ANNE B. LOUCKS

Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701

TEL: (740) 593-2286 FAX: (740) 593-0300

 

RESEARCH ARTICLES (20)

 

            •           Drinkwater, B.L., L.J. Follinsbee, J.F. Bedi, S.A. Plowman, A.B. Loucks, and S.M. Horvath.  Response of women mountaineers to maximal exercise during hypoxia.  Aviat Space Environ Med 50:657-662, 1979.

 

            •           Drinkwater, B.L., J.F. Bedi, A.B. Loucks, S. Roche, and S.M. Horvath.  Sweating sensitivity and capacity of women in relation to age.  J Appl Physiol:  Respirat, Environ Exercise Physiol 53:671-676, 1982.

 

            •           Freedson, P.S., P.M. Mihevic, A.B. Loucks, and R.N. Girandola.  Physique, body composition and psychological characteristics of competitive female bodybuilders.  Phys Sportsmed 11(5):95-90, 1983.

 

            •           Loucks, A.B., S.M. Horvath, and P.S. Freedson.  Menstrual status and validation of body fat prediction in athletes.  Hum Biol 56:383-392, 1984.

 

            •           Loucks, A.B. and S.M. Horvath.  Exercise-induced stress responses of amenorrheic and eumenorrheic runners.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab 59:1109-1120, 1984.

 

            •           Vellom, D., J. Hinkley, A. Loucks, H. Egghart, and M. DeLuca.  Continuous flow bioluminescent assays for femtomole levels of NADH and TNT.  In: Analytical Applications of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence.  L.J. Kricka, P.E. Stanley, G.H.G. Thorpe, and T.P. Whitehead (Eds).  London:  Academic Press, 1984, pp 133-140.

 

            •           Loucks, A.B., J.F. Mortola, L. Girton, and S.S.C. Yen.  Alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axes in athletic women.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab 68:402-411, 1989.

 

            •           Berga, S.L., A.B. Loucks, W.G. Rossmanith, L.M. Kettel, G.A. Laughlin, and S.S.C. Yen.  Acceleration of LH pulse frequency in functional hypothalamic amenorrhea by dopaminergic blockade. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 72:151-156, 1991. 

 

            •           De Souza, M.J., M.S. Maguire, C.M. Maresh, W.J. Kraemer, K. Rubin, and A.B. Loucks.  Adrenal activation and the prolactin response to exercise in eumenorrheic and amenorrheic runners. J Appl Physiol 70:2378-2387, 1991.

 

            •           Laughlin, G., A. Loucks, and S.S.C. Yen.  Marked augmentation of nocturnal melatonin secretion in amenorrheic athletes but not in cycling athletes:  unaltered by opioidergic or dopaminergic blockade.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab 73:1321-1326, 1991.

 

            •           Loucks, A.B., G.A. Laughlin, J.F. Mortola, L. Girton, J.C. Nelson, and S.S.C. Yen.  Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroidal function in eumenorrheic and amenorrheic athletes.   J Clin Endocrinol Metab 75:514-518, 1992.

 

            •           Loucks, A.B. and R. Callister. Induction and prevention of low-T3 syndrome in exercising women.  Am J Physiol 264 (Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 33): R924-R930, 1993.

 

            •           Loucks, A.B. and E.M. Heath.  Induction of low-T3 syndrome in exercising women occurs at a threshold of energy availability.  Am J Physiol 266 (Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 35):R817-823, 1994.

 

            •           De Souza, M.J., A.A. Luciano, J.C. Arce, L.M. Demers and A.B. Loucks.  Clinical tests explain blunted cortisol responsiveness but not mild hypercortisolism in amenorrheic runners.  J Appl Physiol 76:1302-1309, 1994.

 

            •           Loucks, A.B. and E.M. Heath.  Dietary restriction reduces luteinizing hormone pulse frequency during waking hours and increases luteinizing hormone pulse amplitude during sleep in young menstruating women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 78:910-915, 1994.

 

            •           Thuma, J., R. Gilders, M. Verdun and Loucks, A.B.  Circadian Rhythm of Cortisol Confounds Cortisol Responses to Exercise:  Implications for Future Research.  J  Appl Physiol 78:1657-1664, 1995.

 

            •           Loucks, A.B., Verdun, M., and E.M. Heath.  Low Energy Availability, Not Stress of Exercise, Alters LH Pulsatility in Exercising Women.  J Appl Physiol 84(1):37-46, 1998.

 

            •           Loucks, A.B. and M. Verdun.  Slow Restoration of LH Pulsatility by Refeeding in Energetically Disrupted Women.  Am J Physiol 275 (Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 44): R1218-1226, 1998.

 

            •           DeSouza, M.J., B.E. Miller, A.B. Loucks, A.A. Luciano, L.S. Pescatello, G.C. Campbell, and B.L. Lasley.  High Frequency of Luteal Phase Deficiency and Anovulation in Recreational Women Runners:  Blunted Elevation in Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Observed During Luteal-Follicular Transition.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab  83(12): 4220-4232, 1998.

 

            •           Hilton, L. and A.B. Loucks.  Low Energy Availability, Not Exercise Stress, Suppresses the Diurnal Rhythm of Leptin in Healthy Young Women.  Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 278:  E43-E49, 2000.