1 Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Symposium September 26, 2009 ATSU-Kirksville Campus Poster Session Presentations HUMAN SUBJECTS Deficits in health-related quality of life following sport-related musculoskeletal injury in adolescent athletes. Curt Bay, Ph.D., Alison Snyder, Ph.D., John Parson, Ph.D., Eric Sauers, Ph.D., Tamara Valovich McLeod, Ph.D. [Musculoskeletal Disease] PDF of Abstract-1 The influence of cervical manipulation on autonomic function. Eric Bluml, B.S., Eric Snider, D.O., Karen Snider, D.O., Kelly Halma, D.O., Edwin Purcell, Ph.D. [Musculoskeletal Disease/Therapy] PDF of Abstract-2 Feasibility and effectiveness of whole-body intensive rehabilitation in chronic stroke survivors. Pamela R. Bosch, P.T., Ph.D., James V. Lynskey, P.T., Ph.D., M. Katherine Wing, P.T., D.P.T. [Neurological Disease (Stroke)] PDF of Abstract-3 Resting electromyographic activity of deep thoracic transversospinalis muscles identified as abnormal with palpation. Gary Fryer, B.Sc.(Osteopathy), Ph.D., Michael Bird, Ph.D., Barry Robbins, D.O., Christian Fossum, D.O. (Norway), Jane C. Johnson, M.A. [Musculoskeletal Disease/Diagnosis] PDF of Abstract-4 Interprofessional geriatric visits: learning teamwork for improved patient safety. Janet A. Head, RN, MS, Ed.D., Stephanie A. Powelson, RN, MPH, Ed.D., Brenda K. Wheeler, RN, MSN [Patient Safety] Enhanced cutaneous sensation mitigates vibration induced postural sway. Jeremy J. Houser, Ph.D. [Musculoskeletal Disease/Therapy] Evidence of microscopic clusters of neuronal cell bodies along the spinal accessory nerve. Michelle S. Hovorka, M.S., Nandor J. Uray, Ph.D. [Neural Development (Pain & Headache)] PDF of Abstract-5 The influence of life priorities on weekly physical activity in a sample of U.S. adults. Jennifer R. Hurst, Ed.D., Amanda J. Visek, Ph.D., Morgan Clennin, B.S. [Health Behavior] PDF of Abstract-6 Inhalation-to-exhalation ratio affects HRV training success. Fred Shaffer, Ph.D., BCIAC, Jonathon Grant, Chris Wally (Presented by Igor Korenfeld) [Respiratory Disease] The effect of resonant diaphragmatic breathing on physiological correlates of stress. Michael Urlakis, B.S., Fredric Shaffer, Ph.D., Edwin Purcell, Ph.D. [Psychological Disease (Stress)] PDF of Abstract-72 Adolescent athletes with a self-report history of sport-related concussion demonstrate lower health-related quality of life. Tamara C. Valovich McLeod, Ph.D., ATC, R. Curtis Bay, Ph.D., Alison R. Snyder, Ph.D., ATC [Neurological Disease (Concussion)] TISSUE CULTURE MODELS Cystatin C over-expression helps protect B16 melanoma cells from cell death. James L. Cox, Ph.D. [Cancer Biology] PDF of Abstract-8 Quantitative network descriptors of endothelial tubulogenesis on matrigel. David M. Hayes, Bo M. Forrester, Jason E. Miller, Ph.D., Robert W. Baer, Ph.D. [Cancer Biology] PDF of Abstract-9 Quantitative analysis of Feulgen-stained tissue. James A. Rhodes, Ph.D. [Biomedical Methodology] PDF of Abstract-10 Melanoma migratory behavior is modulated by ET-1 and the Rho family small GTPases. Kristi M. Teal, M.S., Robert W. Baer, Ph.D. [Cancer Biology] PDF of Abstract-11 ANIMAL MODELS Expression of TrkB in neuronal maturation in newborn cells and more mature neurons. Jennifer Bubel, B.S., Michelle Hovorka, M.S., David Middlemas, Ph.D. [Neural Development] PDF of Abstract-12 Caenorhabditis elegans as a model host for Staphylococcus aureus virulence. Terin Budine, Neal Chamberlain, Ph.D., Vineet Singh, Ph.D., Tim Walston, Ph.D. [Infectious Disease] PDF of Abstract-13 Factors influencing immature Dermacentor variabilis load on the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus). Tad Dallas, B.S., Stephanie Foré, Ph.D., Hyun-Joo Kim, Ph.D., Mary Peng, B.S., Georgia Mueller, B.S., Laura Fielden, Ph.D. [Infectious Disease] Relief of nociceptive pain in the rat by manual therapy. Katie Davenport, B.S., Eric Snider, D.O., Christian Fossum, D.O. (Norway), Brian F. Degenhardt, D.O., Jane C. Johnson, M.A., Vineet K. Singh, Ph.D., Neil J. Sargentini, Ph.D. [Musculoskeletal Disease/Therapy] PDF of Abstract-14 The effect of hawthorn extract on coronary flow. Kenneth P. Dood, Timothy P. Geisbuhler, Ph.D. [Heart Disease/Therapy] PDF of Abstract-15 The effect of chronic antidepressant treatment on neurogenesis in a juvenile rat model. David Ewing, B.S., Michelle Hovorka, M.S., Erin Klatt, M.S., Elizabeth Piel, David Middlemas, Ph.D. [Neural Development (Antidepressant Drugs)] PDF of Abstract-16 Calcium flux in urinary bladder smooth muscle cells. Jeff Gaffney, B.S., Robert J. Theobald, Ph.D., Yingzi Chang, M.D., Ph.D. [Bladder Disease] PDF of Abstract-173 The effect of in vivo administration of gossypol on p65 expression in dystrophic (mdx) muscle. Katherine Kuhn, Emily Smith, Ph.D., Andrea Cottey, B.S., Elizabeth Cottey, B.S., C. George Carlson, Ph.D. [Muscular Dystrophy] PDF of Abstract-18 Influence of fluvastatin treatment on skeletal muscle contractile function and blood flow in the rat. Jason Losee, B.S., Tyler J. Smith, B.S., William L. Sexton, Ph.D. [Drug Therapy] PDF of Abstract-19 Establishing Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for neural tube defects. Chelle King Porter, B.S., Timothy D. Walston, Ph.D. [Neural Development (Birth Defects)] PDF of Abstract-20 Interaction of femoral artery ligation and exercise training on microvascular PO2 in rat soleus muscle. William L. Sexton, Ph.D., Kyra Carpenter, M.S., Marietta Squire, M.S., Neja Valeja, M.S., Matthew Wessner, M.S., Carl Giacchi, M.S. [Sports medicine] PDF of Abstract-21 Impact of diabetes on microvascular PO2 and blood flow during contractions in rat skeletal muscle. Tyler J. Smith, B.S., Nicholas Quinn, B.S., Jason T. Losee, B.S., William L. Sexton, Ph.D. [Diabetes] PDF of Abstract-22 Microvascular PO2 kinetics in hindlimb skeletal muscle of obese diabetic Zucker rats. Marietta M. Squire, M.S., Carl Giacchi, M.S., Kyra Carpenter, M.S., Neha Valeja, M.S., Matthew Wessner, M.S., William L. Sexton, Ph.D. [Diabetes] PDF of Abstract-23 VEGF expression in skeletal muscles of the rat hindlimb after voluntary running. Neha Valeja, M.S., Matthew Wessner, M.S., Patricia S. Sexton, D.H.Ed., William L. Sexton, Ph.D. [Sports Medicine] PDF of Abstract-24 Involvement of the cholinergic system of the posterior hypothalamic nucleus (PHN) during the reflex compensatory response to hemorrhage. Zachary Webb, M.S., and John R. Martin, Ph.D. [Neurological Disease