Melissa A. Whidden

Oxidative stress is required for mechanical ventilation-induced protease activation in the diaphragm

Melissa A. Whidden, Ashley J. Smuder, Min Wu et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology · 2010 · 154 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Mechanobiology, Redox Signaling +15

Antioxidant administration attenuates mechanical ventilation‐induced rat diaphragm muscle atrophy independent of protein kinase B (PKB–Akt) signalling

Joseph M. McClung, Andreas N. Kavazis, Melissa A. Whidden et al. · The Journal of Physiology · 2007 · 135 citations · Full text

Muscle Atrophy Factor, Redox Biology, Antioxidant Administration +19

Xanthine oxidase contributes to mechanical ventilation-induced diaphragmatic oxidative stress and contractile dysfunction

Melissa A. Whidden, Joseph M. McClung, Darin J. Falk et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology · 2008 · 103 citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Diaphragmatic Contractile Dysfunction, Xanthine Oxidase Contributes +13

Apocynin attenuates diaphragm oxidative stress and protease activation during prolonged mechanical ventilation

Joseph M. McClung, Darin Van Gammeren, Melissa A. Whidden et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 2009 · 83 citations · Full text

Overpressure blast-wave induced brain injury elevates oxidative stress in the hypothalamus and catecholamine biosynthesis in the rat adrenal medulla

Nihal Tümer, Stanislav I. Svetlov, Melissa A. Whidden et al. · Neuroscience Letters · 2013 · 53 citations

Adrenal Gland, Overpressure Blast-wave, Stress Hormone +12