Bruce M. Carlson, M.D., Ph.D. | Institute of Gerontology

Research Professor Emeritus, IoG
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Medical School

Room 913, 300 NIB
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2007
Tel: (734) 764-3493
Fax: (734) 936-2116
Email: brcarl@umich.edu

After a long career of research on limb and muscle regeneration, Bruce Carlson has stepped down as Director of the Institute of Gerontology, has closed his laboratory and has entered a phased retirement process. He presently heads a large multi-project grant from the Michigan Life Sciences Corridor on the effects of slow and fast repetition exercise in the elderly. The study is being carried out at levels from individual muscle fiber physiology to whole body biomechanics. He is presently writing two books – “Fundamentals of Regeneration Biology” and “The Biography of a North Country Lake.”

Recent Publications:

Carlson, BM 2004 Human Embryology and Developmental Biology, 3rd ed. Elsevier, New York, 522 pp.

Dedkov EI, Kostrominova TY, Borisov AB, Carlson BM: 2003 Myo’D and myogenin protein expression in skeletal muscles of senile rats. Cell Tiss. Rec., 311:401-416.

Carlson BM, Borisov AB, Dedkov, Dow D, Kostrominova TY: 2003 The biology and restorative capacity of long-term denervated skeletal muscle. Basic Appl. Myol., 12:247-254.

Carlson BM: 2003 Muscle regeneration in amphibians and mammals: Passing the torch. Devel. Dyn., 226:167-181.

Dedkov EI, Borisov AB, Wernig A, Carlson BM: 2003 Aging of skeletal muscle does not affect the response of satellite cells to denervaion. J. Histochem. Cytochem., 51:853-863.

Khalyfa A, Carlson BM, Dedkov EI, Wang E: 2003 Changes in protein levels of elongation factors, eEF1A and eEF1A-2/S1, in long-term denervated rat muscle. Restor. Neurol. Neurosci., 21:47-53.

Carlson BM, Carlson JA, Dedkov EI, McLennan I: 2003 Concentration of caveolin-3 at the neuromuscular junction in young and old rat skeletal muscle fibers. J. Histochem. Cytochem., 51:1113-1118.

Dedkov EI, Borisov AB, Carlson BM: 2003 Dynamics of postdenervation atrophy of young and old skeletal muscles: Differential responses of fiber types and muscle types. J. Gerontol., Ser. A, 58:984-991.

Carlson BM: 2003 Developmental mechanisms: Animal. In Keywords and concepts in Evolutionary Developmental Biology, eds. Hall BK, Olson WM. Harvard Univ. Press., Cambridge, Mass., pp. 74-83.

Carlson BM: 2004 The key to catching walleyes. Go where the baitfish are. In-Fisherman, 29(3):38-46.

Carlson BM: 2004 Precision nighttime trolling for summer walleyes. In-Fisherman, 29(5):48-55.