W. Larry Kenney
Ph.D., 1983, Physiology, Penn State
Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology
Contact Information
102 Noll Laboratory
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-1672
Fax: (814) 865-4602
Research Interests
Environmental and exercise physiology, particularly human thermoregulation, skin blood flow, and the biophysics of heat exchange.
Publications (since 2000)
Farquhar, W.B. and W.L. Kenney. Prostaglandin inhibition and renal function during sodium restriction in the aged. Journals of Gerontology 48:106-108, 2000.
Dunbar, S.L. and W.L. Kenney. Effects of hormone replacement therapy on the cardiovascular responses to direct passive heating in older individuals. Journal of Applied Physiology 89:97-103, 2000.
Brooks-Asplund, E.M., J.G. Cannon, and W.L. Kenney. Influence of hormone replacement therapy and aspirin on temperature regulation in postmenopausal women. American Journal of Physiology 279:R839-R848, 2000.
Kenney, W.L. and P. Chiu. Influence of age on thirst and fluid intake. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 33: 1524-1532, 2001.
Moran, D.S., W.L. Kenney, J.M. Pierzga, and K.B. Pandolf. Aging and assessment of physiological strain during exercise - heat stress. American Journal of Physiology 282:R1063-R1069, 2002.
Kenney, W.L. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and the kidney. Current Sports Medicine Reports 1:125-126, 2002.
Kenney, W.L. and M.J. Zeman. Psychrometric limits and critical evaporative coefficients for unacclimated men and women. Journal of Applied Physiology 92:2256-2263, 2002.
Kulka, T.J. and W.L. Kenney. Heat balance limits for football uniforms. Physician and Sportsmedicine 30:29-39, 2002.
Brooks-Asplund, E.M., C.E. Tupper, J.M. Daun, W.L. Kenney, and J.G. Cannon. Hormonal modulation of interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor and associated receptor secretion in postmenopausal women. Cytokine 19:193-200, 2002.
Minson, C.T., L.A. Holowatz, B.J. Wong, W.L. Kenney, and B.W. Wilkins. Decreased nitric oxide and axon reflex mediated cutaneous vasodilation with age during local heating. Journal of Applied Physiology 93:1644-1649, 2002.
Pierzga, J.M., A. Frymoyer, and W.L. Kenney. Delayed distribution of active vasodilation and altered vascular conductance in aged skin. Journal of Applied Physiology 94:1045-1053, 2003.
McCullough, E.A. and W.L. Kenney. Thermal insulation and evaporative resistance values of football uniforms. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 35:832-837, 2003.
Holowatz, L.A., B.L. Houghton, B.J. Wong, B.W. Wilkins, A. Harding, W.L. Kenney, and C.T. Minson. Limited role for nitric oxide in the attenuated reflex vasodilation in aged skin. American Journal of Physiology 284:H1662-H1667, 2003.
Munce, T.A. and W.L. Kenney. Age-specific skin blood flow responses to acute capsaicin. Journals of Gerontology 58:B304-B310, 2003.
Munce, T.A. and W.L. Kenney. Age-specific modification of local cutaneous vasodilation by capsaicin-sensitive primary afferents. Journal of Applied Physiology 95:1016-1024, 2003.
Kenney, W.L. and T.A. Munce. Aging and human thermoregulation. Journal of Applied Physiology 95:2598-2603, 2003.
Brooks-Asplund, E.M., C.E. Tupper, J.M. Daun, W.L. Kenney , and J.G. Cannon. Determinants of plasma leptin concentration in postmenopausal women. Mechanisms of Aging and Development 125:117-119, 2004.
Scremin, G. and W.L. Kenney . Aging and the skin blood flow response to the unloading of baroreceptors during heat and cold stress. Journal of Applied Physiology 96:1019-1025, 2004.
Thompson, C.S. and W.L. Kenney . Altered neurotransmitter control of reflex vasoconstriction in aged human skin. Journal of Physiology 558.2:697-704, 2004.
Kenney , W.L., L.A. Holowatz, and D.W. DeGroot. Extremes of heat tolerance: life at the precipice of thermoregulatory failure. Journal of Thermal Biology 29:479-485, 2004.
Baker, L.L., T.A. Munce, and W.L. Kenney . Sex differences in voluntary fluid intake by older adults during exercise. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 37:789-796, 2005.
Thompson, C.S., L.A. Holowatz, and W.L. Kenney . Cutaneous vasoconstrictor responses to norepinephrine are attenuated in older humans. American Journal of Physiology 288:1108-1113, 2005.
Thompson, C.S., L.A. Holowatz, and W.L. Kenney . Attenuated noradrenergic sensitivity during local cooling in aged skin. Journal of Physiology , 564:313-319, 2005.
Holowatz, L.A., C.S. Thompson, C.T. Minson, and W.L. Kenney . Mechanisms of acetylcholine-mediated vasodilatation in young and aged skin. Journal of Physiology , 563:965-973, 2005.
Holowatz, L.A., C.S. Thompson, and W.L. Kenney . L-arginine supplementation or arginase inhibition augments thermoregulatory cutaneous vasodilatation in aged human skin. Journal of Physiology 574:573-581, 2006.
Dougherty, K.A., L.B. Baker, M. Chow, and W.L. Kenney . 2% dehydration impairs and 6% carbohydrate drink improves boys basketball performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 38:1650-1658, 2006.
Holowatz, L.A., C.S. Thompson, and W.L. Kenney . Acute ascorbate supplementation alone or combined with arginase inhibition increases augments reflex cutaneous vasodilation in aged skin. American Journal of Physiology 291:H2965-H2970, 2006.
DeGroot, D.W., G. Havenith, and W.L. Kenney . Responses to mild cold exposure are predicted by different individual characteristics in young and older subjects. Journal of Applied Physiology 101:1607-1615, 2006.
Baker, L.B., D.E. Conroy, and W.L. Kenney . Dehydration impairs vigilance-related attention in male basketball players. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise in press, 2007.
DeGroot, D.W. and W.L. Kenney . Impaired defense of core temperature in aged humans during mild cold stress. American Journal of Physiology in press, 2007.
Thompson-Torgerson, C.S., L.A. Holowatz, N.A. Flavahan, and W.L. Kenney . Cold-induced cutaneous vasoconstriction is mediated by Rho kinase in vivo in human skin. American Journal of Physiology in press, 2007.
Holowatz, L.A., C.S. Thompson-Torgerson, and W.L. Kenney . Altered mechanisms of vasodilation in aged human skin. Exercise and Sports Sciences Reviews in press, 2007.
Administration
President of the American College of Sports Medicine, 2003-2004