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Charles A. Fuller
Professor
Chronic Acceleration Research Unit (CARU), and 280J Briggs Hall
530.752.2979
fax: 530.752.5851
cafuller (at) ucdavis (dot) edu
Degrees:
B.S., Zoology, University of California, Davis, 1971
M.S., Physiology, University of California, Davis, 1973
Ph.D., Physiology, University of California, Davis, 1975
Teaching Interests:
Systemic physiology; biological rhythms and sleep; environmental physiology; gravitational physiology
Research Interests:
Mechanisms of physiological regulation and adaption. Circadian rhythms, sleep/wake behavior, temperature regulation and metabolism. Environmetal influences of light, temperature, and gravity. Computer simulation.
Selected Publications:
Fuller, C. A., T. M. Hoban-Higgins, V. Ya. Klimovitsky, D. W. Griffin, and A. M. Alpatov. 1996. Primate circadian rhythms during spaceflight: Results from Cosmos 2044 and 2229. Journal of Applied Physiology 81:188-193.

Stein, T. P., M. A. Dotsenko, V. I. Korolkov, D. W. Griffin, and C. A. Fuller. 1996. Energy expenditure in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mullata) during spaceflight using doubly labeled water (2H218O). Journal of Applied Physiology 81:201-207.

Hoban-Higgins, T. M., D. M. Murakami, T. Tandon, and C. A. Fuller. 1995. Acute exposure to 2G phase shifts the rat circadian timing system. Journal of Gravitational Physiology 2:58-59.

Murakami, D. M., B. A. Horwitz and C. A. Fuller. 1995. Circadian rhythms of temperature and activity in obese and lean female Zucker rats. American Journal of Physiology :R1038-1043.

Fuller, C. A., D.M. Murakami, T. M. Hoban-Higgins, and I-H. Tang. 1994. Changes in hypothalamic staining for c-Fos following 2G exposure in rats. Journal of Gravitational Physiology 1:P69-P70.

Fuller, C. A. 1994. The effects of gravity on the circadian timing system. Journal of Gravitational Physiology 1:P1-P4.

Fuller, C. A., T. M. Hoban-Higgins, D. W. Griffin and D. M. Murakami. 1994. Influence of gravity on the circadian timing system. World Space Congress, Adv. Space Research 14(8):399-408.

Robinson, E. L., V. H. DeMaria-Pesce and C. A. Fuller. 1993. Circadian rhythms of thermoregulation in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus). American Journal of Physiology 265:R781-R785.

Ballard, R. W., P. Davies and C. A. Fuller. 1993. Centrifuges in gravitational physiology. The Physiologist 36:S158-S159.

Fuller, C. A., L. M. Ishihama and D. M. Murakami. 1993. The regulation of rat activity following exposure to hyperdynamic fields. The Physiologist 36:S121-S122.

Edgar, D. M., W. C. Dement and C. A. Fuller. 1993. Effect of SCN-lesions on sleep in squirrel monkeys: Evidence for opponent processes in sleep-wake regulation. Journal of Neuroscience :1065-1079.