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Associate Professor
Gabriel Siqueira Trajano
Faculty of Health,
School of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences
Keywords
Motor Neuron Disease, Neurophysiology, Resistance Training, Ageing, Motor unit Physiology, Neurosciences
Research field
Sports science and exercise
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Edith Cowan University)
Publications
- Orssatto, L., Blazevich, A. & Siqueira Trajano, G. (2023). Ageing reduces persistent inward current contribution to motor neurone firing: Potential mechanisms and the role of exercise. The Journal of Physiology, 601(17), 3705–3716. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/242067
- Mackay, K., Orssatto, L., Polman, R., Van der Pols, J. & Trajano, G. (2023). Caffeine does not influence persistent inward current contribution to motoneuron firing. Journal of Neurophysiology, 130(6), 1529–1540. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/244184
- Orssatto, L., Rodrigues, P., Mackay, K., Blazevich, A., Borg, D., Souza, T., Sakugawa, R., Shield, A. & Trajano, G. (2023). Intrinsic motor neuron excitability is increased after resistance training in older adults. Journal of Neurophysiology, 129(3), 635–650. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238875
- Siqueira Trajano, G., Orssatto, L., McCombe, P., Rivlin, W., Tang, L. & Henderson, R. (2023). Longitudinal changes in intrinsic motoneuron excitability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are dependent on disease progression. The Journal of Physiology, 601(21), 4723–4735. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/243876
- Radaelli, R., Trajano, G., Freitas, S., Izquierdo, M., Cadore, E. & Pinto, R. (2023). Power Training Prescription in Older Individuals: Is It Safe and Effective to Promote Neuromuscular Functional Improvements? Sports Medicine, 53(3), 569–576. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235084
- Orssatto, L., Borg, D., Pendrith, L., Blazevich, A., Shield, A. & Trajano, G. (2022). Do motoneuron discharge rates slow with aging? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 203, Article 111647. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/228721
- Orssatto, L., Fernandes, G., Blazevich, A. & Trajano, G. (2022). Facilitation-inhibition control of motor neuronal persistent inward currents in young and older adults. The Journal of Physiology, 600(23), 5101–5117. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/236273
- Basto Lima do Amaral Fernandes, G., Bet Da Rosa Orssatto, L., Shield, A. & Siqueira Trajano, G. (2022). Runners with mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy have greater triceps surae intracortical inhibition than healthy controls. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 32(4), 728–736. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227109
- Orssatto, L., Mackay, K., Shield, A., Sakugawa, R., Blazevich, A. & Trajano, G. (2021). Estimates of persistent inward currents increase with the level of voluntary drive in low-threshold motor units of plantar flexor muscles. Journal of Neurophysiology, 125(5), 1746–1754. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209544
- Orssatto, L., Borg, D., Blazevich, A., Sakugawa, R., Shield, A. & Siqueira Trajano, G. (2021). Intrinsic motoneuron excitability is reduced in soleus and tibialis anterior of older adults. GeroScience, 43(6), 2719–2735. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/214256
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Selected research projects
- Title
- Lower Motor Neurone excitability as a new, and specific, biomarker of disease progression
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- Start year
- 2023
- Keywords
- persistent inward currents; human neurophysiology; motor unit
- Title
- High-density electromyography as a new tool to monitor changes in motor neurone excitability in motor neurone disease
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- IG2243
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- A comparison of gait and balance control in paediatric survivors of posterior fossa brain tumours and typically developing children
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Professor Stewart Trost, Professor Glen Lichtwark - A Sympathetic View of Passive Muscle Stretching in Humans
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Anthony Shield - Dynamic plantar force patterns in athletes with plantar fasciopathy
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Indira Prasadam - High-density electromyography as a biomarker of disease progression in motor neurone disease
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Justin Holland - Motor Neurone Firing Patterns as Biomarkers for Motor Neurone Disease Progression
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Justin Holland - Neural mechanisms affecting plantarflexor endurance deficits in athletes with Achilles Tendinopathy
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Anthony Shield - Optimising food products to address nutritional needs for Australia's ageing population
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Jolieke van der Pols, Dr Smita Nambiar-Mann - Sprint technique and hamstring injury risk: Is anterior pelvic tilt a risk factor?
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Anthony Shield - The effects of resistance training concentric intent on the neural determinants of rate of force development
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Anthony Shield - Three-Dimensional Geometrical Changes of Aponeuroses and Their Functional Implications on Muscle Force and Activation
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Glen Lichtwark, Professor Davide Fontanarosa
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- The Dosage Effects and Proposed Implementation of Passive Heating for Neuromuscular Performance (2026)
- Investigation of Sprint Performance Outcomes Following Sprint Priming Stimuli and Their Association with Strength Qualities (2025)
- Neurophysiological Characteristics Accompanying Runners with Achilles Tendinopathy and Their Influence in Triceps Surae Performance (2025)
- Shear Wave Elastography to assess the change in stiffness of muscles in the acute stage post-stroke (2024)
- Hamstring strain injuries and sprinting biomechanics. Is there a link? (2023)
- The use of nutritional interventions and its effects on parameters of motor function and intrinsic motor neurone excitability (2023)
- Effects of Ageing and Resistance Training on Intrinsic Motor Neurone Excitability (2022)
- Muscle force production and neuromuscular fatigue responses to neuromuscular electrical stimulation and tendon vibration (2022)
- The Feasibility of Exercise in Low and High Grade Glioma Patients During Radiation with or without Adjuvant Chemotherapy (2022)
- Thermoregulatory and neuromuscular responses to passive heating in 42°C hot water (2021)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
- Individual variability of non-linear VO2 Responses during incremental exercise: Insight from VO2max, electromyography, and VO2 kinetics (2023)
- Investigation into the neuromuscular mechanisms of resistance priming (2023)
- The Effect of Joint Angle on Surface Electromyography Amplitude of Hamstring Muscles (2022)
- Hamstring Activation in Variants of the Romanian Deadlift: A Functional MRI and Surface EMG Study (2021)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.