Nicholas Mischel

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Education: BS Wayne State University, Biological Sciences
Graduate Program Affiliation: Physiology
Research Interests: Neural control of the circulation, Cardiovascular physiology, Neurophysiology, Cognitive neuroscience, High-tech equipment
Clinical Interests: Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery
Advisor: Patrick Mueller, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Physiology

Abstracts:

1. Mueller PJ and Mischel NA. Selective enhancement of glutamate-mediated pressor responses after GABA_A receptor blockade in the RVLM of sedentary versus spontaneous wheel running rats. Front. Physio.3:447, 2012 November 26.
2. Mischel NA, Mueller PJ. (In)activity dependent alterations in resting and reflex control of splanchnic sympathetic merve activity. J Appl Physiol. 2011 Oct 6. [Epub ahead of print].
3. Mueller PJ, Mischel NA, Scislo TJ. Differential activation of adrenal, renal, and lumbar sympathetic nerves following stimulation of the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2011 May; 300(5):R1230-40.
4. Nicholas A Mischel and Lori A. Pile, PhD. Physiological Aberration In SIN3-deficient Cells Of D. Melanogaster. National Conference for Undergraduate Research. Abstract and Poster, 2007
5. Nicholas A. Mischel, Ida J. Lewellyn-Smith, Jose A. Rafols, Patrick J. Mueller. Physical inactivity dependent neuroplasticity in the rat RVLM: A link to neurogenic hypertension? Wayne State University School of Medicine Graduate Student Research Day. Abstract and Poster, 2009
6. Nicholas Mischel, Avril G. Holt, Patrick J. Mueller. Laser capture microdissection of spinally-projecting RVLM neurons: Analysis of NMDA receptor subunit gene expression. Experimental Biology. Abstract and Poster, 2010
7. NA Mischel, TJ Scislo, and PJ Mueller. Stimulation of rostral ventrolateral medulla produces differential activation of sympathetic nerves. FASEB Summer Conference. Abstract and Poster, 2010
8. NA Mischel, TJ Scislo, and PJ Mueller. Stimulation of rostral ventrolateral medulla produces differential activation of sympathetic nerves. Wayne State University/University of Michigan Physiology Symposium. Abstract and Poster, 2010
9. NA Mischel, TJ Scislo, PJ Mueller. Stimulation of rostral ventrolateral medulla produces differential activation of sympathetic nerves. Wayne State University School of Medicine Graduate Student Research Day. Abstract and Poster, 2010

Awards & Honors:

• 2007 Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society
• 2007 Magna Cum Laude
• 2009-2010 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship, Project title: “NMDA Receptor Neuroplasticity in the RVLM Following Imposition of Sedentary Conditions”
• 2010-Present NIH F30 Enhanced Sympathoexcitation and Inactivity: Role of NMDA Neuroplasticity in RVLM
• 2010 Graduate Professional Scholarship winner
• 2010 Best Poster Award-Wayne State University/University of Michigan Physiology Symposium
• 2010 Invited Speaker-Wayne State University/University of Michigan Physiology Symposium

Fellowships:
2010-Present NIH F30 Enhanced Sympathoexcitation and Inactivity: Role of NMDA Neuroplasticity in RVLM
2009-American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Outside Interests: Singing with the Ultrasounds and UMS Choral Union, playing guitar, tennis, Michigan State Spartans Basketball, eating out in Detroit with my girlfriend, visiting family (Especially my little niece Lillian Rose)