Department of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty
Graduate School:
Kansas State University
Post Graduate:
The University of Iowa
Frank M. Faraci, Ph.D.
Professor in Internal Medicine and Pharmacology
Dr. Faraci's research interests focus on vascular biology, particularly the regulation of cerebral circulation. He is director of an NIH Program Project Grant on Cerebral Vascular Biology.
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- American Physiological Society
- American Heart Association
- International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow
- Society for Neuroscience
- FIRST Award, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Established Investigatorship, American Heart Association
- Editorial Board - Circulation Research
- Editorial Board - American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology
- Editorial Board - Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
- Assistant Editor - Stroke
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - Regular Member of the Neurological Sciences and Disorders A Study Section
Recent Publications
- Faraci, F.M. and C.D. Sigmund. Vascular Biology in Genetically-Altered Mice: Smaller Vessels, Bigger Insight. Circulation Res 85 :1214-1225, 1999.
- Lamping, K.G. and F.M. Faraci. Role of Sex Differences and Effects of Endothelial NO Synthase Deficiency in Responses of Carotid Arteries to Serotonin. Arterioscler., Thromb., Vasc. Biol. 21 :523-528, 2001.
- Didion, S.P., C.A. Hathaway, and F.M. Faraci. Superoxide Levels and Function of Cerebral Blood Vessels Following Inhibition of CuZn-SOD. Am. J. Physiol. 281:H1697-H1703, 2001.
- Yamada, M., K.G. Lamping, A. Duttaroy, W. Zhang, Y. Cui, F.P. Bymaster, D.L. McKinzie, C.C. Felder, C.-X. Deng, F.M. Faraci, and J. Wess. Cholinergic dilation of cerebral blood vessels is abolished in M5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 98 :14096-14101, 2001.
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