Faculty Profiles

Samora, M. (2025). Rerouting blood flow during exercise: the emerging role of 5-HT7 receptors. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 85(6), 384–386. https://doi.org/10.1097/FJC.0000000000001693

Bhagtaney, C., Thornton, A., Samora, M., Mossayebi, A., Stanhope, K. L., Havel, P. J., … Harrison, M. L. (2025). Increasing the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in UCD-T2DM Female Rats. International Journal of Exercise Science, 2(17).

Mossayebi, A., Samora, M., Harrison, M. L., & Stone, A. J. (2025). Effects of ASIC3 Functional Knockout on the Exaggerated Exercise Pressor Reflex in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Rats. Physiology, 40(S1).

Samora, M., Huo, Y., Stanhope, K. L., Havel, P. J., Kaufman, M. P., Harrison, M. L., & Stone, A. J. (2024). Cyclooxygenase products contribute to the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex evoked by static muscle contraction in male UCD-type 2 diabetes mellitus rats. Journal of Applied Physiology, 136(5), 1226–1237. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00879.2023

McIntire, J., Oyeyemi, H., Harrison, M. L., Chidurala, S., McMuller, R. K., Samora, M., … Prisby, R. D. (2024). Trabecular and Cortical Bone and Blood Vessel Phenotype in the Femur with the Onset and Progression of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the UCD Transgenic Rat Model. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 39(S1), 94–94.

Huo, Y., Samora, M., Mcculler, K. R., Stanhope, K. L., Havel, P. J., Harrison, M. L., & Stone, A. J. (2024). Interleukin-1 Type 1 Receptor Blockade Attenuates the Exaggerated Exercise Pressor Reflex in Male UC Davis Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus (UCD-T2DM) Rats. The Journal of Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP287120

Samora, M., Huo, Y., McCuller, R. K., Chidurala, S., Stanhope, K. L., Havel, P. J., … Harrison, M. L. (2023). Spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity is attenuated in male UCD-type 2 diabetes mellitus rats: A link between metabolic and autonomic dysfunction. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 249, 103117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2023.103117

Samora, M., Grotle, A.-K., & Stone, A. J. (2023). Altered Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise in Type 1 Diabetes. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, 51(2), 65–72. https://doi.org/10.1249/jes.0000000000000314

Stone, A. J., & Samora, M. (2023). Can the exercise pressor reflex still go with the flow? The Journal of Physiology, 601(20), 4471–4472. https://doi.org/10.1113/jp285530

Huo, Y., Grotle, A.-K., McCuller, R. K., Samora, M., Stanhope, K. L., Havel, P. J., … Stone, A. J. (2023). Exaggerated exercise pressor reflex in male UC Davis type 2 diabetic rats is due to the pathophysiology of the disease and not aging. Frontiers in Physiology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.1063326

Teixeira, A. L., Nardone, M., Samora, M., Fernandes, I. A., Ramos, P. S., Sabino-Carvalho, J. L., … Vianna, L. C. (2022). Potentiation of GABAergic synaptic transmission by diazepam acutely increases resting beat-to-beat blood pressure variability in young adults. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 322(6), R501–R510. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00291.2021

Samora, M., & Huo, Y. (2022). Sympathetic nervous activation via thin‐fiber muscle afferents: the role of insulin. The Journal of Physiology, 600(14), 3219–3220. https://doi.org/10.1113/jp283282

Incognito, A. V., Samora, M., Shepherd, A. D., Cartafina, R. A., Guimarães, G. M., Daher, M., … Millar, P. J. (2020). Sympathetic arterial baroreflex hysteresis in humans: different patterns during low- and high-pressure levels. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 319(4), H787–H792. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00505.2020

Samora, M., Teixeira, A. L., Sabino-Carvalho, J. L., & Vianna, L. C. (2020). Sex differences in cardiac vagal reactivation from the end of isometric handgrip exercise and at the onset of muscle metaboreflex isolation. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 228, 102714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2020.102714

Samora, M., Vianna, L. C., Carmo, J. C., Macedo, V., Dawes, M., Phillips, A. A., … Fisher, J. P. (2020). Neurovascular coupling is not influenced by lower body negative pressure in humans. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 319(1), H22–H31. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00076.2020

Samora, M., & Vianna, L. C. (2020). Holding up under pressure: a complex interplay between cerebral blood flow and ventilatory responses to alterations in carbon dioxide. Experimental Physiology, 105(5), 771–772. https://doi.org/10.1113/ep088570

Incognito, A. V., Samora, M., Shepherd, A. D., Cartafina, R. A., Guimarães, G. M., Daher, M., … Vianna, L. C. (2020). Arterial baroreflex regulation of muscle sympathetic single-unit activity in men: influence of resting blood pressure. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 318(4), H937–H946. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00700.2019

Samora, M., Incognito, A. V., & Vianna, L. C. (2019). Sex differences in blood pressure regulation during ischemic isometric exercise: the role of the β-adrenergic receptors. Journal of Applied Physiology, 127(2), 408–414. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00270.2019

Sabino‐Carvalho, J. L., Samora, M., Teixeira, A. L., Daher, M., & Vianna, L. C. (2019). Circulatory responses at the onset of handgrip exercise in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Experimental Physiology, 104(6), 793–799. https://doi.org/10.1113/ep087620

Teixeira, A. L., Samora, M., & Vianna, L. C. (2018). Muscle metaboreflex activation via postexercise ischemia as a tool for teaching cardiovascular physiology for undergraduate students. Advances in Physiology Education, 43(1), 34–41. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00174.2018

Samora, M., Teixeira, A. L., Sabino-Carvalho, J. L., & Vianna, L. C. (2018). Spontaneous cardiac baroreflex sensitivity is enhanced during post-exercise ischemia in men but not in women. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 119(1), 103–111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-018-4004-y

Incognito, A. V., Samora, M., Cartafina, R. A., Guimarães, G. M., Daher, M., Millar, P. J., & Vianna, L. C. (2018). Pharmacological assessment of the arterial baroreflex in a young healthy obese male with extremely low baseline muscle sympathetic nerve activity. Clinical Autonomic Research, 28(6), 593–595. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-018-0559-2

Sabino-Carvalho, J. L., Teixeira, A. L., Samora, M., Daher, M., & Vianna, L. C. (2018). Blunted cardiovascular responses to exercise in Parkinson’s disease patients: role of the muscle metaboreflex. Journal of Neurophysiology, 120(4), 1516–1524. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00308.2018

Teixeira, A. L., Samora, M., & Sabino‐Carvalho, J. L. (2018). Group III/IV muscle afferents play an independent role in arterial baroreflex resetting during exercise in humans: is it the end of the road? The Journal of Physiology, 596(9), 1531–1532. https://doi.org/10.1113/jp275961

Teixeira, A. L., Ramos, P. S., Samora, M., Sabino-Carvalho, J. L., Ricardo, D. R., Colombari, E., & Vianna, L. C. (2017). GABAergic contribution to the muscle mechanoreflex-mediated heart rate responses at the onset of exercise in humans. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 314(4), H716–H723. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00557.2017