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Igor A. Fernandes

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2008Rising activity
Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlCardiovascular and exercise physiologyCardiovascular Health and Disease PreventionNeuroscience of respiration and sleepBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Publications

94

Citations

1,079

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

19

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
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Igor A. Fernandes' work focuses on how the nervous system controls blood pressure and blood flow, particularly the role of the sympathetic (fight-or-flight) nervous system in regulating beat-to-beat blood pressure changes, and how these systems respond to exercise, altitude, and illness. Studies use human physiology experiments involving drugs that block or enhance specific receptors, along with measures of nerve activity, blood pressure variability, and exercise responses, to understand cardiovascular and autonomic (automatic nervous system) control.

Autonomic (nervous system) control of blood pressureSympathetic nerve activity and adrenergic receptorsExercise and cardiorespiratory physiologyBlood pressure variability and baroreflex functionHuman physiology field and lab experiments

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, peaking in 2018 and again in 2023, with a lower and fairly steady average of about 5 publications per year over the most recent 5-year period.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 11 publications182019: 9 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 12 publications12232024: 4 publications242025: 3 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The FASEB Journal×13
  • The Journal of Physiology×8
  • Journal of Applied Physiology×5
  • Figshare×4
  • American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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