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T. Pitts

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Physiology· 3 Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:rat· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:electrophysiology· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:imaging· 1

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K. Iceman· 2 shared M. Frazure· 2 shared B. Fletcher· 1 shared B. Kimbel· 1 shared C. L. Greene· 1 shared D. C. Bolser· 1 shared D. R. Howland· 1 shared I. Morimoto· 1 shared

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2019-2023 · peak 3/yr

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Evidence for peripheral and central actions of codeine to dysregulate deglutition in the anesthetized cat

D. C. Bolser, T. Shen, M. N. Musselwhite, M. J. Rose, J. A. Hayes, T. Pitts

This study investigates codeine's effects on swallowing in anesthetized cats, finding both central and peripheral mechanisms contributing to dysregulated swallowing.

bioRxiv · Nov 7, 2023 · PreprintPhysiology

Dysphagia as a missing link between post-surgical- and opioid-related pneumonia

M. Frazure, C. L. Greene, K. Iceman, D. R. Howland, T. Pitts

This study shows that post-surgical opioid use and surgery itself impair airway protection in cats, increasing aspiration pneumonia risk.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2023Physiology

Serotonin therapies for opioid-induced dysphagia and respiratory depression: sex differences in a rat electromyography model

M. Frazure, I. Morimoto, N. Fielder, N. Mellen, K. Iceman, T. Pitts

This study investigates sex differences in opioid-induced dysphagia and respiratory depression using a rat electromyography model, finding that buprenorphine more severely affects females and that 5-HT1A agonists can mitigate these effects.

bioRxiv · Aug 21, 2023 · PreprintPhysiology

Adaptations to Oral and Pharyngeal Swallowing Function Induced by Injury to the Mylohyoid Muscle

S. N. King, B. Fletcher, B. Kimbel, N. Bonomo, T. Pitts

This study investigates how injury to the mylohyoid muscle in rats affects swallowing function, finding early disruptions in bolus flow and sensorimotor activity before fibrosis develops.

bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2019Animal Behavior & Cognition