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With deep sadness I have to announce that Professor Doug Stuart passed away on Saturday April 6 at the age of 87.

The combination of math and physiology research could help people avoid stroke. Listen to the radio interviews with physiology professor Tim Secomb on Arizona Science an on Arizona Public Media.

Dr. Hay seeks to advance physiology’s brand and increase students’ awareness of physiology as a discipline.

A recent study by Dr. Katalin Gothard and colleagues looked at how amygdala neurons that respond to touch also respond to imagery and sounds. These cells may provide the building blocks needed to process multi-sensory social and emotional information.

The UA Department of Physiology and the UA Physiology Club participate in Science City again this year with an exhibit focusing on the Heart in Health and Disease.

Zachary Ravnitzky, from Phoenix, Ariz., is a physiology senior, minoring in molecular and cellular biology. He also is the director of finance for Mobile Medicats, a nonprofit run by undergraduate students to help Tucson’s homeless population.

Everyone knows our brain controls our body, but how does our body influence our brain?

While rats have been nibbling away in cities around the world, researchers at the University of Arizona were working on developing a non-reproductive rodent model for the study of menopause. In the College of Medicine – Tucson Department of Physiology, Dr. Patricia Hoyer’s research yielded a chemical formulation that provided humane, non-lethal rodent infertility.

Joining the Department of Physiology are Paulo W. Pires, PhD, as assistant professor and Juliana Lessa Sacoman, PhD, as senior lecturer.

Katalin, Gothard, MD, PhD, professor of physiology and neuroscience, is one of the featured speakers at the University of Arizona College of Science’s popular annual lecture series.