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Richard
R. Miselis, V.M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Animal Biology
Head, Laboratories of Anatomy
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
229 VET/6046
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6045
(215) 898-6781 FAX: (215) 573-5187
email: rmiselis@vet.upenn.edu
Click here for selected publications since Dr. Miselis' arrival at Penn
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Neuroanatomy; visceral neuraxis; ingestive behaviors; homeostasis RESEARCH TECHNIQUES
Neuroanatomical tract tracing; use of viruses inneural tract tracing; histochemistry; immunocytochemistry; electron microscopy; behavioral and physiological measures.RESEARCH SUMMARY
Interest in my laboratory is in the neurobiology of visceral function and ingestive behavior. I am particularly concerned with the neuroanatomical identification and functional evaluation of neural circuits involved in mediating behavioral and physiological control of homeostatic processes. Current research is on 1) use of neurotropic viruses as transsynaptic tract tracing tools to study the visceral neuraxis of the brain, 2) cellular topography of viral transsynaptic movement, 3) electron microscopy of synaptic relations in the vagal complex of the medulla, 4) the visceral afferent and efferent projections of abdominal and thoracic viscera, 5) the circumventricular organs as sites of central receptors and their neural projections, 6)hypothalamic modulation of the autonomic nervous system and the pituitary gland, and its effect on behavior.
KEY WORDS:
Neuroanatomy; neurotropic viruses; hypothalamus; immunocytochemistry; visceral neuraxis; ultrastructure
