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College of Education and Human Development

# overview
My research focuses on the interactive effects of aging and exercise training on skeletal muscle vascular beds.

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Nasa Program Space Physiology And Countermeasures

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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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Nasa Program Space Physiology And Countermeasures

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Nasa Program Space Physiology And Countermeasures

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Nasa Program Space Physiology And Countermeasures

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Nasa Program Space Physiology And Countermeasures

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Nasa Program Space Physiology And Countermeasures

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
University of Missouri - (Columbia, Missouri, United States)

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University of Arizona - (Tucson, Arizona, United States)

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Induction of nitric oxide synthase mRNA in coronary resistance arteries isolated from exercise-trained pigs.

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NAD(P)H oxidase-derived reactive oxygen species contribute to age-related impairments of endothelium-dependent dilation in rat soleus feed arteries.

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Flow regulation of ecNOS and Cu/Zn SOD mRNA expression in porcine coronary arterioles.

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Influences of chemical sympathectomy and simulated weightlessness on male and female rats.

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Mechanisms of flow and ACh-induced dilation in rat soleus arterioles are altered by hindlimb unweighting.

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Effects of simulated weightlessness and sympathectomy on maximum VO2 of male rats.

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Short-duration increases in intraluminal pressure improve vasoconstrictor responses in aged skeletal muscle feed arteries.

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Exercise attenuates the effects of hypercholesterolemia on endothelium-dependent relaxation in coronary arteries from adult female pigs.

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Heterogeneous effect of aging on vasorelaxation responses in large and small arteries.

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Role of Superoxide in endothelium-dependent dilation of soleus feed arteries in young and old rats

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Shear stress induces eNOS mRNA expression and improves endothelium-dependent dilation in senescent soleus muscle feed arteries.

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Influence of coronary artery diameter on eNOS protein content.

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Influence of simulated microgravity on the VO2 max of nontrained and trained rats.

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Importance of mechanical signals in promoting exercise-induced improvements in vasomotor function of aged skeletal muscle resistance arteries.

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Coronary smooth muscle and endothelial adaptations to exercise training.

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LPA effect on integrin recruitment and actin remodeling in aged vascular smooth muscle cells

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Exercise training improves femoral artery blood flow responses to endothelium-dependent dilators in hypercholesterolemic pigs.

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Hindlimb unweighting alters endothelium-dependent vasodilation and ecNOS expression in soleus arterioles.

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Short-term increases in pressure and shear stress attenuate age-related declines in endothelial function in skeletal muscle feed arteries.

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Endothelium-mediated relaxation of porcine collateral-dependent arterioles is improved by exercise training.

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Short-term training enhances endothelium-dependent dilation of coronary arteries, not arterioles.

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Selected Contribution: Aging impairs nitric oxide and prostacyclin mediation of endothelium-dependent dilation in soleus feed arteries.

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Spaceflight on STS-48 and earth-based unweighting produce similar effects on skeletal muscle of young rats.

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Interval sprint training enhances endothelial function and eNOS content in some arteries that perfuse white gastrocnemius muscle.

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Hindlimb unweighting decreases ecNOS gene expression and endothelium-dependent dilation in rat soleus feed arteries.

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Vascular Smooth Muscle Contractile Function Declines With Age in Skeletal Muscle Feed Arteries.

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Exercise training reverses age-related decrements in endothelium-dependent dilation in skeletal muscle feed arteries.

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Muscle glucose uptake in the rat after suspension with single hindlimb weight bearing.

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SOD-1 expression in pig coronary arterioles is increased by exercise training.

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Training induces nonuniform increases in eNOS content along the coronary arterial tree.

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Induction of nitric oxide synthase mRNA in coronary resistance arteries isolated from exercise-trained pigs

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Exercise training increases extracellular superoxide dismutase protein content in soleus muscle feed arteries of aged rats

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Elevated interstitial fluid volume in soleus muscles unweighted by spaceflight or suspension.

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Influence of simulated microgravity on cardiac output and blood flow distribution during exercise.

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Hindlimb unweighting decreases endothelium-dependent dilation and eNOS expression in soleus not gastrocnemius.

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Effect of age and exercise training on protein:protein interactions among eNOS and its regulatory proteins in rat aortas.

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Exercise training preserves endothelium-dependent relaxation in brachial arteries from hyperlipidemic pigs.

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Genetic background influences arterial vasomotor function in male and female mice.

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Decreased NO signaling leads to enhanced vasoconstrictor responsiveness in skeletal muscle arterioles of the ZDF rat prior to overt diabetes and hypertension.

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Exercise preserves endothelium-dependent relaxation in coronary arteries of hypercholesterolemic male pigs.

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Vascular smooth muscle stiffness and its role in aging.

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Metabolic responses to head-down suspension in hypophysectomized rats.

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An Acute Bout of Aquatic Treadmill Exercise Induces Greater Improvements in Endothelial Function and Postexercise Hypotension Than Land Treadmill Exercise: A Crossover Study.

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Setting the "tone" for aging in the skeletal muscle microcirculation.

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Influence of simulated microgravity on the sympathetic response to exercise.

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Hormonal and metabolic responses of hypophysectomized rats with head-down suspension.

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Effect of 29 days of simulated microgravity on maximal oxygen consumption and fat-free mass of rats.

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Aging induces muscle-specific impairment of endothelium-dependent dilation in skeletal muscle feed arteries.

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Aging Alters Functional Properties of Cell-Matrix Adhesions in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

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NOS expression and activity in cerebral resistance arteries: Effects of age and exercise training

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Short-term increases in intraluminal pressure reverse age-related decrements in endothelium-dependent dilation in soleus muscle feed arteries.

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Aging impairs PI3K/Akt signaling and NO-mediated dilation in soleus muscle feed arteries.

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Cyclic adenosine monophosphate accumulation and beta-adrenergic binding in unweighted and denervated rat soleus muscle.

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Alignment of diet prescription to genotype does not promote greater weight loss success in women with obesity participating in an exercise and weight loss program.

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Acute increases in intraluminal pressure improve vasodilator responses in aged soleus muscle feed arteries.

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Chronic exercise and its hemodynamic influences on resting blood pressure of hypertensive rats.

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Effect of hindlimb suspension on VO2 max and regional blood flow responses to exercise.

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Endurance exercise training improves endothelium-dependent relaxation in brachial arteries from hypercholesterolemic male pigs.

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Influences of chemical sympathectomy, demedullation, and hindlimb suspension on the VO2max of rats.

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Rho-kinase contributes to increased contractile responses in coronary arteries of hypercholesterolemic swine

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Integrins as regulators of vascular contractility in aged resistance arteries

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Health And Kinesiology; 4243 TAMU

# organizations[]
College of Education and Human Development

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College of Education and Human Development

# etdChairOf[].label
Luttrell, Meredith Joy (2014-05). Effect of Vascular Heterogeneity, Aging, and Exercise Training on eNOS – Associated Protein:Protein Interactions. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Seawright, John Weston (2016-05). Mechanical Signals Promoting Healthy Vascular Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cell Function in Aged Arteries. Doctoral Dissertation.