Bryan Rourke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Office: MLSC 225, Phone: 562-985-5594
Email: brourke @ csulb.edu

• Biology 342L - Mammalian Physiology Laboratory

• Astarita, G., B.C. Rourke, J.B. Andersen, J. Fu, J.H. Kim, A.F. Bennett, J.W. Hicks, D. Piomelli. Postprandial increase of oleoylethanolamide mobilization in small intestine of the Burmese python (Python molurus). Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (2005) pdf
  
  
•  Andersen, J.B., Rourke, B.C., Caiozzo, V.J., Bennett, A., and Hicks, J.W. Rapid cardiac hypertrophy resulting from postprandial metabolism. Nature. (2005). pdf
  
  
•  Rourke B.C., Y. Yokoyama, W.K. Milsom and Caiozzo VJ. Myosin isoform expression and MAFbx mRNA levels in hibernating golden-mantled ground squirrels (Spermophilus lateralis). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77:4, 582-593 . (2004a). pdf
  
  
•  Rourke B.C., A. Qin, F. Haddad, K.M. Baldwin, and V.J. Caiozzo. Cloning and sequencing of myosin heavy chain isoform cDNAs in golden-mantled ground squirrels (Spermophilus lateralis): Effects of torpor on mRNA expression. Journal of Applied Physiology 97: 1985-1991. (2004b). pdf
  
  
•  Caiozzo, V.J. and B.C. Rourke. Muscle Physiology. Chapter in Graduate Text in Exercise Physiology, Editor: Charles Tipton, Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (2004).
  
  
•  Caiozzo, V.J., A. Utkan, R. Chou, A. Khalafi, H. Chandra, M. Baker, B. Rourke, G. Adams, K. Baldwin, and S. Green. Effects of distraction on muscle length: Mechanisms involved in sarcomerogenesis. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 403S, S133 -S145. (2002).
  
  
•  Rourke, B.C. Geographic and altitudinal variation in water balance and metabolic rate in the grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes. The Journal of Experimental Biology 203, 2699-2712. (2000). pdf
  
  
•  Rourke, B. C. and Gibbs, A. G. Effects of lipid phase transitions on cuticular permeability: model membrane and in situ studies. The Journal of Experimental Biology 202, 3255-3262. (1999). pdf