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Facilities

Standard Exercise Testing

• Cosmed oxygen uptake analyzers – metabolic cart and portable (Quark b2 and K4b2) 12-lead ECG (Cosmed)
• Motorized treadmill
• Lode Excalibur electronically braked cycle ergometer
• Upper Arm ergometer
• Biodex

Cardiovascular Assessments

• Aloka ultrasound system (echocardiography and vascular ultrasound with analysis software)
• Sphygmocor: Aortic Blood pressure and pulse wave velocity monitoring system
• Portapres: beat-to-beat photoplethysmography blood pressure measures
• Hokanson: peripheral blood flow analysis system (plethysmography)
• Vascular Tools: assists in measuring ultrasound images
• BioPac: On-line physiologic measurement system – currently designed for ECG, respiration and hand grip testing.
• WnCPRS: autonomic function analysis (heart rate variability & complexity, blood pressure variability, baroreceptor sensitivity).

In Vivo

• Implantable blood pressure telemetry for mice, Data Sciences Inc.

Wet Lab

• Bio-rad mini gel protein electrophoresis units
• Stratagene Mx300P real time thermocycler
• Eppendorf gradient thermocycler
• Biotek Microquant plate spectrophotometer
• Synergy HT microplate reader (luminescence and fluorescence)
• Muscle force measurement apparatus including dual mode lever system (Aurora Scientific 350CR) & stimulator (A-M systems)
• Mini-mitter mouse running wheels are available for use in the animal facility
• Standard wet lab equipment (centrifuges, freezers, microscopes, etc.).
• Leica Cryostat
• Leica dissecting and standard light microscopes with digital camera attachments