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Overview

Irving H. Zucker is affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

The scientist's work explores several main topics, including:

  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms

Among their recent papers are notable studies such as:

  • "Guidelines for animal exercise and training protocols for cardiovascular studies," 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • "Extracellular vesicular MicroRNA-27a* contributes to cardiac hypertrophy in chronic heart failure," 2020, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • "Regulation of Nrf2 signaling pathway in heart failure: Role of extracellular vesicles and non-coding RNAs," 2021, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • "Extracellular Vesicles Regulate Sympatho-Excitation by Nrf2 in Heart Failure," 2022, Circulation Research
  • "Functional, proteomic and bioinformatic analyses of Nrf2- and Keap1- null skeletal muscle," 2020, The Journal of Physiology

Their frequent co-authors include Hanjun Wang, Lie Gao, Tara Rudebush, Neha Dhyani, and Steven J. Lisco. Collaboration with these researchers has contributed to a broad range of publications.

The scientist's work has been published mainly in journals such as:

  • Physiology
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • The FASEB Journal
  • American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Best Publications

  • Modulation of food intake and locomotor activity in female rats by diencephalic hormone implants.

    George N. Wade;Irving Zucker

  • Simvastatin Normalizes Autonomic Neural Control in Experimental Heart Failure

    Rainer U. Pliquett;Kurtis G. Cornish;Jacob D. Peuler;Irving H. Zucker

  • Fibrillar collagen and remodeling of dilated canine left ventricle.

    Karl T. Weber;Ruth Pick;Marc A. Silver;Gordon W. Moe

  • Superoxide mediates sympathoexcitation in heart failure: Roles of angiotensin II and NAD(P)H oxidase

    Lie Gao;Wei Wang;Yu-Long Li;Harold D. Schultz

  • The origin of sympathetic outflow in heart failure: The roles of angiotensin II and nitric oxide

    Irving H. Zucker;Harold D. Schultz;Yi Fan Li;Yu Wang

  • Sympathoexcitation by central ANG II: roles for AT1 receptor upregulation and NAD(P)H oxidase in RVLM.

    Lie Gao;Wei Wang;Yu Long Li;Harold D. Schultz

  • Carotid sinus baroreceptor sensitivity in experimental heart failure.

    Wei Wang;Jwo Sheng Chen;Irving H. Zucker

  • Enhanced peripheral chemoreflex function in conscious rabbits with pacing-induced heart failure.

    Shu Yu Sun;W. Wang;I. H. Zucker;H. D. Schultz

  • Novel Mechanisms of Sympathetic Regulation in Chronic Heart Failure

    Irving H. Zucker

  • Chronic exercise reduces sympathetic nerve activity in rabbits with pacing-induced heart failure: A role for angiotensin II.

    Jun Li Liu;Scott Irvine;Ian A. Reid;Kaushik P. Patel

  • The Mechanism of Adaptation of Left Atrial Stretch Receptors in Dogs with Chronic Congestive Heart Failure

    Irving H. Zucker;Alvin M. Earle;Joseph P. Gilmore

  • Neural regulation of sympathetic nerve activity in heart failure

    Irving H. Zucker;Wei Wang;Marian Brändle;Harold D. Schultz

  • Exercise Training Normalizes Sympathetic Outflow by Central Antioxidant Mechanisms in Rabbits With Pacing-Induced Chronic Heart Failure

    Lie Gao;Wei Wang;Dongmei Liu;Irving H. Zucker

  • Translational neurocardiology: preclinical models and cardioneural integrative aspects.

    J. L. Ardell;M. C. Andresen;J. A. Armour;G. E. Billman

  • Hormonal and developmental influences on rat saccharin preferences.

    George N. Wade;Irving Zucker

  • Simvastatin Therapy Normalizes Sympathetic Neural Control in Experimental Heart Failure Roles of Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptors and NAD(P)H Oxidase

    Lie Gao;Wei Wang;Yu Long Li;Harold D. Schultz

  • Reflex Control of the Circulation

    Irving H. Zucker;Joseph P. Gilmore

  • Chronic Baroreceptor Activation Enhances Survival in Dogs With Pacing-Induced Heart Failure

    Irving H. Zucker;Johnnie F. Hackley;Kurtis G. Cornish;Bradley A. Hiser

  • Enhanced activity of carotid body chemoreceptors in rabbits with heart failure: role of nitric oxide.

    Shu Yu Sun;W. Wang;Irving H Zucker;Harold D Schultz

  • Statin therapy restores sympathovagal balance in experimental heart failure.

    Rainer U. Pliquett;Kurtis G. Cornish;Irving H. Zucker

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander V. Kabanov
Alexander V. Kabanov University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Keith M. Channon
Keith M. Channon University of Oxford
Masafumi Kitakaze
Masafumi Kitakaze Southern Medical University
Tatiana K. Bronich
Tatiana K. Bronich University of Nebraska Medical Center
Ivor J. Benjamin
Ivor J. Benjamin Medical College of Wisconsin
Michael S. Wolin
Michael S. Wolin New York Medical College
Mordecai P. Blaustein
Mordecai P. Blaustein University of Maryland, Baltimore
Junichi Sadoshima
Junichi Sadoshima Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Christine Des Rosiers
Christine Des Rosiers University of Montreal
Nancy G. Forger
Nancy G. Forger Georgia State University

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