Richard Miselis
Professor of Animal Biology
Head, Laboratories of Anatomy
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
VMD: 1973
PhD: 1973
Graduate Groups: Biology
Thesis Topic: The glucoprivic control of ingestive behavior
The Miselis laboratory is interested in the neurobiology of visceral function and ingestive behavior. Dr. Miselis is particularly concerned with the neuroanatomical identification and functional evaluation of neural circuits involved in mediating behavioral and physiological control of homeostatic processes. Current research is on 1) neurotropic viruses as transynaptic tract tracing tools to study the visceral neuraxis of the brain, 2) cellular topography of viral transsynaptic movement, 3) electron microscopy of synaptic relations in the vagal complex of the medulla, 4) the visceral afferent and efferent projections of abdominal and thoracic viscera, 5) the circumventricular organs as sites of central receptors and their neural projections, 6) hypothalamic modulation of the autonomic nervous system, the pituitary gland, and behavior.