Dr Rohit Ramchandra
MSc PhD (Auckland)
Research Officer
Systems Neurobiology Group
Clive May Laboratory
Contact Details
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Research Interests
- Normal cardiovascular physiology and alterations in pathophysiological states such as heart failure and hypertension
- Autonomic control of circulation
- Differential control of nerve activity
Laboratory Techniques
- Chronic monitoring of cardiovascular variables including arterial pressure and sympathetic nerve activity
- Surgery to implant renal, lumbar and cardiac electrodes
- Design and completion of integrative cardiovascular experiments
Publications and Articles
Ramchandra R, Barrett CJ, Guild S and Malpas SC.Evidence of differential control of renal and lumbar sympathetic nerve activity in conscious rabbits.Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 290: R701-R708, 2006.
Malpas SC, Ramchandra R, Guild S, Budgett DM and Barrett CJ.
Baroreflex mechanisms regulating mean level of SNA differ from those regulating the timing and entrainment of the sympathetic discharges in rabbits.
Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol.291:R400-R409, 2006.
Malpas SC, Ramchandra R, Guild S, McBryde F and Barrett CJ.
Renal sympathetic nerve activity in the development of hypertension.
Current Hypertension Reports 8(3):242-248, 2006.
Ramchandra R, Barrett CJ and Malpas SC.
Nitric oxide and sympathetic nerve activity in the control of blood pressure.
Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 32: 440-446, 2005.
Barrett CJ, Guild S, Ramchandra R and Malpas SC.
Baroreceptor denervation prevents sympathoinhibition during angiotensin II-induced hypertension.
Hypertension 46:168-172, 2005.
Ramchandra R, Barrett CJ and Malpas SC.
Chronic blockade of nitric oxide does not produce hypertension in baroreceptor denervated rabbits.
Hypertension. 42: 974-977, 2003.
Barrett CJ, Ramchandra R, Guild S, Lala A, Budgett DM, and Malpas SC.
What sets the long-term level of renal sympathetic nerve activity: a role for angiotensin II and baroreflexes?
Circulation Research. 92:1330-1336, 2003.
LeFevre ME, Guild S, Ramchandra R, Barrett CJ and Malpas SC.
Role of angiotensin II in the neural control of renal function.
Hypertension 41:583-591, 2003.
Ramchandra R, Barrett CJ, Guild S and Malpas SC.
Is the chronically denervated kidney supersensitive to catecholamines?
Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 282: R603-R610, 2002.
Ramchandra R, Barrett CJ, Guild S and Malpas SC.
Neural control of the renal vasculature in angiotensin II induced hypertension.
Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 29:867-872, 2002.
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