Silva, Fernanda Cacilda dos SantosMenezes, Rodrigo Cunha Alvim deChianca Júnior, Deoclécio Alves2016-07-292016-07-292015SILVA, F. C. dos S.; MENEZES, R. C. A. de; CHIANCA JÚNIOR, D. A., The implication of protein malnutrition on cardiovascular control systems in rats. Frontiers in Physiology, v. 6, p. 246, 2015. Disponível em: <https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2015.00246/full>. Acesso em: 16 jun. 2016.1664-042X http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/6674The malnutrition in early life is associated with metabolic changes and cardiovascular impairment in adult hood. Deficient protein intake-mediated hypertension has been observed in clinical and experimental studies. In rats, protein malnutrition also increases the blood pressure and enhances heart rate and sympathetic activity. In this review, we discuss the effects of post-weaning protein malnutrition on the resting mean arterial pressure and heartrate and their variabilities, cardiovascular reflexes sensitivity, cardiac autonomic balance, sympathetic and renin-angiotensin activities and neural plasticity during adult life. These insights reveal an interesting prospect on the autonomic modulation underlying the cardiovascular imbalance and provide relevant information preventing cardiovascular diseases.en-USabertoProtein malnutritionNeuroplasticityCardiovascular reflexesSympathetic activityRenin-angiotensin systemArtigo publicado em periodicoThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Fonte: o próprio artigo.https://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffphys.2015.00246