Contact information
Professor Chih-Chia Lai
Master Program/PhD Program in Pharmacology and Toxicology
e-ail: cclai@mail.tcu.edu.tw
Research Interests
- Cardiovascular pharmacology, Neuropharmacology
- The biological activity of NMDA receptors and Nitric oxide
- The pharmacological effects of Alcohol and Neuropeptides
Publications
- Situmorang JH, Lin HH, Lo H and Lai CC*. Role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) at medulla in tachycardia induced by repeated administration of ethanol in conscious rats. J Biomed Sci. 2018;25:8.
- Lo H, Lin, HH, Chen, JK, Situmorang, JH and Lai CC*. Involvement of NMDA receptors, nitric oxide and GABA in rostral ventrolateral medulla in acute ethanol-induced cardiovascular responses in rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2018;42(8):1418-1430
- Lin HH, Cheng TT, Lo H, Lin YC and Lai CC*. Spontaneously hypertensive rats exhibit higher sensitivity to ethanol-induced hypotensive effects: role of NMDA receptors and nitric oxide in rostral ventrolateral medulla. Alcohol 2018;73:25-35.
- Lai CC, Yuan, ZF, Chu, LY, Chuang, KT and Lin, HH*. Roles of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide in the rostral ventrolateral medulla in cardiovascular regulation in rats. Brain Res. 2019;1710:117-124.
- Lai CC, Lo H, Lin HG and Lin HH*. Potentiation of NMDA-mediated responses by amyloid beta-peptide 1-40 in rat sympathetic preganglionic neurons. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;67:1291-1303.
- Lai CC, Hsu JW, Cheng YS and Lin HH*. Involvement of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in ethanol regulation of NMDA receptor activity in rat substantia gelatinosa neurons. Life Sci. 2019;233:116729.
- Lai CC, Fang C, Kuo CY, Wu YW and Lin HH*. Activation of mGluR5 and NMDA Receptor Pathways in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla as a Central Mechanism for Methamphetamine-Induced Pressor Effect in Rats. Biomolecules 2020;10, 149; doi:10.3390/biom100101499.