Margarida
de Mello Aires, Brazilian physiologist (São Paulo 30 November 1935 – São
Paulo 04 April 2019)
Pioneer in studies of the evaluation of hormonal mechanisms involved in the regulation of the acid base balance and extracellular volume of the organism, with numerous fundamental scientific works
Showed
that the organism maintains the extracellular volume at the expense
of pH
Pointed
out the pCO2 balance in kidney
Showed
how aldosterone acts on proximal tubule cells
Showed
how arginine vasopressin acts on Na+/H+
exchanger via
V2 luminal receptor
and
it is inhibited by peritubular v1 receptor
Authored
Fisiologia (1991), a textbook about physiology used abroad too
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