Electrocyte physiology: I. Temperature dependence of membrane excitability.

abstract：:Pathogenic microbial detection and control in laboratory animal facilities is essential to guarantee animal welfare, data validity and reproducibility. Helicobacter spp. are known to affect mice health, what may interfere with experimental outcomes. This study aimed to screen for Helicobacter spp. in mice from animal ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Matos-Rodrigues GE,Masseron CC,Silva FJMD,Frajblat M,Moreira LO,Martins RAP

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enigmatic genus Stenocrates Burmeister has 52 species that are widely distributed from Mexico to Argentina, but mainly in South America. In the present study, the larva of the third instar and pupa of Stenocrates agricola Dechambre & Hardy, 2004 are described and illustrated based on specimens from Argentina, this...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Ibarra-Polesel MG,Neita-Moreno JC,Ratcliffe BC

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of phosphorus (P) on the toxicity of zinc (Zn) for the alga Raphidocelis subcapitata. P was provided in three concentrations: 2.3 x 10-4 mol L-1, 2.3 x 10-6 mol L-1 and 1.0 x 10-6 mol L-1. Algal cells were acclimated to the specific P concentrations before the start of ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Rodgher S,Contador TM,Rocha GS,Espindola ELG

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, the ester synthesis in organic media catalyzed by lipases immobilized on chrysotile was studied. Lipases of different sources (Mucor javanicus, Pseudomonas cepacia, Rhizopus oryzae, Aspergillus niger and Candida rugosa) were immobilized on chrysotile, an inexpensive magnesium silicate, and used fo...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Silva JE,Jesus PC

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania amazonensis is the main agent of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis, a disease associated with anergic immune responses. In this study we show that the crude antigen of Leishmania amazonensis (LaAg) but not L. braziliensis promastigotes (LbAg) contains substances that suppress mitogenic and spontaneous prolife...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Pinheiro RO,Pinto EF,Benedito AB,Lopes UG,Rossi-Bergmann B

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memora nodosa is popularly known as "caroba" and widely found in the Cerrado regions of Brazil. In traditional medicine, the leaves and stems are used for the healing of external ulcer and the roots for abdominal pain. This study investigated the effect of ethanolic roots extract of Memora nodosa (EMN) on the gastric ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Silva DM,Martins JL,Florentino IF,Oliveira DR,Fajemiroye JO,Tresnvenzol LM,Paula JR,Costa EA

更新日期：2016-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new N-alkyl-2-mercapto-1-octylamine hydrochlorides were synthesized via the reaction of 1,2-epithio-octane with corresponding amines following by conversion to the hydrochlorides. The disulfides were obtained by oxidation of the respective thiols. Upon biological assay of the products for activity against infecti...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Vieira Filho SA,Nelson DL,Piló-Veloso D

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leprosis disease shows a viral etiology and the citrus leprosis virus is considered its etiologic agent. The disease may show two types of cytopatologic symptom caused by two virus: nuclear (CiLV-N) and cytoplasmic (CiLV-C) types. The aim of this study was to compare the morpho-anatomical differences in the lesion...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Marques JP,Kitajima EW,Freitas-Astúa J,Appezzato-da-Glória B

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penguins identify their mate or chick by an acoustic signal, the display call. This identification is realized in a particularly constraining environment: the noisy world of a colony of thousands of birds. To fully understand how birds solve this problem of communication, we have done observations, acoustic analysis, ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Aubin T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a sedimentological and stratigraphical study of Quaternary (Middle to Late Pleistocene/Holocene) continental carbonates outcrops inside Pantanal Basin and its surroundings, especially in Serra da Bodoquena, Pantanal do Miranda and Corumbá/Ladário plateau, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, as well...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Oliveira EC,Rossetti DF,Utida G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lutjanids are marine fish and commonly inhabit coral reefs, which have migratory habits and feed in a general way, due to these characteristics, are susceptible to infections by parasites, such as cuculanid nematodes. This work aimed to report for the first time, the occurrence of Dichelyne (Dichelyne) bonacii in Braz...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Alves AM,Calassans TAS,Freire JF,Souza GTRE,Takemoto RM,Melo CM,Jeraldo VLS,Madi RR

更新日期：2019-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane protein patterns in SDS-PAGE clearly characterized Azospirillum amazonense, A. brasilense, A. lipoferum, and Herbaspirillum seropedicae. Each species showed also a typical major band with approximate molecular weights (AMWs) of 44, 39.5, 35.5, and 37.5 Kdaltons for the four species respectively. Characteristi...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Dianese JC,Döbereiner J,Dos Santos LT

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amazon river turtles are increasingly threatened by habitat loss and alteration due to the Brazilian energy policy based on construction of hydroelectric dams, meanwhile, populational studies remain scarce. We described the population structure, and established body allometric relationships of Podocnemis unifilis in t...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Miorando PS,Giarrizzo T,Pezzuti JC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soybeans contain about 30% carbohydrate, mainly consisting of non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) and oligosaccharides. NSP are not hydrolyzed in the gastrointestinal tract of monogastric animals. These NSP negatively affect the development of these animals, especially the soluble fraction. This work aimed to establish a...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Bueno RD,Borges LL,God PIVG,Piovesan ND,Teixeira AI,Cruz CD,Barros EG

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primaquine and chloroquine are used for the treatment of malaria; evidence from the literature suggests that these drugs may induce oxidative stress. In this study we investigated the effects of primaquine and chloroquine on oxidative damage and DNA damage in brain, liver and kidney of rats after 7, 14 and 21 days of ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Giovanella F,Ferreira GK,de Prá SD,Carvalho-Silva M,Gomes LM,Scaini G,Gonçalves RC,Michels M,Galant LS,Longaretti LM,Dajori AL,Andrade VM,Dal-Pizzol F,Streck EL,de Souza RP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper records the first occurrence of the genus Myrmicium Westwood, 1854 in the Cretaceous of Gondwana and describes it as a new species Myrmicium araripterum sp. nov, based on the most complete specimen of this genus yet known, which represents the largest specimen of the grade "Symphyta" ever found in the Crato...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Freitas LCB,Rasnitsyn AP,Moura GJB,Mendes M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to measure the wildlife consumption of Euterpe edulis fruit and use this data to discuss management possibilities. To estimate infructescence fruit volume consumed, collectors were installed in fruit-bearing palms. To characterize consumption from the ground, samples were placed next to fruiting palms...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Silva JZD,Reis MSD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EEG has been widely employed in the assessment of electrophysiological changes induced by distinct medications. Its sensibility in detecting alterations produced by a specific substance may be enhanced by methods of quantitative analyses (qEEG). The present study aimed at investigating the modulatory effects of br...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Sampaio I,Puga F,Veiga H,Cagy M,Piedade R,Ribeiro P

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mangroves function as a natural coastline protection for erosion and inundation, providing important environmental services. Due to their geographical distribution at the continent-ocean interface, the mangrove habitat may suffer heavy impacts from global climate change, maximized by local human activities occurring i...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Godoy MD,de Lacerda LD

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus, the significance of a conspecific alarm call was investigated in two seasons, winter and spring. Two qualitatively different behavioral responses were displayed by the receivers in reply to playbacks: call(s) and/or taking flight(s). The comparative analysis of the number of ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Nicolas G,Fraigneau C,Aubin T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The golden mussel, Limnoperna fortunei, is among the most devastating invasive species in freshwater habitats worldwide, leading to severe environmental disturbances and economic losses. Therefore, management efforts would be greatly improved by methods that efficiently detect and quantify the abundance of the golden ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Pie MR,Ströher PR,Agostinis AO,Belmonte-Lopes R,Tadra-Sfeir MZ,Ostrensky A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work was carried out in two small fishing communities, Barra de Mamanguape and Tramataia, Northeastern Brazil. The aim was to study these traditional fishermen's knowledge and perception about tide and wind classifications, as well as their fishing strategies and techniques. Our research methodology involved vari...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Bezerra DM,Nascimento DM,Ferreira EN,Rocha PD,Mourão JS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia is described. The material consists of an incomplete edentulous lower jaw that was collected from the upper portion of the Portezuelo Formation (Turonian-Early Coniacian) at the Futalognko site, northwest of Neuquén city, Argentina. The overall morphol...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Kellner AWA,Calvo JO

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments in this paper demonstrate that mitochondrial damage associated to NAD(P)+-induced Ca2+ efflux, is the consequence of inappropriate reaction conditions. The major findings are (i) Added oxaloacetate and acetoacetate readily oxidize NAD(P)H in intact rat liver mitochondria without causing swelling or membran...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Vercesi AE

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study covers the evaluation of the structure and the capacity in adsorbing orthophosphate ions of kaolinites collected from sampling sites in Manaus (Brazil). The kaolinites were obtained using physical fractioning (sieving/siphoning) techniques and chemical treatment with HCl, H2SO4, H2O2 and KCl. The investigat...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Silva MSE,Lages AS,Santana GP

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A relevant series of symmetric supramolecular porphyrins has been obtained by attaching four [RuII(bipy)2Cl] groups to the pyridyl substituents of meso-tetra(4-pyridyl)porphyrin and its metallated derivatives. These compounds display a rich electrochemistry and versatile catalytic, electrocatalytic and photochemical p...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Araki K,Lima Sde S,Winnischofer H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most prominent fields of environmental chemistry is the study and the removal of micro-pollutants from aqueous matrices. Analytical techniques for their identification and quantification are becoming more sensitive and comprehensive and, as a result, an increasing number of drugs have been detected in envir...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Morais RL,Santiago MF,Zang JW,Fonseca-Zang WA,Schimidt F

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bee Melipona scutellaris is considered the reared meliponine species with the largest distribution in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, with records from the state of Rio Grande do Norte down to the state of Bahia. Considering the importance of this species in the generation of income for family agricultu...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Alves RM,Carvalho CA,Souza BA,Santos WS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amazonian biodiversity is increasingly threatened due to the weakening of policies for combating deforestation, especially in Brazil. Loss of animal and plant species, many not yet known to science, is just one among many negative consequences of Amazon deforestation. Deforestation affects indigenous communities, rive...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Ellwanger JH,Kulmann-Leal B,Kaminski VL,Valverde-Villegas JM,Veiga ABGD,Spilki FR,Fearnside PM,Caesar L,Giatti LL,Wallau GL,Almeida SEM,Borba MR,Hora VPD,Chies JAB

更新日期：2020-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed at describing daily and seasonal variation in the activity of a population of South-American rattlesnakes (Crotalus durissus) in a savanna like habitat (Cerrado) in Southeastern Brazil. Seasonal and daily activities of snakes were evaluated by the number of captures of snakes during road surveys, acci...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Tozetti AM,Martins M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00