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List of works by Valdir A Braga

A Disintegrin and Metalloprotease 17 in the Cardiovascular and Central Nervous Systems

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Activation of peripheral chemoreceptors causes positive inotropic effects in a working heart-brainstem preparation of the rat.

scientific article published in November 2007

Acute Treatment with Lauric Acid Reduces Blood Pressure and Oxidative Stress in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.

scientific article published on 7 November 2016

Angiotensin II-derived reactive oxygen species underpinning the processing of the cardiovascular reflexes in the medulla oblongata.

scientific article published on August 2011

Angiotensin-II-derived reactive oxygen species on baroreflex sensitivity during hypertension: new perspectives.

scientific article published on 13 May 2013

Are ATP and glutamate released from slowly adapting pulmonary stretch receptor afferents in the NTS?

scientific article published on 14 August 2008

Autonomic and respiratory responses to microinjection of ATP into the intermediate or caudal nucleus tractus solitarius in the working heart-brainstem preparation of the rat.

scientific article published in May 2005

Autonomic and respiratory responses to microinjection of L-glutamate into the commissural subnucleus of the NTS in the working heart-brainstem preparation of the rat.

scientific article published on 16 May 2006

Cardiovascular responses to peripheral chemoreflex activation and comparison of different methods to evaluate baroreflex gain in conscious mice using telemetry

scientific article published on 30 July 2008

Chemoreflex sympathoexcitation was not altered by the antagonism of glutamate receptors in the commissural nucleus tractus solitarii in the working heart-brainstem preparation of rats

scientific article published in February 2006

Chronic consumption of distilled sugarcane spirit induces anxiolytic-like effects in mice

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Commentaries on Viewpoint: Is the resting bradycardia in athletes the result of remodeling of the sinoatrial node rather than high vagal tone?

scientific article published in May 2013

Comments on Point:Counterpoint: The dominant contributor to systemic hypertension: Chronic activation of the sympathetic nervous system vs. Activation of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system. Dominant contributors for systemic hypertension--who l

scientific article published in December 2010

Dietary Nitrate Reduces Blood Pressure in Rats With Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertension via Mechanisms That Involve Reduction of Sympathetic Hyperactivity

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Dietary salt enhances angiotensin-II-induced superoxide formation in the rostral ventrolateral medulla

scientific article published on 6 January 2010

Differential brain angiotensin-II type I receptor expression in hypertensive rats

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Editorial: Celebrating Twenty Years of the Brazilian Symposium on Cardiovascular Physiology

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

Editorial: New Translational Insights on Metabolic Syndrome: Obesity, Hypertension, Diabetes and Beyond

scientific article published on 10 June 2016

Experimental infection by Toxoplasma gondii using contaminated semen containing different doses of tachyzoites in sheep

scientific article published on 20 February 2010

Fabrication, Physical Characterizations, and In Vitro, In Vivo Evaluation of Ginger Extract-Loaded Gelatin/Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Hydrogel Films Against Burn Wound Healing in Animal Model

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Formulation Development, Characterization, and Evaluation of a Novel Dexibuprofen-Capsaicin Skin Emulgel with Improved In Vivo Anti-inflammatory and Analgesic Effects

scientific article published on 31 July 2020

Gender Differences in Heart Rate Variability Among Individuals Undergoing Regular Resistance Training Preliminary observations

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Homology modeling, vasorelaxant and bradykinin-potentiating activities of a novel hypotensin found in the scorpion venom from Tityus stigmurus.

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In Vivo Bioluminescence Imaging Reveals Redox-Regulated Activator Protein-1 Activation in Paraventricular Nucleus of Mice With Renovascular Hypertension

scientific article published on December 20, 2010

Increased sympathetic outflow in juvenile rats submitted to chronic intermittent hypoxia correlates with enhanced expiratory activity.

scientific article published in May 2008

Integrity of the dorsolateral periaqueductal grey is essential for the fight-or-flight response, but not the respiratory component of a defense reaction.

scientific article published on 27 October 2015

Involvement of L-glutamate and ATP in the neurotransmission of the sympathoexcitatory component of the chemoreflex in the commissural nucleus tractus solitarii of awake rats and in the working heart-brainstem preparation.

scientific article published on 29 March 2007

Ischaemia-induced sympathoexcitation in spinalyzed rats

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Mechanisms underlying the effects of renal denervation in renovascular hypertension

scientific article published on 22 February 2019

Monitors of physical activity: replacement of traditional surveys or a valuable supporting method?

Nitric oxide generation by the organic nitrate NDBP attenuates oxidative stress and angiotensin II-mediated hypertension

scientific article published on 10 May 2016

Ondansetron and promethazine have differential effects on hypothermic responses to lithium chloride administration and to provocative motion in rats

scientific article (publication date: 27 October 2015)

Participation of nitric oxide pathway in the relaxation response induced by E-cinnamaldehyde oxime in superior mesenteric artery isolated from rats

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Participation of the TRP channel in the cardiovascular effects induced by carvacrol in normotensive rat

scientific article published on 11 April 2015

PhysioArt: a teaching tool to motivate students to learn physiology

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Quercetin improves baroreflex sensitivity in spontaneously hypertensive rats

scientific article published in November 2012

Reactive Oxygen Species in the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus Alter Sympathetic Activity During Metabolic Syndrome

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Refinement of telemetry for measuring blood pressure in conscious rats.

scientific article published on May 2009

Renovascular effects of inorganic nitrate following ischemia-reperfusion of the kidney

scientific article published on 17 December 2020

Superoxide scavenging in the rostral ventrolateral medulla blunts the pressor response to peripheral chemoreflex activation

scientific article published on 24 July 2010

Synthesis and characterization of a novel organic nitrate NDHP: Role of xanthine oxidoreductase-mediated nitric oxide formation

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The 2-hour marathon: will women close the gap on men?

scientific article published in January 2011

The Newly Synthesized Pyrazole Derivative 5-(1-(3 Fluorophenyl)-1-Pyrazol-4-yl)-2-Tetrazole Reduces Blood Pressure of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats NO/cGMO Pathway

The larvicidal activity of Agave sisalana against L4 larvae of Aedes aegypti is mediated by internal necrosis and inhibition of nitric oxide production.

scientific article published on 15 November 2014

The new nitric oxide donor cyclohexane nitrate induces vasorelaxation, hypotension, and antihypertensive effects via NO/cGMP/PKG pathway.

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The new organic nitrate 2-nitrate-1,3-diocthanoxypropan (NDOP) induces nitric oxide production and vasorelaxation via activation of inward-rectifier potassium channels (KIR)

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

The novel organic mononitrate NDHP attenuates hypertension and endothelial dysfunction in hypertensive rats

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

The obligatory role of host microbiota in bioactivation of dietary nitrate

scientific article published on 07 October 2019

Uncovering the Vasorelaxant Effect Induced by Vale do São Francisco Red Wine: A Role for Nitric Oxide

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Unravelling the cardiovascular effects induced by alpha-terpineol: a role for the nitric oxide-cGMP pathway

scientific article published on 30 March 2010

Vasorelaxation, induced by Dictyota pulchella (Dictyotaceae), a brown alga, is mediated via inhibition of calcium influx in rats.

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α-Lipoic acid reduces neurogenic hypertension by blunting oxidative stress-mediated increase in ADAM17.

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α-lipoic acid reduces hypertension and increases baroreflex sensitivity in renovascular hypertensive rats

scientific article published on 9 November 2012