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2024

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Paul, K., and Jimenez, A.G. Thermal relations in sled dogs after exercise. In press. Journal of Experimental Zoology: Part A.

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Jimenez, A.G., Paul, K., Benson, M., Lalwani, S., and Cipolli, W. 2024. Cellular metabolic pathways of aging in dogs: could p53 and SIRT1 be at play?  GeroScience. 46(2): 1895-1908.

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Jimenez, A.G. 2024. A revisiting of ‘the hallmarks of aging’ in domestic dogs: current status of the literature. GeroScience. 46(1): 241-255.

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​2023

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Jimenez, A.G., Nash-Braun, E. and Meyers, J. 2023 White epaxial muscle aerobic and anaerobic potential and muscle fiber geometric differences in surface and cave morphotypes of the Mexican cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A. 339(9): 861-868.

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Jimenez, A.G., and Nash-Braun, E. In press. Enzymatic responses reveals different physiological strategies employed by eurytolerant fish during extreme hot and cold cycling acclimation temperatures. Journal of Thermal Biology.

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Jimenez, A.G., Nash-Braun, E. and Meyers, J. 2023. Chronic thermal acclimation effects on critical thermal maxima (CTmax) and oxidative stress differences in white epaxial muscle between surface and cave morphotypes of the Mexican cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 96(5): 369-377.

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Jimenez, A.G. and Harper, J. 2023The use of primary fibroblasts cells to tackle comparative physiology questions: a historical and current perspective. American Journal of Physiology- Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 325: R45–R54.

 

Jimenez, A.G. 2023Inflammaging in dogs: variation in IL-6, IL-1β, and TNF-α in serum of healthy dogs of different body sizes and ages.  Biogerontology. 24: 593–602.

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Jimenez, A.G., Paul, K., Zafar, A., and Ay, A. 2023. Effect of different masses, ages, and coats on the thermoregulation of dogs before and after exercise across different seasons. Veterinary Research communications.  47(2): 833-847.

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Jimenez, A.G., Calderaro, L., Clark, S., Elacqua, D., Hazen, E., Lam, V., and

Leightheiser, G. 2023. Can dogs serve as stress mediators and decrease salivary

cortisol levels in a population of liberal arts college students? EXPLORE. 19(3): 283-289.

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Wynkoop, M.R., Lalwani, S., Cipolli, W., and Jimenez, A.G. 2023. Scaling with body mass and age in glycolytic enzymes of domestic dogs. Veterinary Research Communications. 47(1): 39-50.

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2022

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Swanson, D., Zhang, Y., and Jimenez, A.G. 2022. Skeletal muscle and metabolic flexibility in response to changing energy demands in wild birds. Frontiers in Physiology- Avian Physiology. 1475: 1-17.

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Wynkoop, M.R., Cooper-Mullin, C.M., and Jimenez, A.G. 2022. Plasma Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and Pyruvate Kinase (PK) activity changes with body mass and age across birds and mammals. Animal Biology. 1 72(4), 447-463.

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Jimenez, A.G., and Cooper-Mullin, C.M. 2022. Antioxidant capacity and lipid oxidative damage in muscle tissue of tropical birds. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 134(3): 531-541.

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Baker, P., Cooper-Mullin, C.M., Jimenez, A.G. 2022. Differences in advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) in plasma from birds and mammals of different body sizes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Part A. 267: 1-7.

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Lin, Y., Patterson, A., Jimenez, A.G., and Elliott, K.H. 2022. Oxidative stress of reproductive carry-over effects in a long-lived seabird, the thick-billed murre. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 95(1): 35-53.

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Jimenez, A.G., and Lencyk, E. 2022. Lack of variation in nuclear DNA content in avian muscle. Genome. 64(4): 219-227.

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De Jesus, A.D., and Jimenez, A.G. 2022. Effects of acute temperature increases on House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) pectoralis muscle myonuclear domain. Journal of Experimental Zoology-A. 337(2):150-158.

 

2021

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Jimenez, A.G., and De Jesus, A.D. 2021. Comparison of myonuclear domain in phylogenetically paired tropical and temperate bird species. Journal of Avian Biology. 52 (11): 1-10.

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Jimenez, A.G., and De Jesus, A.D. 2021. Do thermal acclimation and an acute heat challenge alter myonuclear domain of fast and control-growing quail? Journal of Thermal Biology. 100: 1-6.

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Brookes, P., and Jimenez, A.G. 2021. Metabolomics of aging in primary fibroblast from small and large breed dogs. GeroScience. 43(4): 1683-1696.

 

Jimenez, A.G., Downs, C.J., Lalwani, S., and Cipolli, W. 2021. Cellular metabolism during stimulated inflammation in small and large dog breeds’ primary fibroblasts cells as they age. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224(9):1-8.

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Vézina, F., O’Connor, R., De Jesus, A.D., Le Progam, A., Régimbald, L., Love, O., and Jimenez, A.G. 2021. Snow buntings preparing for migration increase muscle fiber size and myonuclear domain in parallel with a major gain in fat mass.  Journal of Avian Biology. 52(5): 1-10.

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Jimenez, A.G. 2021. The physiological conundrum that is the domestic dog. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61(1): 140-153.

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Bryce, C., Davis, M., Gompper, M., Hurt, A., Koster, J., Larson, G., Ostrander, E., Udell, M., Urfer, S., Wirsing, A., and Jimenez, A.G. 2021. Biology’s best friend: Bridging disciplinary gaps to advance canine science.  Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61(1): 76-92.

 

Jimenez, A.G., and Lalwani, S., Cipolli, W. 2021. Effects of metformin, rapamycin, and resveratrol on cellular metabolism of canine primary fibroblast cells isolated from large and small breeds as they age. GeroScience. 1-14.

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Jimenez, A.G. 2021. Plasma concentration of Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs) from wild canids and domestic dogs does not change with age or across body masses. Frontiers of Veterinary Science, section Animal Nutrition and Metabolism. 8:637132. 1-6.

 

 

2020

 

Lalla, K.M., Whelan, S., Brown, K., Patterson, A., Jimenez, A.G., Hatch, S., and Elliott, K.H. 2020. Flight performance is associated with myonuclei density and fibre diameter in a wild bird. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223 (22): 1-7.

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Jimenez, A.G. 2020. Commentary: Structural plasticity of the avian pectoralis: a case for geometry and the forgotten organelle. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223 (23): 1-8.

 

Baker, P., Van Wie, I., Braun, E., and Jimenez, A.G. 2020. Thermal stability    

vs. variability: insights in oxidative stress from a eurytolerant fish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Part A. 249: 1-9.

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Jimenez, A.G. and Downs, C.J. 2020. Untangling lifespan and body mass discrepancies in canids: Phylogenetic comparison of oxidative stress in blood from domestic dogs and wild canids. American Journal of physiology, Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 319 (2): R203-R210.

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Jimenez, A.G.,  Winward, J., Walsh, K. and Champagne, A. 2020. Effects of membrane fatty acid composition on cellular metabolism and oxidative stress in dermal fibroblasts from small and large breed dogs. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223 (12): 1-9.

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Jimenez, A.G., Cornelius Rhus, E., Tobin, K., Anderson, K., Le Program, A., Regimbald, L., and Vézina, F. 2020. Consequences of being phenotypically mismatched with the environment: no evidence of oxidative stress in cold and warm acclimated birds facing a cold spell. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223: 1-7.

 

Jimenez, A.G., Tobin, K., Anderson, K., McCann, M.K., and Briggs, C. 2020. Differences in oxidative stress during seasonal acclimation and ability to cope with

environmental mismatch in muscle and brain of black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) and rock pigeons (Columba livia). Journal of Avian Biology. 51: 1-11.

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Vézina, F., Cornelius Rhus, E., O’Connor, E., Le Progam, A., Régimbald, L., Love, O., and Jimenez, A.G.  2020. Consequences of being phenotypically mismatched with the environment: rapid muscle ultrastructural changes in cold shocked black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus). American Journal of physiology, Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 318: R274–R283.

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2019

 

Beattie, U., Wright, H., and  Jimenez, A.G. 2019. Primary dermal fibroblasts and pectoralis muscle show similar patterns of oxidative stress in tropical and temperate birds despite differing life-histories. Journal of Avian Biology. 51 (1): 1-10.

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Jimenez, A.G., O’Connor, E., and Elliott, K.H. 2019. Muscle myonuclear domain, but not oxidative stress, decreases with age in a long-lived seabird with high activity costs. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222 (18): 1-9.

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Jimenez, A.G., O’Connor, E., Brown, K. and Briggs, C. 2019. Seasonal muscle

ultrastructure plasticity and resistance of muscle structural changes during temperature increases in resident black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) and rock pigeons (Columba livia). Journal of Experimental Biology. 222 (12): 1-8.

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Beattie, U., and Jimenez, A.G. 2019. Oxidative stress does not differ in primary dermal fibroblasts isolated from fast-growing and control-growing quail.  Canadian Journal of Zoology. 97 (6): 530-536.

 

Brown, K., Jimenez, A.G.,  Whelan, S., Lalla, K, Hatch, S.A., and Elliott, K.H. 2019. Muscle fiber structure in an aging long-lived seabird, the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla). Journal of Morphology. 280 (7): 1061-1070.

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Havird, J., Weaver, R., Milani, L., Ghiselli, F., Greenway, R., Ramsey, A.J., Jimenez, A.G., Dowling, D., Hood, W., Montooth, K., Estes, S., Shulte, P., Sokalova, I. and Hill, G.E. 2019. Beyond the powerhouse: integrating mitonuclear evolution, physiology, and theory in comparative biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 59 (4): 856-863.

 

Jimenez, A.G., O’Connor, E., Tobin, K., Anderson, K., Winward, J., Fleming, A., Winner, R., Chinchilli, E., Amy, M., Carlson, K., and Downs, C.J. 2019. Does cellular metabolism from primary fibroblasts and oxidative stress in blood differ between mammals and birds? The (lack-thereof) scaling of oxidative stress. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 59 (4):953-969.

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Dowd, W. and Jimenez, A.G. 2019. Plasticity of adductor muscle aerobic capacity, but not fiber size among adult mussels (Mytilus californianus) from different shore heights. Marine Biology. 166 (2): 22.

 

 

2018

 

Jimenez, A.G., Braun, E., and Tobin, K. 2018. How does chronic temperature acclimation affect oxidative stress during hypoxia in white muscle of the sheepshead minnow? Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 45 (2): 499-510.

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Winward, J.D, Ragan, C.M., and Jimenez, A.G. 2018. Cellular metabolic rates and oxidative stress profiles in primary fibroblast cells isolated from virgin females, reproductively experienced females, and male Sprague-Dawley rats. Physiological reports. 16: e13909.

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Jimenez, A.G. 2018. 'The same thing that makes you live can kill

you in the end': exploring the effects of growth rates and longevity on cellular metabolic rates and oxidative stress in birds and mammals. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 58 (3): 544-558.

 

Jimenez, A.G., Dias, J., Nguyen, T., Reilly, B. and Anthony, N. 2018. Thermal acclimation of fast-growing quail exhibit decreased oxidative stress and increased muscle fiber diameters after acute heat challenges. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 96: 1097-1105.

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Hood, W.R., Austad, S.N., Bize, P., Jimenez, A.G., Montooth, K.L.,

Schulte, P.M., Scott, G.R., Sokolova, I., Treberg, J.R., and Salin, K. 2018. The

mitochondrial contribution to animal performance, adaptation, and life-history variation. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 58 (3): 480-485.

 

Jimenez, A.G., Winward, J., Beattie, U.K., and William Cipolli. 2018. Cellular metabolism and oxidative stress as a possible determinant for longevity in small breed and large breed dogs. PLoS ONE. 13 (4): e0195832. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195832

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Jimenez, A.G.,  Winward, J., Smith, D.M. and Ragan, C.M. 2018. Effects of short- term clomipramine on anxiety-like behavior, cellular metabolism, and oxidative stress in primary fibroblast cells of male and female rats. Physiological Reports. 6 (9), e13615, https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.13615.

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2017

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Zaifman, J., Shan, D., Ay, A., and Jimenez, A.G. 2017. Shifts in Bird Migration Timing in North American Long-Distance and Short-Distance Migrants Are Associated with Climate Change. International Journal of Zoology. 2017 (2): 1-9. Article ID 6025646.

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Pudalov, N., Ziatek, S., and Jimenez, A.G . 2017. Birds in New York State have altered their migration timing and are experiencing different thermal regimes while breeding or on stopover from 2010-2015. International Journal of Zoology. 2017: 1-11. Article ID 2142075.

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2016

 

Jimenez, A.G.  2016. Physiological underpinnings in life-history trade-offs in man’s most popular selection experiment: the dog. Journal of Comparative Physiology-B. 186 (7): 813-827.

 

Jimenez, A. G., Alves, S., Dallmer, J., Njoo, E., Roa, S., and W. W. Dowd. 2016. Acclimation to elevated emersion temperature has no effect on susceptibility to heat-induced, acute lipid peroxidation in an intertidal mussel (Mytilus californianus). Marine Biology. 163: 1- 10.

 

2015

 

Jimenez, A.G., Jayawardene, S., Alves, S., Dallmer, D., and Dowd, W.W. 2015. Micro-scale environmental variation amplifies physiological variation among individual mussels. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 282: 1-9.

 

Jimenez, A.G. and Kinsey, S. T. 2015. Metabolic regulation. In Natural History of the Crustacea: Physiology, p 389-417. Volume IV. Editors Drs. Ernie Chang and Martin Thiel. Oxford Press. 

 

Cooper- Mullin, C., Jimenez, A.G., Anthony, N.B., Wortman, M. and Williams, J.B. Metabolic rates of cultured skeletal muscle of Coturnix quail selected for different rates of growth. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 185: 547- 557.

 

2014

 

Jimenez, A.G. and Williams, J.B. 2014. Rapid changes in cell physiology as a result of acute thermal stress in House Sparrows, Passer domesticus. Journal of Thermal Biology. 46: 31-39.

 

Jimenez, A.G. and Williams, J.B. 2014. Cellular metabolic rates from primary dermal fibroblasts isolated from birds of different body masses. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 176: 41-48.

 

Jimenez, A.G. and Williams, J.B. 2014. Differences in muscle fiber size and associated metabolic costs in phylogenetically-paired tropical and temperate birds. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 87 (5): 752-761.

 

Jimenez, A.G., Cooper-Mullin, C., Calhoon, E.A., and Williams, J.B. 2014.

Physiological underpinnings associated with differences in the pace of life and metabolic rate in north temperate and Neotropical birds. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 184 (5): 545-561. 

 

Jimenez, A.G., Cooper-Mullin, C., Anthony, N., and Williams, J.B. 2014.

Cellular metabolic rates in cultured primary dermal fibroblasts and myoblast cells from fast-growing and control Coturnix quail. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 171: 23-30.

 

Jimenez, A.G., Van Brocklyn, J., Wortman, M., Williams, J.B. 2014. Cellular metabolic rate is influenced by Life-History traits in tropical and temperate Birds. PLoS ONE. 9 (1): e87349. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087349

 

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 (2): 265-275.

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2013

 

Dabruzzi, T.F., Jimenez, A.G., Speaks, J.E., Stoler, S.R., Sutton, M.A., Pomory, C.M. and Bennett, W.A. 2013. Thermal tolerance and metabolic responses of two damselfish species from a hyperthermic rockpool nursery in Dry Tortugas National Park, USA. Caribbean Journal of Sciences. 47: 213-219.

 

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 five wild bird species. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 91: 653-659.

 

Jimenez, A.G., Dillaman, R., and Kinsey, S.T. 2013. Large fiber size in skeletal muscle is metabolically advantageous.  Nature communications. 4, Article number: 2150. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3150.

 

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.

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2012

 

Speaks, J., Randall, C., Jimenez, A.G., Dabruzzi, T.F., Sutton, M.A., Pomory, C.M., 

and Bennett, W.A. 2012. Temperature tolerance comparisons among juvenile reef fishes from a beachrock nursery in Dry Tortugas national park. Florida Scientist. 75 (4): 242-248.

 

2011

 

Jimenez, A.G. and Kinsey, S.T. 2011. Nuclear DNA content variation associated with muscle fiber hypertrophic growth in fishes. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 182: 531-540.

 

Jimenez, A.G., Dasika, S.K., Locke, B.R. and Kinsey, S.T. 2011. An evaluation of

muscle maintenance costs during fiber hypertrophy in the lobster, Homarus americanus: Are larger muscle fibers cheaper to maintain? Journal of Experimental Biology. 214: 3688-3697.

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2010

 

Jimenez, A.G., Dillaman, R., Kinsey, S.T. and Kapraun, D.F. 2010. Nuclear DNA

content variation associated with muscle fiber hypertrophic growth in decapods crustaceans. Genome. 53: 161-171.

 

2008

 

Jimenez, A.G., Locke B.R. and Kinsey, S.T. 2008. The influence of oxygen and high-

energy phosphate diffusion on metabolic scaling in three species of tail-flipping      crustaceans. Journal of Experimental Biology. 211: 3214-3225.

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2007

 

Jimenez, A. G., and Bennett, W.A. 2007. Metabolic responses of the sand

fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, in Northwest Florida to seasonal temperature change. Journal of thermal biology. 32: 308-313.

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2005

 

Jimenez, A. G. and Bennett, W.A.  2005.  Respiratory physiology of three Indo-Pacific fiddler crabs: Metabolic responses to intertidal zonation patterns. Crustaceana. 78(8): 965-974. 

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