The role of gap junctions and connexins in the neurons of the NTS and VLM in the peripheral chemoreflex responses and in the autonomic and respiratory alterations observed in rats submitted to the intermittent chronic hypoxia.

• Grant number: 09/09496-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: January 01, 2010
• End date: February 28, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Physiology - General Physiology
• Principal Investigator: Benedito Honorio Machado
• Grantee: Mirela Barros Dias
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil