To study the physiology and the dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system with particular focus on cardiorespiratory integration and vesical function; development of non invasive methodologies to evaluate autonomic function and dysfunction.

Isabel Rocha
PhD in Medicine
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon

 

2009/2010- Estudo do sistema nervoso autonomo na nefrolitiase recorrente. Instituto de Medicina Molecular (IMM/FM/UL), FCT PIC/IC/83243/2007

 

2010/2013- Construção de um Pacemaker Diafragmático a ser testado em rato com vista a ser aplicado no ser humano com insuficiência respiratória. Instituto de Medicina Molecular (IMM/FM/UL), FCT PTDC/EEA-ELC/109083/2008

 

2010/2013- Modificação genética das células do núcleo paraventricular do hipotálamo (PVN) e medula rostroventrolateral (RVLM) para controlar cronicamente a hipertensão. Instituto de Medicina Molecular (IMM/FM/UL), FCT PTDC/SAU-OSM/109081/2008
 
2011/2012- Autorregulação no acidente vascular cerebral agudo. Instituto de Medicina Molecular (IMM/FM/UL), FCT PTDC/SAU-ORG/113329/2009
 

Professor K. Michael Spyer (Department of Physiology, Royal Free and University College Medical School of London, Londres, UK)

 

Professor J. Paton (Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol)

 

Professor Helder Mota Filipe (Faculdade Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa)

 

Professor A. Kazontsev (Department Neurology, Harvard Medical School)

 

Professor S. Cerutti (Department Biomedical Eng., Politecnico di Milano)

Oliveira M, da Silva M, Timoteo A, Feliciano J, Sousa L , Santos S, Silva-Carvalho L, Ferreira R (2008) Inducibility of atrial fibrillation during electrophysiologic evaluation is associated with increased dispersion of atrial refractoriness . Int.J.Cardiol (in press) Aug 1. Epub ahead of print.

 

Cruz J, Sousa J, Oliveira AG, Silva Carvalho L (2008) Effects of endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for primary hyperhidrosis on cardiac autonomic nervous activity. J Gen Thor Surg, (in press) Epub ahead of print.

 

Delgado E, Marques-Neves C., Rocha I, Sales-Luis J, Silva-Carvalho L. (2008). Intrinsic vasomotricity and adrenergic effects in a model of isolated rabbit eye. Acta Ophthalmol. Scand, Aug 13 Epub ahead of print.

 

Rocha I, Gonçalves V, Bettencourt MJ, Silva-Carvalho L (2008) Effect of stimulation of sublobule IX-b of the cerebellar vermis over cardiac function. Physiol Res., 57(5):701-7. Epub 2007 Oct 11.

 

Lima, P.A, Vicente, M.I., Alves, F.M., Dionísio, J.C., Costa, P.F. (2008) Insulin increases excitability via a dose-dependent dual inhibition of voltage-activated K+ currents in differentiated N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells Eur. J. Neurosc., Vol. 27, pp. 2019–2032, 2008.

 

Santos, A.I., Nascimento, M.M. & Costa, P.F. Potassium currents and the expression of an inactivating component in the course of neuroblastoma differentiation. Neuroscience Research (revis.).

 

Lima, P.A., Vicente, M.I., Costa, P. Galantamine inhibits slowly inactivating K+ currents with a U-shaped dose-response relationship in differentiated N1E-115 cells and in CA1 neurones (submited)