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E. Lee Coates Associate Professor Neuroscience Program Department of Biology Allegheny College Meadville, PA 16335 Phone: (814-332-5376) Fax: (814-332-2789) Office: Steffee Hall B319 Email: lcoates@allegheny.edu
		Fall 2008 Office Hours: Mon - 3:30-4:30pm; Tue - 9:30-Noon, 1:30-4:30pm

Fall 2008 Courses:

Investigative Approaches in Biology (FSBio 201)
Foundations of Neuroscience I (Neuro 110)
Senior Seminar/Research Project I (Bio, Biochem, Neuro 600)

Other Courses:

Introductory Biology: Organismal Physiology/Ecology (Bio 220, Spring 2007)
Animal Physiology (Bio 380, Fall 2006)
History of Neuroscience (INTDS 315, Spring 2005)
Junior Seminar "Sensory Neurophysiology" (Bio 580, Spring 2006)
Science and Pseudoscience of Alternative Medicine (FS 101, Fall 2005)

Academic Planning Courses:

APL 102
APL 201
APL 202
Advising Handbook

Hobbies:

Kayaking Pictures (Youghiogheny River and Slippery Rock Creek)
House after Renovation

Research Interests: List of Publications

My research interests are neurophysiology and comparative animal physiology. I am currently conducting experiments related to the neural and chemical control of breathing in vertebrates. My previous studies have shown that amphibians, reptiles, and mammals depress breathing when CO2 is elevated in the nasal cavities. This cessation of breathing is mediated by olfactory receptors that are sensitive to CO2. My senior research students are addressing questions related to the function of this depression in breathing and the cellular mechanisms by which the nasal receptors detect CO2. We are also investigating, using a rat model, the possible role of the nasal CO2 receptors in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Education:

University of Montana, Missoula, MT B.A., Zoology (1980-83)
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Ph.D., Physiology (1983-89)
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH Post-Doctoral Research (1989-92)

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