My
current investigations include: heart chamber adaptations in
congestive heart failure and in
hibernating mammals
(collaboration with WSU Bear Conservation and Education Research
Facility). The exact mechanisms and consequences of cardiac
adaptation in hibernating bears are yet to be fully elucidated.
Understanding mechanisms and responses of the heart during
naturally occurring hibernation could yield insight into the
mechanisms of cardiac function regulation in various disease states
in non-hibernating species. In addition, understanding the
mechanisms of hibernation may yield useful treatments options
providing we can learn to mimic this state of myocardial adaptation.
Echocardiography in Hibernating Bears Jan 2007
Animal Planet: Bear Hibernation Research Video November
2005
Help
for Honus' Heart
http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/features/Honus.asp
May 2003
Sleeping
Bears Help Heart Study: Spokesman Review, Dec. 28, 2003
Current Publications
(PubMed)
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