David R. Gross, Ph.D.

Professor & Head, Veterinary Biosciences

Department of Veterinary Biosciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3516 VMBS Building
2001 S. Lincoln Ave.
Urbana, IL 61802
Phone: (217) 333-2506
Fax: (217) 244-1652
E-mail: dgross@cvm.uiuc.edu

Area of Interest

Estrogen effects on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.
The role of estrogen on neurological injury and cognitive function deficit following cardiopulmonary bypass and myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Multiple organ system failure and neurological deficit following cardiac arrest and resuscitation.

Publications

Sparks DL, Scheff SW, Hunsaker JC, Liu H, Landers T, Gross DR, Induction of Alzheimer-like Beta-Amyloid Immunoreactivity in the Brains of Rabbits with Dietary Cholesterol, Exp. Neurobiol., 126:88-94, 1994

Sparks DL, Liu H, Gross DR, Scheff SW, Increased Density of Cortical Apolipoprotein E Immunoreactive Neurons in Rabbit Brain After Dietary Administration of Cholesterol, Neuroscience Letters, 187:142-144, 1995

Sparks DL, Gross DR, Hunsaker JC, Neuropathology of mitral valve prolapse in man and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery in adolescent Yorkshire pigs, Neurobiology of Aging, 21(2):363-372, 2000

Sparks DL, Martin TA, Gross DR, Hunsaker JC, The link between heart disease, cholesterol, and Alzheimer's disease: A review, Microsc. Res. Tech. 50(4):287-290, 2000

Zhai P, Eurell TE, Cotthaus R, Jeffery EH, Bahr JM, Gross DR, The effects of dietary phytoestrogen on global myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in isolated female rat hearts, Am J Physiol, Heart Circ. Physiol., 281:H1223-H1232, 2001

Keywords

Cardiopulmonary bypass, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, estrogen, cognitive dysfunction