RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Central nervous system regulation of blood pressure
• Autonomic nervous system regulation of blood pressure
• Dietary salt and its relationship to enhancement of the sympathetic nervous system and hypertension
• Neurotransmitter release control mechanisms
• Regulation of glutamate release in normal and aged animals

• Neurotransmitter release assays from brain slices and isolated blood vessels
• Neurotransmitter uptake assays into brain slices
• HPLC techniques
• Blood pressure measurements
• Scintillation counting techniques

• Central and peripheral blood pressure regulation
• Neurotransmitter regulation and presynaptic modulation
• Glutamate and aging
• Sympathetic nervous system