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Claudio Torres

Professor of Cross-cultural Psychology, University of Brasilia - Brazil
Verified email at pq.cnpq.br
Cited by 6432

Astrocyte senescence as a component of Alzheimer's disease

…, FB Johnson, JQ Trojanowski, C Sell, C Torres - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Aging is the main risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD); however, the aspects of the aging
process that predispose the brain to the development of AD are largely unknown. Astrocytes …

Replicative senescence: a critical review

VJ Cristofalo, A Lorenzini, RG Allen, C Torres… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2004 - Elsevier
Human cells in culture have a limited proliferative capacity. After a period of vigorous proliferation,
the rate of cell division declines and a number of changes occur in the cells including …

Dysregulation of the epigenetic landscape of normal aging in Alzheimer's disease

…, JB Toledo, SJ Gosai, BD Gregory, C Torres… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Aging is the strongest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), although the underlying
mechanisms remain unclear. The chromatin state, in particular through the mark H4K16ac, has …

Desired emotions across cultures: A value-based account.

…, J Cieciuch, M Riediger, C Torres… - Journal of personality …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Values reflect how people want to experience the world; emotions reflect how people actually
experience the world. Therefore, we propose that across cultures people desire emotions …

Astrocyte senescence: evidence and significance

J Cohen, C Torres - Aging cell, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Astrocytes participate in numerous aspects of central nervous system (CNS) physiology ranging
from ion balance to metabolism, and disruption of their physiological roles can therefore …

Basic personal values underlie and give coherence to political values: A cross national study in 15 countries

…, H Schoen, J Silvester, C Tabernero, C Torres… - Political Behavior, 2014 - Springer
Do the political values of the general public form a coherent system? What might be the
source of coherence? We view political values as expressions, in the political domain, of more …

How Distinctive Are Indigenous Ways of Achieving Influence? A Comparative Study of Guanxi, Wasta, Jeitinho, and “Pulling Strings”

…, HJ Huang, C Harb, C Torres - Journal of Cross …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of the study was to investigate the cultural specificity of guanxi, wasta, and
jeitinho, each of which has been identified as an indigenous process of informal influence. …

Stress-induced senescence in human and rodent astrocytes

…, A Lorenzini, M Malaguti, S Hrelia, C Torres - Experimental cell …, 2010 - Elsevier
There is an increasing awareness that astrocytes, the most abundant cell type in the central
nervous system, are critical mediators of brain homeostasis, playing multifunctional roles …

Personal values and political activism: A cross‐national study

…, V Pavlopoulos, T Posnova, C Torres… - British journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Using data from 28 countries in four continents, the present research addresses the question
of how basic values may account for political activism. Study 1 (N = 35,116) analyses data …

On the relationship between valence and arousal in samples across the globe.

…, A Stojanov, W Strus, M Tamir, C Torres… - Emotion, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Affect is involved in many psychological phenomena, but a descriptive structure, long sought,
has been elusive. Valence and arousal are fundamental, and a key question–the focus of …