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Name: Dr. Kevin M. Rice, D.Sc.
Biography
B.A. in Psychology, Minor Biological Science,
College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio University, 1998
M.S. in Biology
College of Science, Marshall University, 2005
D.Sc. in Cardiovascular Physiology
Belford University, 2008
Current Research Area / Interests
My current research interest include.
- Cariovascular Aging
- Mechanotrasnduction
- Micro RNA
- Tissue physiology (structure & function)
- Echocardiography
- ECG
- in vivo & in vitro studies
- Bionanotechnology
- Biomotor protein integration into point of care-devices
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular and Endocrine changes
Recent Publications
2009
- Katta A, Karkala SK, Wu M, Meduru S, Desai DH, Rice KM, Blough ER. Lean and obese Zucker rats exhibit different patterns of p70s6 kinase regulation in the tibialis anterior muscle in response to high-force muscle contraction. Muscle Nerve (Apr;39(4):503-11)
- Wu M, Desai DH, Karkala SK, Katta A, Paturi S, Gutta AK, Rice KM, Walker EM, and Blough ER. Acetaminophen prevents aging-associated hyperglycemia in aged rats: effect of aging-associated hyperactivation of p38-MAPK and ERK1/2. Diabetes Metabolism Research and Reviews Mar;25(3):279-86
2008
- Rice KM, Wu M, and Blough ER. Aortic Aging in the Fischer 344/ NNiaHSD x Brown Norway / BiNia Rat. Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. Vol. 108, No. 4 (December 2008), pp. 393-398
- Taktsuki H, Kolli M, Rice KM, Day SB, Asano S, Rahman M, Zhang Y, Ishikawa R, Kohama RK, and Blough ER. Assembly and function of myosin II on Ultraviolet/ozone patterned trimethylchlorosilane substrates. J.Bionanotechnology 2, 35-41
- Katta, A. Preston DL, Karkala SK, Asano S, Meduru S, Mupparaju SP, Yokochi E, Rice KM, Desai DH, and Blough ER. Diabetes alters contraction-induced mitogen activated protein kinase activation in the rat soleus and plantaris. Experimental Diabetes Research 2008; 2008;738101
