Emerson Z. Arruda

Targeted Deletion of the Kynurenine Aminotransferase II Gene Reveals a Critical Role of Endogenous Kynurenic Acid in the Regulation of Synaptic Transmission via<i>α</i>7 Nicotinic Receptors in the Hippocampus

Manickavasagon Alkondon, Edna F. R. Pereira, Ping Yü et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2004 · 130 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

Inhibition of Myotoxic Activity of Bothrops asper Myotoxin II by the Anti-trypanosomal Drug Suramin

M.T. Murakami, Emerson Z. Arruda, Paulo A. Melo et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology · 2005 · 121 citations · Full text

Medicine, Pharmacology, Toxicology +5

Interfacial surface charge and free accessibility to the PLA2-active site-like region are essential requirements for the activity of Lys49 PLA2 homologues

M.T. Murakami, Magno Massolino Viçoti, José Ramon Beltran Abrego et al. · Toxicon · 2006 · 67 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +10

Evaluation of three Brazilian antivenom ability to antagonize myonecrosis and hemorrhage induced by Bothrops snake venoms in a mouse model

Noelson M.V. da Silva, Emerson Z. Arruda, Yugo L.B. Murakami et al. · Toxicon · 2007 · 59 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Pathobiology, Toxicology +10

Mechanistic hypotheses for nonsynaptic epileptiform activity induction and its transition from the interictal to ictal state—Computational simulation

Antônio-Carlos G. de Almeida, Antônio Márcio Rodrigues, Fúlvio A. Scorza et al. · Epilepsia · 2008 · 53 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17