Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
USF-Health - College of Medicine

     
 
 

Kendall F. Morris, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology

Contact Information
Office: MDC Box 9
E-Mail:kmorris@hsc.usf.edu
Phone: (813) 974-1549
FAX: (813) 974-3079

Research Interest

  • Dr. Morris' research involves the neural control of cardiorespiratory function. Recent research has focused on the effect of afferent input (chemo- and baro-receptors as well as lung stretch receptors) on distributed brainstem neural networks involved in respiratory and sympathetic nervous system control. Methods include extracellular spike train recording in vivo, computer assisted data entry and analysis (cycle triggered histograms, cross correlograms, spike triggered average histograms, and the gravity method) and computer simulations of neural networks inferred from in vivo data.

 

Recent Publications

Morris, K. F., Baekey, D. M., Nuding, Sarah C., Dick, T. E., Shannon, R. and Lindsey, B. G. Plasticity in Respiratory Motor Control: Invited Review: Neural network plasticity in respiratory control. Jourlnal of Applied Physiology 94(3):1242-1252, 2003. PubMed File

Morris, K. F., Baekey D. M. , Shannon, R. and Lindsey, B. G. Changes in cat medullary neurone firing rates and synchrony following induction of respiratory long-term facilitation. Journal of Physiology (London) 532.2:483-497, 2001. PubMed File

Morris, K. F., Baekey D. M. , Shannon, R. and Lindsey, B. G. Respiratory neural activity during long–term facilitation. Respiration Physiology 121:119-133, 2000. PubMed File

Chang, E. Y., Morris, K. F., Shannon, R. & Lindsey, B. G. Repeated sequences of interspike intervals in baroresponsive respiratory related neuronal assemblies of the cat brain stem. Journal of Neurophysiology 84:1136-1148, 2000. PubMed File

Lindsey, B. G., Morris, K. F., Segers, L. S., and Shannon, R. Respiratory neuronal assemblies. Respiration Physiology 122:183-196, 2000. PubMed File

Arata, A., Hernandez, Y. M., Lindsey, B. G., Morris, K. F., and Shannon, R. Transient configurations of baroresponsive respiratory-related brainstem neuronal assemblies in the cat. Journal of Physiology (London) 525(2):509-530, 2000. PubMed File

Shannon, R., Baekey, D. M., Morris, K. F., Li, Z., and Lindsey, B. G. Functional connectivity among ventrolateral medullary respiratory neurones and responses during fictive cough in the cat.  Journal of Physiology (London)  525 (1): 207-224, 2000. PubMed File  

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