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
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- 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