iwamoto@uiuc.edu
Vet Biosciences
3623 Vmbsb
2001 S Lincoln
M/C 002
Urbana, IL 61802
Office: (217) 333-7576
Lab: (217) 333-7576
Mail to:
Vet Biosciences
3623 Vmbsb
2001 S Lincoln
M/C 002
Urbana, IL 61802
Gary A Iwamoto
Professor, Veterinary Biosciences
Education
B.S., Washington State University
M.A., University of California-Davis
Ph.D., University of California-Davis
Neural control of the cardiorespiratory and locomotor apparatuses
My research interests concern the neural control of the cardiorespiratory and locomotor apparatuses with a special emphasis on the response and adaptation to exercise. We have conducted a great many studies on how specific areas of the nervous system respond to exercise related stimuli. We are now in the process of determining how the nervous system itself adapts to exercise training.
My teaching interests involve trying to preserve as much of the excellence in the teaching of anatomy as I can for the current generation of students. Our approaches which some view as innovative are no more than the modern adaptation of classical approaches to this subject which somehow became lost over time. Both experts in teaching and the students themselves view these as important to the educational process.
Representative Publications
Nelson AJ, JM Juraska, TI Musch and GA Iwamoto. Neuroplastic adaptations to exercise: neuronal remodeling in cardiorespiratory and locomotor areas, J Appl Physiol. 99:2312-2322, 2005.
Ragan BG, AJ Nelson, JH Foreman, GW Bell and GA Iwamoto. Effects of a menthol-based analgesic balm on pressor responses evoked from muscle afferents in cats. Am J Vet Res. 65:1204-1210, 2004.
Nelson AJ, BG Ragan, GW Bell, RM Ichiyama and GA Iwamoto. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 36:444-450, 2004.
Ichiyama RM, TG Waldrop and GA Iwamoto. Neurons in and near insular cortex are responsive to muscular contraction and have sympathetic and/or cardiac related discharge. Brain Res. 1008:273-277, 2004.
Ichiyama RM, AB Gilbert, TG Waldrop and GA Iwamoto. Changes in the exercise activation of diencephalic and brainstem cardiorespiratory areas after training. Brain Res, 947:225-233, 2002.
Ichiyama RM, BR Ragan, GW Bell and GA Iwamoto. Effects of Topical analgesics on the pressor response evoked by group III and IV muscle afferents. Med Sci Sports Exer. 34:1440-1445, 2002.
Heine RA, JA Taylor, GA Iwamoto, DB Bubahn and PS.Cooke. Increased adipose tissue in male and female estrogen receptor-alpha knockout mice. National Academy of Sciences. 97:12729-12734, 2000 (Proceedings)