Cardiovascular Physiology

This page is the Home Page of the Physiology laboratories of Drs. Jeffrey Omens and Francisco Villarreal. This laboratory has been housed on the Second Floor of the Basic Science Building (Rooms 2003 - 2008) since the Building opened for research in 1969. The laboratories are equipped for physiologic studies in a wide spectrum of preparations ranging from isolated mouse hearts to conscious large animals, and are equipped to monitor flows, pressures, dimensions, radiographic images and electrical activity. This laboratory is one of only handful of facilities on the west coast equipped for high speed biplane radiography of laboratory animals. Extensive facilities are available for real time data acquistion, analysis and image processing. For information on the use of the laboratory contact one of the laboratory faculty. Links to program faculty are provided from this page and from the School of Medicine , Department of Bioengineering, Department of Pharmacology, and Training Grant webpages.