Faculty Profile

Constance Moore

Adjunct Assistant Professor

B.S., 1991, State University of New York, Binghampton

Ph.D., 1998, University of Nebraska Medical Center.            

Appointed: 2006

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Expertise Areas:

Neuroendocrinology and neuronal control of respiration

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Current Courses:

Biology 210L: Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory

Biology 306: Functional Neuroanatomy

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Research Interests: Dr. Moore is a neuroanatomist interested in the hormone-sensitive changes in the anatomical, cellular and molecular processes that modulate the activity of the respiratory related autonomic nervous system. Most recent research focused on the neurochemical organization of neurons that mediate sleep-related modulations of the autonomic functions and motor activities of upper airway dilating and constricting muscles. Dr. Moore combines neuroanatomical tract tracing, immunocytochemical and electron microscopical techniques to investigate ultrastructural anatomy of neuronal networks. Future research goals include the incorporation of electrophysiological techniques and methods.

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Selected Publications:

Blinder K.J., Moore C.T., Johnson T.A., Massari V.J., Central control of atrio-ventricular conduction and left ventricular contractility in the cat heart: Synaptic interactions of vagal preganglionic neurons in the nucleus ambiguus with neuropeptide Y-immunoreactive nerve terminals. Auton Neurosci. 2007 Jan 30; 131(1-2):57-64.

Haxhiu, M.A., Moore, C.T., Kc, P, Monoaminergic Modulation in the Brainstem: Implication for Airway Function in Advances in Vagal Afferent Neurobiology, ed. Brian Udem and Daniel Weinreich, 2005, CRC Press.

Haxhiu, M.A., Kc, P, Moore, C.T., Acquah S.S., Wilson, C.G. Zaidi, S. I., Massari, V.J. and Ferguson, D.G., Brainstem Excitatory and Inhibitory Signaling Pathways Regulating Bronchoconstrictive Responses, J. Appl. Phys. 2005 Jun; 98(6): 1961-82.

Moore C.T., Wilson C.G., Mayer, C.A., Acquah, S.A. , Massari, V.J., and Haxhui, M.A., A GABAergic inhibitory microcircuit controlling cholinergic outflow to the airways. J Appl Physiol. 2004 Jan; 96(1): 260-70. Epub 2003 Sep 12.

Lee, E.J., Moore, C.T., Hosny, S., Centers, A. and Jennes, L, Expression of estrogen receptor-a and c-FOS in adrenergic neurons of the female rat during the steroid-induced LH surge. Brain Res. 875:56 (2000).

Moore, C.T., Lee, E.J., Tuggle, B., Eyigor, O., and Jennes, L., Glutamatergic and Adrenergic Innervation of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Neurons in Rat Brain, Adv. Rep. 3:293 (1999).

Moore, C.T. and Leuschen, M.P., Synaptic Density in the Arcuate Nucleus of Female Rats Approaching Middle Age, Neurosci. Lett. 254:73 (1998).


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