Research Interests:
My research interests are in the area of the effects
of toxic heavy metals and autoantibodies on the functions of calcium channels
especially as they relate to neurological, neuromuscular, hypertensive
and autoimmune diseases.
Selected Publications:
Hajela, R. K., Peng, S-Q.
and Atchison, W.D. 2004. Mechanosensitivity of L-type
Ca2+ channel current recombinantlt expressed in human embryonic kidney
cells (HEK293). Submitted, Biophysical Journal.
Hajela, Ravindra K., Huntoon
K. and Atchison, W. D. 2004. Autoantibodies from Lambert-Eaton
Myasthenic Syndrome patients are directed against "1and $ but not
"2* subunits of high-voltage activated Ca2+ channels. In preparation..
Hajela, R. K., Peng, S-Q.
and Atchison, W.D. Comparative effects of methylmercury
and Hg2+ on human neuronal N- and R-type high-voltage activated Ca2+ channels
transiently expressed in human embryonic kidney cells in culture.
J Phamacol Exp Ther. 306:1129-1136, 2003.
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Ravindra
Hajela 