Qualifications: Sports Science – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Honors in Physiology of Exercise –Gama Filho University – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Masters in Human Motricity –Castelo Branco University – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil PhD in Health Science – Bond University – Gold Coast, Australia
Articles
Assessment of immune function after short-term administration of recombinant human growth hormone in healthy young males (with Ekua W. Brenu, Rhys Christy, A. Bon Gray, Lars McNaughton, Lotti Tajouri, Mieke Van Driel, and Sonya M. Marshall-Gradisnik), European journal of applied physiology (2011)
Growth hormone (GH) is a commonly used drug aimed at improving sport performance. The aim...
Immune and hemorheological changes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (with Ekua W. Brenu, Donald R. Staines, Oguz K. Baskurt, Kevin J. Ashton, Rhys M. Christy, and Sonya M. Marshall-Gradisnik), Journal of translational medicine (2010)
Background
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a multifactorial disorder that affects various physiological systems...
Study of endogenous profile of hCG in male Brazilian athletes (with Henrique M. G. Pereira, Marco Aurélio Dal Sasso, Elisa S. C. Poças, Mônica C. Padilha, Luis Nelson F. Gomes, and Francisco R. de Aquino Neto), Journal of the Brazilian chemical society (2008)
In the world of performance enhancing drugs, human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) is increasingly used alone...
Effects of caffeine (3 mg) on maximal oxygen consumption, plasmatic lactate and reaction time after maximum effort (with Paula Fernandes de Aguiar, Ana Cristina Lopes, Gloria Barreto, André Valentim Siqueira Rodrigues, Henrique Marcelo Gualberto Pereira, Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas, and Francisco Radler de Aquino Neto), International journal of sport science (2006)
The stimulants caffeine effects on sport performance have been widely investigated. The Maximal Oxygen Uptake...