Differential vasomotor effects of insulin on gastrocnemius and soleus feed arteries in the OLETF rat model: role of endothelin-1.

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the topic of this review? This article describes the contribution of oxidative stress and pro-inflammatory cytokines to the enhanced carotid body chemosensory responsiveness to the hypoxia and systemic hypertension induced by chronic intermittent hypoxia. What advances does it highlight? Chronic in...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Iturriaga R,Moya EA,Del Rio R

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of unilateral Achilles' tendon section on the soleus muscle of rabbits was examined after 2 and 4 weeks of unsutured recovery. Immobilization of the limb during recovery was also investigated. Following tendon section the limb was immobilized with an ankle angle of 90 deg, and final experiments were perform...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Barry JA,Cotter MA,Cameron NE,Pattullo MC

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of microinjections of adenosine and an adenosine receptor antagonist into the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) on the cardiovascular changes associated with the defence reaction were investigated in anaesthetized rats. Responses to electrical and chemical stimulation in RVLM were determined in alpha-ch...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Thomas T,Spyer KM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An energy-rich diet leads to enhanced ruminal Na(+) absorption, which is associated with elevated plasma insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) levels and an increased number of IGF-1 receptors in rumen papillae. This study examined the in vitro effect of IGF-1 on Na(+) transport across the rumen epithelium of hay-fed s...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Shen Z,Martens H,Schweigel-Röntgen M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that a higher percentage of type I fibres in vastus lateralis and a greater peak oxygen uptake (O2) were associated with a greater initial rise in O2 (O2 /W, where W is work rate) following the onset of heavy constant power output exercise (above the lactate threshold, LT). It was unclear if these...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Barstow TJ,Jones AM,Nguyen PH,Casaburi R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? The parasternal intercostal electromyogram (EMGpara) is known to provide an accurate, non-invasive index of respiratory load-capacity balance. Although relationships between EMGpara and both airflow obstruction and hyperinflation have been shown, the independent ...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： MacBean V,Pringle CL,Lunt AC,Sharp KD,Ali A,Greenough A,Moxham J,Rafferty GF

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joint movement was recently shown to stimulate the secretion of the lubricant hyaluronan (HA); also, exercise therapy and intra-articular hyaluronan injections are used to treat moderate osteoarthritis. The present study quantifies the stimulus-response curves for HA secretion in vivo and reports a role of transcripti...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Wann AK,Ingram KR,Coleman PJ,McHale N,Levick JR

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide anions in modulating the renal nerve-dependent increases in proximal tubular fluid reabsorption (Jva). Renal nerve stimulation at 0.75 and 1.0 Hz (15 V, 0.2 ms) in anaesthetized Wistar rats had no effect on glomerular filtration rate but decreased ur...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Wu XC,Johns EJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the topic of this review? This review describes the role of renal nerves as the key carrier of signals from the kidneys to the CNS and vice versa; the brain and kidneys communicate through this carrier to maintain homeostasis in the body. What advances does it highlight? Whether renal or autonomic ...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Nishi EE,Bergamaschi CT,Campos RR

更新日期：2015-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) is a cotransmitter with classical transmitters in most nerves in the peripheral and central nervous systems, although the proportions vary between tissues and species and in different developmental and pathophysiological circumstances. There was early evidence that ATP was released toge...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Burnstock G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake and distribution of CO throughout the circulatory system during two different methods of CO rebreathing (2 min 'Schmidt' and 40 min 'Burge' methods) were determined in nine healthy volunteers. Specifically, the impact of (i) differences in circulatory mixing time (t(mix)), (ii) CO diffusion to myoglobin (Mb...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Garvican LA,Burge CM,Cox AJ,Clark SA,Martin DT,Gore CJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The modulation of activity of the upper airway dilator and respiratory muscles plays a key role in the regulation of ventilation, but little is known about the link between their neuromuscular activation processes in vivo. This study investigated genioglossus and diaphragm responses to transcranial magnetic ...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Wang W,Similowski T,Sériès F

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What is the central question of this study? Failure to terminate apnoea and arouse is likely to contribute to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Serotonin is deficient in the brainstems of babies who died of SIDS. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that serotonin in the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) would sho...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Donnelly WT,Bartlett D Jr,Leiter JC

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured plasma levels of L-arginine, its analogue NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), and related amino acids in normal subjects and uraemic patients (n = 31), before and after haemodialysis. Plasma levels of L-arginine were reduced to less than half of normal values in uraemic subjects compared with controls, and ...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Mendes Ribeiro AC,Roberts NB,Lane C,Yaqoob M,Ellory JC

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive asphyxia, produced by a prolonged voluntary breath hold (end-expiratory apnoea), evokes large bursts of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA). These bursts increase in amplitude until the asphyxic break point is reached, at which point the bursts are inhibited. We tested the hypothesis that lung inflati...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Seitz MJ,Brown R,Macefield VG

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unknown whether changes in corticomotor excitability follow prolonged exercise in healthy humans. Furthermore, the role of supraspinal fatigue in decrements of force production and voluntary activation following prolonged exercise has not been established. This study investigated peripheral and central fatigue a...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Ross EZ,Middleton N,Shave R,George K,Nowicky A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were: (1) to determine the within-subject, between-day variability in end-tidal P(CO2) (P(ET,CO2)); (2) to determine whether the within-subject, between-day variability in P(ET,CO2) was caused by variations in metabolic acid-base status; and (3) to determine whether between-subject variations in...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Crosby A,Robbins PA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoglossal nerve activity (HNA) controls the position and movements of the tongue. In persons with compromised upper airway anatomy, sleep-related hypotonia of the tongue and other pharyngeal muscles causes increased upper airway resistance, or total upper airway obstructions, thus disrupting both sleep and breathing...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Brandes IF,Stettner GM,Mörschel M,Kubin L,Dutschmann M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? What are the molecular underpinnings of seasonal metabolic plasticity during spring and autumn migrations in songbirds? What is the main finding and its importance? We report differences in mRNA levels of genes involved in the regulation of glucose and fat metabo...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Sharma A,Kumar V

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise role of vasopressin in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease is controversial, but this peptide hormone is important for several reasons. Firstly, circulating concentrations of vasopressin are elevated in heart failure and some forms of hypertension. Secondly, there is evidence that vasopressin is ...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Burrell LM,Risvanis J,Johnston CI,Naitoh M,Balding LC

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inward transport of two purines, adenosine and hypoxanthine, at 37 degrees C by horse erythrocytes was compared. No mediated transport of adenosine was detected in horse erythrocytes, nor was saturable, high-affinity binding of the potent facilitated-diffusion inhibitor nitrobenzylthioinosine demonstrable in horse...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Jarvis SM,Harris RC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current assessments of the effects of shear patterns on vascular function assume that a parabolic velocity profile is always present. Any substantial deviation in the profile away from this may result in misinterpretation of the importance that shear patterns have on vascular function. The present investigation tested...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Ade CJ,Broxterman RM,Wong BJ,Barstow TJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is debatable whether differences in mitochondrial function exist across skeletal muscle types and whether mouse skeletal muscle mitochondrial function can serve as a valid model for human skeletal muscle mitochondrial function. The aims of this study were to compare and contrast three different mouse skeletal muscl...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Jacobs RA,Díaz V,Meinild AK,Gassmann M,Lundby C

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of direct autonomic nerve stimulation on the heart may be quite different to those of perfusion with pharmacological neuromodulating agents. This study was designed to investigate the effect of autonomic nerve stimulation on intracellular calcium fluorescence using fura-2 AM in the isolated Langendorff-per...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Brack KE,Coote JH,Ng GA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? We examined whether the macrophage-synthesized antioxidant 7,8-dihydroneopterin was elevated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients. We then examined whether 7,8-dihydroneopterin could protect dystrophic skeletal mouse muscle from eccentric contraction-ind...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Lindsay A,Schmiechen A,Chamberlain CM,Ervasti JM,Lowe DA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal studies show that arginine vasopressin facilitates aggression, while serotonin (5-HT) inhibits aggression by blocking the activity of the vasopressin system. Clinical studies report that subjects with a history of 'fighting and assault' show a significant positive correlation between cerebrospinal fluid concent...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Ferris CF

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? Pregnancy requires a robust plasma volume expansion driven by renal sodium retention. In the late-pregnant kidney, the aldosterone-responsive epithelial Na(+) channel is increased, whereas the sodium-chloride cotransporter is decreased. Pendrin has been shown to ...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： West CA,Verlander JW,Wall SM,Baylis C

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? Do the pulmonary vascular responses to hypoxia change during progressive exposure to high altitude and can alterations in these responses be related to changes in concentrations of circulating biomarkers that affect the pulmonary circulation? What is the main fin...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Luks AM,Levett D,Martin DS,Goss CH,Mitchell K,Fernandez BO,Feelisch M,Grocott MP,Swenson ER,Caudwell Xtreme Everest Investigators.

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? We sought to understand the day-to-day variability of human indirect calorimetry during rest and exercise. Previous work has been unable to separate human day-to-day variability from measurement error and within-trial human variability. We developed models accoun...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Tenan MS,Bohannon AW,Macfarlane DJ,Crouter SE

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension caused by chronic infusion of angiotensin II (Ang II) in experimental animals is likely to be mediated, at least in part, by an elevation of ongoing sympathetic nerve activity (SNA). However, the contribution of SNA relative to non-neural mechanisms in mediating Ang II-induced hypertension is an area of i...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Toney GM,Pedrino GR,Fink GD,Osborn JW

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00