Below is a listing of the peer-reviewed, scientific papers that Tim has been associated with. Those with a highlighted name at the beginning are linked to the pdf for that article...clicking on the highlight should either download are open the paper in your browser. You'll note that about 1/3 aren't available yet in pdf...patience!

*Note: These papers are available under the fair use act for eduction.....they can't be copied or sold for profit.

Papers:

Leamy, LJ, D Pomp, JT Lightfoot. An epistatic genetic basis for physical activity traits in mice. Journal of Heredity. 99:639-646, 2008.

Lightfoot, JT. Sex hormones' regulation of rodent physical activity: A Review. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 4(3): 126-132, 2008.

Lightfoot, JT. Commentary on Viewpoint: Perspective on the future use of genomics in exercise prescription. Journal of Applied Physiology. 104: 1243-1245, 2008. (Invited, peer-reviewed commentary)

Lightfoot, JT, MJ Turner, D Pomp, SR Kleeberger, LJ Leamy. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) for physical activity traits in mice. Physiologic Genomics 32: 401-408, 2008.

Lightfoot, JT, MJ Turner, AM Kleinfehn, AE Jedlicka, T Oshimura, J Marzec, W Gladwell, LJ Leamy, SR Kleeberger. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with maximal exercise endurance in mice. Journal of Applied Physiology 103(1): 105-110, 2007.

Lightfoot, JT. Experimentally evolving exercise endurance: One step at a time. Journal of Applied Physiology 101:1277-1278, 2006.

Jung, AP, TS Curtis, MJ Turner, JT Lightfoot. Influence of age of exposure to a running wheel on activity in inbred mice. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 38(1): 51-56, 2006.

Turner, MJ, SR Kleeberger, JT Lightfoot. Influence of genetic background on daily running-wheel activity differs with aging. Physiologic Genomics. 22: 76-85, 2005.

JT Lightfoot, MJ Turner, M Daves, A Vordermark, SR Kleeberger. Genetic influence on daily wheel running activity level. Physiologic Genomics. 19: 270-276, 2004.

Howden, R, JT Lightfoot, Turner, MJ, SJ Brown, IL Swaine. A wide range of baroreflex stimulation does not alter forearm blood flow. European J. Appl Physiology. 93:124-129, 2004.

Howden, R, JT Lightfoot, SJ Brown, IL Swaine. The effects of breathing 5% CO2 on human cardiovascular responses and tolerance to orthostatic stress. Experimental Physiology. 89(4): 465-471, 2004.

Howden, R, JT Lightfoot, SJ Brown, IL Swaine. The effects of isometric exercise training on resting blood pressure and orthostatic tolerance in humans. Experimental Physiology. 87(4): 507-515, 2002.

JT Lightfoot, MJ Turner, KA DeBate, SR Kleeberger. Interstrain variation in murine aerobic capacity. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 33(12): 2053-2057, 2001

Howden, R., PA Tranfield, JT Lightfoot, SJ Brown, and IL Swaine. The reproducibility of maximum tolerance to lower body negative pressure and its quantification. Eur. JAP 84:462-468, 2001.

JT Lightfoot, L Katz, K DeBate. Naloxone decreases tolerance to a hypotensive, hypovolemic stress in healthy humans. Critical Care Medicine 28(3): 684-691, 2000.

Marks, B L, D Torok, JT Lightfoot. A Comparison of Body Fat Estimates Obtained at Health Fitness Screenings. Worksite Health. Fall, 27-32, 1999.

Marks, B L, JT Lightfoot. Reproducibility of resting heart rate variability with short sampling periods. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology 24(4): 337-348, 1999.

Lightfoot, JT. A different method of teaching peer review systems. Am. J. Physiol. 274 (Advances in Physiology Education 19): S57-S61, 1998.

Lightfoot, JT, D Char, J McDermott, C Goya. Immediate postexercise massage does not attenuate delayed onset muscle soreness. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 11(2): 119-124, 1997.

Lightfoot, JT, B Tuller, DF Williams. Ambient noise interferes with auscultatory blood pressure measurement during exercise. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 28 (4): 502-508, 1996

Forst, L., A Burrichter, JT Lightfoot. Familiarity with Sexual Assault and its Relationship to the Effectiveness of Acquaintance Rape Prevention Programs. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 12(1): 28-44, 1996.

Lightfoot, JT and KM Tsintgaras. Quantification of tolerance to lower body negative pressure in a healthy population. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 27(5): 697-706, 1995.

Lightfoot, JT, RP, Claytor, T Journell, D Torok, and M Turner. Resistance training increases lower body negative pressure tolerance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 26(8): 1003-1011, 1994.

Bassett, DR Jr., ET Howley, JT Lightfoot. Hemodynamic responses to exercise in blacks and whites. Journal of Applied Physiology. 75: 1920-1922, 1993.

Lightfoot, JT, SA Rowe, SM Fortney. Occurrence of presyncope in subjects without ventricular innervation. Clinical Science 85(12): 1993.

Fortney, SM, C Tankersley, JT Lightfoot, J Fleg, D Drinkwater, J Clulow, G Gerstenblith, F O'Conner, E Lakatta, L Becker. Cardiovascular responses to lower body negative pressure in trained and untrained older men. Journal of Applied Physiology 73: 2693-2700, 1992.

Lightfoot, JT, N Thakor, S Biswijit, DF Hanley. Presyncope caused by central hypovolemia is not preceded by evoked potential alterations. Clinical Physiology 12: 267-275, 1992.

Lightfoot, JT. Can blood pressure be measured during exercise?: A review. Sports Medicine 12: 290-301, 1991

Lightfoot, JT, F Hilton, Jr, SM Fortney. Repeatability and protocol comparability of presyncopal symptom limited LBNP exposures. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 62(1): 19-25, 1991.

Lightfoot, JT, C Tankersley, S Rowe, AN Freed, SM Fortney. Automated blood pressure measurement during exercise. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 21(6): 986-707, 1989.

Lightfoot, JT, RP Claytor, DJ Torok, TW Journell, SM Fortney. Ten week aerobic training do not affect lower body negative pressure responses. Journal of Applied Physiology. 67(2): 894-901, 1989.

Lightfoot, JT, S Febles, and SM Fortney. Adaptation to repeated presyncopal lower body negative pressure exposures. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 60: 17-22, 1989.

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