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Joao Rocha
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Author 135
Preprint Author 35
Reviewer 45
Editor 6,740

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Toxicology
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Virology
Global Health
Infectious Diseases
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Emergency and Critical Care
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Genomics
Pharmacology
Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Internal Medicine
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Neuroscience
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Oncology
Translational Medicine
Kinesiology
Psychiatry and Psychology
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Ophthalmology
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Ecotoxicology
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Biosphere Interactions
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Pediatrics
Neurology
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Hematology
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Joao B.T. Rocha

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Professor of Biochemical Toxicology at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria-Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology CCNE, 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Associate Regular Member of International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste.

Neuroscience Pharmacology Toxicology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Work details

Associate Professor

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Post-Graduate Programm in Biochemical Toxicology

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Preprints 1
  • Edited 43
March 18, 2014
Differential genotoxicity of diphenyl diselenide (PhSe)2 and diphenyl ditelluride (PhTe)2
Daiane Francine Meinerz, Josiane Allebrandt, Douglas O.C. Mariano, Emily P. Waczuk, Felix Antunes Soares, Waseem Hassan, João Batista T. Rocha
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.290 PubMed 24711962
February 13, 2014 - Version: 1
Differential genotoxicity of diphenyl diselenide (PhSe)2 and diphenyl ditelluride (PhTe)2
Joao B Rocha, Daiane F. Meinerz, Josiane Allebrandt, Emily Pansera Waczuk, Felix Soares, Waseem Hassan, Douglas Mariano
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.245v1

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June 2, 2022
Withasomniferol C, a new potential SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitor from the Withania somnifera plant proposed by in silico approaches
Shivananada Kandagalla, Hrvoje Rimac, Krishnamoorthy Gurushankar, Jurica Novak, Maria Grishina, Vladimir Potemkin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13374 PubMed 35673392
January 26, 2022
Effects of inorganic mercury exposure in the alveolar bone of rats: an approach of qualitative and morphological aspects
Paula Beatriz de Oliveira Nunes, Maria Karolina Martins Ferreira, Deborah Ribeiro Frazão, Leonardo Oliveira Bittencourt, Victória dos Santos Chemelo, Márcia Cristina Freitas Silva, Armando Lopes Pereira-Neto, Alan Rodrigo Leal Albuquerque, Simone Patricia Aranha Paz, Rômulo Simões Angélica, Sofia Pessanha, Rafael Rodrigues Lima
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12573 PubMed 35127276
August 10, 2021
Online search trends and word-related emotional response during COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: a cross-sectional online study
Maria Montefinese, Ettore Ambrosini, Alessandro Angrilli
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11858 PubMed 34434648
May 31, 2021
The immediate effect of a single session of pain neuroscience education on pain and the autonomic nervous system in subjects with persistent pain, a pilot study
Rob Sillevis, Gabriel Trincado, Eric Shamus
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11543 PubMed 34131526
February 23, 2021
MCQ-Balance: a method to monitor patients with balance disorders and improve clinical interpretation of posturography
Juan De la Torre, Javier Marin, Marco Polo, Eva M. Gómez-Trullén, Jose J. Marin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10916 PubMed 33665033
October 30, 2020
Integrated network pharmacology and molecular docking approaches to reveal the synergistic mechanism of multiple components in Venenum Bufonis for ameliorating heart failure
Wei Ren, Zhiqiang Luo, Fulu Pan, Jiali Liu, Qin Sun, Gang Luo, Raoqiong Wang, Haiyu Zhao, Baolin Bian, Xiao Xiao, Qingrong Pu, Sijin Yang, Guohua Yu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10107 PubMed 33194384
October 28, 2020
TVA-based modeling of short-term memory capacity, speed of processing and perceptual threshold in chronic stroke patients undergoing cognitive training: case-control differences, reliability, and associations with cognitive performance
Geneviève Richard, Anders Petersen, Kristine Moe Ulrichsen, Knut K. Kolskår, Dag Alnæs, Anne-Marthe Sanders, Erlend S. Dørum, Hege Ihle-Hansen, Jan E. Nordvik, Lars T. Westlye
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9948 PubMed 33194366
October 27, 2020
Cytotoxic effect of Montivipera bornmuelleri’s venom on cancer cell lines: in vitro and in vivo studies
Carol Haddoub, Mohamad Rima, Sandrine Heurtebise, Myriam Lawand, Dania Jundi, Riyad Sadek, Sebastian Amigorena, Ziad Fajloun, Marc C. Karam
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9909 PubMed 33194364
July 10, 2020
Effect of sodium (S)-2-hydroxyglutarate in male, and succinic acid in female Wistar rats against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, suggesting a role of the HIF-1 pathway
Eduardo Cienfuegos-Pecina, Tannya R. Ibarra-Rivera, Alma L. Saucedo, Luis A. Ramírez-Martínez, Deanna Esquivel-Figueroa, Ixel Domínguez-Vázquez, Karina J. Alcántara-Solano, Diana P. Moreno-Peña, Gabriela Alarcon-Galvan, Diana Raquel Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Liliana Torres-González, Linda E. Muñoz-Espinosa, Edelmiro Pérez-Rodríguez, Paula Cordero-Pérez
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9438 PubMed 32728491
July 2, 2020
TAPB and RSB protects cardiac diastolic function in elderly patients undergoing abdominopelvic surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Chao Gong, Shitong Li, Xiaojing Huang, Lianhua Chen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9441 PubMed 32676225
June 10, 2020
In silico and in vitro identification of secoisolariciresinol as a re-sensitizer of P-glycoprotein-dependent doxorubicin-resistance NCI/ADR-RES cancer cells
Mohamed A. Morsy, Azza A.K. El-Sheikh, Ahmed R.N. Ibrahim, Katharigatta N. Venugopala, Mahmoud Kandeel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9163 PubMed 32566390
May 7, 2020
Tetrandrine alleviates cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury by suppressing NLRP3 inflammasome activation via Sirt-1
Jun Wang, Ming Guo, Ruojia Ma, Maolin Wu, Yamei Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9042 PubMed 32419986
March 5, 2020
Temporal predictability does not impact attentional blink performance: effects of fixed vs. random inter-trial intervals
Lucienne Shenfield, Vanessa Beanland, Deborah Apthorp
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8677 PubMed 32185105
February 6, 2020
RNA-sequencing analysis of the effect of luteolin on methamphetamine-induced hepatotoxicity in rats: a preliminary study
Dong Qu, Kaikai Zhang, Lijian Chen, Qi Wang, Huijun Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8529 PubMed 32071822
December 20, 2019
Crowdsourcing visual perception experiments: a case of contrast threshold
Kyoshiro Sasaki, Yuki Yamada
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8339 PubMed 31875164
October 3, 2019
Establishment of an in vitro model of cultured viable human, porcine and canine skin and comparison of different media supplements
Isa Bauhammer, Manuel Sacha, Eleonore Haltner
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7811 PubMed 31592353
June 7, 2019
Emerging trends and knowledge structure of epilepsy during pregnancy research for 2000–2018: a bibliometric analysis
Minglu Wang, Weitao Li, Yuying Tao, Limei Zhao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7115 PubMed 31211023
February 28, 2019
Recruitment of cognitive control regions during effortful self-control is associated with altered brain activity in control and reward systems in dieters during subsequent exposure to food commercials
Richard B. Lopez, Andrea L. Courtney, Dylan D. Wagner
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6550 PubMed 30842910
February 21, 2019
Dual mechanism of TRKB activation by anandamide through CB1 and TRPV1 receptors
Cassiano R.A.F. Diniz, Caroline Biojone, Samia R.L. Joca, Tomi Rantamäki, Eero Castrén, Francisco S. Guimarães, Plinio C. Casarotto
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6493 PubMed 30809460
January 31, 2019
GRID-independent molecular descriptor analysis and molecular docking studies to mimic the binding hypothesis of γ-aminobutyric acid transporter 1 (GAT1) inhibitors
Sadia Zafar, Ishrat Jabeen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6283 PubMed 30723616
October 19, 2018
Effects of graded concentrations of supplemental selenium on selenium concentrations in tissues and prediction equations for estimating dietary selenium intake in pigs
Ah Reum Son, Jin-young Jeong, Kyu Ree Park, Minseok Kim, Sung Dae Lee, Ji-Hyock Yoo, Yoon-Jung Do, Kondreddy Eswar Reddy, Hyun-Jeong Lee
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5791 PubMed 30364538
July 31, 2018
Preparation and in vitro release kinetics of ivermectin sustained-release bolus optimized by response surface methodology
Xiangchun Ruan, Xiuge Gao, Ying Gao, Lin Peng, Hui Ji, Dawei Guo, Shanxiang Jiang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5418 PubMed 30083480
July 25, 2018
Antioxidant activity and mechanism of commercial Rama Forte persimmon fruits (Diospyros kaki)
Luana T. Dalvi, Daniel C. Moreira, Antonio Alonso, Isa G.J. de Avellar, Marcelo Hermes-Lima
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5223 PubMed 30065860
June 26, 2018
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms of uracil-processing genes affect the occurrence and the onset of recurrent depressive disorder
Piotr Czarny, Paulina Wigner, Justyna Strycharz, Cezary Watala, Ewa Swiderska, Ewelina Synowiec, Piotr Galecki, Monika Talarowska, Janusz Szemraj, Kuan-Pin Su, Tomasz Sliwinski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5116 PubMed 29967751
June 18, 2018
Safe exposure distances for transcranial magnetic stimulation based on computer simulations
Iam Palatnik de Sousa, Carlos R. H. Barbosa, Elisabeth Costa Monteiro
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5034 PubMed 29938136
June 1, 2018
N-acetylcysteine protects against motor, optomotor and morphological deficits induced by 6-OHDA in zebrafish larvae
Radharani Benvenutti, Matheus Marcon, Carlos G. Reis, Laura R. Nery, Camila Miguel, Ana P. Herrmann, Monica R.M. Vianna, Angelo Piato
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4957 PubMed 29868300
November 1, 2017
Effects of graded concentrations of supplemental lead on lead concentrations in tissues of pigs and prediction equations for estimating dietary lead intake
Kondreddy Eswar Reddy, Kyu Ree Park, Sung Dae Lee, Ji-Hyock Yoo, Ah Reum Son, Hyun-Jung Lee
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3936 PubMed 29109910
October 19, 2017
The neuroprotective effect of nicotine in Parkinson’s disease models is associated with inhibiting PARP-1 and caspase-3 cleavage
Justin Y.D. Lu, Ping Su, James E.M. Barber, Joanne E. Nash, Anh D. Le, Fang Liu, Albert H.C. Wong
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3933 PubMed 29062606
May 18, 2017
Toxicity, repellency and flushing out in Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) exposed to the repellents DEET and IR3535
Mercedes M.N. Reynoso, Emilia A. Seccacini, Javier A. Calcagno, Eduardo N. Zerba, Raúl A. Alzogaray
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3292 PubMed 28533956
May 9, 2017
Intervention effects of five cations and their correction on hemolytic activity of tentacle extract from the jellyfish Cyanea capillata
Hui Zhang, Qianqian Wang, Liang Xiao, Liming Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3338 PubMed 28503385
April 12, 2017
Meloxicam ameliorates the cartilage and subchondral bone deterioration in monoiodoacetate-induced rat osteoarthritis
Előd Nagy, Enikő Vajda, Camil Vari, Sándor Sipka, Ana-Maria Fárr, Emőke Horváth
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3185 PubMed 28413731
April 11, 2017
Effects of chronic exposure to clothianidin on the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris
Kate Basley, Dave Goulson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3177 PubMed 28413730
March 21, 2017
Grape seed proanthocyanidin extract protects lymphocytes against histone-induced apoptosis
Ping Chang, Bing Mo, David M. Cauvi, Ying Yu, Zhenhui Guo, Jian Zhou, Qiong Huang, Qitao Yan, Guiming Chen, Zhanguo Liu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3108 PubMed 28344907
October 20, 2016
Effects of 14-day oral low dose selenium nanoparticles and selenite in rat—as determined by metabolite pattern determination
Niels Hadrup, Katrin Loeschner, Kasper Skov, Gitte Ravn-Haren, Erik H. Larsen, Alicja Mortensen, Henrik R. Lam, Henrik L. Frandsen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2601 PubMed 27781177
June 28, 2016
Modulation of the behavioral and electrical responses to the repellent DEET elicited by the pre-exposure to the same compound in Blattella germanica
Valeria Sfara, Gastón A. Mougabure-Cueto, Paola A. González-Audino
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2150 PubMed 27375967
March 17, 2016
Mechanism of action of novel piperazine containing a toxicant against human liver cancer cells
Nima Samie, Sekaran Muniandy, MS Kanthimathi, Batoul Sadat Haerian
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1588 PubMed 27019772
January 26, 2016
The Tibetan medicine Zuotai influences clock gene expression in the liver of mice
Huan Li, Wen-Kai Li, Yuan-Fu Lu, Li-Xin Wei, Jie Liu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1632 PubMed 26855871
April 9, 2015
Relationship between cold pressor pain-sensitivity and sleep quality in opioid-dependent males on methadone treatment
Zalina Zahari, Chee Siong Lee, Soo Choon Tan, Nasir Mohamad, Yeong Yeh Lee, Rusli Ismail
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.839 PubMed 25870765
March 5, 2015
Artemisinin mimics calorie restriction to trigger mitochondrial biogenesis and compromise telomere shortening in mice
Da-Ting Wang, Jiang He, Ming Wu, Si-Ming Li, Qian Gao, Qing-Ping Zeng
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.822 PubMed 25780774
September 9, 2014
Psoralidin induces autophagy through ROS generation which inhibits the proliferation of human lung cancer A549 cells
Wenhui Hao, Xuenong Zhang, Wenwen Zhao, Xiuping Chen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.555 PubMed 25250213
July 17, 2014
Take a stand on your decisions, or take a sit: posture does not affect risk preferences in an economic task
Megan K. O’Brien, Alaa A. Ahmed
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.475 PubMed 25083345
September 10, 2013
Do N-arachidonyl-glycine (NA-glycine) and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG) share mode of action and the binding site on the β2 subunit of GABAA receptors?
Roland Baur, Jürg Gertsch, Erwin Sigel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.149 PubMed 24058880
August 1, 2013
Microsaccades restore the visibility of minute foveal targets
Francisco M. Costela, Michael B. McCamy, Stephen L. Macknik, Jorge Otero-Millan, Susana Martinez-Conde
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.119 PubMed 23940832