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Ricardo Alexandre da Silva Santos Afonso

PhD

Former affiliations
 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-4539
  • 251 Citations
  • 9 h-Index
20022016
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Education/Academic qualification

Basic studies in Medicine, Bachelor, Universidade de Lisboa

Biochemistry, Bachelor, Universidade de Lisboa

Pharmacology & Therapeutics

2003 → 2004

External positions

Vice-President, Portuguese Society of Sciences in Laboratory Animals (SPCAL)

2013 → 2017

Secretary, Portuguese Society of Sciences in Laboratory Animals (SPCAL)

2009 → 2013

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Research Output at NOVA 2002 2016

3 Citations (Scopus)

Postprandial insulin action relies on meal composition and hepatic parasympathetics: dependency on glucose and amino acids Meal, parasympathetics & insulin action

Gaspar, J. M. N., Macedo, M. P. B. D. L. & Afonso, R. A. D. S. S., 1 Jan 2016, In : Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 27, NA, p. 70-78

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Meals
Insulin
Amino Acids
Glucose
Insulin Resistance
11 Citations (Scopus)

Efficacy of carvedilol in reversing hypertension induced by chronic intermittent hypoxia in rats

Diogo, L. N., Pereira, S. A., Nunes, A. R., Afonso, R. A., Santos, A. I. & Monteiro, M. E. C. S., 15 Oct 2015, In : European Journal Of Pharmacology. 765, NA, p. 58-67

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Hypertension
Blood Pressure
Animal Models
Heart Rate
carvedilol

Hypertension induced by chronic intermittent hypoxia: Effects of carvedilol in a rat model

Diogo, L. N., Pereira, S. A., Nunes, A. R., Afonso, R. A., Santos, A. I. & Monteiro, E. C., 1 Sep 2015, In : European Respiratory Journal. 46

Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract

Voluntary oral administration of Losartan in rats

Santos, A. I. L. F. D. M., Monteiro, M. E. C. S., Pereira, S. D. A. G., Afonso, R. A. D. S. S., Faustino, I. V. D. J. & Diogo, L. C. D. N., 1 Jan 2015, In : Journal Of The American Association For Laboratory Animal Science. 54, 5, p. 549-556

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Oral voluntary ingestion as a stress free alternative to orogastric gavage: The example of losartan chronic administration

Faustino, I. V. D. J., Diogo, L. C. D. N., Afonso, R. A. D. S. S., Pereira, S. D. A. G., Monteiro, M. E. C. S. & Santos, A. I. L. F. D. M., 1 Jan 2014

Research output: Other contribution

Prizes

1.º Prémio para Investigação em Obesidade, atribuído pela Sociedade Portuguesa de Endocrinologia Diabetes e Metabolismo (SPEDM)

Ricardo Alexandre da Silva Santos Afonso (Recipient), 2003

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

chronic illness

Best Poster Award at the European Young Physiologists Symposium attributed by the Federation of European Physiological Societies (FEPS)

Ricardo Alexandre da Silva Santos Afonso (Recipient), 2012

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Best Research Poster Presentation, granted by the Western Pharmacology Society

Ricardo Alexandre da Silva Santos Afonso (Recipient), 2004

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Posters
Pharmacology
Inbred SHR Rats
Research
Insulin Resistance

Bolsa de Investigação Dr. M. M. Almeida Ruas, atribuída pela Sociedade Portuguesa de Diabetologia

Ricardo Alexandre da Silva Santos Afonso (Recipient), 2010

Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

retinol-binding protein

First Place in the Poster Competition, atribuído pela Western Pharmacology Society

Ricardo Alexandre da Silva Santos Afonso (Recipient), 2007

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

pharmacology
poster
Canada
Society

Activities 2002 2004

  • 2 Types of Award - Fellowship awarded competitively

Research Fellowship (project reference FCT/POCTI/NSE/42397/01)

Ricardo Alexandre da Silva Santos Afonso (Recipient)
2004 → 2005

Activity: Other › Types of Award - Fellowship awarded competitively

PhD Fellowship (reference SFRH/BD/9082/202)

Ricardo Alexandre da Silva Santos Afonso (Recipient)
2002 → 11 Dec 2008

Activity: Other › Types of Award - Fellowship awarded competitively