Christopher P. Elder, Ph.D.
Chris received his Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from The University of Georgia while working under Dr. Kevin McCully and the late Dr. Gary Dudley. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Bruce Damon in the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science before taking a few years off to attend Theological School. Chris has published peer-reviewed papers in the area of skeletal muscle physiology with an emphasis on the application of non-invasive techniques to in vivo human systems.
Research Information
Buck AKW*, Elder CP*, Donahue MJ, Damon BM. Matching of post-contraction perfusion to oxygen consumption across submaximal contraction intensities in exercising humans. Journal of Applied Physiology (In Review).
Elder CP, Skinner JT, Towse TF, Coolbaugh CL, Bullock JT, Quarles CC, Damon BM. SAGE MRI reveals a temporal lag between the deoxyhemoglobin and R2’ time courses following isometric contraction. NMR in Biomedicine, (In Review).
Towse TF, Elder CP, Bush EC, Klockenkemper S, Bullock JT, Dortch RD, Damon BM. Postcontractile BOLD contrast in skeletal muscle at 7 tesla reveals inter-individual heterogeneity in the physiological responses to muscle contraction. NMR in Biomedicine, (In Review).
Buck AKW, Ding Z, Elder CP, Towse, TF, Damon BM. Anisotropic smoothing improves DT-MRI-based muscle fiber tractography. PLOS One (In Review).
Towse TF, Childs BT, Sabin SA, Bush EC, Elder CP, Damon BM. Comparison of muscle BOLD responses to arterial occlusion at 3T and 7T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, (In Press).
Skinner JT, Robinson RK, Elder CP, Newton AT, Damon BM, Quarles CC. Evaluation of a Multiple Spin- and Gradient-Echo (SAGE) EPI Acquisition with SENSE Acceleration: Applications for Perfusion Imaging In and Outside the Brain. Magn. Reson. Imaging, (2014) 32:1171-1180.
Englund EK, Elder CP, Xu Q, Ding Z, Damon BM. Combined diffusion and strain tensor MRI reveals a heterogeneous, planar pattern of strain development during isometric muscle contraction. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, (2011) 300:R1079-90.
Bruce M. Damon and Christopher P. Elder. "Arterial Spin Labeling Techniques" in Quantitative MRI in Cancer. Thomas E. Yankeelov et al. eds. Taylor and Francis: London (2011)
Elder CP, Cook RN, Wilkens KL, Chance MA, Sanchez OA, Damon BM. A method for detecting the temporal sequence of muscle activation during cycling using MRI. J Appl Physiol, (2011) 110:826-33.
Elder CP, Cook RN, Chance MA, Copenhaver EA, Damon BM. Image-based calculation of perfusion and oxyhemoglobin saturation in skeletal muscle during submaximal isometric contractions. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, (2010) 64:852-61.
Sanchez OA, Copenhaver EA, Elder CP, Damon BM. Absence of a significant extravascular contribution to the skeletal muscle BOLD effect at 3 T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, (2010) 64:527-35.
Gorgey, AS, Black, CD, Elder, CP, Dudley, GA. Effects of electrical stimulation parameters on fatigue in skeletal muscle. J Orthopedic Sports and Physical Therapy, (2009) 39:684-92.
Black, CD, CP Elder, Ashraf Gorgey, GA Dudley. High specific torque is related to lengthening contraction induced skeletal muscle injury. Journal of Applied Physiology, (2008) 104:639-47.
Elder, CP, ET Mahoney, CD Black, JM Slade, GA Dudley. Oxygen cost of dynamic or isometric exercise relative to recruited muscle mass. Dynamic Medicine, (2006) 5:9.
Kendall TK, CD Black, CP Elder, A Gorgey, GA Dudley. Determining the extent of neural activation during maximal efforts. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, (2006) 38:1470-1475.
Sabatier, MJ, L Stoner, ET Mahoney, C Black, CP Elder, GA Dudley, K McCully. Electrically-stimulated resistance training in SCI individuals increases muscle fatigue resistance but not femoral artery size or blood flow Spinal Cord, (2006) 44, 227-33.
Mahoney, ET, CS Bickel, CP Elder, C Black, A Gorgey, JM Slade, D Apple Jr., G.A. Dudley. Changes in skeletal muscle size and glucose tolerance with electrically stimulated resistance training in individuals with chronic SCI. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, (2005) 86:1502-4. PMID: 16003691
Elder, CP, DF Apple, CS Bickel, RA Meyer, G.A. Dudley. Intramuscular fat and glucose tolerance after spinal cord injury – a cross sectional study. Spinal Cord, (2004) 42: 711-716. PMID: 15303112