Summer 2021 Research
Is short-term e-cigarette use harmless?
Stokes Lab research student Alicia Peters is investigating the effects of e-cigarette vapor exposure on lung function and lung tissue health.
In this acute (short-term) exposure study rat ventilation (breathing) patterns are recorded and analyzed both before and after 7-days of e-cigarette vapor exposure (10 minutes per day). At the end of the study lung tissue will be tested for signs of inflammation and damage.
“One of the things I have loved about this research is learning how to work with animals in a study. The unpredictability of animals can make studies like ours challenging, but the skills you come out with is something you won’t get anywhere else. I’m also proud of the work we’re doing, as vaping is still so new to our generation, and the major health impacts are still uncertain. While current research indicates that vaping may harm a person’s immune response within the lungs, we hope to learn more about how this happens through our research.”
-Alicia Peters
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Rat ventilation recording using whole body plethysmography.
Summer 2019 Research Projects
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Jada Faul
Microglia Activation and IL-1β Expression in Select Ventilatory Control Regions Following Exposure to Chronic Sustained Hypoxia
Conference Presentation:
Experimental Biology 2020
April 4-7; San Diego, CA
Kyle Barron and Jada Faul
Microglia and Astrocyte Activation in Select Ventilatory Control Regions Following Exposure to Chronic Sustained Hypoxia
Conference Presentations:
LSU Scholars Forum - 2/2019
Centenary Research Conference - 4/2019
Summer 2018 Research Projects
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Kyle Barron
Activation of microglia and astrocytes in the Pre-Botzinger complex in normoxic and hypoxic conditions.
Jada Faul
Comparison of microglia antibodies in morphology analysis in both normoxic and hypoxic conditions.
Alex Morgan
Activation of microglia and astrocytes in the RTN in normoxic and hypoxic conditions.
