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The Journal of Physiology publishes original Research Papers in all areas of physiology and pathophysiology illustrating new physiological principles or mechanisms. Papers on work at the molecular level, cell membrane, single cells, tissues or organs and on systems physiology are all encouraged. We are particularly keen to publish papers that have a clinical or translational focus, to help further our understanding of the role physiology plays in health and disease.
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Biological sex, not reproductive cycle, influences peripheral blood immune cell prevalence in mice
-  17 January 2021
Key points
- Traditionally the female sex, compared with the male sex, has been perceived as having greater variability in many physiological traits, including within the immune system.
- We investigated effects of biological sex and the female reproductive cycle on numbers of circulating leukocytes in C57BL/6J mice.
- We show that biological sex, but not female reproductive cyclicity, has a significant effect on peripheral blood immune cell prevalence and variability, and that sex differences were not consistent amongst common inbred laboratory mouse strains.
- We found that male C57BL/6J mice, compared with female mice, have greater variability in peripheral blood immunophenotype, and that this was influenced by body weight.
- We created summary tables for researchers to facilitate experiment planning and sample size calculations for peripheral immune cells that consider the effects of biological sex.
Location, location, location: the organization and roles of potassium channels in mammalian motoneurons
-  15 January 2021
Exposure to high fructose corn syrup during adolescence in the mouse alters hepatic metabolism and the microbiome in a sex‐specific manner
- Shazia F. Bhat
- Sara E. Pinney
- Katherine M. Kennedy
- Cole R. McCourt
- Miles A. Mundy
- Michael G. Surette
- Deborah M. Sloboda
- Rebecca A. Simmons
-  15 January 2021
Time‐restricted feeding combined with aerobic exercise training can prevent weight gain and improve metabolic disorders in mice fed a high‐fat diet
- Renan Fudoli Lins Vieira
- Vitor Rosetto Muñoz
- Rafael Lima Junqueira
- Fellipe de Oliveira
- Rafael Calais Gaspar
- Susana Castelo Branco Ramos Nakandakari
- Suleyma de Oliveira Costa
- Marcio Alberto Torsoni
- Adelino S.R. da Silva
- Dennys Esper Cintra
- Leandro Pereira de Moura
- Eduardo Rochete Ropelle
- Iman Zaghloul
- Rania A. Mekary
- José Rodrigo Pauli
-  15 January 2021
A physiological model of the inflammatory‐thermal‐pain‐cardiovascular interactions during an endotoxin challenge
-  15 January 2021
Biased auditory nerve central synaptopathy is associated with Age‐related Hearing Loss
-  15 January 2021
A sodium background conductance controls the spiking pattern of mouse adrenal chromaffin cells in situ
- Alexandre Milman
- Stéphanie Ventéo
- Jean‐Louis Bossu
- Pierre Fontanaud
- Arnaud Monteil
- Philippe Lory
- Nathalie C. Guérineau
-  15 January 2021
Response to Wackerhage letter ‐ contributions by the Cologne group to lactate exercise testing and anaerobic threshold concepts in the 1970s and 1980s
-  15 January 2021

Ketamine: yay or neigh? Implications for cardiovascular regulation and considerations for field use
-  15 January 2021
free accessNeurotransmitter‐gated ion channels, still front and centre stage
-  389-395
-  14 January 2021

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You are as fast as your motor neurons: speed of recruitment and maximal discharge of motor neurons determine the maximal rate of force development in humans
- Alessandro Del Vecchio
- Francesco Negro
- Ales Holobar
- Andrea Casolo
- Jonathan P. Folland
- Francesco Felici
- Dario Farina
- The Journal of Physiology
-  2445-2456
-  15 February 2019
free accessThe increase in muscle force after 4 weeks of strength training is mediated by adaptations in motor unit recruitment and rate coding
- Alessandro Del Vecchio
- Andrea Casolo
- Francesco Negro
- Matteo Scorcelletti
- Ilenia Bazzucchi
- Roger Enoka
- Francesco Felici
- Dario Farina
- The Journal of Physiology
-  1873-1887
-  6 February 2019
Open accessHuman circadian phase–response curves for exercise
- The Journal of Physiology
-  2253-2268
-  19 February 2019
Open accessKetone ester supplementation blunts overreaching symptoms during endurance training overload
- The Journal of Physiology
-  3009-3027
-  30 April 2019
free accessSuppression of the gut microbiome ameliorates age‐related arterial dysfunction and oxidative stress in mice
- Vienna E. Brunt
- Rachel A. Gioscia‐Ryan
- James J. Richey
- Melanie C. Zigler
- Lauren M. Cuevas
- Antonio Gonzalez
- Yoshiki Vázquez‐Baeza
- Micah L. Battson
- Andrew T. Smithson
- Andrew D. Gilley
- Gail Ackermann
- Andrew P. Neilson
- Tiffany Weir
- Kevin P. Davy
- Rob Knight
- Douglas R. Seals
- The Journal of Physiology
-  2361-2378
-  4 February 2019
free accessCrossTalk proposal: Heart rate variability is a valid measure of cardiac autonomic responsiveness
- The Journal of Physiology
-  2595-2598
-  21 April 2019
free accessModular organization of murine locomotor pattern in the presence and absence of sensory feedback from muscle spindles
- The Journal of Physiology
-  3147-3165
-  27 March 2019
free accessCrossTalk opposing view: Heart rate variability as a measure of cardiac autonomic responsiveness is fundamentally flawed
- The Journal of Physiology
-  2599-2601
-  21 April 2019
free accessAerobic exercise training and vascular function with ageing in healthy men and women
- The Journal of Physiology
-  4901-4914
-  11 May 2019
Open accessHuman skeletal muscle nitrate store: influence of dietary nitrate supplementation and exercise
- Lee J. Wylie
- Ji Won Park
- Anni Vanhatalo
- Stefan Kadach
- Matthew I. Black
- Zdravko Stoyanov
- Alan N. Schechter
- Andrew M. Jones
- Barbora Piknova
- The Journal of Physiology
-  5565-5576
-  27 July 2019
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Evidence for improved systemic and local vascular function after long‐term passive static stretching training of the musculoskeletal system
- A. V. Bisconti
- E. Cè
- S. Longo
- M. Venturelli
- G. Coratella
- E. Limonta
- C. Doria
- S. Rampichini
- F. Esposito
- The Journal of Physiology
-  3645-3666
-  1 July 2020
Open accessKetogenic low‐CHO, high‐fat diet: the future of elite endurance sport?
- The Journal of Physiology
-  2 May 2020
Open accessPostexercise cooling impairs muscle protein synthesis rates in recreational athletes
- Cas J. Fuchs
- Imre W. K. Kouw
- Tyler A. Churchward‐Venne
- Joey S. J. Smeets
- Joan M. Senden
- Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt
- Lex B. Verdijk
- Luc J. C. van Loon
- The Journal of Physiology
-  755-772
-  1 December 2019
Open accessMimicking exercise: what matters most and where to next?
- The Journal of Physiology
-  20 November 2019
Open accessImmediate brain plasticity after one hour of brain–computer interface (BCI)
- The Journal of Physiology
-  6 November 2019
Open accessThe effect of sleep restriction, with or without high‐intensity interval exercise, on myofibrillar protein synthesis in healthy young men
- Nicholas J. Saner
- Matthew J.‐C. Lee
- Nathan W. Pitchford
- Jujiao Kuang
- Gregory D. Roach
- Andrew Garnham
- Tanner Stokes
- Stuart M. Phillips
- David J. Bishop
- Jonathan D. Bartlett
- The Journal of Physiology
-  1523-1536
-  11 March 2020
Open accessNeuropsychological and neurophysiological aspects of brain‐computer‐interface (BCI) control in paralysis
- The Journal of Physiology
-  11 February 2020
Open accessEndothelial cell–cardiomyocyte crosstalk in heart development and disease
- The Journal of Physiology
-  2923-2939
-  28 February 2019
Open accessH‐reflex conditioning during locomotion in people with spinal cord injury
- The Journal of Physiology
-  19 June 2019
Open accessHuman circadian phase–response curves for exercise
- The Journal of Physiology
-  2253-2268
-  19 February 2019













