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Email

mariana.del@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Research Fellow
Department of Anatomy and Physiology
Education
PhD
Federal University of Sao Paulo - Paulista School of Medicine
Masters (Research)
Federal University of Sao Paulo - Paulista School of Medicine
Bachelors Degree
Universidade Estadual Paulista 'Julio de Mesquita Filho'
ORCID

0000-0002-7632-6475

Dr Mariana Del Rosso De Melo

Research Fellow
Department of Anatomy and Physiology

32 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Vagal sensory neurones directly synapse onto parasympathetic motor (DMV) neurones
    DOI: 10.1113/JP290003
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Characterizing the phenotype of pre-Bötzinger Complex neurons in rats
    DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2025.04.028
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Vagal nerve stimulation dynamically alters anxiety-like behavior in rats
    DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2025.01.018
  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Ribbon Cable Connectivity of the Carotid Body: Insights for Selective Targeting in Disease
  • 2021

    Internal Research Grant

    Unravelling the Physiological Function of the Respiratory-Autonomic Modulation
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Prebötzinger complex neurons drive respiratory modulation of blood pressure and heart rate
    DOI: 10.7554/eLife.57288
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Renovascular hypertension elevates pulmonary ventilation in rats by carotid body-dependent mechanisms
    DOI: 10.1152/AJPREGU.00134.2019
Mariana Del Rosso De Melo

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2020
2019 SBS EMCRA Collaborative Award
2019
Early Career Research Transition Grant - 2020-2021
2019
2019 MDHS ECR Travel Grant Scheme

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Journal article

    Four-week inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system in spontaneously hypertensive rats results in persistently lower blood pressure with reduced kidney renin and changes in expression of relevant gene networks
    DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvae053
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Acute inhibition of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase in the commissural nucleus of the solitary tract reduces arterial pressure and renal sympathetic nerve activity in renovascular hypertension
    DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003516
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Selective transduction and photoinhibition of pre-Bötzinger complex neurons that project to the facial nucleus in rats affects nasofacial activity
    DOI: 10.7554/eLife.85398
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Cover Image, Volume 530, Issue 17
    DOI: 10.1002/cne.25426
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Analysis of the distribution of vagal afferent projections from different peripheral organs to the nucleus of the solitary tract in rats
    DOI: 10.1002/cne.25398
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Chemogenetic inhibition of Phox2-expressing neurons in the commissural NTS decreases blood pressure in anesthetized spontaneously hypertensive rats
    DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136817
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Selective Inhibition of Pre-Botzinger Neurons Projecting to the Facial Nucleus Decreases Nasofacial Activity Without Affecting Breathing
    DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.S1.03215

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA): Why Is Respiratory Modulation of Heart Rate Key to Physiology and Pathophysiology?

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