Contact Information Phone: 218-726-7969 Fax: 218-726-6356 Email: ehaller@d.umn.edu Address: 359 SMed 1035 University Drive Duluth, MN  55812

Emeritus

Research

Neuroendocrinology of the Posterior Pituitary and Regulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism

No research program is currently conducted.

Education

1959 - B.A., Park College, Parkville, MO,  Natural Sciences (Chemistry/Biology)

1967 - Ph.D., Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, (Physiology)

Teaching

• PBL: Facilitator for various sections of the medical curriculum
• Graduate education two courses:
1. Phsl 8441 Physiological Transport;
2. IBS 8099 Biological Practitioner (Responsible Conduct of Research)

Publications

Haller, E., Y. Takabatake and H. Sachs. In vitro studies on the secretion and biosynthesis of vasopressin.  Fed. Proc. 23: 205, 1964.

Haller, E. W., H. Sachs, N. Sperelakis and L. Share. Release of vasopressin from isolated guinea pig posterior pituitaries. Am. J. Physiol. 209: 79-83, 1965.

Sachs, H., E. Haller, L. Share and A. Carpi. The capacity of the neurohypophysis to release vasopressin (ADH). Proc. Endocrine Soc., 49th Mtg., 1966, p.37.

Sachs, H., C. P. Fawcett and E. W. Haller. Biosynthesis and release of neurophysin and hormonal peptides. Proc. Endocrine Soc., 49th Mtg., 1967, p. 77.

Sachs, H., R. Portanova, E. W. Haller and L. Share. Cellular processes concerned with vasopressin biosynthesis, storage and release, pp. 146-154. In F. Stutinsky (ed.), Neurosecretion, Springer, Berlin, 1967.

Sachs, H. and E. W. Haller. Further studies on the capacity of the neurohypophysis to release vasopressin. Endocrinology 83: 251-262, 1968.

Haller, E. W. and C. A. Barraclough. Urethane- and progesterone-induced alterations in hypothalamic regulation of ovulation. Fed. Proc. 27: 270, 1968.

Haller, E. and C. A. Barraclough. Hypothalamic regulation of ovulation: Effects of urethane and progesterone. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol Med. 129: 291-295, 1968.

Barraclough, C. and E. W. Haller. Further evidence that the site of positive feedback action of estrogen is the hypothalamus. Third Intern. Congr. Endocrinology, 1968. International Congress Series No 157, Excerpta Medica Foundation, Amsterdam, p.113.

Haller, E. W. and C. A. Barraclough. Alterations in VMN unit activity by stimuli which affect GTH secretion. Fed. Proc. 28: 437, 1969.

Cramer, O. M., E. W. Haller, J. L. Turgeon and C. A. Barraclough. LH secretion following preoptic electrical stimulation of the proestrous rat. Fed. Proc. 29: 312, 1970.

Barraclough, C. A. and E. W. Haller. Positive and negative feedback effects of estrogen on pituitary LH synthesis and release in normal and androgen-sterilized female rats. Endocrinology 86: 542-551, 1970.

Haller, E. W. and C. A. Barraclough. Alterations in unit activity of hypothalamic ventromedial nuclei by stimuli which affect gonadotropic hormone secretion. Exp. Neurol. 29: 111-120, 1970.

Haller, E. W., N. Sato, R. D. Powell and R. I. Henkin. Sexual maturation of olfactomized female rats. Fourth Intern. Congr. Endocrinology Proceedings, 1972, p. 3.

Sato, N., E. W. Haller, R. D. Powell and R. I Henkin. Sexual maturation of bulbectomized female rats. J. Reprod. Fertil. 36: 301-310, 1974.

Eisenberg, R. M., B. M. Simat and E. W. Haller. Relation of the duration of barbiturate action on the blockade of ovulation in the rat. Endocrinology 86: A224, 1975.

Theisen, C. T., E. W. Haller and B. M. Simat. Prenatal SRIF: Possible effects on reproduction and neurogenesis. Endocrinology 98: A287, 1976.

Brimble, M. J., E. W. Haller and J. B. Wakerley. Supraoptic and paraventricular units in hypothalamic slices incubated in iso- or hypertonic medium. J. Physiol. (London) 278: 38-39P, 1978.

Haller, E. W. M. J. Brimble and J. B. Wakerley. Phasic discharge in supraoptic neurons recorded from hypothalamic slices. Exp. Brain Res. 33: 131-134, 1978.

Wakerley, J. B. and E. W. Haller. Spike patterning in hypothalamic neurosecretory cells. VIIth Dutch-British Endocrine Meeting, 1978.

Haller, E., L. E. Wittmers, Jr., G. Cizadlo and G. Bown. Handling of an intravenous blood glucose load by the obese (ob/ob) mouse. The Physiologist 21: 128, 1978.

Cizadlo, G., G. Bown, L. E. Wittmers and E. W. Haller. Glucose handling in the obese yellow (Ay/a) mouse. The Physiologist 21: 128, 1978.

Wittmers, L. E., Jr., G. Cizadlo, E. W. Haller and G. Bown. Stress induced hyperglycemia in the obese (ob/ob) mouse. The Physiologist 21: 129, 1978.

Wittmers, L. E., G. R. Cizadlo, E. W. Haller and G. Bown. Measurement of respiratory exchange ratio in small animals. 31st Ann. Conf. in Eng. in Med. Biol., 1978.

Haller, E. W. and J. B. Wakerley. Electrical recordings from hypothalamic neurons in vitro. J. Physiol. (London) 284: 3P, 1978.

Haller, E. W. and L. E. Wittmers. Sensitivity of the obese (ob/ob) mouse to exogenous insulin. Endocrinology 104: 170A, 1979.

Gillespie, M., L. E. Wittmers, and E. W. Haller. Hematological changes in genetically obese mice (C57 Bl/6J ob/ob) related to age. Fed. Proc. 39: 1037, 1980.

Haller, E. W. and J. B. Wakerley. Electrophysiological studies of paraverntricular and supraoptic neurones recorded in vitro from slices in rat hypothalamus. J. Physiol. (London) 302: 347-362, 1980.

Haller, E. W. and J. B. Gearns. Modulation of paraventricular unit activity and the milk ejection reflex by posterior hypothalamic and peripheral mammary nerve stimulation. Neurosci Abst. 7: 326, 1981.

Haller, E. W. and L. E. Wittmers, Jr. Ethanol, body temperature and blood glucose in genetically obese mice. 12th Ann. Medical-Scientific Conf. Nat. Alcoholism Forum, New Orleans, 1981.

Wittmers, L. E. and E. W. Haller. The onset and development of polycythemia in the obese mouse (C57 Bl/6J ob/ob). J. Comp. Path. 92: 619-625, 1982.

Wittmers, L. E., Jr., R. S. Pozos and E. W. Haller. Blood glucose and hormonal responses in profound hypothermia in dogs. Endocrinology 110: 342A, 1982.

Haller, E. W. and L. E. Wittmers, Jr. The effect of alpha and beta blockade on glucose metabolism in the obese mouse. Endocrinology 110: 342A, 1982.

Pozos, R.S., J.D. Howard, and E.W. Haller. Effects of hypothermia on neural function. Proceedings, 33rd Alaska Science Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, September 1982.

Wittmers, L. E., Jr. and E. W. Haller. Effect of adrenalectomy on the metabolism of glucose in the obese mouse (C57 Bl/6J ob/ob). Metabolism 32: 1093-1100, 1983.

Haller, E. W. and J. B. Gearns. The milk ejection reflex: Neural and anatomic characteristics of afferents fibers. 7th Intern. Congr. Endocrinology, Quebec, Canada, 1984.

Haller, E. W. and J. B. Gearns. Mammary nerve (MN) stimulation and plasma levels of oxytocin (OT) in lactating rats. Endocrinology 116: 216A, 1985.

Haller, E. W. and J. B. Gearns. Oxytocin secretion from posterior pituitary lobes of lactating rats incubated in vitro. Neurosci. Abst. 11: 544, 1985.

Haller, E. W. Neural and anatomic characteristics of peripheral afferent fibers in the milk ejection reflex. Brain Res. Bull. 15: 563-567, 1985.

Haller, E. W., J. B. Gearns and C. M. S. Guimaraes. Further studies on the mechanism of oxytocin secretion from the posterior pituitary of lactating rats in vitro. Neurosci. Abst. 12: 449, 1986.

Prohaska, J. R., L. E. Wittmers, Jr., and E. W. Haller. Influence of genetic obesity and food intake in mice on elected trace element-dependent protective enzymes. J. Nutrition 118: 739-746, 1988.

Haller, E. W. and L. E. Wittmers, Jr. Ethanol-induced hypothermia and hyperglycemia in genetically obese mice. Life Sci. 44: 1377-1385, 1989.

Haller, E.W., R.G. Hoffman, R.M. Eisenberg, and A. Vainio. Cocaine in Pregnancy and development. Neurosci. Abst. 20: 750, 1990.

Haller, E.W. and L.E. Wittmers. Expression of the obese gene in lean littermates of the genetically obese mouse (C57 Bl/6J-ob/ob). The FASEB Journal v, pt 2, Abstracts: A607, 1992.

Lupandin, Yu.V., G.E. Yelaeva, E. Haller, L. Wittmers. Comparative  characteristics of thermoregulatory activity  of  motor units in spinal and intact cats. Proc. Russian Acad. Sci. 25: 86-87, 1994.

Lupandin YuV, Meigal AYu, Elaeva E, Haller EW, Wittmers LE. Comparative characterization of perfusion activity in spinal and intact cats. Patologicheskaya Fiziologiya I Eksperimental’naya Terapiya 4: 42-44, 1996.

Haller EW, Wittmers LE, Jr, Regal RR, Haller IV. Further evaluation of expression of the obese gene  in non-obese litter mates  of  C57BL/6J-ob/ob mice. Abstract to be presented at the International Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 1997.

E.W. Haller, L.E. Wittmers, Jr., I.V. Haller. Tissue Glucose Uptake and Metabolic Rate Related To Age in Male Genetically Obese Mice (C57BL/6J obob) Federation Proceedings 12 (4): A430, 1998.

Haller EW, Wittmers LE, Jr., Haller IV, Regal RR. The obese gene is expressed in lean littermates of the genetically obese mouse (C57BL/6J ob/ob). Am J. Physiol. 276: E762-E765, 1999.

Catecholaminergic Mediation of the glycemic stress response in C57BL/6J ob/ob mice. Haller EW, Haller IV, Wittmers LE, Jr, Regal RR. Federation Proceedings 14 (4): A433, 2000.

Books

Haller, E. W. and G. E. Cotton (eds.). Nutrition in the Young and the Elderly. The Collamore Press, Lexington, MA, 1983.

Haller, E. W. and R. A. Myers (eds.). Searching, Teaching, Healing: American Indians and Alaskan Natives in Biomedical Research. Futura Media Services, Inc., Mt. Kisco, NY, 1986.

Aitken, L.P. and E.W. Haller. Two Cultures Meet: Pathways for American Indians to Medicine. Garrett Park Press, Garrett Park, Md, 1990.

Haller, EW and Aitken LP. Mashkiki: Old Medicine Nourishing the New. University Press of America, Lanham, Md, 1992.