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José Antunes-Rodrigues

José Antunes-Rodrigues

Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
58
Citations
13029
World Ranking
4151
National Ranking
22

José Antunes-Rodrigues publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José Antunes-Rodrigues sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 531 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

José Antunes-Rodrigues D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José Antunes-Rodrigues sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

José Antunes-Rodrigues is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine. Their work spans various subfields including Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Social Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Physiology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Renin-Angiotensin System Studies
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Birth, Development, and Health

José Antunes-Rodrigues has published multiple papers in notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues comprise:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
  • Cell & Bioscience
  • Hormones and Behavior

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Sex differences in body composition, metabolism-related hormones, and energy homeostasis during aging in Wistar rats" (2020) published in Physiological Reports
  • "The Dorsomedial Hypothalamus Is Involved in the Mediation of Autonomic and Neuroendocrine Responses to Restraint Stress" (2020) published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • "Physiological and Transcriptomic Changes in the Hypothalamic-Neurohypophysial System after 24 h of Furosemide-Induced Sodium Depletion" (2020) published in Neuroendocrinology
  • "Arcuate AgRP, but not POMC neurons, modulate paraventricular CRF synthesis and release in response to fasting" (2022) published in Cell & Bioscience
  • "Sex- and age-dependent differences in the hormone and drinking responses to water deprivation" (2020) published in American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Lucila Leico Kagohara Elias
  • André S. Mecawi
  • Wagner Luis Reis
  • Gislaine Almeida-Pereira
  • Sílvia Graciela Ruginsk

Best Publications

  • Neuroendocrine Control of Body Fluid Metabolism

    José Antunes-Rodrigues;Margaret de Castro;Lucila Leico Kagohara Elias;Marcelo Moraes Valença

  • Oxytocin mediates atrial natriuretic peptide release and natriuresis after volume expansion in the rat.

    M. A. Haanwinckel;L. K. Elias;A. L. V. Favaretto;J. Gutkowska

  • Increased sympathetic activity in rats submitted to chronic intermittent hypoxia.

    Daniel B. Zoccal;Leni G. H. Bonagamba;Fabíola R. T. Oliveira;José Antunes-Rodrigues

  • Central administration of atrial natriuretic factor inhibits saline preference in the rat.

    Jose Antunes-Rodrigues;Samuel M. McCann;Willis K. Samson

  • The role of oxytocin in cardiovascular regulation.

    J. Gutkowska;M. Jankowski;J. Antunes-Rodrigues

  • Epigenetic Metabolic Reprogramming of Right Ventricular Fibroblasts in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase-Dependent Shift in Mitochondrial Metabolism Promotes Right Ventricular Fibrosis.

    Lian Tian;Danchen Wu;Asish Dasgupta;Kuang Hueih Chen

  • Simvastatin decreases nitric oxide overproduction and reverts the impaired vascular responsiveness induced by endotoxic shock in rats.

    Alexandre Giusti-Paiva;Maria Regina Martinez;Jorge Vinicius Cestari Felix;Maria Jose Alves da Rocha

  • Atrial natriuretic peptide and oxytocin induce natriuresis by release of cGMP

    T. J. Soares;T. M. Coimbra;A. R. Martins;A. G. F. Pereira

  • Female Pseudohermaphroditism Caused by a Novel Homozygous Missense Mutation of the GR Gene

    Berenice Bilharinho de Mendonça;Maristela V. Leite;Margaret de Castro;Tomoshige Kino

  • Pituitary-Adrenal Function in the Absence of Vasopressin

    S. M. McCANN;J. Antunes-Rodrigues;R. Nallar;H. Valtin

  • Electrophysiological Properties of Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla Presympathetic Neurons Modulated by the Respiratory Network in Rats

    Davi José de Almeida Moraes;Melina P. da Silva;Leni Gomes Heck Bonagamba;André de Souza Mecawi

  • Hypothalamic action of atrial natriuretic factor to inhibit vasopressin secretion.

    Willis K. Samson;M.Cecilia Aguila;Jovo Martinovic;Jose Antunes-Rodrigues

  • Refining Hormonal Diagnosis of Type II 3β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Deficiency in Patients with Premature Pubarche and Hirsutism Based on HSD3B2 Genotyping

    Livia M. Mermejo;Lucila L. K. Elias;S. Marui;Ayrton C. Moreira

  • A comprehensive description of the transcriptome of the hypothalamoneurohypophyseal system in euhydrated and dehydrated rats.

    Charles Hindmarch;Song Yao;Gemma Beighton;Julian Paton

  • Water, Sodium Chloride, and Food Intake Induced by Injections of Cholinergic and Adrenergic Drugs into the Third Ventricle of the Rat Brain

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  • OXYTOCIN RELEASES ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE FROM RAT ATRIA IN VITRO THAT EXERTS NEGATIVE INOTROPIC AND CHRONOTROPIC ACTION

    A.L.V Favaretto;G.O Ballejo;W.I.C Albuquerque-Araújo;J Gutkowska

  • Paraventricular nucleus modulates autonomic and neuroendocrine responses to acute restraint stress in rats.

    Cristiane Busnardo;Rodrigo F. Tavares;Leonardo B.M. Resstel;Lucila L.K. Elias

  • Antagonism of orexin receptors significantly lowers blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

    Aihua Li;Charles C. T. Hindmarch;Eugene E. Nattie;Julian F. R. Paton

  • Non-functioning pituitary adenomas: clinical feature, laboratorial and imaging assessment, therapeutic management and outcome

    Maria Licia Calado de Aguiar Ribeiro Cury;Juliana Coutinho Fernandes;Hélio Rubens Machado;Lucila Leico Elias

  • Tall stature in familial glucocorticoid deficiency.

    Lucila L. K. Elias;Angela Huebner;Louise A. Metherell;Atilio Canas

  • G protein-coupled receptors in the hypothalamic paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei - serpentine gateways to neuroendocrine homeostasis

    Georgina G.J. Hazell;Charles C. Hindmarch;George R. Pope;James A. Roper

  • Role of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis in the control of the response to stress and infection

    S. M. McCann;José Antunes-Rodrigues;Celso Rodrigues Franci;Janete Aparecida Anselmo-Franci

  • Functional characterization of naturally occurring mutations of the human adrenocorticotropin receptor: poor correlation of phenotype and genotype.

    Lucila L. K. Elias;Angela Huebner;Gill D. Pullinger;Adriana Mirtella

  • Cerebral vasospasm and headache during sexual intercourse and masturbatory orgasms.

    Marcelo M Valença;Luciana P A A Valença;Carlos A Bordini;Wilson Farias da Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Jolanta Gutkowska
Jolanta Gutkowska University of Montreal
Fernando M.A. Corrêa
Fernando M.A. Corrêa Universidade de São Paulo
Norberto Garcia-Cairasco
Norberto Garcia-Cairasco Universidade de São Paulo
Luiz G.S. Branco
Luiz G.S. Branco Universidade de São Paulo
Benedito H. Machado
Benedito H. Machado Universidade de São Paulo
S. M. McCann
S. M. McCann The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Julian F. R. Paton
Julian F. R. Paton University of Auckland
Javier E. Stern
Javier E. Stern Georgia State University
Eduardo Colombari
Eduardo Colombari Sao Paulo State University
Fernando Q. Cunha
Fernando Q. Cunha Universidade de São Paulo

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