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1844
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1051

Overview

Douglas R. Seals is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States and has a research portfolio focused predominantly on medicine, with an emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their body of work spans 266 publications in this field, contributing to multiple subfields, including physiology, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and complementary and alternative medicine.

Key topics addressed in their research include cardiovascular health and disease prevention, cardiovascular and exercise physiology, cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases, nitric oxide and endothelin effects, heart rate variability and autonomic control, adipose tissue and metabolism, and cardiovascular disease and adiposity.

Douglas R. Seals has published extensively in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Physiology
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Journal of Applied Physiology
  • American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Their most cited recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Promotes Age-Related Vascular Oxidative Stress and Endothelial Dysfunction in Mice and Healthy Humans," 2020, Hypertension
  • "Short-term time-restricted feeding is safe and feasible in non-obese healthy midlife and older adults," 2020, GeroScience
  • "Dietary Nitrate and Nitric Oxide Metabolism: Mouth, Circulation, Skeletal Muscle, and Exercise Performance," 2020, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • "Mitochondrial contributions to vascular endothelial dysfunction, arterial stiffness, and cardiovascular diseases," 2021, American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • "Time-Efficient Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training Lowers Blood Pressure and Improves Endothelial Function, NO Bioavailability, and Oxidative Stress in Midlife/Older Adults With Above-Normal Blood Pressure," 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association

Frequent coauthors in Douglas R. Seals' research collaborations include:

  • Matthew J. Rossman
  • Zachary S. Clayton
  • Daniel H. Craighead
  • Vienna E. Brunt
  • Nicholas S. VanDongen

Best Publications

  • Age-predicted maximal heart rate revisited.

    Hirofumi Tanaka;Kevin D Monahan;Douglas R Seals

  • Aging, Habitual Exercise, and Dynamic Arterial Compliance

    Hirofumi Tanaka;Frank A. Dinenno;Kevin D. Monahan;Christopher M. Clevenger

  • REGULAR AEROBIC EXERCISE PREVENTS AND RESTORES AGE-RELATED DECLINES IN ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT VASODILATION IN HEALTHY MEN

    C A DeSouza;L F Shapiro;C M Clevenger;F A Dinenno

  • Aging and vascular endothelial function in humans

    Douglas R. Seals;Kristen L. Jablonski;Anthony J. Donato

  • Postexercise hypotension. Key features, mechanisms, and clinical significance.

    Michael J. Kenney;Douglas R. Seals

  • Effects of the cold pressor test on muscle sympathetic nerve activity in humans.

    Ronald G. Victor;W N Leimbach;Douglas R. Seals;B G Wallin

  • Direct Evidence of Endothelial Oxidative Stress With Aging in Humans: Relation to Impaired Endothelium-Dependent Dilation and Upregulation of Nuclear Factor-κB

    Anthony J. Donato;Iratxe Eskurza;Annemarie E. Silver;Adam S. Levy

  • Endurance exercise performance in Masters athletes: age-associated changes and underlying physiological mechanisms

    Hirofumi Tanaka;Douglas R. Seals

  • Absence of Age-Related Increase in Central Arterial Stiffness in Physically Active Women

    Hirofumi Tanaka;Christopher A. DeSouza;Douglas R. Seals

  • Endurance training in older men and women. I. Cardiovascular responses to exercise

    D. R. Seals;J. M. Hagberg;B. F. Hurley;A. A. Ehsani

  • Endorphins and exercise: physiological mechanisms and clinical implications.

    Peter Thorén;John S. Floras;Pavel Hoffmann;Douglas R. Seals

  • Age and gender influence muscle sympathetic nerve activity at rest in healthy humans.

    Alexander V. Ng;Robin Callister;David G. Johnson;Douglas R. Seals

  • Chronic nicotinamide riboside supplementation is well-tolerated and elevates NAD+ in healthy middle-aged and older adults

    Christopher R. Martens;Blair A. Denman;Melissa R. Mazzo;Michael L. Armstrong

  • The Importance of Population-Wide Sodium Reduction as a Means to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke A Call to Action From the American Heart Association

    Lawrence J. Appel;Edward D. Frohlich;John E. Hall;Thomas A. Pearson

  • Human ageing and the sympathoadrenal system.

    Douglas R. Seals;Douglas R. Seals;Murray D. Esler

  • Neural mechanisms in human obesity-related hypertension.

    Magdalena S. Rumantir;Mario Vaz;Garry L. Jennings;Greg Collier

  • Habitual exercise and arterial aging.

    Douglas R. Seals;Christopher A. DeSouza;Anthony J. Donato;Hirofumi Tanaka

  • 25-Hydroxyvitamin D deficiency is associated with inflammation-linked vascular endothelial dysfunction in middle-aged and older adults

    Kristen L. Jablonski;Michel Chonchol;Gary L. Pierce;Ashley E. Walker

  • Age-related declines in maximal aerobic capacity in regularly exercising vs. sedentary women : a meta-analysis

    Margaret D. Fitzgerald;Hirofumi Tanaka;Zung V. Tran;Douglas R. Seals;Douglas R. Seals

  • Resistive training can reduce coronary risk factors without altering VO2max or percent body fat.

    B F Hurley;J M Hagberg;A P Goldberg;D R Seals

Frequent Co-Authors

Hirofumi Tanaka
Hirofumi Tanaka The University of Texas at Austin
Michel Chonchol
Michel Chonchol University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
James M. Hagberg
James M. Hagberg University of Maryland, College Park
Ali A. Ehsani
Ali A. Ehsani Washington University in St. Louis
Ben F. Hurley
Ben F. Hurley University of Maryland, College Park
John O. Holloszy
John O. Holloszy Washington University in St. Louis
Murray D. Esler
Murray D. Esler Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
David M. Kaye
David M. Kaye The Alfred Hospital
Garry L. Jennings
Garry L. Jennings University of Sydney
Michael P. Murphy
Michael P. Murphy University of Cambridge

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