Gregory D Funk

Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Physiology Dept
Chair, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Physiology Dept

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Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Physiology Dept
Email
gf@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-8330
Address
3020G Katz Group Centre For Research
11315 - 87 Ave NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H5

Chair, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Physiology Dept
Email
gf@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Simulation


About

Dr. Gregory D Funk is currently appointed as Professor and Chair in the Department of Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.

Featured Publications

Biancardi V., Patrone L.G.A., Vicente M.C., Marques D.A., Bícego K.C., Funk G.D., Gargaglioni L.H.

Journal of Applied Physiology. 2022 June; 133 (2):371-389 10.1152/japplphysiol.00020.2022


Greer, J.J., Funk, G.D.

Neuroscience in the 21st Century. 2022 June; doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6434-1_49-3


Reklow RJ, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Toohey AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Boison D, Funk GD. Limited capacity for clearance of adenosine from the preBötzinger Complex inspiratory network contributes to the profound depression of breathing by hypoxia in the very young.

29th Annual Physiology Research Day, Edmonton, AB.. 2022 May;


1. Reklow, R, Sinnatamby T, Zoccal D, Qiu S, Toohey A, Hansen M, Frangos S, Boison D, Funk GD. (2022). Postnatal Development of the Purinergic Signaling System in the preBötzinger Complex; Implications for the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response

The FASEB Journal 36. 2022 April;


Huckstepp R.T.R., Funk G.D.

Journal of Physiology. 2021 December; 599 (24):5331-5332 10.1113/JP282482


Sinnatamby T, Reklow RJ, van Baarle S, Funk GD. Does the immature hypoxic ventilatory response of newborn mammals and their vulnerability to hypoxia reflect an inability to increase ventilation or decrease metabolic rate?

WCHRI Research Day Proceedings. 2021 November;


Sinnatamby T, Reklow RJ, van Baarle S, Funk GD. (2021). Inability of premature mammals to produce a sustained breathing response to hypoxia may reflect postnatal maturation of adenosine kinase.

54th Annual FoMD Summer Student Research Day. 2021 October;


Reklow RJ, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Toohey AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Boison D, Funk GD. Limited capacity for clearance of adenosine from the preBötzinger Complex inspiratory network contributes to the profound depression of breathing by hypoxia in the very young.

28th Annual Department of Physiology Research Day, May 13, 2021, Edmonton, AB.. 2021 May;


Revill A.L., Katzell A., Del Negro C.A., Milsom W.K., Funk G.D.

Frontiers in Physiology. 2021 April; 12 10.3389/fphys.2021.626470


Biancardi V, Zhang Y, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Scarpellini C, Pagliardini S, Montandon G, Funk GD. 2021. P2Y1 receptor modulation of Ih in the preBötzinger inspiratory rhythm generator may underlie the ATP-mediated attenuation of the hypoxic respiratory depression.

Experimental Biology, Virtual Meeting. April 27- 30, 2021.. 2021 April;


Miranda Tapia AP, Reklow R, Zhang Y, Biancardi V, Rancic V, Alvares T, Gosgnach S, Krügel U, Pagliardini S, Kam K, Funk GD. Neuronal mediators of the frequency increase evoked by activation of P2Y1 receptors in the preBötzinger Complex inspiratory rhythm generating network in vitro.

Experimental Biology, Virtual Meeting. April 27- 30, 2021.. 2021 April;


Reklow RJ, Zoccal DB, Alvares TS, Toohey, AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Alvares TS, Funk GD. Limited capacity for clearance of adenosine from the preBötzinger complex inspiratory network contributes to the profound depression of breathing by hypoxia in the very young.

Experimental Biology, Virtual Meeting. April 27- 30, 2021.. 2021 April;


Biancardi V., Saini J., Pageni A., Prashaad M. H., Funk G.D., Pagliardini S.

Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2021 March; 529 (4):853-884 10.1002/cne.24984


Shi Y., Stornetta D.S., Reklow R.J., Sahu A., Wabara Y., Nguyen A., Li K., Zhang Y., Perez-Reyes E., Ross R.A., Lowell B.B., Stornetta R.L., Funk G.D., Guyenet P.G., Bayliss D.A.

Nature. 2021 January; 589 (7842):426-430 10.1038/s41586-020-2991-4


Qiu S, Reklow RJ, Alvares T, Funk GD. Enzymes that produce inhibitory transmitters implicated in apnea of prematurity are unevenly distributed in the brainstem network that controls breathing.

WCHRI Research Day, November 4, 2020, Edmonton, AB.. 2020 November;


Reklow RJ, Alvares TS, Zoccal DB, Toohey AW, Hansen MA, Frangos SM, Funk GD. The life-threatening inhibition of breathing by hypoxia in premature mammals may reflect limited adenosine clearance from the central network that generates breathing.

WCHRI Research Day, November 4, 2020, Edmonton, AB.. 2020 November;