Luke Mortensen, Ph.D., FAHA, EMT
| Position |
Professor - Physiology and pharmacology Professor - Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine |
| Phone | 515-271-1672 |
| luke.mortensen@dmu.edu | |
| Education | Ph.D., pharmacology and toxicology, Michigan State University Undergraduate, chemistry, music, Westminster College |
Publications
MORTENSEN LH, HARAMATI A, LUMPKIN M, VINCENZI F: Strategies on Integrating Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) into Health Professions Education. International Association of Medical Science Educators Annual Meeting, 2008
HENRY MK, MORTENSEN, LH: Student Perceived Value of Applied Experiences in Cellular and Molecular Medicine Through Elective Course Offerings. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Annual Meeting, 2008
FINNERTY, EP, HENRY MK, MORTENSEN, LH, ANDREWS M: How Do the Basic Sciences Fit Into the Vision of Medical Education of the Future? American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Annual Meeting, 2008
HENRY MK, MORTENSEN, LH: Student Perceived Value of Applied Experiences in Cellular and Molecular Medicine Through Elective Course Offerings. Experimental Biology, 2008
WOHLFORD-WESSELS MP, SHAFFER D, MORTENSEN L: Student perceptions of osteopathic manipulation. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Annual Meeting, 2007
SMITH JA, SCHLEDEWITZ K, MORTENSEN L, STROM D: An extract of the herb E Zhu synergizes with the topoisomerase II inhibitor etoposide to kill cancer cells. The FASEB Journal, 21(6):890.7, 2007
STROM D, BROWN K, NELSON B, LUO M, FULLER L, STRENK M, IANNONE A, CLARK D, HENRY M, MORTENSEN L: 2’-Hydroxycinnamaldehyde exhibits potential as an anticancer chemotherapeutic agent. The FASEB Journal, 19(4):A552, 2005
WAGONER JL, BARTON EX, KLEIN DF, NEWTON TT, ROTH RA, MORTENSEN LH, BARTON CC: Endotoxin potentiates aflatoxin B1-hepatocellular injury by a mechanism which is dependent upon Kupffer cells. Toxicological Sciences, 63(1, suppl), 2004
BRITTINGHAM A, MORTENSEN LH: Production of endothelin-1 (ET-1) by murine macrophages following microbial stimulation. The FASEB Journal, 16(4): A722.
BARTON CC, KLEIN D, MORTENSEN LH: Piper methysticum (Kava-Kava)-Induced Toxicity. J. Altern. Complement. Med.
SWANSON JJ, TURNER JJ, OXENFORD KA, MORTENSEN LH: Localization of endothelin-1 and endothelin receptors A and B-like immunoreactivity in the rat hypothalamus: Effects of endothelin induced hypertension. (In prep)
OLSON JA, OXENFORD KA, MORTENSEN LH: Neurohumoral control of chronic endothelin-induced hypertension in conscious male rats. (In prep)
LEIBER JD, OLSON JA, MORTENSEN LH: Endothelin receptor antagonism in the paraventricular nucleus attenuates endothelin hypertension. (In prep)
MORTENSEN LH: Endothelin and the central and peripheral nervous systems: a decade of endothelin research. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 26(12):980-984, 1999
MORTENSEN LH, OHMAN LE, HAYWOOD JR: Effects of lateral parabrachial nucleus lesions in chronic renal hypertensive rats. Hypertension, 23(6):774-780, 1994
MORTENSEN LH, FINK GD: Captopril prevents chronic hypertension produced by infusion of endothelin in rats. Hypertension 19:676-680, 1992
PAWLOSKI CM, KANAGY NL, MORTENSEN LH, FINK GD: Sodium intake and mean arterial pressure in obese Zucker rats. Hypertension 19[suppl I]:I-90-I-95, 1992
MORTENSEN LH, FINK GD: Salt-dependency of endothelin-induced, chronic hypertension in conscious rats. Hypertension 19:549-554, 1992
MORTENSEN LH, PAWLOSKI CM, KANAGY NL, FINK GD: Chronic hypertension produced by infusion of endothelin in rats. Hypertension 15:729-733, 1990
MORTENSEN LH, FINK GD: Hemodynamic effect of human and rat endothelin administration into conscious rats. Am.J.Physiol. 258 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 27):H362-H368, 1990