Lacy M. Alexander Department of Kinesiology The Pennsylvania State University Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Lacy M. Alexander has not added a biography. If you are Lacy M. Alexander and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Nitric Oxide-mediated Cutaneous Microvascular Function is Not Altered in Middle-aged-to-older Adults Following Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Pilot Study Physiological Reports. Jun, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37269174 Back to the Future Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Jul, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37055037 Seven Days of Statin Treatment Improves Nitric-oxide Mediated Endothelial-dependent Cutaneous Microvascular Function in Women with Endometriosis Microvascular Research. Nov, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35970408 Skin Pigmentation is Negatively Associated with Circulating Vitamin D Concentration and Cutaneous Microvascular Endothelial Function American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. Sep, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35930446 Short-term Salicylate Treatment Improves Microvascular Endothelium-dependent Dilation in Young Adults with Major Depressive Disorder American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. May, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35363580 Why Gender Equity Should Remain a Focus for the American Physiological Society American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. Apr, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35179979 Nitric Oxide-mediated Cutaneous Microvascular Function is Not Altered in Young Adults Following Mild-to-moderate SARS CoV-2 Infection American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. Feb, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 34995164 Menthol-induced Activation of TRPM8 Receptors Increases Cutaneous Blood Flow Across the Dermatome Microvascular Research. Jan, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 34717968 Vascular Health Triad in Humans With Hypertension-Not the Usual Suspects Frontiers in Physiology. 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34658930 Hydrogen Sulfide-dependent Microvascular Vasodilation is Improved Following Chronic Sulfhydryl-donating Antihypertensive Pharmacotherapy in Adults with Hypertension American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. Oct, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34477463 Temperature Regulation During Exercise in the Heat: Insights for the Aging Athlete Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. Aug, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33358656 Reproducibility of the Neurocardiovascular Responses to Common Laboratory-based Sympathoexcitatory Stimuli in Young Adults Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Nov, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32940559 Four Weeks of Vitamin D Supplementation Improves Nitric Oxide-mediated Microvascular Function in College-aged African Americans American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. Oct, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32857616 AHA/ACC-defined Stage 1 Hypertensive Adults Do Not Display Cutaneous Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. Sep, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32734817 Childhood Socioeconomic Status, Comorbidity of Chronic Kidney Disease Risk Factors, and Kidney Function Among Adults in the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Study BMC Nephrology. May, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32429854 Greater Daily Psychosocial Stress Exposure is Associated With Increased Norepinephrine-Induced Vasoconstriction in Young Adults Journal of the American Heart Association. May, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32340506 Historical Reviews of the Assessment of Human Cardiovascular Function: Interrogation and Understanding of the Control of Skin Blood Flow European Journal of Applied Physiology. Jan, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31776694 Peripheral Microvascular Serotoninergic Signaling is Dysregulated in Young Adults with Major Depressive Disorder Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Jan, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31751182 Local Angiotensin-(1-7) Administration Improves Microvascular Endothelial Function in Women Who Have Had Preeclampsia American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. Jan, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31577152 Dairy Foods and Dairy Fats: New Perspectives on Pathways Implicated in Cardiometabolic Health Advances in Nutrition (Bethesda, Md.). Mar, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31555799 Controlled Feeding of an 8-d, High-Dairy Cheese Diet Prevents Sodium-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction in the Cutaneous Microcirculation of Healthy, Older Adults Through Reductions in Superoxide The Journal of Nutrition. Jan, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31504721 Publisher Correction: Effect of Statins on the Association Between High Temperature and All-cause Mortality in a Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Population: a Cohort Study Scientific Reports. Jul, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31337775 Effect of Statins on the Association Between High Temperature and All-cause Mortality in a Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Population: a Cohort Study Scientific Reports. Mar, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30886182 Self-Reported Everyday Psychosocial Stressors Are Associated With Greater Impairments in Endothelial Function in Young Adults With Major Depressive Disorder Journal of the American Heart Association. Feb, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30741602 Oxidative Stress Contributes to Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction in Men and Women With Major Depressive Disorder Circulation Research. Feb, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30582458 Vascular Aging Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Dec, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29878874 Acute Lysyl Oxidase Inhibition Alters Microvascular Function in Normotensive but Not Hypertensive Men and Women American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. Mar, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29167120 Endothelial Function is Impaired in the Cutaneous Microcirculation of Adults with Psoriasis Through Reductions in Nitric Oxide-dependent Vasodilation American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. Feb, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29054972 Kinesiology Tape Modestly Increases Skin Blood Flow Regardless of Tape Application Technique Journal of Performance Health Research. 2017 | Pubmed ID: 34527888 Alterations in Endothelin Type B Receptor Contribute to Microvascular Dysfunction in Women Who Have Had Preeclampsia Clinical Science (London, England : 1979). Dec, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 29042489 Sympathetic Function During Whole Body Cooling is Altered in Hypertensive Adults Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Dec, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28912362 Effects of Vehicle Microdialysis Solutions on Cutaneous Vascular Responses to Local Heating Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Dec, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28860170 Blood Pressure Normalization Via Pharmacotherapy Improves Cutaneous Microvascular Function Through NO-dependent and NO-independent Mechanisms Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994). Oct, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28510986 Impaired Hydrogen Sulfide-Mediated Vasodilation Contributes to Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction in Hypertensive Adults Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979). May, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28348008 Folic Acid Supplementation Increases Cutaneous Vasodilator Sensitivity to Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Older Adults American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. May, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28228418 Ingestion of Transient Receptor Potential Channel Agonists Attenuates Exercise-induced Muscle Cramps Muscle & Nerve. Sep, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28192854 Mechanisms and Time Course of Menthol-induced Cutaneous Vasodilation Microvascular Research. Mar, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27899298 Neurovascular Mechanisms Underlying Augmented Cold-induced Reflex Cutaneous Vasoconstriction in Human Hypertension The Journal of Physiology. Mar, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27891612 Blunted Increases in Skin Sympathetic Nerve Activity Are Related to Attenuated Reflex Vasodilation in Aged Human Skin Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Dec, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27789772 Acute Dairy Milk Ingestion Does Not Improve Nitric Oxide-dependent Vasodilation in the Cutaneous Microcirculation The British Journal of Nutrition. Jul, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27180680 Topical Menthol Increases Cutaneous Blood Flow Microvascular Research. Sep, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27131832 Endothelin-1 Modulates Methacholine-induced Cutaneous Vasodilatation but Not Sweating in Young Human Skin The Journal of Physiology. Jun, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26846374 Sympathetic Regulation During Thermal Stress in Human Aging and Disease Autonomic Neuroscience : Basic & Clinical. Apr, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26627337 Impairments in Central Cardiovascular Function Contribute to Attenuated Reflex Vasodilation in Aged Skin Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Dec, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26494450 Sympathetic Control of Reflex Cutaneous Vasoconstriction in Human Aging Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Oct, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26272321 Impaired Increases in Skin Sympathetic Nerve Activity Contribute to Age-related Decrements in Reflex Cutaneous Vasoconstriction The Journal of Physiology. May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25752518 Evidence for a Functional Vasodilatatory Role for Hydrogen Sulphide in the Human Cutaneous Microvasculature The Journal of Physiology. May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25639684 Altered Skin Flowmotion in Hypertensive Humans Microvascular Research. Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 24418051 Lack of Limb or Sex Differences in the Cutaneous Vascular Responses to Exogenous Norepinephrine Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25342706 Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Mediates the Nitric Oxide Component of Reflex Cutaneous Vasodilatation During Dynamic Exercise in Humans The Journal of Physiology. Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25260636 Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity During Cold Stress and Isometric Exercise in Healthy Older Adults Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25103970 Sex- and Limb-specific Differences in the Nitric Oxide-dependent Cutaneous Vasodilation in Response to Local Heating American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. Oct, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25100074 Laser-speckle Contrast Imaging: a Novel Method for Assessment of Cutaneous Blood Flow in Perniosis JAMA Dermatology. Jun, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24623395 Heat Waves, Aging, and Human Cardiovascular Health Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Oct, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24598696 Blood Pressure Regulation III: What Happens when One System Must Serve Two Masters: Temperature and Pressure Regulation? European Journal of Applied Physiology. Mar, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 23636697 Nonuniform, Age-related Decrements in Regional Sweating and Skin Blood Flow American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23926135 Oral Sapropterin Augments Reflex Vasoconstriction in Aged Human Skin Through Noradrenergic Mechanisms Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23869061 Oral Clopidogrel Improves Cutaneous Microvascular Function Through EDHF-dependent Mechanisms in Middle-aged Humans American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. Aug, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23804278 Oral Sapropterin Acutely Augments Reflex Vasodilation in Aged Human Skin Through Nitric Oxide-dependent Mechanisms Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23743404 Rho-Kinase Activity and Cutaneous Vasoconstriction is Upregulated in Essential Hypertensive Humans Microvascular Research. May, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23481864 Regional Relation Between Skin Blood Flow and Sweating to Passive Heating and Local Administration of Acetylcholine in Young, Healthy Humans American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23389110 Tetrahydrobiopterin Increases NO-dependent Vasodilation in Hypercholesterolemic Human Skin Through ENOS-coupling Mechanisms American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23193114 Cutaneous Microvascular Dysfunction Correlates with Serum LDL and SLOX-1 Receptor Concentrations Microvascular Research. Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23137925 Aspirin and Clopidogrel Alter Core Temperature and Skin Blood Flow During Heat Stress Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23135368 Sodium Loading and Cutaneous Microvascular Function: More Than Skin Deep The Journal of Physiology. Nov, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23118066 Sex Differences in the Control of Acral Skin Blood Flow in Humans: Differential Regulation of Cyclooxygenase in α-adrenergic Signalling The Journal of Physiology. Nov, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22042544 Acute Localized Administration of Tetrahydrobiopterin and Chronic Systemic Atorvastatin Treatment Restore Cutaneous Microvascular Function in Hypercholesterolaemic Humans The Journal of Physiology. Oct, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21807618 Oral Atorvastatin Therapy Increases Nitric Oxide-dependent Cutaneous Vasodilation in Humans by Decreasing Ascorbate-sensitive Oxidants American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. Sep, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21715698 Oral Atorvastatin Therapy Restores Cutaneous Microvascular Function by Decreasing Arginase Activity in Hypercholesterolaemic Humans The Journal of Physiology. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21486801 Peripheral Mechanisms of Thermoregulatory Control of Skin Blood Flow in Aged Humans Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Nov, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20413421 Systemic Low-dose Aspirin and Clopidogrel Independently Attenuate Reflex Cutaneous Vasodilation in Middle-aged Humans Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Jun, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20360429 Aging and the Control of Human Skin Blood Flow Frontiers in Bioscience (Landmark Edition). Jan, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20036842 Ketorolac Alters Blood Flow During Normothermia but Not During Hyperthermia in Middle-aged Human Skin Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Oct, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19661446 Chronic Low-dose Aspirin Therapy Attenuates Reflex Cutaneous Vasodilation in Middle-aged Humans Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Feb, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19036898 Human Cutaneous Microvascular Ageing: Potential Insights into Underlying Physiological Mechanisms of Endothelial Function and Dysfunction The Journal of Physiology. Jul, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18625801 The Human Cutaneous Circulation As a Model of Generalized Microvascular Function Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). Jul, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 17932300 Altered Mechanisms of Vasodilation in Aged Human Skin Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. Jul, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17620930 Local Ascorbate Administration Augments NO- and Non-NO-dependent Reflex Cutaneous Vasodilation in Hypertensive Humans American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. Aug, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17483240 A Pharmacodissection Approach to Uncover Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Populations (Video) | JoVE Auni C. Williams*1, Virginia G. Content*1, Nathalie V. Kirby1, Lacy M. Alexander1 1Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University JoVE 65579 Medicine
A Pharmacodissection Approach to Uncover Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Populations (Video) | JoVE Auni C. Williams*1, Virginia G. Content*1, Nathalie V. Kirby1, Lacy M. Alexander1 1Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University JoVE 65579 Medicine