Physiology

New Dissertation Display!

The newest display on the third floor of the Isché library features the dissertations of recently graduated PhD candidates from the Graduate School. Join us in congratulating the writers!

• Rebecca Crawford, The Regulation and Function of the Unfolded Protein Response Gene CHAC1. – 2016, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
• Jacques Mayeux, Neurobehavioral Mechanisms Underlying Escalated Alcohol Drinking Following Traumatic Brain Injury. – 2016, Department of Physiology.
• Jessica Richard, Functional Specificity Encoded Within the Kinesin Motor Domain. – 2016, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
• Shardulendra Prasad Sherchand, Host and Viral Factors That Modulate Nutrient Acquisition by Chlamydia Trachomatis. – 2016, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology.
• Matthew Dean, Effects of Ethanol on Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Signaling in a Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. – 2017, Department of Genetics.
• Stephen M. Ford, Jr., Chronic Binge Alcohol and Antiretroviral Therapy Administration Differentially Contribute to Metabolic Dysregulation in SIV-infected Male Rhesus Macaques. – 2017, Department of Physiology.
• John Maxi, Enhanced Susceptibility of the Frontal Cortex to Overlapping Effects of Alcohol, SIV, and Antiretroviral Therapy. – 2017, Department of Physiology.
• Patricia Dehon Mott, A Role for Mycoplasma Genitalium in Cervicitis and Inflammation-Dependent Enhancement of HIV Transmission. – 2017, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology.
• Alan Mouton, Mechanisms of Alcohol-Induced Cardiac Atrophy: Role of the Extracellular Matrix and Cardiac Fibroblasts. – 2017, Department of Physiology.
• Rafiq Un Nabi, Characterization of IgA Antibodies and Phagocytic Function in HIV-Infected Elite Controllers. – 2017, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology.
• Chelsea Organ, The Effects of Gut-Derived Trimethylamine N-Oxide (TMAO) on the Pathogenesis of Heart Failure. – 2017, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
• David Polhemus, The Cardioprotective Actions of Renal Sympathetic Denervation in Ischemic Heart Disease. – 2017, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
• Spencer Robichaux, Elucidating the Effects of Chronic Alcohol Consumption on HIV Transmission and Disease Progression Using the SIV-Infected Rhesus Macaque Model. – 2017, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology.
• Abdelmetalab F. Tarhuni, Paradoxical Roles for PARP-1 in Colon Cancer, Inflammation, and Tumor Immunity.  2017 -Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

These dissertations are available for checkout in the library, and there are even more recently completed LSUHSC dissertations are available online through ProQuest.

LWW Health Library – Anatomy and Basic Sciences Collection

The Library is pleased to announce that we now have access to over 40 anatomy and basic sciences books from Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins online through the LWW Health Library platform.

The Premium Basic Sciences Collection includes classic course textbooks, review guides, case studies, and videos.  All of the books have been cataloged and can be accessed from the Library’s INNOPAC catalog.  The LWW Health Library can also be found on the Library’s list of databases.

Below is a quick look at some of these essential resources:

• Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
• Clinically Oriented Anatomy (Moore)
• Color Atlas and Text of Histology (Gartner)
• Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy
• Grant’s Dissector
• Histology: a Text and Atlas (Ross)
• Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry
• Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology
• Neuroanatomy: an Atlas of Structures… (Haines)
• Neuroanatomy in Clinical Context (Haines)
• Physiology: Cases and Problems (Costanzo)
• Principles of Pharmacology (Golan)

Be sure to check out the full product!  We hope these will be useful in your studies!

Faculty Publications May Display

The Library’s Faculty Publications display, located on the first floor of the Library, has been updated with eight new articles for the months of May and June. The new article array covers topics from alcohol intoxication’s impact on spinal injuries, to the linkage between schizophrenia and chronic LSD usage, to nursing in catastrophe.

LSUHSC-NO authors are shown in bold print:

1. Crutcher CL, Ugiliweneza B, Hodes JE, Kong M, Boakye M. Alcohol intoxication and its effects on traumatic spinal cord injury outcomes. J Neurotrauma. 2014.
2. Hong S, Alapure BV, Lu Y, Tian H, Wang Q. 12/15-lipoxygenase deficiency reduces densities of mesenchymal stem cells in the dermis of wounded and unwounded skin. Br J Dermatol. 2014.
3. Leblanc KG, Jr, Monheit GD. Understanding and use of the American Joint Committee on Cancer seventh edition guidelines for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: A survey of dermatologic surgeons. Dermatol Surg. 2014.
4. Martin DA, Marona-Lewicka D, Nichols DE, Nichols CD. Chronic LSD alters gene expression profiles in the mPFC relevant to schizophrenia. Neuropharmacology. 2014.
5. Molina PE, Amedee AM, Lecapitaine NJ, Zabaleta J, Mohan M, Winsauer P, Vande Stouwe C, McGoey R, Auten MW, Lamotte L, Chandra LC, Birke L. Modulation of gut-specific mechanisms by chronic Delta9-THC administration in male rhesus macaques infected with simian immunodeficiency virus: A systems biology analysis. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2014.
6. Park EP, Boulmay BC. Images in clinical medicine. herpes labialis and facial-nerve paralysis. N Engl J Med. 2014 ;370(11):1048.
7. Polhemus DJ, Lefer DJ. Emergence of hydrogen sulfide as an endogenous gaseous signaling molecule in cardiovascular disease. Circ Res. 2014; 114(4):730-737.
8. Sterling YM. Nursing ‘caring’ during catastrophic events: Theoretical, research, and clinical insights. Int J Human Caring. 2014; 18(1):60-65.

These articles are part of the Library’s Faculty Publications Database, which is maintained by Reference Librarian, Kathy Kerdolff. The database includes publications authored by LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, researchers, and students since 1998. It is updated weekly with new articles harvested from a variety of citation sources: PubMed, Scopus, and CINAHL, etc.

The display highlights sixteen articles at a time, rotating eight new articles each month. You can find more information about the database and listings for our current and past displays from Library’s Faculty Publications landing page: http://www.lsuhsc.edu/library/databases/facpubs.aspx.

To add your faculty publications to the database and display, or for questions about either, please contact Kathy Kerdolff.

THC & HIV

Physiology Department Head, Patricia Molina has been awarded a $4 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health for the study of how cannabinoids produce subtle changes in gene activity that affect how a person responds to HIV infection. The award was announced via EurekaAlert and LSUHSC twitter feed.

As the Times-Picayune reported the grant “will study how marijuana components called cannabinoids produce changes in gene activity that affects the body’s response to the AIDS virus.” The award will be dispersed over five years.

Pathophysiology Resources

It seems like only yesterday we were writing about pathophys resources for nursing, but another semester brings another round of students scurrying to gather and regurgitate the pathology, physiology and pharmacology of a motley crew of diseases.

Whether its Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm to Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome, these resources should have you covered:

CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2010
A single-source reference for practitioners in both hospital and ambulatory settings. Annually updated, this book emphasizes the practical features of clinical diagnosis and patient management in all fields of internal medicine and in specialties of interest to primary care practitioners.

EbschoHOST ÔÇô CINAHLplus with Full text
Database of journal articles in nursing. try a key word search of your topic (i.e.: Necrotizing fasciitis and pathophysiology) Limit to full text under ÔÇ£search optionsÔÇØ on the right side of the screen.

StatRef
Online textbooks in nursing. Search many textbooks at once for your topic.

Nursing Consult
Search 30 nursing books and journal articles from MEDLINE/PubMed.

MEDLINEplus
Simple overviews on health topics from authoritative sources on the web.

Genetics Home Reference
Free access to consumer-friendly information on medical genetics and disorders, with references to scientific journal articles

Off campus access instructions

Winter Olympics & Exp Physiol

New Orleans was so busy with the Saints in the Superbowl and then Carnival that many missed that the Winter Olympics have started again. Experimental Physiology has issued a special themed issue (v95 n3 March 2010) in commemoration of the athletic event. The issue explores “the biological and environmental challenges elite winter athletes must overcome to win gold.”

Off campus access will require a Library barcode & PIN.