Publications

Anza-Ramirez, C., Gu, W., Macarlupu, J., Figueroa-Mujica, R., Vizcardo-Galindo, G., Heinrich, E., Tift, M.S., Wagner, H., Wagner, P., Simonson, T.S., Villafuerte, F. (2023). Preserved peak exercise capacity in Andean highlanders with excessive erythrocytosis both before and after isovolumic hemodilution. Journal of Applied Physiology. Link

Miller, M.L., Glandon, H.L., Tift, M.S., Pabst, D.A., Koopman, H.N. (2022). Remarkable consistency of spinal cord microvasculature in highly adaptive diving odontocetes. Frontiers in Physiology - Aquatic Physiology. Link

Byrne, J.D., Gallo, D., Boyce, H., Becker, S.L., Kezar, K.M., Cotoia, A.T., Feig, V.R., Lopes, A., Csizmadia, E., Longhi, M.S., Lee, J.S., Hyun, J.K., Wentworth, A.J., Shankar, S., Lee, G.R., Bi, J., Witt, E., Ishida, K., Hayward, A., Kuosmanen, J.L.P., Jenkins, J., Wainer, J., Aragon, A., Wong, K., Steiger, C., Jeck, W.R., Bosch, D.E., Coleman, M.C., Spitz, D.R., Tift, M.S., Langer, R., Otterbein, L.E., Traverso, G. (2022). Delivery of therapeutic carbon monoxide by gas-entrapping materials. Science Translational Medicine. 14 (651); DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abl413. Link

Piotrowski, E.R., Tift, M.S., Crocker, D.E., Pearson, A.B., Vazquez-Medina, J.P., Keith, A.D., Khudyakov, J.I. (2021). Ontogeny of carbon monoxide-related gene expression in a deep-diving marine mammal. Frontiers in Physiology. Link

Signore, A.V., Tift, M.S., Hoffman, F.G., Schmitt, T.L., Moriyama, H., Storz, J.F. (2021). Evolved increases in hemoglobin-oxygen affinity and Bohr effect coincided with the aquatic specialization of penguins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118 (13), e2023936118; Link

Tift, M.S., Alves de Souza, R.W., Weber, J., Heinrich, E.C., Villafuerte, F.C., Malhotra, A., Otterbein, L.E., Simonson, T.S. (2020). Adaptive Potential of the Heme Oxygenase/Carbon Monoxide Pathway During Hypoxia. Frontiers in Physiology. Link

McDonald, B.I., Tift, M.S., Hückstädt, L.A., Jeffko, M., and P.J. Ponganis. (2020). Stroke effort and relative lung volume influence heart rate in diving sea lions. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223, (5), jeb214163 doi: 10.1242. Link
Tift M.S., Ponganis P.J. (2019). Time Domains of Hypoxia Adaptation - Elephant Seals Stand Out Among Divers. Frontiers in Physiology. DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00677. Link

Bickett N.J., Tift M.S., St. Leger J., Ponganis P.J. (2018). Heart Rates, Heart Rate Profiles, and Electrocardiograms in Three Killer Whales, a Beluga, and a Pilot Whale: An Exploratory Investigation. Marine Mammal Science. Link

Adachi T., Huckstadt L.A., Tift M.S., Costa D.P., Naito Y., Takahasi A. (2018). Inferring prey size variation from mandible acceleration in northern elephant seals. Marine Mammal Science. Link

Huckstadt L.A., Holser R.R., Tift M.S., Costa D.P. (2018). The extra burden of motherhood: Reduced dive duration associated with pregnancy status in a deep-diving mammal, the northern elephant seal. Biology Letters. Link

Tift M.S., Huckstadt L.A., Ponganis P.J. (2017). Anterior vena caval oxygen profiles in a deep-diving California sea lion: Arteriovenous shunts, a central venous oxygen store and oxygenation during lung collapse. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221 (1), jeb163428. Link

Jelincic, J.A., Tift, M.S., Houser D.S., Crocker, D.E. (2017). Variation in adrenal and thyroid hormones with life-history stage in juvenile northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 252 (1), 111-118. Link

Ponganis P.J., McDonald B.I., Tift M.S., Gonzalez S.C., DaValle B., Gliniecki R.A., Stehman C.C., Hauff N., Ruddick B., Howard R. (2017). Effects of Inhalational Anesthesia on Blood Gases and pH in California Sea Lions. Marine Mammal Science. 33 (3), 726-737. Link

Ponganis P.J., McDonald B.I., Tift M.S., Williams C.L. (2017). Heart rate regulation in diving sea lions: the vagus nerve rules. Journal of Experimental Biology. 220, 1372-1381. Link

Tift M.S., Huckstadt L.A., McDonald B.I., Thorson P.H., Ponganis P.J. (2017). Flipper stroke rate and venous oxygen levels in free-ranging California sea lions. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 220 (8), 1533-1540. Link

Huckstadt L.A., Tift M.S., Riet-Sapriza F.G., Franco-Trecu V., Baylis A.M.M., Orben R.A., Arnould J.P.Y., Sepulveda M., Santos M., Burns J.M., Costa D.P. (2016). Regional variability in diving physiology and behavior in a widely distributed air-breathing marine predator, the South American sea lion (Otaria byronia). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 219 (15), jeb.138677. Link

Champagne C.D., Tift M.S., Houser D.S., Crocker D.E. (2015). Adrenal sensitivity to stress is maintained despite variation in baseline glucocorticoids in moulting seals. Conservation Physiology, 3 (1), cov004. Link

Louis C., Tift M.S., Crocker D.E., Alexander D., Smith D.R., Debier, C. (2014). Isolation of progenitor cells from the blubber of northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) in order to obtain an in vitro adipocyte model. Marine Mammal Science, 31 (2), 764-773. Link

Tift M.S., Ponganis P.J., Crocker D.E. (2014). Elevated carboxyhemoglobin in a marine mammal, the northern elephant seal. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217 (10), 1752-1757. Link

Spraker T.R., Lyons E.T., Kuzmina T.A., Tift M.S., Raverty S., Jaggi N. (2014). Causes of death in preweaned northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris, Gill, 1866), Ano Nuevo State Reserve, California 2012. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 26 (2), 320-326. Link

Tift M.S., Ranalli E.C., Houser D.S., Ortiz R.M., Crocker D.E. (2013). Development enhances hypometabolism and the dive response in northern elephant seal pups (Mirounga angustirostris). Functional Ecology, 27 (5), 1155-1165. Link

Viscarra J.A., Rodriguez R., Vazquez-Medina J.P., Lee A., Tift M.S., Tavoni S.K., Crocker D.E., Ortiz R.M. (2013). Insulin and GLP-1 infusions demonstrate the onset of adipose-specific insulin resistance in a large fasting mammal: potential glucogenic role for GLP-1. Physiological Reports, 1, e00023. Link

Currylow A.F., Tift M.S., Meyer J.L., Crocker D.E. and Williams R.N. (2012). Seasonal variations in plasma vitellogenin and sex steroids in male and female Eastern Box Turtles, Terrapene carolina carolina. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 180, 48-55. Link

Houser D.S., Crocker D.E., Tift M.S., and Champagne C.D. (2012). Glucose oxidation and non-oxidative glucose disposal during prolonged fasts of the northern elephant seal pup (Mirounga angustirostris). American Journal of Physiology- Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 303 (5), R562-R570. Link

Kelso E.J., Champagne C.D., Tift M.S., Houser D.S., and Crocker D.E. (2012). Sex differences in fuel use and metabolism during development in fasting juvenile northern elephant seals. Journal of Experimental Biology. 215 (15), 2637-2645. Link

Lyons E.T., Kuzmina T., Spraker T.R., Jaggi N., Costa D.P., Crocker D.E., and Tift M.S. (2012). Parasitological examination for presence of hookworms (Uncinaria spp.) in northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) at Año Nuevo State Reserve, California. Parasitology Research. 111 (4), 1847-1850. Link

Vázquez-Medina J.P., Zenteno-Savín T., Tift, M.S., Forman H.J., Crocker D.E., and Ortiz R.M. (2011). Apnea stimulates the adaptive response to oxidative stress in elephant seal pups. Journal of Experimental Biology. 214 (24), 4193-4200. Link

Tift M.S., Houser D.S., Crocker D.E. (2011). High-density lipoprotein remains elevated despite reductions in total cholesterol in fasting adult male elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris). Journal of Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B. 159 (4), 214-219. Link