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José Augusto Pochapski

Postdoctoral Researcher, Ph.D. in Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Parana
Verified email at ufpr.br
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[HTML][HTML] Depression in Parkinson's disease: the contribution from animal studies

…, C Baptista, FB Pedroso, JA Pochapski… - Parkinson's …, 2017 - hindawi.com
Besides being better known for causing motor impairments, Parkinson’s disease (PD) can
also cause many nonmotor symptoms, like depression and anxiety, which can cause …

Forty-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations of rat pups predict adult behavior in the elevated plus-maze behavior but not the effect of cocaine on 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations

N Cordeiro, JA Pochapski, WS Luna, G Baltazar… - Behavioural Brain …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) are emitted by both young pups and adult rats to convey
positive or negative emotional states. These USV manifestations are contingent on factors …

Diazepam attenuates the effects of cocaine on locomotion, 50‐kHz ultrasonic vocalizations and phasic dopamine in the nucleus accumbens of rats

WN Sanchez, JA Pochapski, LF Jessen… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Currently, there is no effective drug to treat cocaine‐use disorder,
which affects millions of people worldwide. Benzodiazepines are potential therapeutic …

Nucleus Accumbens Shell Neurons Encode the Kinematics of Reward Approach Locomotion

D Levcik, AH Sugi, M Aguilar-Rivera, JA Pochapski… - Neuroscience, 2023 - Elsevier
The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is considered an interface between motivation and action,
with NAc neurons playing an important role in promoting reward approach. However, the …

Biperiden reverses the increase in 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations but not the increase in locomotor activity induced by cocaine

…, R Andreatini, C da Cunha, JA Pochapski - Behavioural Brain …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cocaine use disorder (CUD) is a worldwide public health problem, associated with severe
psychosocial and economic impacts. Currently, no FDA-approved treatment is available for …

Effects of l-arginine and creatine administration on spatial memory in rats subjected to a chronic variable stress model

FS dos Santos, LA da Silva, JA Pochapski… - Pharmaceutical …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Context: Chronic stress results from repeated exposure to one or more types of stressors
over a period, ranging from days to months, and can be associated with physical, behavioral, …

Sleep and Pain: A Role for the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Nucleus Accumbens, and Dopamine in the Increased Pain Sensitivity Following Sleep Restriction

NF Sardi, AC Pescador, EM Azevedo, JA Pochapski… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Persistent pain conditions and sleep disorders are public health problems worldwide. It is
widely accepted that sleep disruption increases pain sensitivity; however, the underlying …

Evidence that haloperidol impairs learning and motivation scores in a probabilistic task by reducing the reward expectation

B Negrelli, JA Pochapski, CA Villas-Boas… - Behavioural Brain …, 2020 - Elsevier
José Augusto Pochapski contributed to this manuscript performing the experiment design,
data collection, and data analysis. The author also contributed to the data discussion and …

Effect of treatment with MSG on growth, satiety and epididymal adiposity in neonatal rats

LC Lemos, JA Pochapski, A Raczenski… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - japsonline.com
This study aims to evaluate the relationship between morphological and metabolic
parameters in obese rats induced by MSG, using exercise to determine the glycemic response …

Zeta potential and colloidal stability predictions for inorganic nanoparticle dispersions: Effects of experimental conditions and electrokinetic models on the …

DJ Pochapski, C Carvalho dos Santos, GW Leite… - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this work, a set of experimental electrophoretic mobility (μ e ) data was used to show how
inappropriate selection of the electrokinetic model used to calculate the zeta potential (ζ-…