Mike Hedrick's Publications
Papers in Refereed Journals:
Chen, A.K. and M.S. Hedrick (2008). Role of glutamate and substance P in the amphibian respiratory network during development. Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol. 162: 24-31.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S., R.C. Drewes, S.S. Hillman and P.C. Withers (2007). Lung ventilation contributes to vertical lymph movement in anuran amphibians. J. Exp. Biol. 210: 3940-3945. (Featured in ‘Inside JEB’).[PDF]
Drewes, R.C., M.S. Hedrick, S.S. Hillman and P.C. Withers (2007). Unique role of skeletal muscle contraction in vertical lymph movement in anurans. J. Exp. Biol. 210: 3931-3939. (Featured in ‘Inside JEB’).[PDF]
Lucitti, J.L. and M.S. Hedrick (2006). Characterization of baroreflex gain in the domestic pigeon (Columba livia). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 143: 103-111.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S. (2005). Development of respiratory rhythm generation in ectothermic vertebrates. Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol. 149: 29-41. [PDF]
Hedrick, M.S., A.K. Chen and K.L. Jessop. (2005). Nitric oxide changes its role as a modulator of respiratory motor activity during development in the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 142: 231-240.[PDF]
Hillman, S.S., P.C. Withers, M.S. Hedrick and R.C. Drewes (2005). Functional roles for the compartmentalization of the subcutaneous lymphatic sacs in terrestrial anuran amphibians. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 78: 515-523.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S., C.S. Fahlman and P.E. Bickler (2005). Intracellular calcium and survival of tadpole forebrain cells in anoxia. J. Exp. Biol. 208: 681-686.[PDF]
Winmill, R.E., A.K. Chen and M.S. Hedrick (2005). Development of the respiratory response to hypoxia in the isolated brainstem of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. J. Exp. Biol. 208: 213-222.[PDF]
Hillman, S.S., M.S. Hedrick, P.C. Withers and R.C. Drewes (2004). Sump pumps in the attic, lymph pools in the basement: The anuran dilemma for lymph movement. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 77: 161-173.[PDF]
Winmill, R.E. and M.S. Hedrick (2003). Gap junction blockade with carbenoxolone differentially affects fictive breathing in larval and adult bullfrogs. Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol. 138: 239-251.[PDF]
Andersen, J.B., M.S. Hedrick and T. Wang (2003). Cardiovascular responses to hypoxia and anaemia in the toad Bufo marinus. J. Exp. Biol. 206: 857-865.[PDF]
Winmill, R.E. and M.S. Hedrick (2003). Developmental changes in the modulation of respiratory rhythm generation by extracellular K+ in the isolated bullfrog brainstem. J. Neurobiol. 55: 278-287.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S. and R.E. Winmill (2003). Excitatory and inhibitory effects of tricaine (MS-222) on fictive breathing in the bullfrog brainstem. Am. J. Physiol. 284: R405-R412.[PDF]
Morales, R.D. and M.S. Hedrick (2002). Temperature and pH/CO2 modulate respiratory activity in the isolated brainstem of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 132A: 477-487.[PDF]
Broch, L., R.D. Morales, A.V. Sandoval and M.S. Hedrick (2002). Regulation of the respiratory central pattern generator by chloride-dependent inhibition during development in the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana). J. Exp. Biol. 205: 1161-1169.[PDF]
Yang, H., J. Velema, M.S. Hedrick, G.F. Tibbits and C.D. Moyes (2000). Evolutionary and physiological variation in cardiac troponin C in relation to thermal strategies of fish. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 73: 841-849.[PDF]
Wang, T., M.S. Hedrick, Y.M. Ihmied and E.W. Taylor (1999). Control and interaction of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems in anuran amphibians. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 124A: 393-406. [PDF]
Hedrick, M.S. and R.D. Morales (1999). Nitric oxide as a modulator of central respiratory rhythm in the isolated brainstem of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 124A: 243-251.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S., W.B. Palioca and S.S. Hillman (1999). Effects of temperature and physical activity on blood flow shunts and intracardiac mixing in the toad Bufo marinus. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 72: 509-519.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S. and D.R. Jones (1999). Control of gill ventilation and air-breathing in the bowfin Amia calva. J. Exp. Biol. 202: 87-94.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S., R.D. Morales, J.M. Parker and J.L.H. Pacheco (1998). Nitric oxide modulates respiratory-related neural activity in the isolated brainstem of the bullfrog. Neurosci. Lett. 251: 81-84.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S., M.R. Dwinell, P.L. Janssen, J. Pizarro and G.E. Bisgard (1998). Differential respiratory muscle recruitment induced by clonidine in awake goats. J. Appl. Physiol. 84: 1198-1207.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S., M.L. Ryan and G.E. Bisgard (1995). Laryngeal nerve activation by alpha-2 adrenergic agonists in goats. Respir. Physiol. 101: 129-137.[PDF]
Pizarro, J., M.L. Ryan, M.S. Hedrick, D.H. Xue, I.M. Keith and G.E. Bisgard (1995). Intracarotid substance P infusion inhibits ventilation in the goat. Respir. Physiol. 101: 11-22.[PDF]
Ryan, M.L., M.S. Hedrick, J. Pizarro and G.E. Bisgard (1995). Effects of carotid body sympathetic denervation on ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia in the goat. Respir. Physiol. 99: 215-224.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S., S.L. Katz and D.R. Jones (1994). Periodic air-breathing behaviour in a primitive fish revealed by spectral analysis. J. Exp. Biol. 197: 429-436.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S., M.L. Ryan, J. Pizarro and G.E. Bisgard (1994). Modulation of respiratory rhythm by alpha-2-adrenoceptors in awake and anesthetized goats. J. Appl. Physiol. 77: 742-750.[PDF]
Ryan, M.S., M.S. Hedrick, J. Pizarro and G.E. Bisgard (1993). Carotid body noradrenergic sensitivity in ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia. Respir. Physiol. 92: 77-90.
Hedrick, M.S. and D.R. Jones (1993). The effects of altered aquatic and aerial respiratory gas concentrations on air-breathing patterns in a primitive fish (Amia calva L). J. Exp. Biol. 181: 81-94.[PDF]
Davies, P.J., M.S. Hedrick and D.R. Jones (1993). Neuromuscular control of the glottis in a primitive air-breathing fish, Amia calva. Am. J. Physiol. 264: R204-R210.[PDF]
Stephenson, R., M.S. Hedrick and D.R. Jones (1993). Cardiovascular responses to diving and involuntary submergence in the rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata, Pallas). Can. J. Zool. 70: 2303-2310.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S., M.L. Burleson, D.R. Jones and W.K. Milsom (1991). An examination of central chemosensitivity in an air-breathing fish (Amia calva). J. Exp. Biol. 155: 165-174.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S. and D.A. Duffield (1991).Haematological and rheological characteristics of blood in seven marine mammal species: implications for diving behaviour. J. Zool. (Lond.) 225: 273-283.
Withers, P.C., S.S. Hillman, M.S. Hedrick and P.B. Kimmel (1991). Optimal hematocrit theory during activity in the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 99A: 55-60.[PDF]
Withers, P.C., M. Lea, T.C. Solberg, M. Baustian and M. Hedrick (1988). Metabolic fates of lactate during recovery from activity in an anuran amphibian, Bufo americanus. J. Exp. Zool. 246: 236-243.[PDF]
Withers, P.C., R.B. Forbes and M.S. Hedrick (1987). Metabolic, water and thermal relations of the Chilean tinamou (Nothoprocta predicaria). The Condor 89: 424-425.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S., D.A. Duffield and L.H. Cornell (1986). Blood viscosity and optimal hematocrit in a deep-diving mammal, the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Can. J. Zool. 64: 2081-2085.[PDF]
Hillman, S.S, P.C. Withers, M.S. Hedrick and P.B. Kimmel (1985). The effects of erythrocythemia on blood viscosity, maximal systemic oxygen transport capacity and maximal rates of oxygen consumption in an amphibian. J. Comp. Physiol. B. 155: 577-581.[PDF]
Book Chapters:
Coolidge, E., M.S. Hedrick and W.K. Milsom. Ventilatory Systems. In: Fish Physiology. Vol. 26. (McKenzie, D.J., Farrell, A.P., Brauner, C.J., eds.). Academic Press. New York, 2007.
Hedrick, M.S., L. Broch, M. Martinez, J.L. Powell and R.E. Wade. Is the vertebrate respiratory central pattern generator conserved? Insights from in vitro and in vivo amphibian models. In: Frontiers in Modeling and Control of Breathing: Integration at Molecular, Cellular and Systems Levels. (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Series, Vol. 499). Edited by, C.-S. Poon and M. Kazemi, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, Inc.: New York. Pp. 127-132, 2001.[PDF]
Hedrick, M.S., M.L. Ryan and G.E. Bisgard. Modulation of respiratory rhythm in the goat by alpha-2-adrenoceptors. In: Ventral Brainstem Mechanisms and Control of Respiration and Blood Pressure. Edited by, Trouth, C.O., R. Millis, H. Kiwull-Schone and M.E. Schlafke. Marcel-Dekker, Inc.: New York. Pp. 739-754, 1995.
Bisgard, G.E., J. Pizarro, M. Ryan and M. Hedrick. Substance P inhibits ventilation in the goat. In: Arterial Chemoreceptors: Cell to System. Edited by, O’Regan, R.G., D.S. McQueen and D.J. Paterson. Plenum Press: New York. Pp. 277-279, 1994.
Other Publications:
Johnson, S.M. and M.S. Hedrick (2006). The evolutionary origins of the preBötC and pFRG. (Reply to Point-Counterpoint: The para-facial respiratory group (pFRG)/ the preBötzinger Complex (preBötC) is the primary site of respiratory generation in the mammal). J. Appl. Physiol. 100: 2105-6.