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Flavio Afonso Goncalves Mourao

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Mourao F, Leite H, de Carvalho L, Vieira T, Cunha Xavier Pinto M, Medeiros D, et al.
J Neurochem . 2014 Jun; 131(1):65-73. PMID: 24903976
The role of physical exercise as a neuroprotective agent against ischemic injury has been extensively discussed. Nevertheless, the mechanisms underlying the effects of physical exercise on cerebral ischemia remain poorly...
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Medeiros D, Oliveira L, Mourao F, Bastos C, Cairasco N, Pereira G, et al.
Brain Stimul . 2013 Dec; 7(2):170-8. PMID: 24332185
Background: Epilepsy is a common neurological disease affecting over 40 million people worldwide. The foremost important challenge of epileptologists has been to control and predict the recurrent and spontaneous seizures...
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Cunha Xavier Pinto M, Mourao F, Binda N, Leite H, Gomez M, Massensini A, et al.
Neurochem Int . 2012 Jul; 61(5):713-20. PMID: 22750492
Brain ischemic tolerance is a protective mechanism induced by a preconditioning stimulus, which prepare the tissue against harmful insults. Preconditioning with N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) agonists induces brain tolerance and protects it...
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Drumond L, Mourao F, Leite H, Abreu R, Reis H, Moraes M, et al.
Brain Res Bull . 2012 Apr; 88(4):385-91. PMID: 22521426
Physical activity has been proposed as a behavioral intervention that improves learning and memory; nevertheless, the mechanisms underlying these health benefits are still not well understood. Neuronal Calcium Sensor-1 (NCS-1)...
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Medeiros D, Rosa Cota V, Vilela M, Mourao F, Massensini A, Moraes M
Epilepsy Behav . 2012 Feb; 23(3):294-7. PMID: 22370119
In the PTZ animal model of epilepsy, electrical stimulation applied to the amygdaloid complex may result in either pro-convulsive or anticonvulsant effect, depending on the temporal pattern used (i.e. periodic-PS...