Daniel C. Hatton
Associate Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU
e-mail: hattond@ohsu.edu
Major Areas
Nutrition and behavior, mood disorders, blood pressure regulation
Previous Positions
Instructor/Assistant Professor, OHSU
Postdoctoral Fellow, OHSU
Education
B.A. (1971) University of Washington
M.S. (1972) Western Washington State College
Ph.D. (1977) University of Florida
Research Interests
Research in my laboratory centers around the effects of diet on health and behavior. Nutrition can have a substantial influence on the hypothalamus and autonomic nervous system resulting in alterations in such parameters as mood, weight regulation, energy balance, and blood pressure regulation. Much of our research effort is devoted to understanding the neural and physiological mechanisms through which diet influences these autonomic processes. Current research topics include the influence of calcium supplementation during pregnancy on postpartum depression; prenatal calcium supplementation on fetal programming and the development of blood pressure in human infants; the effect of dietary calcium on regulation of body weight; the effect of postpartum depression on oxytocin release; the genetics of alcohol-induced hypertension in mice, and issues concerning nutrition, quality of life and chronic cardiovascular diseases.
Selected Recent Publications
Hatton DC, Harrison-Hohner J, Coste S, Reller M, McCarron D (2003) Gestational calcium supplementation and blood pressure in the offspring. Am J Hypertension. Oct;16(10):801-5.
Hatton DC, Yue Q, Chapman J, Xue H, Dierickx J, Roullet C, Coste S, Roullet JB, McCarron DA (2002) Blood pressure and mesenteric resistance arterial function after spaceflight. J Appl Physiol. Jan;92(1):13-7.
Hatton DC, Yue Q, Dierickx J, Roullet C, Otsuka K, Watanabe M, Coste S, Roullet JB, Phanouvang T, Orwoll E, Orwoll S, McCarron DA (2002) Calcium metabolism and cardiovascular function after spaceflight. J Appl Physiol. Jan;92(1):3-12.
Hatton DC, Qi Y, Belknap JK (2000) Heritability of the blood pressure response to acute ethanol exposure in five inbred strains of mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. Oct;24(10):1483-7.
Resnick LM, Oparil S, Chait A, Haynes RB, Kris-Etherton P, Stern JS, Clark S, Holcomb S, Hatton DC, Metz JA, McMahon M, Pi-Sunyer FX, McCarron DA (2000) Factors affecting blood pressure responses to diet: The Vanguard study. Am J Hypertens. Sep;13(9):956-65.
Metz JA, Stern JS, Kris-Etherton P, Reusser ME, Morris CD, Hatton DC, Oparil S, Haynes RB, Resnick LM, Pi-Sunyer FX, Clark S, Chester L, McMahon M, Snyder GW, McCarron DA (2000) A randomized trail of improved weight loss with a prepared meal plan in overweight and obese patients: Impact on cardiovascular risk reduction. Arch Intern Med. Jul 24;160(14):2150-8.
Coste SC, Kesterson RA, Heldwein KA, Stevens SL, Heard AD, Hollis JH, Murray SE, Hill JK, Pantely GA, Hohimer AR, Hatton DC, Phillips TJ, Finn DA, Low MJ, Rittenberg MB, Stenzel P, Stenzel-Poore MP (2000) Abnormal adaptations to stress and impaired cardiovascular function in mice lacking corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor-2. Nat Genet. 24(4):403-409.