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College of Education and Human Development

# overview
My research focus centers around soft tissue regeneration and applied biomaterial applications. In particular, I have focused on a novel class of biocompatible ceramics, suitable for soft tissue implantation. To complement this work, I investigate Schwann cell and blood vessel interaction during regeneration and evaluate mitochondrial morphology through high-resolution imaging. My lab primarily uses murine models and is uniquely skilled at assisting rodent muscle function.

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6 Evaluation Of Treatments And Therapeutic Interventions

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5 Development Of Treatments And Therapeutic Interventions

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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Clinical Trials And Supportive Activities

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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5 Development Of Treatments And Therapeutic Interventions

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Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor

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Harding University Main Campus - (Searcy, Arkansas, United States)

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University of Florida - (Gainesville, Florida, United States)

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University of Missouri - (Columbia, Missouri, United States)

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University of West Florida - (Pensacola, Florida, United States)

# publications[].label
Global Proteome Changes in the Rat Diaphragm Induced by Endurance Exercise Training.

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Exercise Training Prevents Doxorubicin-induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction of the Liver.

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Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Following Mid-Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Preserves Diaphragm Muscle Function.

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Effects of doxorubicin on cardiac muscle subsarcolemmal and intermyofibrillar mitochondria.

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Effects of Caffeine on Heart Rate Variability in Young Boys

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Exercise Preconditioning Prevents ChemotherapyInduced Alterations to Transport Proteins Required for Mitochondrial Iron Uptake and Metabolism in the Diaphragm

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Comparative changes in antioxidant enzymes and oxidative stress in cardiac, fast twitch and slow twitch skeletal muscles following endurance exercise training.

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Effects of caffeine on anaerobic exercise in boys.

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Inducible deletion of endothelial cell Efnb2 delays capillary regeneration and attenuates myofibre reinnervation following myotoxin injury in mice.

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Barium chloride injures myofibers through calcium-induced proteolysis with fragmentation of motor nerves and microvessels.

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Angiogenesis precedes myogenesis during regeneration following biopsy injury of skeletal muscle.

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Overexpression of SOD2 in the diaphragm provides partial protection against ventilatorinduced diaphragm atrophy and contractile dysfunction.

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Which Comes First: Angiogenesis or Myogenesis Following Punch Biopsy Injury?

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Effects of Endurance Exercise Training on Gastrointestinal Barrier

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Redox control of skeletal muscle atrophy.

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Mitochondrial accumulation of doxorubicin in cardiac and diaphragm muscle following exercise preconditioning.

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Effect of Different Doses of Caffeine on Anaerobic Performance in Young Boys

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Increased SOD2 in the diaphragm contributes to exercise-induced protection against ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction.

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Time Release Ion Matrix Regenerates Dystrophic Skeletal Muscle.

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Functionalizing biomaterials to promote neurovascular regeneration following skeletal muscle injury.

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Hydrogen sulfide donor protects against mechanical ventilation-induced atrophy and contractile dysfunction in the rat diaphragm.

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Effects of exercise preconditioning and HSP72 on diaphragm muscle function during mechanical ventilation.

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Adaptation of the Rat Diaphragm Proteome in Response to Endurance Exercise Training

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Effects of Caffeine on Heart Rate Variability in Boys

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Comparative Efficacy of Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers Against Ventilator-Induced Diaphragm Dysfunction in Rats.

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Optimizing Electrical Field Stimulation Parameters Reveals the Maximum Contractile Function of Human Skeletal Muscle Microtissues.

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Effects of different doses of caffeine on anaerobic exercise in boys.

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The Renin-Angiotensin System and Skeletal Muscle.

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Cervical spinal cord injury exacerbates ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction.

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AT1 receptor blocker losartan protects against mechanical ventilation-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction.

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Abstract 321: Exercise Preconditioning Diminishes Solute Carrier Protein Expression and Cardiac Doxorubicin Accumulation

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Angiogenesis precedes myogenesis during regeneration following biopsy injury in skeletal muscle

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Role of intrinsic aerobic capacity and ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction.

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Stretch Activation of Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Contributes to Ventilatorinduced Diaphragm Dysfunction

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Effective Reinnervation of Skeletal Muscle is Impaired by Disrupting Microvascular Regeneration Following Acute Injury

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Modification of Neuromuscular Junction Protein Expression by Exercise and Doxorubicin.

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Influence of endurance exercise training on antioxidant enzymes, tight junction proteins, and inflammatory markers in the rat ileum.

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Effect of Caffeine on Anaerobic Performance in Young Boys

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Efficacy and Toxicology of DystroPhix in a Large Animal Model of Muscle Dystrophy

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Mechanisms of Neurovascular Crosstalk in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

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American Physiological Society - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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Exercise-Induced Myokines in Cardiac Cachexia

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Mechanisms of Neurovascular Crosstalk in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

# organizations[]
College of Education and Human Development

# schools[]
College of Education and Human Development