Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology
Faculty in this Research Group
 Respiration related regulation of the upper airway musculature Cardio-respiratory interactions Sleep disordered breathing Techniques for detecting respiratory stability |
 Effects of environmental stress on animal physiology and behavior; Efficacy of energy healing in changing physiological measures; Use of Biofeedback with Parkinsons' patients, athletes and children. |
 Cell-Cell communication in airway epithelium; Pathogen-Host interaction in the airway; Arsenic effects on the airway epithelium; Wound repair of the airway epithelium. |
 Sex differences in T cell mediated hypertension, role of estrogen in development of postmenopausal hypertension |
 Gap-junction channel function and regulation; mechanistic basis for contribution of gap junctions to 1) controlled cell proliferation and 2) coordinated function of the heart and blood vessels in health and disease states. |
 Neural control of respiratory muscles; control of breathing during sleep; influence of prenatal nicotine exposure on the respiratory control system. |
 Mechanical properties of microcirculatory vessels; regulations of the peripheral circulation and transcapillary fluid exchange. |
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 Biophysical and cellular mechanisms underlying neurotransmitter modulation of sympathetic outflow and ultimately arterial blood pressure. |
 The effect of environmental and genetic factors on the energetics of muscle contraction. Konhilas Lab
MCRP University of Arizona Profile University of Arizona Research Output Physiological Sciences GIDP Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Medical Student Research Program |
 Microscopic imaging and spectroscopy; metabolism and stimulus-response coupling in muscle and insulin-secreting cells. |
 Coronary and Pulmonary Endothelial Functions in Pathological State. |
 Mathematical aspects of microcirculation and blood rheology; physiological fluid mechanics. |
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 "Pathogenic mechanisms of pulmonary vascular disease; ion channel electrophysiology; and Ca2+ signaling" |