Biography
Victorio Valeri, Brazilian cytologist and histologist (29 July 1923 – 04 January 2009)
Coined the term megetism for indicating excess or defficiency of nuclear volume in relation to normal tissue
Estudo da relação entre volume nuclear e quantidade de DNA em células normais e patológicas (carcinoma in situ, carcinoma invasivo e cervicite crônica) do colo uterino. Thesis, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (1962)
With A.R. Cruz, H.J.S. Brandão & L. Lison. Relationship between cell nuclear volume and desoxyribonucleic acid of cells of normal epithelium, of carcinoma in situ and of invasive carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Acta Cytol. 11(6):488-96, 1967
Proposed a new concept of the constitution of the nasal mucosa
With W.T. Anselmo, J.A.A. de Oliveira & R.P. Gonçalves. Morphology of human nasal mucosa on the inferior turbinate: a structural model. Amer. J. Rhin. Aller. 5(1), 1991
Nuclear volume and testosterone-induced changes in secretory activity in the submaxillary gland of mice. Science 120 (3128):984-6, 1954
DEVELOPED METHODS
With A.E. Fuentes, J.P. Marcondes de Souza & S. Mascarenhas. Experimental model of electric stimulation of pseudarthrosis healing. Clin. Orthop. Related Res. 183:267-75, 1984
With M.A. Sala & M. Matheus. A stereologic study on the thickness of the trophoblastic layer and its regional variation in the human term placenta. Anat. Anzeiger 157(4):257-60, 1983
With M.A. Sala & M. Matheus. Eine neue stereologische methode zur Bestimmung der Dicke in einer-Zell-Lage in Zufallsschnitten (A new stereological method for estimating the thickness of a cellular layer on random sections). Mikrosk. 38 (5-6):127-31, 1981
With M.A. Sala & M. Matheus. Estimation of the average diameter of human placenta villi by a stereological method. Microsc. Acta 82(4):339-43, 1979
MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES IN ANIMALS
With V.R. de Melo & A.M. Orsi. The fine structure of the swine sweat gland. II. The coiled ducts. Acta Morphol. Neerl-Scand. 23(1):47-52, 1985
With V.R. de Melo & A.M. Orsi. The fine structure of the swine sweat gland. I. The acini. Anat. Anz. 156(1):51-6, 1983
With H. Warshawsky, A. Haddad, R.P. Gonçalves & F.L. de Lucca. Fine structure of the venom gland epithelium of the South American rattlesnake and radioautographic studies of protein formation by the secretory cells. Am. J., Anat. 138(1):79-119, 1973
With R.P. Gonçalves, A.R. Cruz & E.M. Laicine. Tubular structure within the granular endoplasmic reticulum of the pars intermedia of toad hypophysis. J. Ultrastruct. Res. 35(1):197-200, 1971