Publications by Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva

Local Shear Stress and Dyslipidemia Interfere with Actin Cyto-Skeleton and Lysosomal Organization Contributing to Vascular Fragility

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva

Shear stress is one of the major hemodynamic forces acting on the endothelium. However, it is not well known how endothelial cells (EC) respond mechanically to these stimuli in vivo. Here we investigated whether changes in biomechanics properties and shear ...

2024

MOSAIC on the ELT: Front-End and instrument AITV planification

Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva, Dominique Chapuis

MOSAIC is the Multi-Object Spectrograph for the ESO-ELT (European Southern Observatory-Extremely Large Telescope). The Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) is in charge of the “Assembly, Integration, Test and Verification (AIT/V)” activities for ...

SPIE2024

Tumescense monitoring system for diagnosing erectile dysfunction and methods of use

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva

Systems and methods for monitoring penile tumescence are provided that overcome the drawbacks of previously known systems by providing a wearable formed of a flexible and elastic tube having a plurality of sensors disposed on or embedded within it, the wea ...

2023

Low-Intensity Electrostimulation Enhances Neuroregeneration and Improves Erectile Function in a Rat Model of Cavernous Nerve Injury

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Mikaël Nils Sturny, Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva

Background: Neurogenic erectile dysfunction (ED) following radical prostatectomy (RP) is a frequent complication often leading to erectile tissue remodeling and permanent ED. Low-intensity electrostimulation (LIES) has been shown to enhance peripheral nerv ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022

Plant Terpenes on Treating Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease: A Review

Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva

The use of medicinal plants as a therapy alternative is old as human existence itself. Nowadays, the search for effective molecules for chronic diseases treatments has increased. The cardiometabolic disorders still the main cause of death worldwide and pla ...

BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD2021

Cardiotrophin-1 Deficiency Abrogates Atherosclerosis Progression

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva

Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) is associated with cardiovascular (CV) diseases. We investigated the effect of CT-1 deficiency in the development and progression of atherosclerosis in double knockout Apoe(-/-)ct-1(-/-) mice. Apoe(-/-) C57Bl/6 or Apoe(-/-)ct-1(-/-) ...

Nature Research2020

Low-Intensity Electrostimulation Of Injured Cavernous Nerves Ameliorates Erectile Dysfunction And Promotes Penile Rehabilitation In Rats

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Mikaël Nils Sturny, Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2020

Performance and safety of treatment options for erectile dysfunction in patients with spinal cord injury: A review of the literature

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Mikaël Nils Sturny, Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva

Background For a large proportion of patients with spinal cord injury, sexuality and reproduction are important issues. However, sparse data exist regarding available treatment options for this patient population. Objectives We sought to review performance ...

WILEY2020

Multi-slice passband bSSFP for human and rodent fMRI at ultra-high field

Rolf Gruetter, Ileana Ozana Jelescu, Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva, Olivier Benoit Thomas Reynaud

Balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) can be used as an alternative to gradient-echo (GE) EPI for BOLD functional MRI when image distortions and signal drop-outs are severe such as at ultra-high field. However, 3D-bSSFP acquisitions have distinct d ...

Academic Press Inc - Elsevier Science2019

Endothelial Function in the Human Cutaneous Microcirculation in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva

KARGER2019