Dr. Ann Marie Motekaitis Department of Biological Sciences School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics California State University, Sacramento

Last Updated: January 27, 2000

• Contact Information Name: Ann Marie Motekaitis, Ph.D. Title: Assistant Professor Office: Humboldt Hall 211C Office Hours: M 11:00 - noon and Th 10:00 a.m. - noon E-Mail Address:motekaitis@csus.edu Telephone: 916-278-5836 FAX: 916-278-6339 Mailing Address: Department of Biological Sciences 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819-6077

• Bio 131 (Systemic Physiology), Section 1
• Bio 132 (Neurophysiology)
• Bio 198b (Honors Program)
  

Motekaitis, Ann M. and Rose Leigh Vines. Human Urinary System (videotape). Menlo Park: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing, Inc., 1999,

Motekaitis, Ann M. and Rose Leigh Vines. Human Reproductive Systems (videotape). Menlo Park: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing, Inc., 1999.

Vines, Rose Leigh and Ann M. Motekaitis. Human Respiratory System (videotape). Menlo Park: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing, Inc., 1998.

Vines, Rose Leigh and Ann M. Motekaitis. Human Respiratory System (videotape). Menlo Park: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing, Inc., 1998.

Motekaitis, Ann M. and Marc P. Kaufman. Stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region constricts the airways of cats. Respiration Physiology 106:263-271, 1996.

Motekaitis, Ann M., Irene C. Solomon and Marc P. Kaufman. Blockage of glutamate receptors in CVLM and NTS attenuates the airway dilation evoked from the parabrachial region. Journal of Applied Physiology 81:400-407, 1996.

Motekaitis, Ann M. and Marc P. Kaufman. Central command increases total lung resistance in decerebrate cats. (abstract) Society for Neuroscience 21:1886, 1995.

Motekaitis, Ann M., Irene C. Solomon and Marc P. Kaufman. Role of parabrachial nuclei in the airway dilation evoked by the Hering-Breuer reflex. Brain Research 671:314-316, 1995.

Motekaitis, Ann M., Irene C. Solomon and Marc P. Kaufman. Stimiulation of the parabrachial nuclei dilates the airways in cats. Journal of Applied Physiology 76:1712-1718, 1994.

Motekaitis, Ann M., Irene C. Solomon and Marc P. Kaufman. Blockade of glutamate receptors in the caudal ventrolateral medulla and the nucleus tractus solitarius reversibly attenuates the bronchodilator response to stimulation of the parabrachial nuclei. (abstract) Federation of the Biological Sciences 8(1), 1994.

Solomon, I.C., A.M. Motekaitis and M.P. Kaufman. NMDA receptors in caudal ventrolateral medulla mediate reflex airway dilation arising from the hindlimb. Journal of Applied Physiology 77:1697-1704, 1994.

Solomon, I.C., A.M. Motekaitis and M.P. Kaufman. Caudal ventrolateral medullary neurons mediate reflex and central bronchomotors responses by a glutamatergic mechanism. (abstract) FASEB Journal 7(1):A400, 1993.

Haselton, James R., and Irene C. Solomon, Ann M. Motekaitis and Marc P. Kaufman. Bronchomotor vagal preganglionic cell bodies in the dog: An anatomical and functional study. Journal of Applied Physiology 73:1122-1129, 1992.

Solomon, I.C., A.M. Motekaitis, J.R. Haselton and M.P. Kaufman. Role of the caudal ventrolateral medulla in receptor pressor responses. (abstract) Society for Neuroscience 18(2):1015, 1992.

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• Test your Science Literacy. The questions at this site were developed by the National Science Foundation and adapted for this site by Ann Motekaitis.
  

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