Olusoga Sofola
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Nigerian physiologist
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Olusoga Sofola's Degrees
- Bachelors Physiology University of Lagos
- Masters Physiology University of Ibadan
- PhD Physiology University of Nigeria
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Olusoga Sofola is a Nigerian Professor of Physiology and former Vice Chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University. He is currently the treasurer of Nigerian Academy of Science. He was formerly an academic staff at the University of Lagos, where he taught Physiology. He served as Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos before he rose to the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor . In 2009, he was appointed as Vice Chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Olusoga Sofola's Published Works
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Published Works
- Change in endothelial function in mesenteric arteries of sprague‐dawley rats fed a high salt diet (2002) (142)
- Mechanisms of the blood pressure lowering effect of the calyx extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa in rats. (1996) (134)
- Responses of the Heart to Stimulation of Aortic Body Chemoreceptors in Dogs (1980) (54)
- The Petal Extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa Produces Relaxation of Isolated Rat Aorta (1994) (49)
- Dietary salt‐loading attenuates endothelium‐dependent relaxation in response to histamine but not to acetylcholine in rat aortic rings (1991) (44)
- ALTERED RESPONSES OF AORTIC SMOOTH MUSCLE FROM SPRAGUE‐DAWLEY RATS WITH SALT‐INDUCED HYPERTENSION (1991) (37)
- Relaxant effects of the aqueous leaf extract of cassia occidentailis on rat aortic rings (2010) (34)
- Relationship between salt intake, salt-taste threshold and blood pressure in Nigerians. (2011) (32)
- EFFECT OF DIETARY SALT LOADING AND HIGH‐CALCIUM DIET ON VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE RESPONSES AND ENDOTHELIUM FUNCTION IN RATS (1997) (28)
- Left ventricular inotropic responses to stimulation of carotid body chemoreceptors in anaesthetized dogs. (1979) (28)
- The cardiovascular effect of chloroquine in anaesthetized dogs (1980) (22)
- Link between free radicals and protein kinase C in glucose-induced alteration of vascular dilation. (2004) (20)
- Orchidectomy attenuates impaired endothelial effects of a high-salt diet in Sprague-Dawley rats. (2011) (17)
- Effect of continous light and darkness exposures on the petuitary-gonadal axis and thyroid activity in male rats (2010) (17)
- Orchidectomy attenuates high‐salt diet‐induced increases in blood pressure, renovascular resistance, and hind limb vascular dysfunction: role of testosterone (2016) (16)
- Mechanism of Relaxant Effect Mediated by an Aqueous Extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa Petals in Isolated Rat Aorta (1995) (16)
- VASODILATOR EFFECTS OF LEPTIN ON CANINE ISOLATED MESENTERIC ARTERIES AND VEINS (2007) (16)
- Differential responses of rat aorta and mesenteric artery to norepinephrine and serotonin in vitro. (1997) (15)
- Influence of dietary salt intake on the response of isolated perfused mesenteric veins of the dog to vasoactive agents. (2003) (14)
- The effects of calcium ions on the depression of cardiac contractility by chloroquine and quinine. (1981) (13)
- Plasma volume in normal pregnant Nigerian primigravidae (1985) (12)
- The effects of chloroquine on the electrocardiogram and heart rate in anaesthetized dogs. (1983) (12)
- The effect of chronic chloroquine toxicity on blood pressure of rats. (1981) (12)
- Morinda lucida reduces contractility of isolated uterine smooth muscle of pregnant and non-pregnant mice. (2010) (11)
- High salt diet modulates cAMP- and nitric oxide-mediated relaxation responses to isoproterenol in the rat aorta. (2003) (11)
- Salt-sensitivity in normotensive and hypertensive Nigerians. (2011) (10)
- High‐salt diet and responses of the pressurized mesenteric artery of the dog to noradrenaline and acetylcholine (2004) (9)
- Vascular Reactivity and Salt Sensitivity in Normotensive and Hypertensive Adult Nigerians (2014) (9)
- Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Laundry Workers in Lagos (2004) (8)
- Volume regulatory hormones and plasma volume in pregnant women with sickle cell disorder (2016) (8)
- Contractile response of normotensive rat aorta to serum from salt-loaded Sprague-Dawley rats (1993) (8)
- Testosterone reduces vascular relaxation by altering cyclic adenosine monophosphate pathway and potassium channel activation in male Sprague Dawley rats fed a high-salt diet (2013) (7)
- Intravascular volume expansion and fetal outcome in pregnant Nigerians with hemoglobin SS and SC. (1988) (7)
- Testosterone relaxes abdominal aorta in male Sprague-Dawley rats by opening potassium (K(+)) channel and blockade of calcium (Ca(2+)) channel. (2011) (7)
- Sex differences in cardiac and renal responses to a high salt diet in Sprague-Dawley rats (2019) (6)
- Relaxation responses of aortic rings from salt-loaded high calcium fed rats to potassium chloride, calcium chloride and magnesium sulphate (1998) (6)
- Sympathetic cardiovascular effects of experimental strychnine poisoning in dogs. (1976) (5)
- Peripheral vascular responses from lung inflation [proceedings]. (1977) (5)
- Relaxation response of abdominal aorta to androgens in orchidectomised Sprague-Dawley rats fed a high-salt diet. (2012) (5)
- Differential responses to endothelial-dependent relaxation of the thoracic and abdominal aorta from male Sprague-Dawley rats. (2012) (5)
- Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in Petroleum Depot Workers and Petrol Filling Station Attendants (2005) (4)
- Endothelum-dependent and-independent relaxations in aortic rings obtained from hypertensive hooded (Aguti) rats. (2010) (4)
- LDL-peroxidation, and total atioxidant status in Nigerian patients with sickle-cell disease (2005) (4)
- Carotid chemoreceptor reflexes in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats. (1981) (4)
- Role of nitric oxide in salt and water excretion in experimental hypertension in hooded (Aguti) rats. (2007) (4)
- Effect of Chronic Exposure to petroleum products on some Hematological and Biochemical parameters (2008) (4)
- Role of the endothelium in the vascular effects of vitamin C in rats. (2003) (4)
- Haemodynamic changes during experimental tetanus toxicity in dogs (1976) (4)
- Reflex inotropic responses of the heart from lung inflation in anaesthetized dogs (1980) (4)
- EFFECT OF CHLOROQUINE ON THE CONTRACTILITY OF THE SMOOTH MUSCLES OF THE RAT UTERUS, TRACHEA AND URINARY BLADDER (1997) (3)
- Cardiac and Kidney Weight Indices following Dietary Salt Loading and/or Chronic Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition in the Hooded (Aguti) Rat. (2009) (3)
- RAT AORTA AND MESENTERIC ARTERY RESPOND DIFFERENTLY TO SEROTONIN (1997) (3)
- The effects of prolonged exposure to lowered ambient temperature on thyroid activity in mature female rats. (1989) (3)
- Testosterone Enhances the Early Onset and Promotes the Increase in Magnitude of Salt-Induced Hypertension in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats. (2011) (3)
- Amlodipine Corrects Changes in Blood Pressure and Baroreceptor Reflex Sensitivity in Sprague Dawley Rats Fed a High Salt Diet. (2017) (3)
- Cardiac inotropic responses from lung inflation [proceedings]. (1977) (3)
- The effects of high dietary calcium on salt-induced hypertension in rats. (1996) (3)
- Salt Intake And Mean Arterial Blood Pressure In Rabbits. (2010) (2)
- Chloroquine and captopril prevent the development of hypertension in rats fed a high-salt diet (1991) (2)
- Chronic exposure to high environmental temperature exacerbates sodium retention and worsens the severity of salt-induced hypertension in experimental rats via angiotensin receptor activation (2019) (2)
- Artesunate causes relaxation of rat aortic rings and reduces the contractile response to noradrenaline. (2009) (2)
- Baseline anthropometric measurements and obesity of people working in Isale-Oko, Sagamu, Ogun State, Southwest, Nigeria (2020) (2)
- Effect of chloroquine on strips of non-pregnant and pregnant mice uteri in-vitro. (2007) (2)
- High dietary calcium attenuates the enhanced vasoconstrictor effects of serum from salt-loaded rats. (1997) (2)
- Epithelial sodium channel blockade and new β-ENaC polymorphisms among normotensive and hypertensive adult Nigerians (2019) (2)
- Impaired endothelium-dependent and -independent relaxation of aorta from diabetic rats. (2012) (2)
- Carotid chemoreceptor reflexes following dietary salt loading in rats (2004) (2)
- The effect of stimulation of carotid chemoreceptors on the inotropic state of the left ventricle [proceedings]. (1977) (2)
- The Interaction Between Carotid Baroreceptor and Chemoreceptor Relexes on Cardiopulmonary Responses in Anaesthetized Cats (2004) (1)
- Effect of Angiotensin receptor blockade on Plasma Osmolality and Neurohumoral Responses to High Environmental Temperature in Rats Fed a High Salt Diet. (2021) (1)
- Aortic chemoreceptors and the heart in dogs [proceedings]. (1978) (1)
- 24-hour Urinary Sodium, Potassium And Creatinine Concentration And Their Relationship To Blood Pressure in Adult Nigerians (1999) (1)
- Carotid chemoreceptor reflex in rats during experimental tetanus toxicity. (1986) (1)
- The effects of induced hypoxia on the cardiovascular system in dogs poisoned with tetanus toxin (1982) (1)
- Relaxant effects of mefloquine on vascular smooth muscle in vitro (2004) (1)
- Response of salt-sensitive and salt-resistant adult Nigerian subjects to amiloride (2012) (1)
- Orchidectomy Ameliorates the Vascular Hypertrophic Effect of A High Salt Diet in Sprague-Dawley Rats (2013) (1)
- Effect of Pottasium supplementation and a potassium sparing agent-spironolactone on blood pressure and vascular responses of salt loaded rats (2008) (1)
- The effects of nifedipine and thapsigargin on the responses of pressurized rat mesenteric artery to 5-hydroxytryptamine and norepinephrine. (2003) (1)
- Endothelium dependent relaxation of isolated rat aorta to samorin (Isometamidium chloride). (1999) (1)
- Involvement of nitric oxide in the mechanisms underlying salt and water excretion in salt-loaded hooded (Aguti) rats (2006) (0)
- Decreased maternal levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 and transforming growth factor beta-1, during pregnancy in rats fed with low salt diet (2018) (0)
- Effect of Pre‐ and Peri‐natal Feeding of High Salt Diet on Cardio‐Renal Functions of Female Offsprings of Sprague‐Dawley Rats (2015) (0)
- Effect of salt loading and gender influences on plasma atrial natriuretic peptide levels and cardiovascular parameters in normotensive and hypertensive Nigerians (2019) (0)
- Angiotensin receptor blockade with Losartan attenuates pressor response to handgrip contraction and enhances natriuresis in salt loaded hypertensive subjects: a quasi-experimental study among Nigerian adults (2019) (0)
- Effect of exercise on basal insulin levels in normoglycaemic offspring of patients with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (2019) (0)
- Preface to the 1st Issue of the International Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research, 2012 (2012) (0)
- Salt and blood pressure in Africans (2019) (0)
- The effect of carotid baroreceptors on the tone of a superficial vein at different temperatures [proceedings]. (1977) (0)
- Corrigendum to ‘Testosterone relaxes abdominal aorta in male Sprague–Dawley rats by opening potassium (K+) channel and blockade of calcium (Ca2+) channel’ [Pathophysiology 18 (3) (2011) 247–253] (2012) (0)
- The use of Time Urinary Collection and Prediction Equations in the Estimation of Creatinine Clearance in both Health and Disease (2008) (0)
- High environmental temperature potentiated marker of oxidative cellular damage and renal expression of p38 MAPK in male rats fed a high salt diet (2020) (0)
- Effect of angiotensin receptor block with losartan on the blood pressure and peripheral vascular resistance to voluntary hand grip contraction in salt loaded normotensive and hypertensive Nigerians (2016) (0)
- Errata :Chromosomal Abnormalities in Couples with Recurrent Abortions in Lagos, Nigeria (2017) (0)
- Retraction: Statement of Retraction: Khaki-khatibi F, Yaghoubi A.R, Rahbani N.M. “Study of antioxidant enzymes, lipid peroxidation, lipid profile and immunologic factor in coronary artery disease in East Azarbijan” (2016) (0)
- Impact of occupational noise on blood pressure and heart rate of workers in Lagos, South-West Nigeria (2012) (0)
- Testosterone-dependence of oxidative stress in Sprague-Dawley rats fed a high salt diet (2018) (0)
- Errata: Packed Cell Volume in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients at First Presentation (2018) (0)
- Orchidectomy Reduced Abdominal Aorta Relaxation Response to Androgens in Sprague‐Dawley Rats Fed a High Salt Diet (2011) (0)
- Bioelectrical impedance analysis and total body water in normotensive and hypertensive Nigerians (2009) (0)
- Salt, Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Changes in Human and Experimental Studies – A Review (2004) (0)
- Changes in blood chemistry and liver histopathology of rabbits during experimental tetanus toxicity. (1985) (0)
- Glucose tolerance during experimental tetanus toxicity in rabbits. (1991) (0)
- A method of stimulation of aortic chemoreceptors in the dog [proceedings]. (1979) (0)
- Orchidectomy Reduced Abdominal Aorta Relaxation Response to Androgens in Sprague Dawley Rats Fed a High Salt Diet (2010) (0)
- Effect of dietary calcium and vitamin D supplementation on blood pressure control following salt loading (2021) (0)
- Effect of amiloride on salt-sensitive and salt-resistant adult Nigerian subjects with and without + (2014) (0)
- High Salt Diet Blunted Baroreflex Sensitivity (BRS) to Bilateral Common Carotid Artery Occlusion (BCCO) in Male Sprague –Dawley Rats – Permissive Effect of Testosterone (2021) (0)
- Vascular reactivity and salt sensitivity in normotensive and hypertensive adults (2013) (0)
- (New) Polymorphisms of β-ENaC among Nigerians - a pilot study (2013) (0)
- Effects of Testosterone on Vascular Reactivity in Male Sprague – Dawley Rats Fed a High Salt Diet (2012) (0)
- The effects of leptin on pressurised mesenteric artery and vein of the dog (2003) (0)
- Relaxant Effects of Isolated Rat Aorta by Rhaptopetalum coriaceum Bark Extract (1998) (0)
- Statement of Retraction: Kumar Ajay, Singh Neetu, Gaurav S.S. “Forensic Bioinformatics: An innovative technological advancement in the field of Forensic Medicine and Diagnosis” (2013) (0)
- New β‐ENaC Polymorphisms among Salt Sensitive and Salt Resistant Nigerian Subjects (LB718) (2014) (0)
- Chronic Alcohol Consumption and Sex‐Related Differences in Vascular Reactivity and Cardiac Function in Sprague‐Dawley Rats (2006) (0)
- Skinfold Thickness in Normoglycemic Offspring of Patients with T2DM on Graded Exercise (2019) (0)
- Attenuating effect of Heme Oxygenase induction by Stannous Chloride on salt‐induced hypertension in male Sprague‐Dawley rats (2013) (0)
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