Publications by authors named "Brian Lora"
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- The study aims to understand whether the NIRS-vascular occlusion test (NIRS-VOT) shows differences in muscle metabolism based on sex and limb while also examining the impact of dietary capsaicin on metabolic estimates during the test.
- Results showed significant differences in tissue desaturation rates (DeO) between limbs, with the quadriceps showing higher rates than the forearm, and between sexes, with women having higher DeO than men.
- Capsaicin, while tested for its effects on muscle metabolism, did not produce clear changes, but interactions involving limb type, sex, and capsaicin were noted.
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- Watching news can make people feel stressed, while Bob Ross's peaceful art can help people feel relaxed.
- A study tested if watching Bob Ross would make people feel better and help their heart health compared to watching the news.
- The results showed that watching Bob Ross improved mood by reducing feelings like anxiety and depression, but it didn't change heart health much.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Heart rate variability (HRV) estimates the autonomic nervous system (ANS) influence on the heart and appears sex-specific. Sensory afferents exhibit sex-specificity; although, it is unknown if Capsaicin, an agonist for transient receptor potential vanilloid channel-1 (TRPV), alters cardiac ANS activity in a sex-dependent manner, which could be important given the predictive nature of HRV on risk of developing hypertension. Thus, we explored if there was sex-specificity in the effect of capsaicin on estimated cardiac ANS activity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEndothelial dysfunction is associated with cardiovascular disease development, nitric oxide (NO) deficiencies, and may be limb or sex-specific. Prior in vitro work indicated that the transient receptor potential vanilloid channel-1 (TRPV) is expressed in human arteries and the TRPV agonist capsaicin alters vasodilation in an endothelium-dependent manner; however, it is unknown if this translates in vivo or is limb or sex-dependent. Therefore, we sought to determine if there was limb or sex-specificity in the effect of capsaicin on microvascular function using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-derived tissue oxygen saturation (StO) reperfusion slope.
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