Mary S. Rea, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Chair, Department of Biology
Office: Troy Campus, Science Hall
Phone: (518) 244-2244
ream@sage.edu

Current Research Interests

Circadian behavior in nonmammalian vertebrates

Cutaneous drinking in frogs

Falls in the elderly

Publications

Figueiro, M.G., Rea, M., Gras, L.Z., Rea, M.S. Light, Sleep Quality and Falls: Is There a Relationship? ICADI Conference Proceedings. St. Petersburg, FL, 193-4, Feb 2006

Rea, M.S. Babar, S., Bauby, H. and Parsons, R.H.,Effects of Nitric oxide and angiotensin II and their interaction on water uptake in Rana catesbeiana. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 2002.

Rea, Mary S. and Parsons, Robert H. Evidence of nitric oxide and angiotensin II regulation of circulation and cutaneous drinking in Bufo marinus. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74 (1): 127-133, 2001.

Presentations/Talks

Parsons, R.H. and Rea, M.S. Nitric oxide and angiotensin II and their interaction on cutaneous drinking in amphibians. Featured topic in APS Comparative Physiology Section, Experimental Biology, New Orleans, April 2002.

Parsons, R.H. and Rea, M.S. Nitric Oxide and angiotensin II and their interaction on cutaneous drinking in amphibians. Experimental Biology FASEB J (5): A 696, 2002.

Smith, S.M.E., Lyon, M., Preston, E., Brennan, M., Bauby, H., and Rea, M.S. Small molecule effectors of NOS. The Fourth Gordon Research Conference on Biochemistry of Nitric Oxide, Ventura, CA. Feb. 2001.

Parsons, R.H. and Rea, M.S. Evidence of nitric oxide regulation of circulation in Bufo marinus. The Fourth Gordon Research Conference on Biochemistry of Nitric Oxide, Ventura, CA. Feb. 2001.

Smith, S.M.E., Lyon, M., Preston, E., Brennan, M., Bauby, H., and Rea, M.S. Small molecule effectors of NOS. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Orlando, FL. April 2001.