Our Publications

Straight CR, Toth MJ, Miller MS. Current perspectives on obesity and skeletal muscle contractile function in older adults. Journal of Applied Physiology 130(1), 10-16, 2021. PMCID: PMC7944932

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33211593/

Straight CR, Ringham OR, Bartley JM, Keilich SR, Kuchel GA, Haynes L, Miller MS. Influenza infection has fiber type-specific effects on cellular and molecular skeletal muscle function in aged mice. Journal of Gerontology, Biological Sciences75(12), 2333-2341, 2020. PMCID: PMC7750940

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32492709/

Straight CR, Fedewa MV, Toth MJ, Miller MS. Improvements in skeletal muscle fiber size with resistance training are age-dependent in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Physiology 129(2), 392-403, 2020. PMCID: PMC7473942

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32702280/

Phung LA, Foster AD, Miller MS, Lowe DA, Thomas DD. Super-relaxed state of myosin in human skeletal muscle is fiber-type dependent. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 319(6), C1158-C1162, 2020. PMCID: PMC7792673

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32997515/

Palmer BM, Swank DM, Miller MS, Tanner BCW, Meyer M, LeWinter MM. Enhancing diastolic function by strain-dependent detachment of cardiac myosin crossbridges. Journal of General Physiology 152(4), e201912484, 2020. PMCID: PMC7141588

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32197271/

Straight CR, Voigt, TB, Jala AV, Chase JD, Ringham OR, Ades PA, Toth MJ, Miller MS. Quadriceps lipid content has sex-specific associations with whole-muscle, cellular and molecular contractile function in older adults. Journal of Gerontology, Biological Sciences 74(12), 1879-1886, 2019. PMCID: PMC6853688

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30428006/

Straight CR, Bell KM, Slosberg JN, Miller MS, Swank DM. A myosin-based mechanism for stretch activation and its possible role revealed by varying phosphate concentration in fast and slow mouse skeletal muscle fibers. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 317(6), C1143-C1152, 2019. PMCID: PMC6957385

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31532715/

Murach KA, Dungan CM, Kosmac K, Voight TB, Tourville TW, Miller MS, Bamman MM, Peterson CA, Toth MJ. Fiber typing human skeletal muscle with fluorescent immunohistochemistry. Journal of Applied Physiology 127(6), 1632-1639, 2019. PMCID: PMC6957370

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31697594/

Hafer JF, Miller MS, Kent JA, Boyer KA. The role of sex and physical activity in gait and knee extensor function with age. Journal of Applied Biomechanics 35, 263-271, 2019.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31034317/

Straight CR, Ades PA, Toth MJ, Miller MS. Age-related reduction in single muscle fiber calcium sensitivity is associated with decreased muscle power in men and women. Experimental Gerontology 102, 84-92, 2018.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29247790