Lind, Abigail L.; Lai, Yvonne Y. Y.; Mostovoy, Yulia; et al. (2019) Genome of the Komodo dragon reveals adaptations in the cardiovascular and chemosensory systems of monitor lizards. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION   Volume: 3   Issue: 8   Pages: 1241-+   Published: AUG 2019

Cecchi NJ, Monroe DC , Fote GM, Small SL, Hicks JW (2019)  Head impacts sustained by male collegiate water polo athletes.  PLoS One. 2019 May 2;14(5):e0216369. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216369. eCollection 2019.

Wang T, Joyce W, Hicks JW (2019) Similitude in the cardiorespiratory responses to exercise across vertebrates, Current Opinion in Physiology Volume 10, August 2019, Pages 137-145

Fredrik, J et al (27 co-authors) (2018) Oxygen- and capacity-limited thermal tolerance: blurring

ecology and physiology, J. Exp. Biology, vol 221, no. 1, 10.1242/jeb.169615-Commentary

Malte, CL, Malte, H, Reinholdt, LR, Findsen, A, Hicks, JW, and Wang, T (2017) Right-to-left shunt has modest effects CO2 delivery to the gut during digestion, but compromises oxygen delivery. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, 531-536 doi:10.1242/jeb.149625

Jackson, AG, Szu-Yun Leu and Hicks, JW (2017) Simultaneously occurring elevated metabolic states expose constraints in maximal levels of oxygen consumption in the oviparous snake, Lamprophis fuliginosus.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, (in press)

Williams, CL and Hicks, JW (2016) Continuous arterial PO2 profiles in unrestrained, undisturbed aquatic turtles during routine behaviors Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 : doi: 10.1242/jeb.14101

Blumenfeld RS, Winsell JC, Hicks JW, Small SL (2016) The epidemiology of sports-related head injury and concussion in water polo. Front. Neurol., 24 June 2016 | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2016.00098

Jackson, AG, Szu-Yun Leu, Ford, NB, Hicks, JW (2015) Patterns of oxygen consumption during simultaneously occurring elevated metabolic states in the viviparous snake Thamnophis marcianus Journal of Experimental Biology 2015 218: 3570-3579

Crossley, DA, Hartzler, L, Wearing, O, Platzack, B and Hicks, JW (2015) Acute and Chronic Temperature Effects on Cardiovascular Regulation In The Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta).

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B (in press)

Enok, S, Slay, C, Abe, A, Hicks, JW and Wang, T (2014) Intraspecific scaling of arterial blood pressure in the Burmese python.  J. Exp. Biol 217, 2232-2234.

Slay, C, Enok, S, Hicks, JW and Wang, T (2014) Reduction of blood oxygen levels enhances postprandial cardiac hypertrophy in Burmese python (Python bivittatus) J Exp Biol 2014 217:1784-1789.  

Schmidt, T, Munns, S., Adams, L and Hicks, JW (2013) The use of spirometry  to evaluate pulmonary function in Olive Ridley Sea Turtles  (Lepidochelys olivacea)  with positive buoyancy disorder.  J. Zoo Wildlife Med. 2013 Sep;44(3):645-53

Burggren, WW, Christoffels, VM, Crossley, DA, Enok, S. Farrell, AP, Hedrick, MS, Hicks JW,  Jensen, B, Moorman, AFM, Mueller, CA, Skovgaard, N, Taylor, EW and  Wang, T (2013) Comparative cardiovascular physiology: future trends, opportunities and challenges. ACTA  Physiologica, doi: 10.1111/apha.12170 

Hicks, JW and Wang, T (2012) The functional significance of the reptilian heart:  new Insights into an old question. In: Ontogeny and Phylogeny of the Vertebrate Heart.  ed. D. Sedema and T. Wang, Springer-New York, pg 207-227; available

online

Bagatto, B, Crossley, DA, Altimiras, J, Elsey, RM and Hicks, JW (2012) Physiological  variability in yearling alligators: Clutch differences at rest and during activity. Comp  Biochem and Physiol. Part A. (2012); available online

Eme J, Altimiras J, Hicks JW, Crossley II DA (2011) Hypoxic Alligator Embryos: Chronic  hypoxia, catecholamine levels and autonomic responses of in ovo alligators,  Comp Biochem and Physiol A  Vol 160, Issue 3, pg 412-420; available online

Eme J, Hicks JW, Crossley II DA (2011) Chronic hypoxic incubation blunts a cardiovascular reflex loop in embryonic American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis).  J Comp Physiol B,  Volume 181, Number 7, 981-990, DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0569-z, available online

Porteus, C, Hedrick, MS, Hicks, JW, Wang, T and Milsom, WK (2011) Time domains  of the hypoxic ventilatory response in ectothermic vertebrates.  J Comp Physiol B 181:311–333 DOI 10.1007/s00360-011-0554-6

Eme, J., Crossley II, D.A., and Hicks, J.W. (2011). Role of the left aortic arch and blood flows in embryonic American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology. 181: 391-401. DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0494-6

Crossley, DA, Jonker, SS, Hicks, JW and Thornberg, KL (2010) Maturation of the  Angiotensin II Cardiovascular Response in the Embryonic White Leghorn Chicken  (Gallus gallus) J. Comp. Physiol. B 2010 Oct;180(7):1057-65. Epub 2010 May 22.

Eme J, Gwalthney J, Owerkowicz T, Blank JM, and Hicks JW (2010). Turning Crocodilian hearts into Bird hearts: Growth rates are similar for alligators with and without right-to-left cardiac shunt. accepted J Exp Biol 2010 Aug 1;213(Pt 15):2673-80.

Skovgaard, N., Hicks, J.W. and Wang, T.W. (2010). Oxygen uptake and transport in  air-breathers. In: Respiratory Physiology of Vertebrates: life with and without oxygen, ed. G. Nilsson, Cambridge University Press, pgs. 95-129

Gartner, G.E.A., Hicks, J.W., Manzani, P.R., Andrade, D., Abe, A.S., Wang, T. Secor, S.M., and Garland T. Jr., . (2010) Phylogeny, ecology, and heart  position in snakes. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 87.Vol 83, No. 1: 43-54

Eme, J., Gwalthney, J., Blank, J.M., Owerkowicz, T., Barron, G. and Hicks, J.W. (2009). Surgical removal of right-to-left cardiac shunt in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) causes ventricular enlargement but does not alter apnoea or metabolism during diving. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212, 3553-3563.

Eme, J., Owerkowicz, T., Gwalthney, J., Blank, J.M., Rourke, B.C. and Hicks, J.W. (2009). Exhaustive exercise training enhances aerobic capacity in American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 179, 921-931.

Owerkowicz, T; Elsey, RE and Hicks, JW (2009) Atmospheric oxygen affects  growth  trajectory, cardiopulmonary allometry and metabolic rate in the  American alligator (Alligator mississipiensis). J. Exp. Biol 212: 1237-1247

Wang, T and Hicks, JW (2008) Changes in pulmonary blood flow do not affect gas  exchange during intermittent ventilation in resting turtles.  J Exp Biol 2008  211: 3759-3763.

Torday, JS, Rehan VK, Hicks , JW, Wang, T, Maina, J, Weibel EW,  Hsia, CCW , Sommer, RJ , and Perry, SF (2007)  Deconvoluting lung evolution: from phenotypes to gene regulatory networks  Integrative and Comparative Biology Advance Access published on July 26, 2007, DOI 10.1093/icb/icm069.

Axelsson M, Dang Q, Pitsillides K, Munns S, Hicks J, Kassab GS. A novel, fully implantable, multichannel biotelemetry system for measurement of blood flow, pressure, ECG, and temperature. J Appl Physiol. 2007 Mar;102(3):1220-8.

Britt, E. J., Hicks, J. W., Bennett, A. F. (2006) The energetic consequences of dietary

specialization in populations of the garter snake, Thamnophis elegans J Exp Biol 209: 3164-3169

Hartzler, L. K., Munns, S. L., Bennett, A. F., Hicks, J. W. (2006)Metabolic and blood gas dependence on digestive state in the Savannah monitor lizard Varanus exanthematicus: an assessment of the alkaline tide J Exp Biol 209: 1052-1057.

L.K. Hartzler, , S.L. Munns, A.F. Bennett and J.W. Hicks (2006) Recovery from an activity-induced metabolic acidosis in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis Comp Biochem and Physiol - Part A: Mol & Int Physiol Volume 143, Issue 3 , Pages 368-374

Wang, T., Andersen, J. B. and Hicks, J. W. (2005). Effects of digestion on the  respiratory and cardiovascular physiology of amphibians and reptiles. In Physiological and Ecological Adaptations to Feeding in Vertebrates

(ed. J. M. Starck and T. Wang), pp. 279-303. Enfield, NH, USA: Science Publishers.

McCue, M. D., A. F. Bennett, and J. W. Hicks.(2005). The effect of meal composition on specific dynamic action in Burmese Pythons (Python molurus) . Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 78: 182-192.

Munns, SL., Hartzler, LK, Bennett, AF, and Hicks, JW (2005)Terrestrial locomotion does not constrain venous return in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensisJ. Exp. Biol. 2005 208: 3331-3339.

Hicks, JW and Munis, JR (2005) The siphon controversy counterpoint: the brain need not be "baffling" Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 289: R629-R632

Andersen, JB, Rourke, B, Caiozzo, V, Bennett, AF and Hicks, JW (2005) Postprandial   cardiac hypertrophy in pythons, Nature, 434, 37 - 38 (03 Mar 2005)

Munns, SL, Hartzler, LK, Bennett, AF, Hicks, JW (2004) Elevated intra-abdominal  pressure limits venous return during exercise in Varanus exanthematicus  J Exp Biol 207, 4111-4120

Hicks JW, Wang T.(2004) Hypometabolism in reptiles: behavioural and physiological  mechanisms that reduce aerobic demands. Respir Physiol Neurobiol.  Aug 12;141(3):261-71:

Wang, T, Hicks, JW (2004) Why savannah monitor lizards hyperventilate during activity: a comparison of model predictions and experimental data. Respir Physiol Neurobiol Dec 15;144(2-3):251-61

Hicks, JW, Bennett, AF (2004) Eat and run: prioritization of oxygen delivery during elevated metabolic states, Respir Physiol Neurobiol Dec 15;144(2-3):215-24l

Krosniunas, E. and Hicks, JW (2003) Cardiac Output and Shunt during Voluntary

Activity at Different Temperatures in the Turtle, Trachemys scripta. Physiol Biochem

Zool 76(5):679–694

Crossley DA 2nd, Hicks JW, Altimiras J. (2003) Ontogeny of baroreflex control in the American alligator Alligator mississippiensis. J. Exp. Biol., Aug;206(Pt 16):2895-902

Hicks, JW (2002) The Physiological and Evolutionary Significance of Cardiovascular Shunting Patterns in Reptiles, NIPS 17: 241-245

Wang, T; Hicks, JW (2002) An integrative model to predict maximum O2 uptake in animals with central vascular shunts, Zoology 105 (2002): 45-53

Platzack, B., Wang, Y., Crossley, D., Lance, V., Hicks, J. W. and Conlon, J. M. (2002). Characterization and cardiovascular actions of endothelin-1 and endothelin-3 from the American alligator. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 282, R594-602.

Platzack, B. and Hicks, J. W. (2001). Reductions in systemic oxygen delivery induce a hypometabolic state in the turtle Trachemys scripta. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 281, R1295-301.

Kemper, W. F., Lindstedt, S. L., Hartzler, L. K., Hicks, J. W. and  Conley, K. E. (2001). Shaking up

glycolysis: Sustained, high lactate flux during  aerobic rattling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98, 723-8.