Mohit Lal Bhattacharyya, Ph.D.
Professor
Physiology

327-6645
WBS, Room 2233
1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Boulevard
Nashville, TN  37208

mbhatta@mmc.edu

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1964 B.S., University of Delhi, India, Physics
1966 M.S., University of Delhi, India, Physics
1971 Ph.D., University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.A., Physics

Dr. Bhattacharyya’s interests are Cardiac Physiology and Electrophysiology and his primary role is the teaching of Cardiovascular Physiology and Biophysics to medical, dental and graduate students.  In the past, Dr. Bhattacharyya studied several Class III antiarrhythmic agents (clofilium, sotalol, aminodarone) on contractile force and action potentials in myocardial tissues from dog and rat as well as potassium channel openers (e.g. diazoxide) in the prevention of digitalis induced arrhythmias in canine Purkinje tissue.  The overall intent of these studies was to reveal the molecular mode of action of anti-arrhythmic agents.

Bhattacharyya ML, Mull KP, Debnam Q, Kabir S, Ivy A.  Contrasting roles of a novel K+ channel blocker and a K+ channel opener on electro-mechanical activity in canine heart tissue. Int J Cardiol. 2003 May;89(1):71-8.

Kabir SM, Bhattacharyya ML, Robinson TR.  Indapamide blocks the rapid component of the delayed rectifier current in atrial tumor cells (AT-1 cells). Int J Cardiol. 2000 Mar 31;73(1):27-32.

Mull KP, Debnam Q, Kabir SM, Bhattacharyya ML.  Role of action potential shortening in the prevention of arrhythmias in canine cardiac tissue. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 1999 Dec;26(12):964-9.

Bhattacharyya ML, Sarker S, Mull KP, Debnam Q.  Clofilium-induced block of delayed rectifier type K+ current in atrial tumor cells (AT-1 cells). J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1997 Jan;29(1):301-7.

Bhattacharyya ML, Sarker S, Seth K.  Ryanodine induced block of a cloned human cardiac potassium channel. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1995 Sep;27(9):1931-5.