Department of Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty

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

Frank Faraci photo

Graduate School:
Kansas State University

Post Graduate:
The University of Iowa

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.

Links of Interest

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