• The Journal of Physiology
• Maternal obesity accelerates rat offspring metabolic aging in a sex dependent manner

  Abstract Human epidemiological studies show that maternal obesity (MO) shortens offspring life and health span. Life course cellular mechanisms involved in this developmental programming‐aging interaction are poorly understood. In a well‐established rat MO model, female Wistar rats ate chow (controls ‐ C) or high energy, obesogenic diet to induce MO from weaning through pregnancy and lactation. Females were bred at postnatal day (PND) 120. Offsp

  The Journal of Physiology

  Mon Oct 07, 2019 06:09
• Differential impact of two critical respiratory centers in opioid‐induced respiratory depression in awake mice

  Key points •The main cause of death from opioid overdose is respiratory depression due to the activation of mu opioid receptors (MORs). •We conditionally deleted MORs from neurons in two key areas of the brainstem respiratory circuitry (the Kölliker‐Fuse nucleus (KF) or pre‐Bötzinger complex (preBötC)) to determine their role in opioid‐induced respiratory disturbances in adult, awake mice. •Deletion of MORs from KF neurons attenuated respira

  The Journal of Physiology

  Mon Oct 07, 2019 05:56
• Anthropology-News
• Virtual Attendance Pilot Project Slated for 2019 Annual Meeting

  At the request of the Members’ Programmatic Advisory and Advocacy Committee (MPAAC), AAA is offering a “Virtual Attendance” pilot project in conjunction with the 2019 Annual Meeting in Vancouver this November. The purpose of the pilot project is to gauge whether people who otherwise would not take part in Annual Meeting activities might be interested in participating in a subset of activities remotely, without having to incur the time and travel

  Anthropology-News

  Tue Oct 08, 2019 11:44
• Collaborating with Undergraduate Research Assistants

  In a 2017 piece for Anthropology News Richard Wilk argued that anthropology graduate programs are not preparing students for the reality of anthropological life. Indeed, that has been my own experience over the past three years as I transition from graduate student to postdoc to faculty member. Much of the research I do today is conducted in a manner completely opposite to that blissful, independent space of reading, writing, and observing that w

  Anthropology-News

  Tue Oct 08, 2019 06:00
• Teaching Literature on the Arabian Peninsula

  Even after 15 years of teaching literature on the Arabian Peninsula, I still worry about finding the right texts for my students. They are majoring in English language, not literature, so I don’t have to cover any kind of canon. I just need good stories, plays, and poems that will help improve their English by giving them a chance to read, write, talk, and think. I teach a wide variety of classes covering all levels and genres from the 1700s to m

  Anthropology-News

  Mon Oct 07, 2019 06:00