Janaina Alves

Instructor

Ph.D., 2009; University Federal of Sao Paulo

Academic Department(s)

Microbiology and Immunology

Research Area

Neuroscience

Research Interest

Neuroscience

 

Publications

Chemopreventive effect of Copaifera langsdorffii leaves hydroalcoholic extract on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced DNA damage and preneoplastic lesions in rat colon. Senedese JM, Alves JM, Lima IM, de Andrade EA, Furtado RA, Bastos JK, Tavares DC. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2013 Jan 7;13(1):3

 

Kinin-B2 receptor mediated neuroprotection after NMDA excitotoxicity is reversed in the presence of kinin-B1 receptor agonists.  Martins AH, Alves JM, Perez D, Carrasco M, Torres-Rivera W, Eterović VA, Ferchmin PA, Ulrich H. PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e30755. 

 

Novel perspectives of neural stem cell differentiation: from neurotransmitters to therapeutics. Trujillo CA, Schwindt TT, Martins AH, Alves JM, Mello LE, Ulrich H. Cytometry A. 2009 Jan;75(1):38-53. 

 

Identification and characterization of a novel calcium-activated apyrase from Cryptosporidium parasites and its potential role in pathogenesis. Manque PA, Woehlbier U, Lara AM, Tenjo F, Alves JM, Buck GA. PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e31030.

 

Kinin-B2 receptor expression and activity during differentiation of embryonic rat neurospheres. Martins AH, Alves JM, Trujillo CA, Schwindt TT, Barnabé GF, Motta FL, Guimaraes AO, Casarini DE, Mello LE, Pesquero JB, Ulrich H. Cytometry A. 2008 Apr;73(4):361-8. 

 

Contact Information

Universidad Central del Caribe

P.O. Box 60327

Bayamón, PR 00960-6032

Tel.: (787) 798-3001 x 2083

e-mail: janaina.alves@uccaribe.edu

marjanaina@gmail.com