Lenir Orlandi Pereira Silva
PhD in Neuroscience (UFRGS)
Professor at the Department of Morphological Sciences at UFRGS, teaching Histology and Embryology. Graduated in Physical Therapy (UDESC), with a PhD and Postdoctoral in Neuroscience (UFRGS). She has been Professor in the Neuroscience Graduate Program (PPG) since 2008, responsible for courses in Cytology and Histology of the Nervous System and Animal Models for the Study of Behavior. Her research focuses on Neurodevelopmental Disorders in animal models (rodents), with projects related to neonatal hypoxia-ischemia and congenital Zika virus infection, also investigating potential protective effects of pharmacological strategies such as folic acid, and non-pharmacological strategies like environmental enrichment.