Jasdeep Kaur

Ph.D. in Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2016

B.S. in Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, 2012

Interests include racial disparities in vascular function and blood pressure responses during exercise in health and disease, and investigating the potential mechanisms for elevated sympathetic activation in patient populations such as type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

Editorial Board, Frontiers

Early Career Reviewer Board, AJP-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Member, American Physiological Society (APS)

Member, Texas American College of Sports Medicine (TACSM)

Ad-Hoc Grant Reviewer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

Wenner, M., Greaney, J., Matthews, E., McGinty, S., Kaur, J., Vongpatanasin, W. & Fadel, P. (2022). Influence of Age and Estradiol on Sympathetic Nerve Activity Responses to Exercise in Women. Med Sci Sports Exerc., 54(3), 408–416. doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000002823.

Kaur, J., Barbosa, T., Nandadeva, D., Young, B., Stephens, B., Brothers, R. & Fadel, P. (2021). Attenuated rapid onset vasodilation to single forearm contraction in black men.. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 53(3), 590–596. doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000002511.

Grotle, A., Kaur, J., Stone, A. & Fadel, P. (2021). Neurovascular Dysregulation During Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes. Frontiers, 12(387). doi:10.3389/fphys.2021.628840.

Mannozzi, J., Massoud, L., Kaur, J., Coutsos, M. & O'Leary, D. (2021). Ventricular contraction and relaxation rates during muscle metaboreflex activation in heart failure: are they coupled?. Experimental Physiology, 106(2), 401–411. doi:10.1113/EP089053.

Barbosa, T., Young, B., Stephens, B., Nandadeva, D., Kaur, J., Keller, D. & Fadel, P. (2020). Functional sympatholysis is preserved in healthy young black men during rhythmic handgrip exercise. Experimental Physiology, 319(3), R323–328. doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00105.2020.

Young, B., Kaur, J., Vranish, J., Stephens, B., Barbosa, T., Cloud, J., Wang, J., Keller, D. & Fadel, P. (2020). Augmented resting beat-to-beat blood pressure variability in young healthy non-Hispanic black men. Experimental Physiology, 105(7), 1102–1110. doi:https://doi.org/10.1113/EP088535.

Mannozzi, J., Kaur, J., Spranger, M., Al-Hassan, M., Lessanework, B., Alvarez, A., Chung, C. & O'Leary, D. (2020). Muscle Metaboreflex-Induced Increases in Effective Arterial Elastance: Effect of Heart Failure.. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol., 319(1), R1–10. doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00040.2020.

Vranish, J., Holwerda, S., Kaur, J. & Fadel, P. (2020). Augmented pressor and sympatho-excitatory responses to the onset of isometric handgrip in Type 2 Diabetes patients.. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol., 318(2), R311–319. doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00109.2019.

Katayama, K., Barbosa, T., Kaur, J., Young, B., Nandadeva, D., Ogoh, S. & Fadel, P. (2020). Muscle pump-induced inhibition of sympathetic vasomotor outflow during low-intensity leg cycling is attenuated by muscle metaboreflex activation.. J Appl Physiol., 128(1), 1–7. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00639.2019.

Stephens, B., Kaur, J., Vranish, J., Barbosa, T., Johnson, A., Blankenship, J., Smith, S. & Fadel, P. (2019). The effect of acute high phosphate intake on muscle metaboreflex activation and vascular function.. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol., 317(2), H308–H314. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00082.2019.

Kaur, J., Barbosa, T. & Fadel, P. (2018). Metaboreceptor polymorphisms: do genes determine your blood pressure response to exercise?. J Physiol., 596(21), 5069–5070. doi:10.1113/jp276971.

Kaur, J., Vranish, J., Barbosa, T., Washio, T., Young, B., Stephens, B., Brothers, R., Ogoh, S. & Fadel, P. (2018). Regulation of regional cerebral blood flow during graded reflex-mediated sympathetic activation via lower body negative pressure.. J Appl Physiol., 125, 1779–1786. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00623.2018.

Barbosa, T., Kaur, J., Stephens, B., Akins, J., Keller, D., Brothers, R. & Fadel, P. (2018). Attenuated forearm vascular conductance responses to rhythmic handgrip in young African-American compared with Caucasian-American men.. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol., 315(5), H1316–H1321. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00387.2018.

Kaur, J., Krishnan, A., Senador, D., Alvarez, A., Hanna, H. & O'Leary, D. (2018). Altered arterial baroreflex-muscle metaboreflex interaction in heart failure.. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol., 315(5), H1383–H1392. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00338.2018.

Washio, T., Vranish, J., Kaur, J., Young, B., Katayama, K., Fadel, P. & Ogoh, S. (2018). Acute reduction in posterior cerebral blood flow following isometric handgrip exercise is augmented by lower body negative pressure.. Physiol Rep., 6(18), 1–10. doi:10.14814/phy2.13886.

Karayama, K., Kaur, J., Young, B., Barbosa, T., Ogoh, S. & Fadel, P. (2018). High intensity muscle metaboreflex activation attenuates cardiopulmonary baroreflex-mediated inhibition of muscle sympathetic nerve activity.. J Appl Physiol., 125(3). doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00161.2018.

Barbosa, T., Kaur, J., Holwerda, S., Young, C., Curry, T., Thyfault, J., Joyner, M., Limberg, J. & Fadel, P. (2018). Insulin increases ventilation during euglycemia in humans.. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol., 315(11). doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00039.2018.

Kaur, J., Senador, D., Krishnan, A., Hanna, H., Alvarez, A., Machado, T. & O'Leary, D. (2018). Muscle metaboreflex-induced vasoconstriction of the ischemic active muscle is exaggerated in heart failure.. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol., 314, H11–18. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00375.2017.

Kaur, J., Young, B. & Fadel, P. (2017). Sympathetic overactivity in chronic kidney disease: consequences and mechanisms. Int J Mol Sci., 18(8). doi:10.3390/ijms18081682.

Young, B., Kaur, J. & Vranish, J. (2017). Methodological assessment of sympathetic vascular transduction.. J Physiol., 594(23), 6809–6810.

Vranish, J., Young, B., Kaur, J., Patik, J., Padilla, J. & Fadel, P. (2017). Influence of Sex on microvascular and macrovascular responses to prolonged sitting.. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol., 312(4), H800–805. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00823.2016.

Spranger, M., Kaur, J., Sala-Mercado, J., Krishnan, A., Abu-Hamdah, R., Alvarez, A., Machado, T., Augustyniak, R. & O'Leary, D. (2017). Exaggerated coronary vasoconstriction limits muscle metaboreflex-induced increases in ventricular performance in hypertension. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol., 312(1), H68–H79. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00417.2016.

Senador, D., Kaur, J., Alvarez, A., Hanna, H., Krishnan, A., Altamimi, Y. & O'Leary, D. (2017). Role of endothelial nitric oxide in control of peripheral vascular conductance during muscle metaboreflex activation.. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol., 313(1), R29–R34. doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00515.2016.

Kaur, J., Alvarez, A., Hanna, H., Krishnan, A., Senador, D., Machado, T., Altamimi, Y., Lovelace, A., Dombrowski, M., Spranger, M. & O'Leary, D. (2016). Interaction between the muscle metaboreflex and the arterial baroreflex in control of arterial pressure and skeletal muscle blood flow.. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol., 311(5), H1268–76. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00501.2016.

Spranger, M., Kaur, J., Sala-Mercado, J., Machado, T., Krishnan, A., Alvarez, A. & O'Leary, D. (2015). Attenuated muscle metaboreflex-induced pressor response during post-exercise muscle ischemia in renovascular hypertension.. Am J Physiol Reg Integ Comp Physiol., 308(7), R650–R658. doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00464.2014.

Kaur, J., Machado, T., Alvarez, A., Krishnan, A., Hanna, H., Altamimi, Y., Senador, D., Spranger, M. & O'Leary, D. (2015). Muscle metaboreflex activation during dynamic exercise vasoconstricts the ischemic active skeletal muscle.. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol., 309(23), H2145–51. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00679.2015.

Kaur, J., Spranger, M., Hammond, R., Krishnan, A., Alvarez, A., Augustyniak, R. & O'Leary, D. (2015). Muscle metaboreflex activation during dynamic exercise evokes epinephrine release resulting in ?2-mediated vasodilation.. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol., 308(5), H524–H529. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00648.2014.

Sala-Mercado, J., Spranger, M., Abu-Hamdah, R., Kaur, J., Coutsos, M., Stayer, D., Augustyniak, R. & O'Leary, D. (2013). Attenuated muscle metaboreflex-induced increases in cardiac function in hypertension. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol., 305, H1548–H1554. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00478.2013.

Spranger, M., Sala-Mercado, J., Coutsos, M., Kaur, J., Stayer, D., Augustyniak, R. & O'Leary, D. (2013). Role of cardiac output versus peripheral vasoconstriction in mediating muscle metaboreflex pressor responses: dynamic exercise versus post-exercise muscle ischemia. Am J Physiol Reg Integ Comp Physiol., 304(8), R657–63. doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00601.2012.

Vranish, J., Young, B., Stephens, B., Kaur, J., Padilla, J. & Fadel, P. (n.d.). Brief periods of inactivity reduce leg microvascular, but not macrovascular, function in healthy young men.. Exp Physiol., 103(10). doi:10.1113/ep086918.

Role of Reduced Nitric Oxide in Sympathetic Overactivity in Chronic Kidney Disease
American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship

Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award, American Physiological Society (APS) (2019)

American Physiological Society Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation (NCAR) Award, American Physiological Society (APS) (2018)

Thomas C. Rumble University Graduate Fellowship, Wayne State University (2015 - 2016)

Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Fellowship, Wayne State University (2012 - 2014)

Racial Disparities in Vascular Function during Exercise, American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), San Diego, CA (2022)

Muscle Metaboreflex and Arterial Baroreflex: Action, Interaction and Altered control of heart failure, Transonic, (2021)

Randy Liu (Supervisor)
Investigating vascular function and sympathetic function in different racial groups.

Ruby A Nyarko (Supervisor)

Ashlesha D Dalve (Supervisor)

Justo Perez (Supervisor)

Introducing New Faculty for the 2020-2021 Academic Year

Neuro Cardiovascular Control Laboratory