Ana Lucilia da Silva Marques
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
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Neurochemical Research | 2007
Leandre Carmen Wilot; Andressa Bernardi; Rudimar Luiz Frozza; Ana Lucilia da Silva Marques; Helena Iturvides Cimarosti; Christianne Gazzana Salbego; Elizabete Rocha da Rocha; Ana Maria Oliveira Battastini
Lithium and valproate (VPA) are the most commonly prescribed mood-stabilizing drugs. Recently, several studies have reported their neuroprotective properties in several models of neural toxicity and, in some pathological conditions, large amounts of intracellular ATP can be released from damaged cells. In the present study, we investigate the potential neuroprotective effect of lithium and VPA against ATP-induced cell death in hippocampal slices of adult rats. Acute (in vitro) and chronic (in vivo) treatment at therapeutic doses with lithium or VPA significantly prevent the ATP-induced cell death. Lithium and VPA also exerted a synergic effect in the prevention of ATP-induced cell death. Moreover, hippocampal slices prepared from rats chronically treated with lithium or VPA presented a significant reduction in cell death in the presence of cytotoxic extracellular ATP. Although further investigations are necessary, our results show the neuroprotective effect of lithium and VPA against neuronal death induced by extracellular ATP, probably through a different pathway, and suggest novel uses of these drugs in neurogenerative diseases.
11º Congresso Internacional da Rede Unida | 2014
Alessandra Xavier Bueno; Ana Lucilia da Silva Marques; Fabiano Barnart; Mayna Yaçana Bordes de Ávila; Alcindo Antônio Ferla
Archive | 2012
Vivian Costa da Silva; Ana Lucilia da Silva Marques; Alcindo Antônio Ferla
Archive | 2012
Rafael Dall'Alba; Vivian Costa da Silva; R.G. Guerra; Ana Lucilia da Silva Marques; Anderson dos Santos Machado; Alcindo Antônio Ferla
Archive | 2012
Ana Lucilia da Silva Marques; Vivian Costa da Silva; Cristina Bettin Waechter; Alcindo Antônio Ferla
10º Congresso Internacional da Rede Unida | 2012
Maria Luiza Ferreira De Barba; Raíssa Barbieri Ballejo Canto; Mayna Yacanã Borges de Ávila; Rafael Dall'Alba; Alessandra Xavier Bueno; Ana Lucilia da Silva Marques; Estela Maris Gruske Junges; Rosane Machado Rollo; Alcindo Antônio Ferla
10º Congresso Internacional da Rede Unida | 2012
Ana Lucilia da Silva Marques; Mayna Yacanã Borges de Ávila; Natássia Denardin; Alessandra Xavier Bueno; Alcindo Antônio Ferla
10º Congresso Internacional da Rede Unida | 2012
Ana Lucilia da Silva Marques; Maria da Graça Hofmeister; Jamaira Moreira Giora; Rafael Dall'Alba; Mayna Yacanã Borges de Ávila; Alessandra Xavier Bueno; Maria Luiza Ferreira De Barba; Raíssa Barbieri Ballejo Canto; Regina Pedroso; Irani Jesus Borges da Silva; Rosane Machado Rollo; Alcindo Antônio Ferla
10º Congresso Internacional da Rede Unida | 2012
Ana Lucilia da Silva Marques; Mayna Yacanã Borges de Ávila; Alessandra Xavier Bueno; Valdir Moreira; Alcindo Antônio Ferla
10º Congresso Internacional da Rede Unida | 2012
Alessandra Xavier Bueno; Mayna Yacanã Borges de Ávila; Rafael Dall Alba; Ana Lucilia da Silva Marques; Maria Luiza Ferreira De Barba; Raíssa Barbieri Ballejo Canto; Regina Pedroso; Irani Jesus Borges da Silva; Rosane Machado Rollo; Alcindo Antônio Ferla