Amy L. Thompson

Associate Professor

Sundquist Science Complex, Room B216
P.O. Box 4718
Clarksville, TN 37044
(931) 221-6497
email: thompsona@apsu.edu

Education

Ph.D. University of Kentucky (Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology), 2005
B.S.  Austin Peay State University (Clinical Laboratory Science), 1999

Teaching

Human Anatomy and Physiology, General Biology, Principles of Microbiology, Genetics

Research Interests

Brown recluse spider bite pathology, skeletal muscle development and disease

Selected Publications

Real World Implications of a Zombie Apocalypse, an edited collection of scholarly essays, Co-editor with Dr. Antonio Thompson, under contract with McFarland Press.

Laboratory Testing in Monitoring the Effects of Brown Recluse Spider Bites, Accepted for Publication, Lab Medicine.

Thompson, A.L. (2009) Are you management material? Clinical Laboratory Tycoon Case Study, Clinical Laboratory Science 22(4): 203-207.

Understanding the Renal System and Testing for Disease; Continuing Education Study, Colorado Association for Continuing Medical Laboratory Education, Inc; January 2009.

Hebert, S.L., C. Simmons, A.L. Thompson, C.S Zorc, E.M. Blalock, and S.D. Kraner. (2007) Basic helix-loop-helix factors recruit nuclear factor I to enhance expression of the Na(V) 1.4 Na⁺ channel gene. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1769(11-12):649-58.

Thompson A.L., G. Filatov, C. Chen, I. Porter, Y. Li, M.M. Rich, and S.D. Kraner (2005)  A selective role for MRF4 in innervated adult skeletal muscle: Na_V 1.4 Na⁺ Channel Expression is Reduced in MRF4-Null Mice. Gene Expression 12(4-6):289-303.