List of works by Susan Brooks

A new mouse model of frailty: the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase knockout mouse.

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Activation of Akt as a potential mediator of adaptations that reduce muscle injury

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Active shortening protects against stretch-induced force deficits in human skeletal muscle

scientific article published on 23 February 2017

Age affects the contraction-induced mitochondrial redox response in skeletal muscle

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Age-related changes in structure and extracellular matrix protein expression levels in rat tendons

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Age-related changes in the structure and function of skeletal muscles

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Assessment of the Contractile Properties of Permeabilized Skeletal Muscle Fibers.

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Comparison of Whole Body SOD1 Knockout with Muscle-Specific SOD1 Knockout Mice Reveals a Role for Nerve Redox Signaling in Regulation of Degenerative Pathways in Skeletal Muscle

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Conditional knockout of Mn-SOD targeted to type IIB skeletal muscle fibers increases oxidative stress and is sufficient to alter aerobic exercise capacity.

scientific article published on 23 September 2009

Decreased specific force and power production of muscle fibers from myostatin-deficient mice are associated with a suppression of protein degradation

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Direct observation of failing fibers in muscles of dystrophic mice provides mechanistic insight into muscular dystrophy.

scientific article published on 2 January 2008

Eccentric exercise in aging and diseased skeletal muscle: good or bad?

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Emerging molecular mediators and targets for age-related skeletal muscle atrophy

scientific article published on 10 March 2020

Fibro-Adipogenic Remodeling of the Diaphragm in Obesity-Associated Respiratory Dysfunction

scientific article published on 25 October 2018

Force and power output of fast and slow skeletal muscles from mdx mice 6-28 months old

scientific article published on 01 September 2001

Force deficits and breakage rates after single lengthening contractions of single fast fibers from unconditioned and conditioned muscles of young and old rats

scientific article published on 28 May 2008

Force measurement during contraction to assess muscle function in zebrafish larvae.

scientific article published on 23 July 2013

Functional correction of adult mdx mouse muscle using gutted adenoviral vectors expressing full-length dystrophin.

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Intrinsic stiffness of extracellular matrix increases with age in skeletal muscles of mice.

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Late life maintenance and enhancement of functional exercise capacity in low and high responding rats after low intensity treadmill training

scientific article published on 12 July 2019

Long term rapamycin treatment improves mitochondrial DNA quality in aging mice.

scientific article published on 24 February 2018

Measurement of Maximum Isometric Force Generated by Permeabilized Skeletal Muscle Fibers

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Mitochondrial oxidative stress impairs contractile function but paradoxically increases muscle mass via fibre branching

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Murine Fig4 is dispensable for muscle development but required for muscle function

scientific article published on September 2013

Muscle inflammatory cells after passive stretches, isometric contractions, and lengthening contractions

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Muscle-specific expression of LARGE restores neuromuscular transmission deficits in dystrophic LARGE(myd) mice

scientific article published on 6 December 2012

Muscles of mice deficient in alpha-sarcoglycan maintain large masses and near control force values throughout the life span

scientific article published on 10 May 2005

Myeloid Cell Responses to Contraction-induced Injury Differ in Muscles of Young and Old Mice

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Neuron specific reduction in CuZnSOD is not sufficient to initiate a full sarcopenia phenotype.

scientific article published on 15 April 2015

Neutrophil accumulation following passive stretches contributes to adaptations that reduce contraction-induced skeletal muscle injury in mice

scientific article published on 14 February 2008

Oxidative stress-induced dysregulation of excitation-contraction coupling contributes to muscle weakness

scientific article published on 02 August 2018

PIK3C2B inhibition improves function and prolongs survival in myotubular myopathy animal models

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Postnatal Tendon Growth and Remodeling Requires Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor Signaling

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Protection from contraction-induced injury provided to skeletal muscles of young and old mice by passive stretch is not due to a decrease in initial mechanical damage

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

RNAi-mediated Gene Silencing of Mutant Myotilin Improves Myopathy in LGMD1A Mice.

scientific article published on 29 April 2014

Rapamycin Attenuates Age-associated Changes in Tibialis Anterior Tendon Viscoelastic Properties

scientific article published on 24 January 2016

Rapamycin slows aging in mice

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Rapid recovery following contraction-induced injury to in situ skeletal muscles in mdx mice

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

Reactive oxygen species on bone mineral density and mechanics in Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (Sod1) knockout mice

scientific article published on November 5, 2010

Redox responses in skeletal muscle following denervation

scientific article published on 08 August 2019

Regional stiffening with aging in tibialis anterior tendons of mice occurs independent of changes in collagen fibril morphology.

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Role of nerve-muscle interactions and reactive oxygen species in regulation of muscle proteostasis with ageing

scientific article published on 9 August 2017

Skeletal muscle weakness due to deficiency of CuZn-superoxide dismutase is associated with loss of functional innervation

scientific article published on 7 September 2011

Small-molecule activation of lysosomal TRP channels ameliorates Duchenne muscular dystrophy in mouse models

scientific article published on 07 February 2020

Susceptibility to sarcomere injury induced by single stretches of maximally activated muscles of mdx mice.

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Targeted inhibition of TGF-β results in an initial improvement but long-term deficit in force production after contraction-induced skeletal muscle injury.

scientific article published on 13 June 2013

Ten weeks of treadmill running decreases stiffness and increases collagen turnover in tendons of old mice.

scientific article published on 8 December 2015

The aging of elite male athletes: age-related changes in performance and skeletal muscle structure and function.

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The role of oxidative stress in nervous system aging.

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Tibialis anterior muscles in mdx mice are highly susceptible to contraction-induced injury

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Treatment with selectin blocking antibodies after lengthening contractions of mouse muscle blunts neutrophil accumulation but does not reduce damage

scientific article published on January 2016

Weakness of whole muscles in mice deficient in Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase is not explained by defects at the level of the contractile apparatus.

scientific article published on 14 June 2012

mTORC1 underlies age-related muscle fiber damage and loss by inducing oxidative stress and catabolism.

scientific article published on 29 March 2019