Madirazza Katarina

Katarina Madirazza defended her doctoral thesis at the TRIBE graduate program on March 8, 2022.


Photo: Katarina and her mentor professor Renata Pecotić

Thesis title: Changes in the renal sympathetic nerve activity depending on the fraction of the inspired oxygen in the acute intermittent hypoxia rat model – the role of alpha2-adrenergic receptors
Naslov diseretacije: Promjene aktivnosti renalnog živca u ovisnosti o udjelu kisika u udahnutoj smjesi u modelu akutne ponavljane hiperkapnije u štakora - uloga Alfa2-adenoreceptora

Mentor: Professor Renata Pecotić
Full text of the Ph.D. thesis: (TRIBE repository: pdf)

The doctoral thesis is based on the following publications:
Madirazza K, Pecotic R, Pavlinac Dodig I, Valic M, Dogas Z. Hyperoxia blunts renal sympathetic nerve activity response to acute intermittent hypercapnia in rats. J Physiol Pharmacol. 2019 Oct;70(5).  (IF = 2.75)
Madirazza K, Pecotic R, Pavlinac Dodig I, Valic M, Dogas Z. Blockade of alpha2-adrenergic receptors in the caudal raphe region enhances the renal sympathetic nerve activity response to acute intermittent hypercapnia in rats. Physiol Res. 2022 Jan 19.  (IF = 1.88)

Enrollment year: 2013 Print page