Renato Leonardo de Freitas

Prof. Renato Leonardo de Freitas

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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 September 2021 in Brain Research Bulletin
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RMR.B. Malvestio
R.B. Malvestio
PMP. Medeiros
P. Medeiros
SFSylmara Esther Negrini Ferrari
Sylmara Esther Negrini Ferrari
MOM. Oliveira-Silva
M. Oliveira-Silva
AMA.C. Medeiros
A.C. Medeiros
RFRenato Leonardo de Freitas
Renato Leonardo de Freitas

2 September 2020 in Pain Medicine
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PMPriscila Medeiros
Priscila Medeiros
ISIeda Regina dos Santos
Ieda Regina dos Santos
IJIvair Matias Júnior
Ivair Matias Júnior
EPEnza Palazzo
Enza Palazzo
JSJosé Aparecido da Silva
José Aparecido da Silva
RFRenato Leonardo de Freitas
Renato Leonardo de Freitas
Background: Chronic constriction injury (CCI) is a model of neuropathic pain induced by four loose ligatures around the sciatic nerve. This work aimed to investigate the sensory, affective, cognitive, and motor changes induced by an adaptation of the CCI model by applying a single ligature around the sciatic nerve. Methods: Mechanical allodynia was measured from day 1 to day 28 postsurgery by the von Frey test. The beam walking test (BWT) was conducted weekly until 28 days after surgery. Anxiety- and depression-like behaviors, and cognitive performance were assessed through the open field (OF), forced swimming (FS), and novel object recognition (NOR) tests, respectively, 21 days after surgery. Results: The two CCI models, both Bennett and Xie’s model (four ligatures of the sciatic nerve) and a modification of it (one ligature), induced mechanical allodynia, increased immobility in the FS, and reduced recognition index in the NOR. The exploratory behavior and time spent in the central part of the arena decreased, while the defensive behavior increased in the OF. The animals subjected to the two CCI models showed motor alterations in the BWT; however, autotomy was observed only in the group with four ligatures and not in the group with a single ligature. Conclusions: Overall these results demonstrate that our adapted CCI model, using a single ligature around the sciatic nerve, induces sensory, affective, cognitive, and motor alterations comparable to the CCI model with four ligatures without generating autotomy. This adaptation to the CCI model may therefore represent an appropriate and more easily performed model for inducing neuropathic pain and study underlying mechanisms and effective treatments.

8 August 2019 in Journal of Neuroscience Research
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PMPriscila Medeiros
Priscila Medeiros
RFRenato Leonardo de Freitas
Renato Leonardo de Freitas
SBSerena Boccella
Serena Boccella
MIMonica Iannotta
Monica Iannotta
CBCarmela Belardo
Carmela Belardo
SMSabatino Maione
Sabatino Maione

17 July 2019 in Neurochemical Research
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PMPriscila Medeiros
Priscila Medeiros
SNSylmara Esther Negrini-Ferrari
Sylmara Esther Negrini-Ferrari
EPEnza Palazzo
Enza Palazzo
SMSabatino Maione
Sabatino Maione
SFSérgio Henrique Ferreira
Sérgio Henrique Ferreira
NCNorberto Cysne Coimbra
Norberto Cysne Coimbra

1 December 2020 in Brain Research Bulletin
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PMPriscila Medeiros
Priscila Medeiros
MOMariana Oliveira-Silva
Mariana Oliveira-Silva
SNSylmara Esther Negrini-Ferrari
Sylmara Esther Negrini-Ferrari
AMAna Carolina Medeiros
Ana Carolina Medeiros
DEDaoud Hibraim Elias-Filho
Daoud Hibraim Elias-Filho
RFRenato Leonardo de Freitas
Renato Leonardo de Freitas

24 May 2024 in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
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AMAna Carolina Medeiros
Ana Carolina Medeiros
PMPriscila Medeiros
Priscila Medeiros
GPGlauce Regina Pigatto
Glauce Regina Pigatto
SMSabatino Maione
Sabatino Maione
NCNorberto Cysne Coimbra
Norberto Cysne Coimbra
RFRenato Leonardo de Freitas
Renato Leonardo de Freitas