Lynn K Hartzler
Ph.D.
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Wright State University
United States of America
Biography
Associate Professor,Biological Sciences Works in Biological Sciences Bldg 061, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435-0001
Research Interest
Her research interests include examining how animals adapt to environmental (temperature changes) and metabolic (exercise, feeding, etc.) perturbations to their acid-base status. Alterations in breathing are the primary, acute response to a metabolic acidosis or alkalosis. Current projects in her lab involve experiments designed to understand how central (brainstem) chemoreceptors sense changes in blood gases and pH. They use the combined techniques of fluorescence imaging microscopy and whole-cell electrophysiology to measure neuronal responses to changes in CO2, O2, and pH in brainstem neurons of poikilothermic vertebrates. She is interested in understanding how these chemoreceptors are altered by changes in the animal's environment .
Publications
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Santin JM, Wang T, Dukkipati SS and Hartzler LK (2016) Commentary: The Spinal Cord Has an Intrinsic System for the Control of pH. Frontiers in Physiology. 7: 513.
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Santin, J.M. and Hartzler, L.K. (2016) Environmentally-induced return to juvenile-like chemosensitivity in the respiratory control system of bullfrogs, Lithobates catesbeianus. The Journal of Physiology. 594.21: 6349-6367.
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Santin, J.M. and Hartzler, L.K. (2017) Activation of respiratory muscles does not occur during cold-submergence in bullfrogs, Lithobates catesbeianus. Journal of Experimental Biology .
