Palika Dias Morse Data-verified

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Researcher

University of Arkansas primary UA Div. of Agriculture

Last publication 2024 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

Animal Science

3 h-index 16 pubs 114 cited

Research Areas

OverviewAI-generated summary

Palika Dias Morse investigates the cardioprotective effects of various compounds and substances in livestock, particularly sheep and pigs. Her research explores the mechanisms by which dietary components and environmental exposures impact cardiovascular health in these animals. Recent work has focused on the antagonistic effects of nanoparticle-selenium and selenium-enriched yeast against cadmium-induced cardiotoxicity, examining the role of signaling pathways such as AHR/CAR/PXR/Nrf2. Morse has also studied the cardioprotective properties of quercetin in lambs suffering from fescue toxicosis, investigating its impact on the heart-gut axis and its modulation of detoxification enzymes and mitochondrial biogenesis via pathways like AHR/NRF2/ABCC1 and PGC-1α.

Her research also extends to growth performance and meat quality traits in pigs, as well as the effects of early-life environmental exposures on muscle characteristics in piglets. Morse collaborates with researchers primarily from the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, including Yan Huang and Sarah Shelby, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications. Her scholarly output includes 16 publications with an h-index of 3.

Metrics

h-index: 3
Publications: 16
Citations: 114

Selected Publications

Dietary supplementation with quercetin alleviates fescue toxisis-induced cardiovascular toxicity by modulating detoxification enzymes through the AHR/NRF2/ABCC1 signaling pathways (2024)

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126 Effects of Tall Fescue Seeds and Quercetin on the Meat Quality of Finishing Lambs (2024)

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Cardioprotective properties of quercetin in fescue toxicosis-induced cardiotoxicity via heart-gut axis in lambs (Ovis Aries) (2023)

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Cardioprotective Properties of Quercetin in Fescue Toxicosis-Induced Cardiotoxicity Via Heart-Gut Axis in Lambs (Ovis Aries) (2023)

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283 Quercetin Antagonizes Tall Fescue Toxicosis-Induced Cardiovascular Toxicity in Lamb (Ovis Aries) via Modulating PGC-1α Mediated Mitochondrial Biogenesis (2022)

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Effects of Metformin and Quercetin on the Thermogenesis and Muscle Metabolism of Piglets (2022)

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Comparison of antagonistic effects of nanoparticle-selenium, selenium-enriched yeast and sodium selenite against cadmium-induced cardiotoxicity via AHR/CAR/PXR/Nrf2 pathways activation (2022)

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Effects of early-life exposure to topsoil on the muscle fiber characteristics and gene expression of weaned piglets (2021)

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Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Topsoil on the Muscle Fiber Characteristics and Gene Expression of Weaned Piglets (2021)

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Comparison of Growth Performance and Meat Quality Traits of Commercial Cross-Bred Pigs versus the Large Black Pig Breed (2021)

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