College of Veterinary Medicine

Education:

B.A. Greenville College, 1973
Ph.D. University of Kentucky, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, 1980

Honors and Awards:

MSD AGVET Award for Creativity in Teaching, College Award, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 1993
MSD AGVET Award for Creativity in Teaching, National Award, 1993.
Paykel Visiting Professor Fellowship, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 1991.
Teacher of the Year, Class of 1990, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 1987
C.E. Cornelius Research Award, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 1986

Research Interests:

The role of the cerebral cortex in the behavioral control of breathing. Afferent mechanisms involved in the transduction of respiratory mechanical events, the transmission of this afferent signal to higher brain centers, the activation of cerebral cortical neurons by respiratory afferents and the role of this afferent signal in the generation of respiratory sensations. The mechanisms mediating respiratory sensations in asthmatic patients. The reason for respiratory perceptual deficits in patients with life-threatening asthma.

Selected Publications:

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Davenport, P.W., W.A. Freidman F.J. Thompson, and O. Franzen: Respiratory related cortical evoked potentials in humans. Journal of Applied Physiology, 60(6): 1843-1848, 1986.

Revelette, W.R. and P.W. Davenport: Effects of timing of inspiratory occlusion on cerebral evoked potentials in humans. Journal of Applied Physiology, 68(1): 282-288, 1990.

Davenport, P.W., I. Colrain and P.McN. Hill: Scalp topography of the short latency components of the respiratory related evoked potential in children. Journal of Applied Physiology, 80(5): 1785-1791, 1996.

Knafelc, M. and P.W. Davenport: Relationship between magnitude estimation of resistive loads and the P1 peak of the RREP. Journal of Applied Physiology, 83(3): 918-926, 1997.

Watts, T.L., J.A. Wozniak, P.W. Davenport and A.A. Hutchison. Laryngeal and diaphragmatic activities with a single breath expiratory load in newborn lambs. Respiration Physiology, 130: 225-230, 1997.

Kifle, Y., V. Seng and P.W. Davenport. Magnitude estimation of inspiratory resistive loads in children with life-threatening asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 156: 1-6, 1997.