Sheila J. Thornton, Ph.D.

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2000 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada 
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Zoology Biology, Animal Physiology Biology
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Peter W. Hochachka grad student 2000 UBC
 (Investigations into the diving response of northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) using magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy.)
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Weingartner GM, Thornton SJ, Andrews RD, et al. (2012) The effects of experimentally induced hyperthyroidism on the diving physiology of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). Frontiers in Physiology. 3: 380
Thornton SJ, Wong E, Lee SD, et al. (2008) Effect of dietary fat on hepatic liver X receptor expression in P-glycoprotein deficient mice: implications for cholesterol metabolism. Lipids in Health and Disease. 7: 21
Sachs-Barrable K, Lee SD, Wasan EK, et al. (2008) Enhancing drug absorption using lipids: a case study presenting the development and pharmacological evaluation of a novel lipid-based oral amphotericin B formulation for the treatment of systemic fungal infections. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 60: 692-701
Thornton SJ, Warburton C, Wasan KM, et al. (2007) Treatment with a cholesterol absorption inhibitor (FM-VP4) reduces body mass and adipose accumulation in developing and pre-obese mice. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy. 33: 1058-69
Thornton SJ, Hochachka PW, Crocker DE, et al. (2005) Stroke volume and cardiac output in juvenile elephant seals during forced dives. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 208: 3637-43
Thornton SJ, Spielman DM, Pelc NJ, et al. (2001) Effects of forced diving on the spleen and hepatic sinus in northern elephant seal pups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 98: 9413-8
Mottishaw PD, Thornton SJ, Hochachka PW. (1999) The Diving Response Mechanism and its Surprising Evolutionary Path in Seals andSea Lions American Zoologist. 39: 434-450
Thornton S, Block W, Spielman D, et al. (1999) Haemodynamics of the phocid spleen as determined by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part a: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 124: S22
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