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Professor of Physiology
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 Donald G. Davies, Ph. D.
Dept. of Physiology
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
3601 4th Street at Indiana
Lubbock, Texas 79430-6551
(806) 743-2520
FAX: (806) 743-1512
E-mail: Donald.Davies@ttuhsc.edu

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Department of Physiology, Medical and Graduate Courses (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center)

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

PAPERS (*PEER REVIEWED)

*1. Dutton RE, Hodson WA, Davies DG and Fenner A: Effect of the rate of rise of carotid body Pco2 on the time course of ventilation. Respir. Physiol. 3:367 - 379, 1967.

*2. Dutton RE, Hodson WA, Davies DG and Chernick V: Ventilatory adaptation to a step change in Pco2 at the carotid body. J. Appl. Physiol. 23:195 - 202, 1967.

*3. Dutton RE, Davies DG, Ghatak PK and Fitzgerald RS: Respiration during transient perfusion of the vertebral arteries with hypocapnic blood. Am. J. Physiol. 217:1178 - 1182, 1969.

4. Gurtner GH, Burns B and Davies DG: Steady-state differences in Pco2, [HCO3-] and [H+] between blood and extravascular tissue. Results from lung, CSF and brain. Chest 61:31S - 39S, 1972.

*5. Krasney JA, Levitzky MG and Davies DG: Cardiovascular effects of intracisternal injection of acetazolamide. Cardiovasc. Res. 7:684 - 686, 1973.

*6. Davies DG,. Fitzgerald RS and Gurtner GH: Acid-base relationships between CSF and blood during acute metabolic acidosis. J. Appl. Physiol. 35:249 - 254, 1973.

*7. Davies DG and Gurtner GH: CSF acid-base balance and the Wien effect. J. Appl. Physiol. 34:844 - 850, 1973.

*8. Dutton RE, Smith EJ, Ghatak PK and Davies DG: Dynamics of the respiratory controller during carotid body hypoxia. J. Appl. Physiol. 35:844 - 850, 1973.

*9. Krasney JA, Magno MG, Levitzky MG, Koehler RC and Davies DG: Cardiovascular responses to arterial hypoxia in awake sinoaortic denervated dogs. J. Appl. Physiol. 35:733 - 738, 1973.

10. Gurtner GH, Burns B, Sciuto M and Davies DG: Interrelationships between blood and extravascular pH, Pco2 and [HCO3-]. In: CO2 and Metabolic Regulations, edited by G. Nahas and C. Schaefer. Munich: Springer-Verlag, pp. 35 - 45, 1974.

*11. Dutton RE, Harris TM and Davies DG: The distribution of ammonia between CSF and blood in chronic obstructive lung disease. J. Appl. Physiol. 36:668 - 673, 1974.

*12. Davies DG and Dutton RE: Gas-blood Pco2 gradients during avian gas exchange. J. Appl. Physiol. 39:405 - 410, 1975.

*13. Caronna JJ, Plum F, Siesjo BK, Davies DG and Curtner GH: Concerning the physiological significance of the Wien effect. Am. J. Physiol. 229:1725 - 1726, 1975.

*14. Davies DG: CSF sampling technique and Astrup pH and Pco2 values. J. Appl. Physiol. 40:123 - 125, 1976.

*15. Razavi AK, Burns B, Sciuto AM, Gurtner GH and Davies DG: The Wien effect in compensated metabolic acidosis. Respir. Physiol. 29:25 - 34, 1977.

*16. Lydic RR, Britton SL, Davies DG, Lutherer LO and Anderson D: An interactiveprogram on the PDP-11 for computing organ blood flow from data obtained using the radioactive microsphere technique. Comput. Programs in Biomed. 7:287 - 292, 1977.

*17. Weiskopf RB, Fencl V, Gabel RA, Davies DG: CSF pH and Pco2 measurements. J. Appl. Physiol. 43:566 - 567, 1977.

*18. Davies DG: Evidence for cerebral extracellular fluid [H+] as a stimulus during acclimatication to hypoxia. Respir. Physiol. 32:167 - 182, 1978.

19. Dutton RE, Feustel PJ, Berger AJ and Davies DG: Chemoreceptor interaction during medullary perfusion. Chest 73:258 - 261s, 1978.

20. Davies DG: Hydrogen ion homeostasis of the cerebral extracellular fluid. In: Regulation of Ventilation and Gas Exchange. Research Topics in Physiology, Vol. 1, edited by D.G. Davies and C.D. Barnes. New York: Academic Press, pp. 167 - 196, 1978.

21. Davies DG and Barnes CD: Regulation of Ventilation and Gas Exchange. Research Topics in Physiology, vol. 1. New York: Academic Press, 1978.

*22. Smith EN, Robertson S and Davies DG: Cutaneous blood flow during heating and cooling in the American alligator. Am. J. Physiol. 235:R160 - R167, 1978.

*23. Davies DG: Temperature-induced changes in blood acid-base status in the alligator, Alligator mississipiensis, J. Appl. Physiol. 45:922 - 926, 1978.

*24. Britton S, Lutherer LO and Davies DG: The effect of cerebral extracellular fluid acidity on total and regional cerebral blood flow. J. Appl. Physiol. 47:818 - 826, 1979.

*25. Nolan WF, Houck PC, Thomas JL and Davies DG: Ventral medullary ECF pH and blood flow during hypoxia. Am. J. Physiol. 242:R195 - R198, 1982.

*26. Davies DG, Thomas JL and Smith EN: Effect of body temperature on ventilatory control in the alligator. J. Appl. Physiol. 52:114 - 118, 1982.

*27. Nolan WF and Davies DG: Brain ECF pH and blood flow during isocapnic and hypocapnic hypoxia. J. Appl. Physiol. 53:247 - 252, 1982.

*28. Davies DG and Nolan WF: Cerebral interstitial fluid acid-base status follows arterial acid-base perturbations. J. Appl Physiol. 53:1551 - 1555, 1982.

*29. Nolan WF and Davies DG: Effect of craniotomy on regional blood flow and ECF pH changes during isocapnic hypoxia. Brain Res. 241:388 - 392, 1982.

*30. Davies DG, Britton SL, Gurtner GH, Dutton RE and Krasney JA: Effect of carbonic anhydrase inhibition in the DC potential difference between CSF and blood. Exp. Neurol. 86:66 - 72, 1984.

* 31. Davies DG, Nolan WF and Sexton JA: Effect of hypocapnia on ventral medullary blood flow and pH during hypoxia in cats. J. Appl. Physiol. 61:87 - 90, 1986.

*32. Severinghaus JW, Davies DG: Hypocapnia on ventral medullary blood flow and pH during hypoxia. J. Appl. Physiol. 62:850 - 851, l987.

*33. Davies DG and Sexton JA: Brain ECF pH and central chemical control of ventilation during hypoxia in turtles. Am. J. Physiol. 252:R848 - R852, 1987.

*34. Davies DG and Schadt JC: Ventilatory responses of the ground squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus to various levels of hypoxia. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 92A:255 - 257, 1989.

*35. Davies DG and McGrath JJ: Arterial blood gas status in rats exposed to chronic CO at low and high altitude. Respir. Physiol. 75:193 - 198, 1989.

*36. Davies DG: Distribution of systemic blood flow during anoxia in the turtle, Chrysemys scripta. Respir. Physiol. 78:383 - 390, 1989.

37. Dutton RE, Feustel PJ, Ghatak PK, Davies DG and Smith EJ: Nonlinearities and chaos like control of respiration during square wave pulse train hypoxic stimulation of the carotid body chemoreceptors. In: Chemoreceptors and Chemoreceptor Reflexes, edited by H. Acker, A. Trzebski, and R. C. O'Regan. New York: Plenum Press, pp. 209 - 215, 1990.

*38. Davies DG: Chemical regulation of cerebral blood flow in the turtle. Am J Physiol Regulatory Int Comp Physiol 260:R382 - R384, 1991.

*39. Davies DG: Temperature and cerebral blood flow regulation in the freshwater turtle, Pseudemys scripta. Respir Physiol 95:329 - 336, 1994.

*40. Gervitz LM, Lutherer LO, Davies DG, Pirch, JH, and Fowler JC: Adenosine induces the initial hypoxic-ischemic depression of synaptic transmission in the rat hippocampus in vivo. Am J Physiol Regulatory Int Comp Physiol 230: R639 - R645, 2001.

*41. Gervitz LM, Davies DG, Omidvar K, and Fowler JC: The effect of acute hypoxemia on adenosine-mediated depression of evoked hyppocampal synaptic transmission. Experimental Neurology, 182 (2003) 507-517.

PAPERS IN PREPARATION

1. Davies DG. Effect of partial vagal denervation on ventilatory response to hypoxia and hypercapnia. (to be submitted to Respiration Physiology and Neurobilogy ).

2. Davies DG: Temperature and the distribution of regional blood flow in the turtle during normoxia and anoxia.

3. Davies DG: Respiratory responses of the ground squirrel to increased inspired CO2.

ABSTRACTS

1. Dutton RE, Fitzgerald RS and Davies DG: Ventilatory effect of step decreases in vertebral arterial carbon dioxide tension. Fed. Proc. 27:328, 1968.

2. Dutton RE and Davies DG: Two component responses to step hypoxic forcing of the carotid chemoreceptors. Proc. Int. Union Physiol. Sci. 7:121, 1968.

3. Dutton RE, Ghatak PK and Davies DG: Regulation of respiration during ramp forcing of the carotid chemoreceptors with hypoxic blood. Fed. Proc. 28:338, 1969.

4. Davies DG, Fitzgerald RS and Gurtner GH: Acid-base relationships between CSF and blood. Physiologist 13:176, 1970.

5. Gurtner GH, Davies DG and Riley RL: Similarities in the distribution of weak acids between blood and alveoli and between blood and CSF. Fed. Proc. 29:134, 1970.

6. Gurtner GH, Davies DG and Burns B: Relationships between blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and brain Pco2. XXV Int. Cong. Physiol. Munich, 1971.

7. Davies DG, Gurtner GH and Riley RL: Relationships between CSF and blood Pco2, [HCO3-] and [H+] during acidosis and metabolic alkalosis. Fed. Proc. 30:1668, 1971.

8. Davies DG, Gurtner GH and Bromberger B: The dependence of the difference in Pco2 between CSF and blood on the rapid hydration of CO2. Physiologist 14:129, 1971.

9. Razavi A, Burns B, Davies DG and Gurtner GH: Acid-base relationships between CSF and blood during compensated metabolic acidosis. Physiologist 15:243, 1972.

10. Davies DG and Dutton RE: The effect of acetazolamide and ouabain on the D-C potential difference between CSF and blood. Physiologist 15:114, 1972.

11. Davies DG, Harris TM and Dutton RE: The distribution of ammonia between CSF and blood in pulmonary emphysema. Clin. Res. 20:887, 1972.

12. Berger AJ, Davies DG and Dutton RE: Transient ventilatory responses in intact and chemodenervated dogs. Fed. Proc. 32:782, 1973.

13. Davies DG and Dutton RE: Gas-blood Pco2 gradients during avian gas exchange. Physiologist 16:294, 1973.

14. Davies DG: Measurement of CSF pH and Pco2. Physiologist 17:207, 1974.

15. Davies DG: CSF acid-base balance and the control of respiration in acute hypoxia. Fed. Proc. 33:1364, 1974.

16. Davies DG: The effect of temperature on ventilation and gas exchange in the American alligator. Fed. Proc. 35:1190, 1975.

17. Davies DG and Kopetzky MT: Effect of body temperature on the ventilatoryresponse to hypercapnia in the awake alligator. Fed. Proc. 35:3500, 1976.

18. Schadt JC, Richardson KW, Droge M and Davies DG: Ventilatory responses of a hibernator, the thirteen lined ground squirrel, to hypoxic and hypercapnic stimuli. Fed. Proc. 35:2823, 1976.

19. Davies DG: Gas-blood Pco2 gradients during cross-current gas exchange. Symposium: Control of Avian Respiration, University of California, Irvine, CA, April 14, 1976.

20. Davies DG and Houck PC: The effect of aortic chemoreceptor denervation on the ventilatory response to acute hypoxia. Fed. Proc. 36:1084, 1977.

21. Dutton RE, Feustel IJ, Berger AJ and Davies DG: Chemoreceptor interaction during medullary perfusion. 20th Aspen Lung Conference, 1977.

22. Britton SL, Nunez C and Davies DG: Cerebral extracellular fluid acidity and cerebral blood flow. Physiologist 20:12, 1977.

23. Davies DG, Little DD, Lust R, Nader PC and Orem J: Effect of previous history on ventilatory response to CO2 during sleep. Fed. Proc. 38:4256, 1979.

24. Davies DG, Nolan WF, Houck PC and Thomas JT: Relationships between medullary ECF pH and blood flow during isocapnic-hypoxia. Fed. Proc. 39:547, 1980.

25. Davies DG and Britton SL: The effect of intraventricular acetazolamide (Diamox) on the D-C potential difference between CSF and blood in the dog. Physiologist 23: 74, 1980.

26. Davies DG: The effect of body temperature on ventilatory sensitivity to CO2 in the alligator. Physiologist 24:129, 1981.

27. Davies DG and Nolan WF: Changes in ventral medullary ECF pH during acute metabolic acidosis. Physiologist 24:101, 1981.

28. Nolan WF and Davies DG: Brain ECF pH and blood flow during hypoxia. Physiologist 24:77, 1981.

29. Davies DG: The effect of body temperature on ventilatory sensitivity to carbon dioxide in the alligator. Symposium: Comparative Physiology of Respiration, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, October 11 - 12, 1981.

30. Davies DG: Brain extracellular fluid hydrogen ion concentration changes during anoxia in the turtle. Symposium: Gas Transport, and Acid-base Regulation in Lower Vertebrates, Max-Planck-Institut fur experimentelle Medizin, Gottingen, West Germany, August 27 - 30, 1982.

31. Davies DG and Nolan WF: Changes in ventral medullary ECF pH during correction of metabolic acidosis. In: Oxygen Transport in Human Tissues. Edited by J. Leoppky and M.L. Reidesel. New York: Elsevier/North Holland, p. 360, 1982.

32. Davies DG, Nolan WF and Sexton J: Medullary blood flow during hypocapnic hypoxia. Physiologist 26:A - 40, 1983.

33. Lutherer LO and Davies DG: Effect of cerebellectomy on the increase in cerebral blood flow and the pressor response during hypoxia. Physiologist 26:A - 92, 1983.

34. Davies DG, Sexton J and Nolan WF: Effect of hypocapnic hypoxia on ventral medullary blood flow. Fed. Proc. 43:3624, 1984.

35. Davies DG: Regulation of respiration during cerebral acidosis in the turtle, Chrysemys Scripta Elegans. Fed. Proc. 44:849, 1985.

36. Davies DG and McGrath JJ: Arterial blood gas changes in rats acclimated to two forms of hypoxia. Fed. Proc. 45:2124, 1986.

37. Davies DG: Measurement of regional blood flow distribution in the turtle, Chrysemys Scripta. Physiologist 30:140, 1987.

38. Davies DG: The effects of CO2 and anoxia on cerebral blood flow in turtles. FASEB J. 2:A500, 1988.

39. Davies DG: Effect of body temperature on regional blood flow in the turtle, P. scripta. Physiologist 33:A68, 1990.

40. Davies DG, Nelson RD and Gluck S: Expression of the kidney isoform of the H+-ATPase B subunit (B1 subunit) during chronic acid loads. FASEB J. 9:5326, 1995.

41. Gervitz LM, Lutherer LO, Davies DG, Pirch, JH, and Fowler JC: The use of an in vivo rat model to study the effects of moderate hypoxia on hippocampal electrophysiology. FASEB J. 14:A634, 2000.

42. Gervitz LM, Lutherer LO, Davies DG, Pirch, JH, and Fowler JC: The role of adenosine in the early synaptic response to hypoxia in the rat hippocampus in vivo . Neuroscience Abstracts. 26:768, 2000.

43. Gervitz LM, Barnett GT, Davies DG, and FowlerJC: Normoxic hypotension mimics the effects of hypoxia on synaptic transmission in the rat hippocampus in vivo. FASEB J. 15:A428, 2001.




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