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Concetta Harakal, PhD

 

Professor, Pharmacology

Telephone:  215-707-3241

Fax:  215-707-7068

Email: harakal@temple.edu

 

Department of Pharmacology

 

Educational Background:

 

A.B. - University of Pennsylvania, 1945

 

M.S. - Temple University, 1950

 

Ph.D. - Temple University, School of Medicine, 1962

 

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Research Interests:

 

Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Vascular Smooth Muscle Pharmacology

Pharmacology of Angiotensin and Catecholamines

Pharmacology of Narcotic Receptors

Hypertension

Pharmacology of Platelets

 

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Recent Publications:

 

Wendling, W.W., Chen, D., Shuman, C.A., Harakal, C., Carlsson, C.: Phencyclidine produces calcium-dependent cerebrovascular constriction and relaxation. J. Neurosurg. Anesthesiol. 7 : 307, 1995.

 

Wendling, W.W., Chen, D., Harakal, C., Carlsson, C.: Direct effects of magnesium ion on bovine cerebral arterial tone and 45Calcium uptake and binding. Anesthesia Analgesia 82: S487,1996.

 

Wendling, W.W., Chen, D., Daniels, F.B., Monteforte, M.R., Fischer, M.B., Harakal, C., and Carlsson, C.: The Effects of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Agonists and Antagonists on Isolated Bovine Cerebral Arteries. Anesth. Analg. 82: 264-268, 1996.

 

Kim, D.C., Chen, D., Perrotta, V.J., Shuman, C.A., Wendling, W.W., Harakal, C., Mitra, A.: Porcine gastroepiploic artery as an in vitro experimental model to study vasodilators in microsurgery. Ann. Plast. Surg.16: 502-507, 1996.

 

Harakal, C.: Diuretics, chapter 6, Handbook5 of Pharmacology of Aging.

 

Harakal, C.: Co-Editor, Kaplan Pharmacology Notes, July, 1995.

 

Harakal, C.: (1) Gastrointestinal Drugs: (2) Drugs Used in Respiratory Disorders, (3) Diuretics. In Pharmacology Notes (Kaplan Review Series for USMLE). Editor: Murray, R.B., 1997.

 

Wendling, W.W., Krasner, L.J., Cooper, S.C., Chen, D., Harakal, C., Addonizion, V.P., Brister, N.D. and Carlsson, C.: Effects of stretch or distension on phyenlephrine-induced constriction of human coronary artery bypass grafts. Journal of Cardiothoracis and Vascular Anesthesia, Vol. 15, No. 6, December 2001, pages 717-722.

 

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