Donna H. Korzick
Ph.D., 1994, Physiology, Penn State
Associate Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology
Contact Information
106 Noll Laboratory
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-5679
Fax: (814) 865-4602
Research Interests
The singular and combined effects of chronic endurance exercise and senescence on the regulation of cardiovascular function (both cardiac and coronary smooth muscle) with a particular emphasis on receptor-second messenger coupling in rodents.
Selected Publications
Korzick, DH, JC Hunter, MK McDowell, MD Delp, MM Tickerhoof, and LD Carson. Chronic Exercise Improves Inotropic Reserve Capacity Through a1-Adrenergic and PKC-Dependent Effects in Senescent Rats, Journal of Gerontology, in press, 2004.
Korzick, DH, MH Laughlin and DK Bowles. Adaptations in PKC signaling underlie enhanced myogenic tone in exercise-trained porcine coronary resistance arteries, Journal of Applied Physiology, 96: 1425-1432, 2004.
Tickerhoof, MM, PA Farrell and DH Korzick. Alterations in rat coronary vasoreactivity and vascular protein kinase C isoforms in type I diabetes, American Journal of Physiology, 285, H2694-H2703, 2003.
Carson LD and DH Korzick. Dose-Dependent Effects of Acute Exercise on PKC Levels in Adult Rat Heart. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, 178: 97-106, 2003.
Korzick DH. Cardiac Excitation-Contraction Coupling: A Cellular update. Advances in Physiology Education, 27: 192-200, 2003.
Korzick DH, Holliman DA, Boluyt MO, Laughlin, MH and Lakatta EG. Diminished á1-adrenergic-mediated contraction and translocation of protein kinase C in senescent rat heart. American Journal Physiology, 281: H581-H589, 2001.