Alexandre Silva, Ph.D.
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Areas of Expertise
General:
Cardiovascular, renal and endocrine physiology
Specific:
Mechanism of CNS regulation of glucose homeostasis and mechanisms of obesity-induced
hypertension.
Techniques
Chronic
instrumentation for long-term cardiovascular, renal and brain (i.c.v.) studies
in rats and mice; histology, immunohistochemistry and molecular biology methods
for studying target organ injury and cytokine expression; isotope methods for
measuring renal function.
