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E. Lee Coates Professor of Biology and Neuroscience and Director of Undergraduate Research Biology Department and Neuroscience Program Allegheny College Meadville, PA 16335 Phone: (814-332-5376) Fax: (814-332-2789) Office: Steffee Hall B319 Email: lcoates@allegheny.edu
	Office Hours for Spring 2013: MWF 11:00-11:30am, TuTh 9:30am-Noon, other times by appointment

Fall 2012 Courses:

Foundations of Neuroscience I (Neuro 110)
Animal Physiology (Bio 380)
Senior Seminar/Research Project II (Bio, Biochem, Neuro 600)

Other Courses:

Introductory Biology: Organismal Physiology/Ecology (Bio 220)
Investigative Approaches in Biology (FSBio 201)
History of Neuroscience (INTDS 315)
Science and Pseudoscience of Alternative Medicine (FS 101)
Junior Seminar "Sensory Neurophysiology" (Bio 580)

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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