Salt Lake City,
UT,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
Faculty members in the department engage in diverse cardiovascular research, studying how neuropeptides influence heart function, examining the impact of epileptic seizures on heart activity, investigating vascular graft-related neointimal hyperplasia, exploring myocardial ion channel mechanisms, and analyzing cellular signaling in the cardiovascular system. Recent departmental findings reveal that severe epileptic seizures significantly disrupt autonomic nervous regulation of heart function, potentially explaining why patients with unmanaged seizures face higher risks of sudden cardiac death compared to the general public.