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Stephen E. DiCarlo, Ph.D.
Professor
6213 Scott Hall
(313) 577-1557
sdicarlo@med.wayne.edu
Areas
Cardiovascular control, arrhythmia supression, spinal cord injury and exercise
Biography

Stephen E. DiCarlo received his PhD examining the effects of exercise training on the coronary circulation with Dr. H. Lowell Stone in the Department of Physiology at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center. Subsequently, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship examing exercise and autonomic function with Dr. Vernon S. Bishop in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Following the fellowship, he served on the faculty in the Department of Physiology at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Rootstown, Ohio and moved, in 1998, to the Department of Physiology at Wayne State University where he currently serves as Professor. His current NIH funded work focuses on mechanisms of cardiovascular control and arrhythmia suppression and he has an interest in how people learn. 

Publications

 Scientific Manuscripts in Refereed Journals (since 2005)

1.         Collins, HL, AM Loka, and SE DiCarlo. Daily exercise induced cardio-protection is associated with changes in calcium regulatory proteins in hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol,288: H532–H540, 2005.
2.         Llewellyn-Smith, I, SE DiCarlo, HL Collins, J Keast. Enkephalin-immunoreactive interneurons extensively innervate sympathetic preganglionic neurons regulating the pelvic viscera.  J Comp Neurol, 488(3):278-289 [Epub ahead of print] June 10, 2005.  
3.         Collins, HL and SE DiCarlo. Acute exercise increases the ventricular arrhythmia threshold via the intrinsic adenosine receptor system in conscious hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 289(3):H1020-1026, 2005.
4.         Lujan, HL, SL Britton, LG Koch, and SE DiCarlo. Reduced susceptibility to ventricular tachyarrhythmias in rats selectively bred for high aerobic capacity. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2006 Dec;291(6):H2933-41, 2006
5.         Lujan, HL, VJ Kramer, and SE DiCarlo. Electro-acupuncture Decreases the Susceptibility to Ventricular Tachycardia in Conscious Rats by Reducing Cardiac Metabolic Demand. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 292:H2550-5, 2007 [Epub ahead of print] Jan 5, 2007. 
6.         Llewellyn-Smith, I, CL Martin, NM Fenwick, SE DiCarlo, HL Lujan, and AM Schreihofer. VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 innervation in autonomic regions of intact and transected rat spinal cord.  J Comp Neurol, 503(6):741-67, 2007.  
7.         Lujan, HL, VJ Kramer, and SE DiCarlo. Sex influences the susceptibility to reperfusion-induced sustained ventricular tachycardia and beta-adrenergic receptor blockade in conscious rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 293:H2799-808, 2007 [Epub ahead of print] Jul 13, 2007. 
8.         Dreyer, HC, EL Glynn, HL Lujan, CS Fry, SE DiCarlo, and BB Rasmussen. Chronic paraplegia-induced muscle atrophy downregulates the mTOR/S6K1 signaling pathway. J Appl Physiol  104(1):27-33, 2008 [Epub Sep 20, 2007].
9.         Lujan, HL and SE DiCarlo. T5 spinal cord transection increases susceptibility to reperfusion-induced ventricular tachycardia by enhancing sympathetic activity in conscious rats Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 293(6):H3333-9, 2007 [Epub Oct 12, 2007]
10.       Drummond MJ, EL Glynn, HL Lujan, SE DiCarlo, and BB Rasmussen. Gene and protein expression associated with protein synthesis and breakdown in paraplegic skeletal muscle. Muscle Nerve Apr;37(4):505-13, 2008 [Epub Jan 30, 2008].
11.       Lujan, HL and SE DiCarlo. Sex Differences to Myocardial Ischemia and Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade in Conscious Rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. Apr;294(4):H1523-9, 2008 [Epub Feb 8, 2008].
12.       Glynn EL, Lujan HL, Kramer VJ, Drummond MJ, DiCarlo SE, Rasmussen BB, A chronic increase in physical activity inhibits fed-state mTOR/S6K1 signaling and reduces IRS-1 serine phosphorylation in rat skeletal muscle, Appl Physiol Nutr Metab Feb;33(1):93-101, 2008.
Educational Manuscripts in Refereed Journals (since 2005)
1.         Cortright, RN, HL Collins, and SE DiCarlo. Peer instruction enhanced meaningful learning: ability to solve novel problems. Am J Physiol Adv Physiol Educ 29:107-11, 2005.
2.         DiCarlo, SE. Too much teaching, not enough learning and too little fun. Regular Feature, The Biochemist, 27(5): 36-37, 2005.
3.         DiCarlo, SE. Cell biology should be taught as science is practiced. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Feb 1, 2006. [Epub ahead of print]
4.         Lujan, HL and SE DiCarlo. Too much teaching, not enough learning: what is the solution? Am J Physiol Adv Physiol Educ 30: 17-22, 2006. 
5.         Lujan, HL and SE DiCarlo. First-year medical students prefer multiple learning styles. Am J Physiol Adv Physiol Educ 30: 13-16, 2006. 
6.         Giuliodori MJ, HL Lujan, and SE DiCarlo. Peer Instruction Enhanced Student Performance on Qualitative Problem-Solving Questions. Am J Physiol Adv Physiol Educ 30: 168-173, 2006
7.         Wehrwein, EA, HL Lujan and SE DiCarlo. Gender Differences in Learning Style Preferences Among Undergraduate Physiology Students. Am J Physiol Adv Physiol Educ Jun 31(2):153-7, 2007.
8.         Slater JA, HL Lujan and SE DiCarlo. Does gender influence learning style preferences of first-year medical students?. Am J Physiol Adv Physiol Educ Dec 31(4):336-42, 2007.
9.         Giuliodori MJ and SE DiCarlo. An improved model for simulating obstructive lung disease? Am J Physiol Adv Physiol Educ Jun;32(2):167, 2008.
10.       Lujan, HL and SE DiCarlo. Student essay competition: a creative way to learn from our students. J Physiol Adv Physiol Educ Jun;32(2):168, 2008
 
Awards & Honors
  • 2009 Claude Bernard Distinguished Lecture of the APS Teaching of Physiology Section
  • 2004, Charter Member, Academy of Scholars, Wayne State University School of Medicine
  • The 2003 Lamp Award, for most outstanding basic science teaching over years 1 and 2. Presented by the Wayne State University School of Medicine Class of 2005
  • 2003 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Wayne State University
  • 2003 School of Medicine Teaching Award, Wayne State University
  • 2002 University of Missouri-Kansas City Trustees Visiting Professorship for Excellence in Research and Teaching
  • M-1 Outstanding Teacher of the Year for the '97-'98 Academic Year, Northeastern Ohio Universities.
  • Class Marshall, Class of 1997, Northeastern Ohio Universities.
  • Class Marshall, Class of 1996, Northeastern Ohio Universities.
  • M-1 Outstanding Teacher of the Year for '93-'94 Academic Year, Northeastern Ohio Universities.
Other Information

Cardiac Sympathetic Hyper-Innerviation: The Rhythm is Going to Get You! - (Video) 
Seminar given to the CVRI on 12/5/08