I Graduated in Biological Sciences at UFPE. I obtained a Master and a Ph.D. in Physiological Sciences at the PIPG-CF of UFSCar/UNESP, working with central control and reflexes for cardiorespiratory adjustments in vertebrates. I have done postdoctoral research investigating the function and control of intracardiac blood shunts in rattlesnakes in a collaboration between UNESP-RC and Aarhus University. The experience in my line of work was complemented by projects developed at Aarhus University with Prof. Tobias Wang and at the University of British Columbia with Prof. William K Milsom. I am currently an associate professor at UFSCar, in São Carlos. In general, my general line of research aims to understand the physiological basis of biodiversity in vertebrates. I investigate the mechanisms and selections that permeate the physiological adaptations that make vertebrates able to live in different environments. I work with the creation of new and innovative experimental models to access physiological functions. Such models have allowed me to analyze evolutionary hypotheses about cardiorespiratory functions, the role of the cardiac shunt, and the role of cardiovascular reflexes. In addition, we have used such models to investigate functional and ecological damage caused by environmental contaminants or functional gains generated by dietary supplementation in vertebrates. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The industrial activity for iron (ore) producing and steel products processing results in the emission of particulate material in the atmosphere (APM) containing free metals and metallic nanoparticles. Many of these materials are emerging metals and nanoparticles that there are no environmental limits determined in the existing legislation. Dispersed in the atmosphere they may contaminate…
The industrial activity for iron (ore) producing and steel products processing results in the emission of particulate material in the atmosphere (APM) containing free metals and metallic nanoparticles. Many of these materials are emerging metals and nanoparticles that there are no environmental limits determined in the existing legislation. Dispersed in the atmosphere they may contaminate…
The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) is responsible for the integration of several systemic functions in order to maintain of homeostasis at rest to support a diversity of biological challenges, in preparation for cyclic events, or for coordination of adjustments to face specific physiological states. The effort to evaluate autonomic functions and/or the functional role of specific adjustme…
Body temperature alterations (Tb) cause various changes in the physiology of all ectothermic animals, such as reptiles. Variations in metabolic demand and vascular responses compose some examples of it. The local control of capillary beds may generate either an increase or decrease in tissue perfusion according to the metabolic variations caused by temperature. Thus, to maintain an adequa…
Industrial and technological development has allowed several advances for society. However, the pollution resulting from anthropogenic actions is a factor that acts negatively on the maintenance of aquatic ecosystems. In Brazil, the city of Vitória (ES) has a massive industrial complex for processing iron ore. It is responsible for the emission of large amounts of atmospheric particulate …
In vertebrates, blood pressure modulation depends on short- and long-term adjustments. There are important mechanisms for fast blood pressure control, the baroreflex mechanism; reflexes started by cerebral ischemia; reflexes of low-pressure areas; among others. The baroreflex works with mechanic sensors located in big arteries walls. These sensors are intramural phasic proprioceptors stim…
Reptiles may experience drastic growth rates. In these very large organisms, blood flow may be impaired as the Poiseuille's equation indicates that resistance to flow increases with tube length. As arterial pressures increase with body mass, a bigger pressure drop is present in these organisms. However, if in one hand the heart needs to generate a higher pressure, on the other hand the va…
Heart rate variability (HRV) refers to the time course of variation in R-R intervals. Despite it has been well described in mammals, it description was just described qualitatively on reptiles. With the correct description of this mechanism, it will be possible to analyze the integrity of the autonomic nervous system and its function, as well as the possibility of quantification of the re…
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Reptiles may experience drastic growth rates, some species reaching an order of 10,000-fold of body mass increase during their lifespan. This massive increment in body mass may compromise blood flow, since the Poiseuille's equation indicates that resistance to flow increases with tube length. To circumvent this problem, reptiles increase their arterial pressure with body mass to maintain …
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