L. J. STENSAAS Professor of Physiology e-mail: vicki.skelton@m.cc.utah.edu Click for a larger view Education  |  Research Interests  |  Publications Education 1955 B.A., Paleontology; University of California, Berkeley 1957 M.A., Paleontology; University of California, Berkeley 1965 Ph.D., Neuroanatomy; University of California, Los Angeles Research Interests Directs the departmental morphology core facility with current active participation in arterial chemoreceptor afferent research involving gap junction and neurochemical transmission in the carotid body and receptors in the transitional epithelium of the human anterior nasal cavity.  Actively involved in the completion of a 3D digital atlas of the human brain. Publications (Go to the complete list in PDF Format.) Wang, Z.-Z., Dinger, B., Fidone, S.J. and Stensaas, L.J. Changes in tyrosine hydroxylase and substance P immunoreactivity in the cat carotid body following chronic hypoxia and denervation. Neurosci. 83(4):1273-1281, 1998. Wang, Z.Z., Stensaas, L., Dinger, B.G. and Fidone, S.J. Nitric oxide mediates efferent neural inhibition of carotid body chemoreceptors. Neurosci. 65: 217-229, 1995. Wang, Z.Z., Dinger, B.G., Stensaas, L.J. and Fidone, S.J. The role of nitric oxide in carotid chemoreception. Biol. Signals 4: 109-116, 1995.

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