Exposure to a novel environment triggers the response of several brain areas that regulate emotional behaviors. Here, we studied theta oscillations within the hippocampus (HPC)-amygdala (AMY)-medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) network in exploration of a novel environment and subsequent familiarization through repeated exposures to that same environment; in addition, we assessed how concomitant stress exposure cou...
Chronic stress impairs cognitive function, namely on tasks that rely on the integrity of cortico-limbic networks. To unravel the functional impact of progressive stress in cortico-limbic networks we measured neural activity and spectral coherences between the ventral hippocampus (vHIP) and the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in rats subjected to short term stress (STS) and chronic unpredictable stress (CUS). CU...
Body and brain undergo several changes with aging. One of these changes is the loss of neuroplasticity, which leads to the decrease of cognitive abilities. Hence the necessity of stopping or reversing these changes is of utmost importance to contemporary society. In the present work, electroencephalogram (EEG) markers of cognitive decline are sought whilst the subjects perform the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (W...
A mielinólise centro-pôntica (MCP) define-se como uma doença desmielinizante aguda, não inflamatória, localizada na região centro-pôntica, associada a um quadro clínico de tetraparésia flácida, paralisia pseudo- bulbar e vários graus de encefalopatia ou coma. Atualmente a etiologia ainda não está completamente esclarecida mas geralmente está associada a perturbações eletrolíticas (particularmente a hiponatrémia...
Tese de mestrado. Engenharia Biomédia (Área de Especialização de Sinais e Imagens Médicas). Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade do Porto. 2007
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