Professor, Exercise Science & Athletic Training

kdarr@adrian.edu

Degrees

University of Wisconsin, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, M.S
Wheaton College, B.S

Specialties

skeletal muscle physiology
myogenic stem cells
exercise neurobiology

Biography

Publications:

Bassett, D.R., Nagle, F.J., Moodergee, S., Darr, K.C., Ng, A.V, Voss, S.G. and Napp, J.P. 1986. Thermoregulatory responses of skin wetting during prolonged endurance exercise. Med. Sci. Sports and Exerc. 19: 28-36.

Darr, K.C. and Schultz, E. 1987. Exercise-induced satellite cell activation in growing and mature skeletal muscle. J. Appl. Physiol. 63: 1816-1821.

Darr, K.C., Bassett, D.R., Morgan B.J. and Thomas, D.P. 1988. Effects of age and training status on heart rate recovery following maximal exercise. Am. J. Physiol. 245: H340-H343.

Darr, K.C. and Schultz, E. 1989. Hindlimb suspension suppresses muscle growth and satellite cell proliferation. J. Appl. Physiol. 67: 1827-34.

Lin Z., Dix, D., Darr, K.C. and Eisenberg, B. 1989. Chronic stimulation of muscle induces re-expression of slow MHC mRNA and protein. J. Cell Biol. 107: 689a.

Schultz E. And K.C. Darr. 1990. The role of satellite cells in adapted or induced muscle fiber transformation. In: The Dynamic State of Muscle Fibers. ed: D. Pette, pp. 667-79.

Schultz E., K.C. Darr and A. Macius. 1994. Acute effects of hindlimb unweighthing on satellite cells of growing skeletal muscle. J. Appl. Physiology 76: 266-70.