Neis

  • Effects of caffeic acid on behavioral parameters and on the activity of acetylcholinesterase in different tissues from adult rats.

    Javed Anwar;Roselia Maria Spanevello;Gustavo Thomé;Naiara Stefanello

  • Neuroprotective effect of anthocyanins on acetylcholinesterase activity and attenuation of scopolamine-induced amnesia in rats.

    Jessié M. Gutierres;Fabiano B. Carvalho;Maria Rosa C. Schetinger;Paula Agostinho

  • Coffee, caffeine, chlorogenic acid, and the purinergic system.

    Naiara Stefanello;Roselia Maria Spanevello;Sabina Passamonti;Lisiane Porciúncula

  • Effect of dietary supplementation of ginger and turmeric rhizomes on angiotensin-1 converting enzyme (ACE) and arginase activities in L-NAME induced hypertensive rats

    Ayodele Jacob Akinyemi;Ayodele Jacob Akinyemi;Ayodele Jacob Akinyemi;Gustavo Roberto Thome;Vera Maria Morsch;Naiara Stefanello

  • NTPDase and 5'-nucleotidase activities in rats with alloxan-induced diabetes.

    Gilberto I.L Lunkes;Daniele S Lunkes;Vera M Morsch;Cintia M Mazzanti

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger
Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
João Rocha
João Rocha Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Henning Ulrich
Henning Ulrich Universidade de São Paulo
Valderi L. Dressler
Valderi L. Dressler Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Ganiyu Oboh
Ganiyu Oboh Federal University of Technology Akure
Fernando Teixeira Nicoloso
Fernando Teixeira Nicoloso Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Bernardo Baldisserotto
Bernardo Baldisserotto Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Margareth Linde Athayde
Margareth Linde Athayde Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Helio G. Bonacorso
Helio G. Bonacorso Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Nilo Zanatta
Nilo Zanatta Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

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