Scientific Articles
My research, spanning over 30 years encompasses studies in the physiological ecology of hawks and eagles, hibernation physiology in snakes, respiratory and cardiovascular adaptations to anoxia in turtles, and cardiac function during ischemia and reperfusion in rats.
Activation of the heat shock response: relationship to cardiac energy metabolites
J. Chang, A. A. Knowlton, and J. S. Wasser (2001). Activation of the heat shock response: relationship to cardiac energy metabolites. A 31P-NMR study in rat hearts. Am. J. Physiol. (Heart Circ. Physiol.) 280:H426–33.
Brain high energy phosphate responses to alcohol exposure in neonatal rats: An in vivo 31P-NMR study
T. A. Cudd, J. S. Wasser, W-J. A. Chen, and J. R. West (2000). Brain high energy phosphate responses to alcohol exposure in neonatal rats: An in vivo 31P-NMR study. Alcohol Clin. Exp. Res. 24:865–72.
NMR spectroscopy and its applications in comparative physiology
J. S. Wasser, R. Lawler, and D. C. Jackson (1996). NMR spectroscopy and its applications in comparative physiology. Physiol. Zool. 69:1–34.
P-NMR measurements of pHi and high energy phosphate concentrations in isolated turtle hearts during anoxia and acidosis
J. S. Wasser, K. C. Inman, E. A. Arendt, R. G. Lawler, and D. C. Jackson (1990). 31P-NMR measurements of pHi and high energy phosphate concentrations in isolated turtle hearts during anoxia and acidosis. Am. J. Physiol. 259 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 28): R521–30.
Seasonal variations in plasma and tissue chemistry in water snakes, Nerodia sipedon
J. S. Wasser (1990). Seasonal variations in plasma and tissue chemistry in water snakes, Nerodia sipedon. Copeia 1990 (2): 399–408.
The relationship of energetics of falconiform birds to body mass and climate
J. S. Wasser (1986). The relationship of energetics of falconiform birds to body mass and climate. Condor 88:57–62.