Experimental Physiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Experimental Physiology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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Nitrite supplementation alleviates cerebrovascular dysfunction in chronically stressed mice, but cognitive decline remains78
Chasing genes at high‐altitude64
Using environmental and exercise physiology to address gender inequalities in climate change and occupational health research52
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Physiological assessment of a 16 day, 4385 km ultra‐endurance mountain bike race: A case study45
Mechanosensory encoding in ex vivo muscle–nerve preparations40
The physiology of survival: Fluid and food36
Acute partial sleep restriction does not impact arterial function in young and healthy humans34
Hyperpolarized [1‐13C]pyruvate combined with the hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic and hypoglycaemic clamp technique in skeletal muscle in a large animal model33
Chitinase 3‐like 1 overexpression aggravates hypoxia–reoxygenation injury in IEC‐6 cells by inhibiting the PI3K/AKT signalling pathway32
Investigating the control of exercise hyperpnoea: A synergy of contributions30
Acute heat stress amplifies exercise‐induced metabolomic perturbations and reveals variation in circulating amino acids in endurance‐trained males28
Spaceflight and sport science: Physiological monitoring and countermeasures for the astronaut–athlete on Mars exploration missions26
To Mars through LEO: How commercial space travel will change exploration‐enabling research26
Dietary manipulations for health and the prevention and management of disease: An editorial25
The effectiveness of aerobic exercise on pain and disability in individuals with neck pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis25
Thermo‐haemodynamic coupling during regional thigh heating: Insight into the importance of local thermosensitive mechanisms in blood circulation25
When is the right time to initiate rehabilitation? Time will tell…22
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Low‐load resistance exercise with and without blood flow restriction: Which is more effective for increasing local muscle endurance and why?22
Downregulation of microRNA‐494 drives mitochondrial biogenesis and function in trained muscle22
The miRNA‐143‐3p–Sox6–Myh7 pathway is altered in obesogenic diet‐induced cardiac hypertrophy20
Blunted hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in apnoea divers20
Muscle fibre size and myonuclear positioning in trained and aged humans20
No difference in mean middle cerebral artery blood velocity responses between lower‐ and upper‐body unilateral resistance exercise in untrained individuals19
Network model of skeletal muscle cell signalling predicts differential responses to endurance and resistance exercise training18
Larger reductions in blood pressure during post‐exercise standing, but not middle cerebral artery blood velocity, in resistance‐trained versus untrained individuals18
Myths and methodologies: Considerations for evaluating the time course of thermoregulatory adaptation during heat acclimation18
Interference with glutamate antiporter system xc enables post‐hypoxic long‐term potentiation in hippocampus18
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From fatigue to physiology: Submaximal 2‐day cardiopulmonary exercise test and emerging standards in long COVID16
Alpha band oscillations in common synaptic input are explanatory of the complexity of isometric knee extensor muscle torque signals16
Dynamic cerebral autoregulation quantification with spontaneous arterial blood pressure oscillations: Is transfer function analysis our best option?16
Kidney function and cognitive impairment15
Central command suppresses pressor‐evoked bradycardia at the onset of voluntary standing up in conscious cats15
Unlocking the complications of chronic concussion in rugby players: A traumatic tale of cerebral injury15
The effect of acute intradermal administration of ascorbate on heat loss responses in older adults with uncomplicated controlled hypertension15
Limited matching of the cardiac output response to the peripheral demand of heat stress and exercise14
Is polycystic ovary syndrome associated with elevated muscle sympathetic nerve activity?14
Habitual exercise in youth: A ʻbrainyʼ idea14
Effect of adrenaline on serum mid‐regional pro‐atrial natriuretic peptide and central blood volume14
Even periconceptional alcohol consumption can have long‐term consequences on heart health in the offspring14
Alveolar deadspace and intrapulmonary shunt in healthy individuals and in individuals who have recovered from COVID‐19 infection14
Post‐exercise hot or cold water immersion does not alter perception of effort or neuroendocrine responses during subsequent moderate‐intensity exercise13
Effect of exercise on chronic neck pain and central sensitization: A protocol for a randomized crossover trial13
On the measurement of glomerular filtration rate: An odyssey into the milieu intérieur13
Oh G: The x, y and z of human physiological responses to acceleration13
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Handgrip exercise does not alter CO2‐mediated cerebrovascular flow‐mediated dilation13
Exertional heat stress and intestinal barrier injury: Does chronic disease add fuel to the fire?13
Effects of tempol on renal medullary tissue hypoxia in an ovine model of Gram‐negative septic acute kidney injury13
Comparing 17β‐estradiol and progesterone concentrations in young, physically active females: Insights from plasma versus serum analysis13
Marie Krogh's contributions to the study of thyroid physiology and pathophysiology13
Mapping the variability of in vivo rat uterine electrical properties throughout the oestrous cycle13
Challenging dynamic cerebral autoregulation across the physiological CO2 spectrum: Influence of biological sex and cardiac cycle12
Intestinal epithelial injury and inflammation after physical work in temperate and hot environments in older men with hypertension or type 2 diabetes12
Skin wound healing as a mirror to cardiac wound healing12
Delineating the impacts of air temperature and humidity for endurance exercise12
Diverse perspectives on respiratory chemoreceptor interactions: Resuscitating an expired debate12
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Bioenergetic profiles and respiratory control in mitochondrial physiology: Precision analysis of oxidative phosphorylation12
Sex differences in the coronary vascular response to combined chemoreflex and metaboreflex stimulation in healthy humans11
DYNamic Assessment of Multi‐Organ level dysfunction in patients recovering from COVID‐19: DYNAMO COVID‐1911
Peripheral nerve‐derived fibroblasts promote neurite outgrowth in adult dorsal root ganglion neurons more effectively than skin‐derived fibroblasts11
Exercise‐induced pain within endurance exercise settings: Definitions, measurement, mechanisms and potential interventions11
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The contribution of the tendon electrode to M‐wave characteristics in the biceps brachii, vastus lateralis and tibialis anterior11
News, views and where best to choose11
CTRP6‐mediated cardiac protection in heart failure via the AMPK/SIRT1/PGC‐1α signalling pathway11
Cardiorespiratory consequences of obesity: a tale of two pumps11
Characterization of differences in immune responses during bolus and continuous infusion endotoxin challenges using mathematical modelling11
In support of the placental programming hypothesis: Placental endocrine insufficiency programs atypical behaviour in mothers and their offspring11
On changes, challenges and collaboration: Introducing a new Editor‐in‐Chief and moving to Open Access11
Association between effective neural drive to the triceps surae and fluctuations in plantar‐flexion torque during submaximal isometric contractions10
The severity of acute hypoxaemia determines distinct changes in intracortical and spinal neural circuits10
Short‐term effects of electronic cigarettes on cerebrovascular function: A time course study10
‘One for all, all for one’: A tale from the formative years of Scandinavian exercise physiology10
Insulin‐like growth factor‐1 infusion in preterm piglets does not affect growth parameters of skeletal muscle or tendon tissue10
Response to the letter from Bushfield and Day: Potential pitfalls of using a correction to normative values in the assessment of acid–base compensation during early ascent to high altitude10
Effect of artificial gravity on calcaneal bone marrow adipose tissue and mineral content in female and male participants in 60 days of bed rest10
Effect of moderate altitude and nocturnal oxygen therapy on cerebrovascular function in patients with COPD: A randomized, crossover trial at 2048 m9
A new method for non‐invasive determination of effective pulmonary blood flow and cardiac output in spontaneously breathing subjects9
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Distinct adaptations of muscle endurance but not strength or hypertrophy to low‐load resistance training with and without blood flow restriction9
GST polymorphism as a predictive biomarker for modulating the susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A North Indian study9
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A crossover control study of three methods of heat acclimation on the magnitude and kinetics of adaptation9
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The acute effects of dynamic stretching on the neuromuscular system are independent of the velocity9
The role of orexin A in the pathogenesis of ischaemic stroke at high altitude9
The impact of long‐haul travel and 13 h time change on sleep and rest activity circadian rhythm in speed skaters during World Cup competitions9
Impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance in a prenatally‐androgenized rat model of polycystic ovary syndrome in later life9
Impact of whole‐body resistance exercise timing on mitigating hyperglycaemia‐induced vascular dysfunction8
Inhibitory effect of oestradiol on the cardiac KV7.1/KCNE1 channel is species dependent8
Caffeine in cerebrovascular research: To withdraw or not to withdraw?8
Gut microbiota in regulation of childhood bone growth8
Pulmonary vascular reactivity to supplemental oxygen in Sherpa and lowlanders during gradual ascent to high altitude8
Acute alterations in blood lactate in the setting of transient stress induced myocardial ischaemia8
Defying gravity: Breath, beat and brain8
Role of RIPK1/RIPK3/MLKL signalling pathway in sepsis‐associated acute kidney injury8
Maximal strength and voluntary activation of adductor pollicis after a single session of acute intermittent hypercapnia or acute intermittent hypoxia8
Functional assays reflective of cancer hallmarks in BT‐549 cells are not impacted by media supplemented with exercise‐trained plasma8
A single breath of nitric oxide does not alter pulmonary perfusion pressure8
Differential intestinal injury and unchanged systemic inflammatory responses to leg and whole‐body passive hyperthermia in healthy humans8
Temporal summation in human peripheral axons when stimulated transcutaneously with a 10‐kHz waveform8
Changes in motor unit behaviour across repeated bouts of eccentric exercise8
Sex‐dependent effects of a high‐fat diet‐induced obesity model on cerebrovascular health and brain metabolism8
The acute effect of a laboratory shame induction protocol on endothelial function in young, healthy adults8
Knee movements cause changes in the firing behaviour of muscle spindles located within the mono‐articular ankle extensor soleus in the rat7
Acute high‐intensity muscle contraction moderates AChR gene expression independent of rapamycin‐sensitive mTORC1 pathway in rat skeletal muscle7
Computing muscle mechanical state variables from combined proprioceptive sensory feedback7
Spectral changes in skin blood flow during pressure manipulations or sympathetic stimulation7
Sex differences in the ventilatory responses to exercise in mild to moderate obesity7
The effect of protein or amino acid provision on immobilization‐induced muscle atrophy in healthy adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis7
Heat and carbon monoxide exposure: Is two better than one?7
Effect of internal and external cooling on high‐intensity intermittent cycling performance and cognitive function in the heat7
Oral ketone monoester supplementation does not accelerate recovery of muscle force or modulate circulating cytokine concentrations after muscle‐damaging eccentric exercise in healthy males and females7
Lower vascular conductance responses to handgrip exercise are improved following acute antioxidant supplementation in young individuals with post‐traumatic stress disorder7
Obesity and exercise training alter inflammatory pathway skeletal muscle small extracellular vesicle microRNAs7
Use of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation to explore inhibitory and facilitatory circuits in muscles of the human lower limb7
Effect of high‐fat diet on isometric, concentric and eccentric contractile performance of skeletal muscle isolated from female CD‐1 mice7
Memory impairment in the D2.mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy is prevented by the adiponectin receptor agonist ALY6887
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Vascular limitations in blood pressure regulation with age in women: Insights from exercise and acute cardioselective β‐blockade7
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Changes in cerebral autoregulation and vasoreactivity after surgical aortic valve replacement: a prospective study7
Elite sport, innovation and the application gap7
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Beyond the horizon: Why space biology is the next great innovation opportunity6
The differential sensitivity of the hypothalamic–hypophysial–ovarian axis to 5‐hydroxytryptophan alters the secretion of estradiol6
Climate change, healthy ageing and the health crisis: is wisdom the link?6
From discovery to innovation in physiological research6
Cell‐free DNA kinetics in response to muscle‐damaging exercise: A drop jump study6
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ZDF (fa/fa) rats show increasing heterogeneity in main parameters during ageing, as confirmed by biometrics, oxidative stress markers and MMP activity6
Cerebral haemodynamic responses to inspiratory muscle work6
Exercise‐induced effects on atherogenesis and tryptophan catabolism via the kynurenine pathway in an HIV‐associated atherosclerosis mouse model6
Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium handling in unbranched, immediately post‐necrotic fast‐twitch mdx fibres is similar to wild‐type littermates6
Breath‐by‐breath measurement of alveolar gas exchange must preserve mass balance and conform to a physiological definition of a breath6
Exercise oximetry in clinical practice: A single‐centre perspective on procedure and techniques6
Submaximal 2‐day cardiopulmonary exercise testing to assess exercise capacity and post‐exertional symptom exacerbation in people with long COVID6
Control of blood pressure in the cold: differentiation of skin and skeletal muscle vascular resistance6
Galectin‐3 and suppression of tumorigenicity 2: Two emerging cardiac biomarkers that may be predictors of cardiac fibrosis development in sport6
Stabilising function of the human diaphragm in response to involuntary augmented breaths induced with or without lower‐limb movements6
Epigenetic responses to heat: From adaptation to maladaptation6
Acute intermittent hypoxia in neonatal rodent central nervous system facilitates respiratory frequency through the recruitment of hypothalamic areas6
Spontaneous Ca2+ signals in the developing mammalian cochlea of live mice under different anaesthetic regimes6
Data analysis technique influences blood flow kinetics parameter estimates for moderate‐ and heavy‐intensity exercise transitions6
Energy expenditure, intake and availability in female soccer players via doubly labelled water: Are we misrepresenting low energy availability?6
Applying lessons from limb muscle disuse and ageing to better understand ventilator‐induced diaphragm dysfunction6
Lower limb hyperthermia augments functional hyperaemia during small muscle mass exercise similarly in trained elderly and young humans6
Why is the muscle spindle so complicated?6
Impact of a 12‐week high‐intensity interval training intervention on cardiac structure and function after COVID‐19 at 12‐month follow‐up6
Myths and methodologies: Assessing glycaemic control and associated regulatory mechanisms in human physiology research6
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The effect of exercise in a fasted state on plasma low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations in males and females6
Biomarkers of heatstroke‐induced organ injury and repair6
Pulmonary diffusing capacity to nitric oxide and carbon monoxide during exercise and in the supine position: a test–retest reliability study6
Computational study of the excitation of human induced pluripotent stem cell‐derived cardiomyocytes6
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Exercise in hypobaric hypoxia increases markers of intestinal injury and symptoms of gastrointestinal distress6
The effect of acute intermittent hypoxia on human limb motoneurone output6
The renal vasodilatation from β‐adrenergic activation in vivo in rats is not driven by KV7 and BKCa channels6
Individual assessment of ventilatory acclimatization at high altitude6
Effects of hyperprotein diet on anxiety, haemodynamics and morphofunctional aspects of the heart of Wistar rats5
A comparison between left ventricular ejection time measurement methods during physiological changes induced by simulated microgravity5
Blood flow restriction training attenuates changes in local muscle endurance: At odds with previous work?5
Vascular, inflammatory and perceptual responses to hot water immersion: Impacts of water depth and temperature in young healthy adults5
Exertional heat stroke: nutritional considerations5
NEX4EX – A novel exercise device enabling resistive, plyometric and sensorimotor training during deep‐space missions: A case report5
The effect of female breast surface area on skin stiffness and tactile sensitivity at rest and following exercise in the heat5
Directional sensitivity of the cerebral pressure–flow relationship in young healthy individuals trained in endurance and resistance exercise5
The inaugural ‘Mid‐Career Researcher’ prize: Rewarding and acknowledging future leaders in physiology5
Preserved force control by the digits via minimal sparing of cortico‐spinal connectivity after stroke5
Is the blood pressure response to exercise associated with the motor unit firing patterns of the exercised muscle?5
Physiology of lived experience: Boston wrong: A series of physiological calamities at the Boston Marathon5
Acute and long‐term effect of specific and non‐specific exercises in patients with chronic neck pain: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial5
Blood flow restriction exercise during microgravity exposure in parabolic flight5
Race and ethnicity in physiological research: When socio‐political constructs and biology collide5
Klotho, the Greek goddess controlling the fate of skeletal muscle satellite cells5
Locomotor muscle dysfunction and rehabilitative exercise training in fibrotic interstitial lung disease: Where are we at and where could we go?5
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The sympathetic nervous system in healthy and hypertensive pregnancies: physiology or pathology?5
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TRPV1 blockade restores the baroreflex control of renal sympathetic nerve activity in cisplatin‐induced renal injury in rats5
Death by nitrogen anoxia: On the integrated physiology of human execution5
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Reply to Veerkamp et al.: Comments on Harkness‐Armstrong et al. (2021)5
Cardiovascular and respiratory evaluation in adenosine A2A receptor knockout mice submitted to short‐term sustained hypoxia5
Measuring pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics: Contemporary perspectives5
Durability as an index of endurance exercise performance: Methodological considerations5
Interleukin‐15 receptor subunit alpha regulates interleukin‐15 localization and protein expression in skeletal muscle cells5
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Using modified Fenn diagrams to assess ventilatory acclimatization during ascent to high altitude: Effect of acetazolamide5
Synbiotic supplementation ameliorates anxiety and myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury in hyperglycaemic rats by modulating gut microbiota5
Water and wisdom: Hydration as a defence against dementia5
Skin wetness perception across body sites in children and adolescents aged 7–16 years old5
Artificial intelligence driven clustering of blood pressure profiles reveals frailty in orthostatic hypertension5
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Diffusion and physical constraints limit oxidative capacity, capillary supply and size of muscle fibres in mice and humans4
Effects of repeated cryostimulation exposures on sleep quality in swimmers during an intense training period4
Membrane progesterone and oestrogen receptors modulate GABAergic transmission in the prefrontal cortex of prepubertal male, but not female, mice4
Blistering barnacles: Space physiology in The Adventures of Tintin4
Intensified training augments cardiac function, but not blood volume, in male youth elite ice hockey team players4
Uncovering the impact of the cardiovascular system on cerebrovascular health using MRI4
Melanin‐concentrating hormone regulates the hypercapnic chemoreflex by acting in the lateral hypothalamic area4
Early chronotype with metabolic syndrome favours resting and exercise fat oxidation in relation to insulin‐stimulated non‐oxidative glucose disposal4
Acute neuromuscular, cardiovascular, and muscle oxygenation responses to low‐intensity aerobic interval exercises with blood flow restriction4
Physical exercise intervention in glycogen storage disease IIIa: Feasibility and multisystem benefits4
One minute of light‐intensity stair‐stepping decreases postprandial glycaemia in the evening in non‐diabetic adults: A randomized controlled trial4
Protein‐based perioperative nutrition interventions for improving muscle mass and functional outcomes following orthopaedic surgery4
Early life stress and hormonal status influence orexin‐1 receptor expression in structures regulating cardiorespiratory responses to CO24
Possible protective effect of zinc administration on renal and cognitive changes occurring in uninephrectomized adult male Wistar rats4
A new method for bedside determination of effective lung volume and functional residual capacity4
Frequency responses of human magnetophosphene perception thresholds during dark adaptation point to rod modulation4
Relationship between neuromuscular fatigue, muscle activation and the work done above the critical power during severe‐intensity exercise4
Is there reversible dimerization of albumin in blood plasma? And does it matter?4
The mood stabilizers lithium and valproate disrupt hepatic and intestinal farnesoid X receptor signalling and increase bile synthesis in the rat4
Expression characteristics of dual‐specificity phosphatase 2 and hypoxia‐inducible factor‐1α in acute kidney injury and preliminary study of the effect of dual‐specificity phosphatase 2 on HK‐2 cells4
The evolution of muscle spindles4
Insights into pathophysiology and therapeutic strategies for heat stroke: Lessons from a baboon model4
LGD‐4033 and MK‐677 use impacts body composition, circulating biomarkers, and skeletal muscle androgenic hormone and receptor content: A case report4
Reflections on physiology and modelling4
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Clinical significance and immune microenvironment association of cuproptosis‐related genes in pan‐cancer4
Attenuation of muscle spindle firing with artificially increased series compliance during stretch of relaxed muscle4
Consistency of endothelial function across two consecutive oral contraceptive pill cycles4
On the challenge of assessing dynamic cerebral autoregulation4
Respiratory muscle metaboreflex: Connecting the ‘dots’4
Physiological influences on neurovascular coupling: A systematic review of multimodal imaging approaches and recommendations for future study designs4
Making sense of the carotid body counter‐regulatory response to hypoglycaemia4
Circadian rhythm of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor in serum and plasma4
Effect of prolonged sitting on dynamic cerebral autoregulation in the anterior and posterior cerebral circulations4
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Exercise breaks prevent attenuation in cerebrovascular function following an acute bout of uninterrupted sitting in healthy children4
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Role of proprioceptors in chronic musculoskeletal pain4
Implementation of a coagulation component into a phosphate kinetics model in haemodialysis therapy: A tool for detection of clotting problems?4
Acute effects of insulin and insulin‐induced hypoglycaemia on carotid body chemoreceptor activity and cardiorespiratory responses in dogs4
Size, more than oxygen need, determines the number of capillaries around a muscle fibre4
Faecal microbiome, gastrointestinal integrity, inflammation and thermoregulation in recent exertional heat illness patients and matched controls4
Evaluation of metabolism‐related molecules in rat model of autism spectrum disorders4
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Immediate cortical glial alterations following spinal cord injury: Evidence from a novel in vitro model4
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