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Peer Reviewed Publications (Underline Indicates SHSU Student Author)

  

  1. Cooke, E. M., Boisvert, D. L., Armstrong, T., Kavish, N., Lewis, R. H., Wells, J., Woeckener, M., & Harper, J.M.   (In review).  Testing a Dual Hormone Model of Psychopathy and Rape Myth Acceptance: Examining the Relationship between Psychopathy, Testosterone, and Cortisol on Rape Myth Acceptance.  Feminist Criminology.

  2. Armstrong, T., Wells, J., Boisvert, D., Lewis, R., Cooke, E., Woeckener, M., Kavish, N., and Harper, J.M.  (In review). Testosterone, Cortisol, and Aggressive Behavior Type in Men and Women.  Hormones and Behavior.

  3. Cooke, E. M., Connolly, E. J., Boisvert, D. L., Armstrong, T. A., Kavish, N., Lewis, R. H., Wells, J., Woeckener, M., & Harper, JM. (In Press). Examining How Testosterone and Cortisol Influence the Relationship between Strain, Negative Emotions, and Antisocial Behavior: A Gendered Analysis. Crime & Delinquency

  4. Woeckener, M., Connolly, E. J., Boisvert, D. L., Cooke, E. M., Kavish, N., Lewis, R. H., Wells, J., Armstrong, T. A, & Harper, J.M. (2018) Parental Rejection and Violence: The Moderating Role of Testosterone. Journal of Criminal Psychology. 8: 302-313,

  5. Harper, J.M. (2018) Body Size and the Righting Response: A Cost of Reproductive Success in Nauphoeta cinerea? Journal of Entomological Science. 53: 523 – 532.

  6. Burns, D.M.F., Harper, J.M., Lynne, A.M.  2017. Age does not affect the induction of mortality by the foodborne pathogen Salmonella enterica in Caenorhabditis elegans. Advances in Microbiology. 7: 80015.

  7. Davis, K., Chasmeddine, D., Harper, J.M.  2016.  Nutritional Limitation in Early Postnatal Life and Its Effect on Aging and Longevity in Rodents.  Experimental Gerontology, 86: 84 – 89. 

  8. Speakman J.R., Blount J.D., Bronikowski A.M., Buffenstein R., Isaksson C., Kirkwood T.B.L., Monaghan P., Ozanne S.E., Beaulieu M., Briga M., Carr S.K., Christensen L.L., Cochemé H.M., Cram D.L., Dantzer B., Harper J.M., Jurk D., King A., Noguera J.C., Salin K., Sild E., Simons M.J.P., Smith S., Stier A., Tobler M., Vitikainen E., Peaker M and Selman C.  2015.  Oxidative stress and life histories: unresolved issues and current needs. Ecology and Evolution 5: 5745-5757.

  9. Alper, S.J., Bronikowski, A.M. and Harper, J.M.  2015.  Comparative Cellular Biogerontology: Where Do We Stand? Experimental Gerontology, 71: 109 – 117.

  10. Paigen, B., Marion, M.A., Stearns, T.M., Harper, J.M., Svenson, K.L.  2014.  The effect of culling on health and physiology of mouse litters. Laboratory Animals, 48: 207 – 215.

  11. Calhoon, E.A., Jimenez, A.G., Harper, J.M., Jurkowitz, M.S. and Williams, J.B.  2014.  Linkages between mitochondrial lipids and life-history in temperate and tropical birds.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 87: 265 – 272.

  12. Calhoon, E.A., Miller, M.K., Jimenez, A.G., Harper, J.M., and Williams, J.B.  2013.  Changes in cultured dermal fibroblasts during early passages across multiple wild bird species. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 91: 653 – 659.

  13. Kopp, A., Gillepsie, T.R., Hobelsberger, D., Estrada, A., Harper, J.M., Miller, R.A., Eckerle, I., Muller, M.A., Podsialowski, L., Leendertz, F.H., Drosten, C., Junglen, S.  2013. Provenance and geographic spread of St. Louis encephalitis virus.  mBio, 4: e00322 – 13

  14. Jimenez, A.G.*, Harper, J.M.*, Queenborough, S.A., and Williams, J.B.  2013. Linkages between the life-history evolution of tropical and temperate birds and the resistance of their cells to oxidative and non-oxidative chemical injury.  Journal of Experimental Biology, 216: 1373 – 1380  (*denotes equal contribution to this work)

  15. Sadighi-Akha, A.A., Harper, J.M., Salmon, A.B., Schroeder, B.A., Rutkowski, D.T. and Miller, R.A.  2011.  Heightened induction of pro-apoptotic signals in response to ER stress in primary fibroblasts from a mouse model of longevity.  Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286: 30344 - 30351

  16. Harper, J.M., Wang, M., Galecki, A.T., Ro, J., Williams, J.B. and Miller, R.A.  2011.  Fibroblasts from Long-Lived Bird Species are Resistant to Multiple Forms of Stress.  Journal of Experimental Biology, 412: 1902 - 1910

  17. Miller, R.A., Williams, J.B., Kiklevich, V.J., Austad, S.N. and Harper, J.M.  2011.  Comparative Cellular Biogerontology: Primer and Prospectus.  Aging Research Reviews, 10: 181 – 190.

  18. Harper, J.M.  2010.  Introduction: Metabolism, Life History and Aging. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50: 778 – 782

  19. Pacini, J.A., Harper, J.M., Miller, R.A., Bartke, A., Spong, A. and Masternak, M.M. 2010.  Early life growth hormone treatment shortens longevity and decreases cellular stress resistance in long-lived mutant mice.  The FASEB Journal, 24: 5073 – 5079

  20. Williams, J.B., Miller, R.A., Harper, J.M., Wiersma, P.  2010. Functional linkages for the pace of life, life-history, and environment in birds.  Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50: 869 – 879

  21. Harper, J.M., Wilkinson, E., and Miller, R.A.  2010.  Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) knockout mice are long-lived and respond to caloric restriction. The FASEB Journal, 24: 2436-2442

  22. Sun, L., Sadighi-Akha, A.A., Miller, R.A. and Harper, J.M.  2009.  Life span extension in mice by pre-weaning food restriction and by methionine restriction in middle age. Journals of Gerontology Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 64A: 711 – 722

  23. Harper, J.M.  2008. Wild-derived mouse stocks: An underappreciated tool for aging research.  AGE, 30: 135 – 145.

  24. Swindell, W.R., Harper, J.M., and Miller, R.A.  2008. How Long Will My Mouse Live? Machine Learning Approaches for Prediction of Mouse Lifespan.  Journals of Gerontology Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 63: 895 – 906

  25. Harper, J.M.*, Salmon, A.B.*, Leiser, S.L., Galecki, A., and Miller, R.A.  2007.  Skin-Derived Fibroblasts from Long-Lived Species are Resistant to Some, but Not All, Lethal Stresses and to the Mitochondrial Inhibitor Rotenone.  Aging Cell, 6: 1 – 13. (*denotes equal contribution to this work)

  26. Harper, J.M., Leathers, C., and Austad, S.N.  2006.  Does caloric restriction extend life span in wild mice?  Aging Cell, 5: 441 – 449

  27. Harper, J.M., Durkee, S.J., Dysko, R.C., Austad, S.N. and Miller, R.A.  2006.  Genetic modulation of hormone levels and life span in hybrids between laboratory and wild-derived mice. Journals of Gerontology Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 61A: 1019 – 1029

  28. Hanlon, P., Lorenz, A, Zhihong Shao, Z., Harper, J.M., Galecki, A.T., Burke, D.T., and Miller, R.A.  2006.  Three-locus and four-locus QTL interactions influence mouse insulin-like growth factor-I. Physiological Genomics, 26: 46 – 54

  29. Hulbert, A.J., Faulks, S.C., Harper, J.M., Miller, R.A., Buffenstein, S.  2006.  Extended longevity of wild-derived mice is associated with peroxidation-resistant membranes. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 127: 653 – 657

  30. Harper, J.M., Salmon, A.B., Chang, Y., Bonkowski, M., Bartke, A. and Miller, R.A. 2006.  Stress resistance and aging in mice: Influence of genes and nutrition. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 127: 687 – 694

  31. Harper, J.M., Durkee, S.J., Smith-Wheelock, M., and Miller, R.A. 2005.  Hyperglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance and elevated glycated hemoglobin levels in a long-lived mouse stock.  Experimental Gerontology, 40: 303 – 314

  32. Miller, R.A., Buehner, G., Chang, Y., Harper, J.M., Sigler, R., and Smith-Wheelock, M. S.  2005.  Methionine-Deficient Diet Extends Mouse Life Span, Slows Immune and Lens Aging, Alters Glucose, T4, IGF-I and Insulin Levels, and Increases Hepatocyte MIF Levels and Stress Resistance.  Aging Cell, 4: 119 – 125

  33. Miller, R.A., Berger, S.B., Burke, D.T., Galecki, A.J., Garcia, G.G., Harper, J.M. and Sadighi-Akha, A.A. 2005.  T Cells in Aging Mice: Genetic, Developmental and Biochemical Analyses.  Immunological Reviews, 205: 94 – 103

  34. Harper, J.M., Galecki, A.T. and Miller R.A. 2004.  Body Weight, Hormones and T-cell Subsets as Predictors of Lifespan in Genetically Heterogeneous Mice.  Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 125: 381-390

  35. Harper, J.M. and Austad, S.N.  2004.  Fecal Corticosteroid Levels in Free-Living Populations of Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and Southern Red-Backed Voles (Clethrionomys gapperi).  American Midland Naturalist, 152: 402-409

  36. Vergara, M., Smith-Wheelock, M., Harper, J.M., Sigler, R., Miller, R.A. 2004. Hormone-Treated Snell Dwarf Mice Gain Weight and Become Fertile But Remain Long-Lived. Journals of Gerontology Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 59A: 1244-1251

  37. Harper, J.M., Wolf, N., Galecki, A.T., Pinkosky, S.L., and Miller, R.A. 2003.  Hormone Levels and Cataract Scores as Sex-Specific, Mid-Life Predictors of Longevity in Genetically Heterogeneous Mice.  Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 124: 801-810

  38. Harper, J.M., Galecki, A.T., Burke, D.T., Pinkosky, S.L., and Miller, R.A. 2003.  Quantitative trait loci for insulin-like growth factor-I, leptin, thyroxine, and corticosterone in genetically heterogeneous mice.  Physiological Genomics, 15:44-51

  39. Hayssen, V., Harper, J.M., and DeFina, R.  2002.  Fecal corticosteroids in agouti and nonagouti deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A.  Molecular and Integrative Physiology 132: 439-446

  40. Miller, R.A., Harper, J.M., Dysko, R.C., Durkee, S.J., and Austad, S.N.  2002.  Longer life spans and delayed maturation in wild-derived mice.  Experimental Biology and Medicine, 277: 500-508

  41. Miller, R.A., Harper, J.M., Burke, D., and Galecki, A.  2002.  Big mice die young: Early-life body weight predicts longevity in genetically heterogeneous mice. Aging Cell, 1: 22-29

  42. Harper, J.M. and Austad, S.N. 2001. Effect of Capture and Season on Fecal Glucocorticoid Levels in Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and Red-Backed Voles (Clethrionomys gapperi). General and Comparative Endocrinology 123: 337-344

  43. Harper, J.M. and S.N. Austad.  2000.  Fecal Glucocorticoids: A Noninvasive Method of Measuring Adrenal Activity in Wild and Captive Rodents. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 73: 12-22

  44. Miller, R.A., Dysko, R., Crisp, C., Seguin, R., Linsalata, L., Buehner, G., Harper, J.M., and Austad, S.N.  2000.  Mouse Stocks Derived from Tropical Islands: New Models for Genetic Analysis of Life History Traits.  Journal of Zoology 250: 95-104

 

Book Chapters

  1. Holmes, D.J. and Harper, J.M.  2019. “Chapter 21: Birds as models for the biology of aging and aging-related disease: an update.” In M. Conn & J. Ram (eds.) Handbook of Models for Human Aging, 2nd Edition.  Elsevier Press.

  2. Harper, J.M. and Salmon, A.B. 2009. “Stress resistance and aging in long-lived rodent models” In J.V. Bentley & M.A. Keller (eds.) Handbook on Longevity: Diet, Genetics and Disease.  Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

 

Electronic Publications

  1. Harper, J.M.  (25 June 2003).  B6C3F1 Mouse. Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2003 http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sageke;2003/25/as1

  2. Harper, J.M.  (4 Feb 2004).  B6D2F1 Mouse.  Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2004 http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/5/as1

  3. Harper, J.M.  (4 Feb 2004).  CB6F1 Mouse.  Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2004  http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/5/as2 

 

Abstracts

  1. Beason, R.C., J. Harper, S. McNulty, N. Dussord, and J. Freas. 1994. Magnetic Effects on Homing Bank Swallows. Journal of Ornithology 135S: 88

  2. Harper, J.M. and S.N. Austad. 1997. Fecal Corticosterone Levels as an Indicator of Stress in Peromyscus maniculatus. Peromyscus Newsletter 23: 28

  3. Hayssen, V. and Harper, J. 1999. Fecal corticosteroids in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus): effects of color morph and sex. Peromyscus Newsletter 28: 16

  4. Harper, J.M., S.N. Austad, R.C. Dysko, R.A. Miller. 2002. Characterization of long-lived wild-derived house mice (Mus musculus). AGE, 25: 131

  5. Harper, J.M., Durkee, S., and Miller, R. 2005. Impaired glucose tolerance in a long-lived mouse stock. FASEB J, 19: A1051

  6. Williams, J., Miller, R.A., and Harper, J.M.  2010.  APS Intersociety Meeting, Westminster, Colorado, August 4-7.  No. 15.4. (http://www.the-aps.org/meetings/aps/comparative/fullprogram.pdf)

  7. Williams, J.B., Miller, R.A., Harper, J.M., Ro, J., Wang, M.  2011.  Fibroblasts from Long-Lived Bird Species are Resistant to Multiple Forms of Stress.  Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology 2011 Annual Meeting.  No. 39.4.  (http://www.sicb.org/meetings/2011/schedule/abstractdetails.php3?id=871)

  8. Calhoon, E.A., Harper, J.M., Jimenez, A.G., Miller, R.A., Jurkowitz, M.S., Williams, J.B.  Lipids of mitochondria in fibroblasts and their nexus to life history in temperate and tropical birds.  Integrative and Comparative Biology 52 (Suppl 1): E220

  9. Calhoon, E.A., Jimenez, A.G., Harper, J.M., Jurkowitz, M.S., Williams, J.B.  The relationship between life history in temperate and tropical bird species and lipids in fibroblast mitochondrial membranes.  Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology 2013 Annual Meeting.  No. 48.4 (http://www.sicb.org/meetings/2013/schedule/abstractdetails.php?id=84)

 

Other Publications

  1. Book Review. The Comparative Biology of Aging. N.S. Wolf (ed.). Integrative and Comparative Biology (2010) 50: 692.693

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