Valerie Ann Porter, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Department of Pediatrics

Wray, D. & Porter, V. Calcium channel types at the neuromuscular junction. Ann. N.Y. Acad.Sci 681: 356-367, 1993
Porter V.A. & Wray D. Relative potencies of metal ions at mouse nerve terminal calcium channels. Br. J. Pharmacol 118: 27-32, 1996
Nadeson R., Guo Z., Porter V., Gent JP. & Goodchild CS. Gamma-Aminobutyric acidA receptors and spinally mediated antinociception in rats. Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics. 278(2): 620-626, 1996
Porter V.A., Bonev A.D., Knot, H.J, Heppner, T.J, Stevenson, A.S. Kleppisch T., Lederer W.J., & Nelson M.T. Frequency modulation of Ca2+ sparks is involved in regulation of arterial diameter by cyclic nucleotides American Journal of Physiology (in revision)
Porter V.A., Lederer W.J. & Nelson M. T. Calcium sparks in smooth muscle. American Journal of Physiology (invited review in preparation)

Porter, V.A. & Wray,D. Calcium channel types at the motor nerve terminal of isolated mouse diaphragm: effects of metal ions. J.Physiol 467: 168P, 1993
Porter, V.A., Hodsen, N. & Wray, D. Effects of 8Br-cGMP on calcium channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Br. J.Pharmacol Abs Sept 1994
Bonev, A.D., Porter, V.A. Rubart, M., Cheng. H., Santana, L.F., Knot, H.J., Lederer, W.J. and Nelson M.T. Calcium sparks relax arterial smooth muscle. Biophysical Soc. Abstract 1996
Porter, V.A., Bonev, A., Kleppisch, T., Lederer, W.J. & Nelson, M.T., cAMP/PKA activates Ca2+ sparks and KCa channels in cerebral artery myocytes. Biophysical Journal 72 (2) Tu-Pos180, A170, 1997
Porter, V.A., Stevenson, A., Knot, H., & Nelson, M.T. Dynamic regulation of cerebral artery diameter by cAMP/PKA involves activation of Ca2+ sparks and KCa channels Biophysical Journal 72 (2) Tu-Pos181, A170), 1997