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The putative roles of FSH and AMH in the regulation of oocyte developmental competence: from fertility prognosis to mechanisms underlying age-related subfertility
(Human reproduction update, 2022) [Artigo]BACKGROUND: Fertility loss during female ageing is associated with increasing basal FSH and decreasing anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentrations, together with compromised oocyte quality, presumably due to increased ... -
Physiological parameters related to oocyte nuclear differentiation for the improvement of IVM/IVF outcomes in women and cattle
(Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 2021) [Resenha]In vitro maturation (IVM) has been applied in numerous different contexts and strategies in humans and animals, but in both cases it represents a challenge still far from being overcome. Despite the large dataset produced ... -
A Psychological Aversive Condition Does Not Change Individual Zebrafish Preference For Background Color Or Artificial Plant Enrichments
(Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 2021) [Artigo]Information on fish preference for environmental conditions can be a useful tool to offer them what they want, an important requirement for welfare purposes. Giving that such an approach deals with psychological states of ... -
Sperm donation: an alternative to improve post-ICSI live birth rates in advanced maternal age patients
(Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 2021) [Artigo]STUDY QUESTION: Can sperm donation increase live birth rates following ICSI in advanced maternal age (AMA) patients? SUMMARY ANSWER: Sperm donation increases the live birth rate in AMA ICSI cycles. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: ... -
Early embryo morphokinetics is a better predictor of post-ICSI live birth than embryo morphology: Speed is more important than beauty at the cleavage stage
(Zygote, 2021) [Artigo]Given the importance of embryo developmental competence assessment in reproductive medicine and biology, the aim of this study was to compare the performance of fertilization and cleavage morphokinetics with embryo morphology ... -
Recreating the Follicular Environment: A Customized Approach for In Vitro Culture of Bovine Oocytes Based on the Origin and Differentiation State
(Methods in Molecular Biology, 2021) [Capítulo de livro]The mammalian ovary is a large source of oocytes organized into follicles at various stages of folliculogenesis. However, only a limited number of them can be used for in vitro embryo production (IVEP), while most have yet ... -
Sleep patterns in rats
(Rodent Model as Tools in Ethical Biomedical Research, 2015) [Capítulo de livro]The rat, a mammal of the Rodentia order that encompasses several species with the most ubiquitous being the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) and the black rat (Rattus rattus), is present in all latitudes of the globe. Thanks ... -
Limpeza corporal, ansiedade experimental e privação de sono paradoxal em ratos
(Sleep Science, 2012) [Artigo]Objective: Paradoxical sleep deprivation increases grooming behaviors in rats. Discordant data on the change promoted by such deprivation on the experimentally defined anxiety levels have made difficult to assess if the ... -
Avaliação da impulsividade em ratos privados de sono REM
(Sleep Science, 2012) [Artigo]The progress of knowledge in the area of mental health still depends, at least in part, on the development of experimental paradigms using laboratory animals. In such context, sleep deprivation and its effects were proposed ... -
Is sleep deprivation involved in domestic violence?
(Sleep Science, 2009) [Artigo]background and objective: Sleep deprivation promotes an increase in aggressiveness; however, this effect has not been investigated in humans. Since high alcohol intake promotes desynchronized sleep deprivation and alcoholism ... -
Recovery facilitation of malathion-intoxicated freshwater fish by exposure to hypertonic environment
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Effect of nonelectrolytes and tonicity on hydrosmotic properties of toad bladder
(Acta Physiologica Latino-Americana, 1975) [Artigo]Water flow was measured gravimetrically in toad bladder sacs incubated in solutions of different ionic content. Substitution of Ringer's solution by isotonic and hypertonic nonelectrolyte solution increases water permeability ... -
AUMENTO DA PRESSAO INTRA OCULAR PRODUZIDA PELO ETANOL EM CAO
(Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 1974) [Artigo] -
INFLUENCIA DO EQUILIBRIO ACIDO BASE E ATIVIDADE DA SUCCINILCOLINA NA JUNCAO NEUROMUSCULAR
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Changes in electrolytes, osmotic pressure and pH caused by ethanol in aqueous humor and plasma of dogs
(Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 1973) [Artigo] -
Isoaminile as inhibitor of muscarinic and nicotinic ganglionic receptors
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Psychometric characteristics of DLQI-BRA and Skindex-16 to measure the impact of dermatological diseases on quality of life in Brazilian patients
(PLoS ONE, 2021) [Artigo]Objective To compare the psychometric performance of the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI-BRA) and Skindex-16 to assess quality of life (QoL) in Brazilian patients with dermatological diseases. Methods This was a ... -
Effects of environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars: Individuality matters
(Oecologia Australis, 2018) [Artigo]The effects of different environmental enrichments on the behaviors of four captive jaguars, Panthera onca (Carnivora, Felidae), were individually evaluated. The frequency of jaguar behaviors were recorded in three phases: ... -
Social and spatial relationships of capybaras in a semi-confined production system
(Capybara: Biology, Use and Conservation of an Exceptional Neotropical Species, 2013) [Capítulo de livro]Social and spatial relationships between individuals have been used to describe the social structure of animal species (Hinde 1983; Lee 1994), which can be defined as the organizational pattern of social relationships among ... -
Efecto del aceite esencial de Citrus aurantium L. en la regeneración muscular en ratones mdx
(International Journal of Morphology, 2011) [Artigo]Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe X-linked recessive disorder characterized by the progressive loss of muscular strength. Mdx mutant mice show a marked deficiency in dystrophin, which was related to muscle ...