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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
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Myths and methodologies: Considerations for evaluating the time course of thermoregulatory adaptation during heat acclimation52
Physiological assessment of a 16 day, 4385 km ultra‐endurance mountain bike race: A case study44
Chasing genes at high‐altitude43
Larger reductions in blood pressure during post‐exercise standing, but not middle cerebral artery blood velocity, in resistance‐trained versus untrained individuals40
Using environmental and exercise physiology to address gender inequalities in climate change and occupational health research40
Network model of skeletal muscle cell signalling predicts differential responses to endurance and resistance exercise training39
Acute partial sleep restriction does not impact arterial function in young and healthy humans34
Acute heat stress amplifies exercise‐induced metabolomic perturbations and reveals variation in circulating amino acids in endurance‐trained males33
Spaceflight and sport science: Physiological monitoring and countermeasures for the astronaut–athlete on Mars exploration missions30
Blunted hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in apnoea divers30
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The long‐term impact of ovariectomy on ventilation and expression of phrenic long‐term facilitation in female rats28
Hyperpolarized [1‐13C]pyruvate combined with the hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic and hypoglycaemic clamp technique in skeletal muscle in a large animal model25
In vivo operating lengths of the gastrocnemius muscle during gait in children who idiopathically toe‐walk25
Investigating the control of exercise hyperpnoea: A synergy of contributions24
When is the right time to initiate rehabilitation? Time will tell…23
Chitinase 3‐like 1 overexpression aggravates hypoxia–reoxygenation injury in IEC‐6 cells by inhibiting the PI3K/AKT signalling pathway21
The effectiveness of aerobic exercise on pain and disability in individuals with neck pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis20
Low‐load resistance exercise with and without blood flow restriction: Which is more effective for increasing local muscle endurance and why?20
Thermo‐haemodynamic coupling during regional thigh heating: Insight into the importance of local thermosensitive mechanisms in blood circulation19
Interference with glutamate antiporter system xc enables post‐hypoxic long‐term potentiation in hippocampus19
To Mars through LEO: How commercial space travel will change exploration‐enabling research18
Muscle fibre size and myonuclear positioning in trained and aged humans18
The miRNA‐143‐3p–Sox6–Myh7 pathway is altered in obesogenic diet‐induced cardiac hypertrophy18
Mechanosensory encoding in ex vivo muscle–nerve preparations18
Dietary manipulations for health and the prevention and management of disease: An editorial17
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On the measurement of glomerular filtration rate: An odyssey into the milieu intérieur16
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Comparing 17β‐estradiol and progesterone concentrations in young, physically active females: Insights from plasma versus serum analysis16
Delineating the impacts of air temperature and humidity for endurance exercise16
Exertional heat stress and intestinal barrier injury: Does chronic disease add fuel to the fire?16
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The effect of acute intradermal administration of ascorbate on heat loss responses in older adults with uncomplicated controlled hypertension15
Central command suppresses pressor‐evoked bradycardia at the onset of voluntary standing up in conscious cats15
Handgrip exercise does not alter CO2‐mediated cerebrovascular flow‐mediated dilation15
Effect of adrenaline on serum mid‐regional pro‐atrial natriuretic peptide and central blood volume15
From fatigue to physiology: Submaximal 2‐day cardiopulmonary exercise test and emerging standards in long COVID15
Effect of exercise on chronic neck pain and central sensitization: A protocol for a randomized crossover trial15
Kidney function and cognitive impairment14
Habitual exercise in youth: A ʻbrainyʼ idea14
Unlocking the complications of chronic concussion in rugby players: A traumatic tale of cerebral injury14
Is polycystic ovary syndrome associated with elevated muscle sympathetic nerve activity?13
Post‐exercise hot or cold water immersion does not alter perception of effort or neuroendocrine responses during subsequent moderate‐intensity exercise13
Limited matching of the cardiac output response to the peripheral demand of heat stress and exercise13
Dynamic cerebral autoregulation quantification with spontaneous arterial blood pressure oscillations: Is transfer function analysis our best option?13
Alpha band oscillations in common synaptic input are explanatory of the complexity of isometric knee extensor muscle torque signals13
Even periconceptional alcohol consumption can have long‐term consequences on heart health in the offspring13
In support of the placental programming hypothesis: Placental endocrine insufficiency programs atypical behaviour in mothers and their offspring12
Intestinal epithelial injury and inflammation after physical work in temperate and hot environments in older men with hypertension or type 2 diabetes12
Effect of artificial gravity on calcaneal bone marrow adipose tissue and mineral content in female and male participants in 60 days of bed rest12
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Oh G: The x, y and z of human physiological responses to acceleration12
Marie Krogh's contributions to the study of thyroid physiology and pathophysiology12
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Cardiorespiratory consequences of obesity: a tale of two pumps11
Skin wound healing as a mirror to cardiac wound healing11
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
Challenging dynamic cerebral autoregulation across the physiological CO2 spectrum: Influence of biological sex and cardiac cycle11
The contribution of the tendon electrode to M‐wave characteristics in the biceps brachii, vastus lateralis and tibialis anterior11
The severity of acute hypoxaemia determines distinct changes in intracortical and spinal neural circuits11
Characterization of differences in immune responses during bolus and continuous infusion endotoxin challenges using mathematical modelling11
Insulin‐like growth factor‐1 infusion in preterm piglets does not affect growth parameters of skeletal muscle or tendon tissue11
The impact of long‐haul travel and 13 h time change on sleep and rest activity circadian rhythm in speed skaters during World Cup competitions11
‘One for all, all for one’: A tale from the formative years of Scandinavian exercise physiology11
Retracted: Transcription activation of microRNA‐25 by PEA3 augments progression of gastric cancer through suppressing SIK111
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Association between effective neural drive to the triceps surae and fluctuations in plantar‐flexion torque during submaximal isometric contractions11
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The role of orexin A in the pathogenesis of ischaemic stroke at high altitude10
Peripheral nerve‐derived fibroblasts promote neurite outgrowth in adult dorsal root ganglion neurons more effectively than skin‐derived fibroblasts10
Differential intestinal injury and unchanged systemic inflammatory responses to leg and whole‐body passive hyperthermia in healthy humans10
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Exercise‐induced pain within endurance exercise settings: Definitions, measurement, mechanisms and potential interventions10
Short‐term effects of electronic cigarettes on cerebrovascular function: A time course study10
On changes, challenges and collaboration: Introducing a new Editor‐in‐Chief and moving to Open Access10
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News, views and where best to choose10
Diverse perspectives on respiratory chemoreceptor interactions: Resuscitating an expired debate10
CTRP6‐mediated cardiac protection in heart failure via the AMPK/SIRT1/PGC‐1α signalling pathway10
A crossover control study of three methods of heat acclimation on the magnitude and kinetics of adaptation10
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Caffeine in cerebrovascular research: To withdraw or not to withdraw?9
Acute alterations in blood lactate in the setting of transient stress induced myocardial ischaemia9
Impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance in a prenatally‐androgenized rat model of polycystic ovary syndrome in later life9
The acute effects of dynamic stretching on the neuromuscular system are independent of the velocity9
Inhibitory effect of oestradiol on the cardiac KV7.1/KCNE1 channel is species dependent9
Impact of whole‐body resistance exercise timing on mitigating hyperglycaemia‐induced vascular dysfunction9
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Functional assays reflective of cancer hallmarks in BT‐549 cells are not impacted by media supplemented with exercise‐trained plasma9
Exercise is medicine for chronic mountain sickness9
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 females8
Declines in muscle contractility and activation during isometric contractions of the knee extensors vary with contraction intensity and exercise volume8
COVID‐19 vulnerabilities are intensified by declining human serum albumin levels8
Lower vascular conductance responses to handgrip exercise are improved following acute antioxidant supplementation in young individuals with post‐traumatic stress disorder8
Data analysis technique influences blood flow kinetics parameter estimates for moderate‐ and heavy‐intensity exercise transitions8
Changes in cerebral autoregulation and vasoreactivity after surgical aortic valve replacement: a prospective study8
Elite sport, innovation and the application gap8
Changes in motor unit behaviour across repeated bouts of eccentric exercise8
The acute effect of a laboratory shame induction protocol on endothelial function in young, healthy adults8
GST polymorphism as a predictive biomarker for modulating the susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A North Indian study8
A single breath of nitric oxide does not alter pulmonary perfusion pressure8
Acute high‐intensity muscle contraction moderates AChR gene expression independent of rapamycin‐sensitive mTORC1 pathway in rat skeletal muscle8
The effect of acute intermittent hypoxia on human limb motoneurone output8
Memory impairment in the D2.mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy is prevented by the adiponectin receptor agonist ALY6888
Vascular limitations in blood pressure regulation with age in women: Insights from exercise and acute cardioselective β‐blockade8
Gut microbiota in regulation of childhood bone growth8
Endogenous medullary raphé hydrogen sulphide facilitates the ventilatory response to hypercapnia8
Distinct adaptations of muscle endurance but not strength or hypertrophy to low‐load resistance training with and without blood flow restriction8
Spectral changes in skin blood flow during pressure manipulations or sympathetic stimulation8
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Bilateral renal denervation prevents the development of hypertension during diet‐induced obesity in male rats8
Heat and carbon monoxide exposure: Is two better than one?8
Pulmonary vascular reactivity to supplemental oxygen in Sherpa and lowlanders during gradual ascent to high altitude8
Sex differences in the ventilatory responses to exercise in mild to moderate obesity7
Effect of high‐fat diet on isometric, concentric and eccentric contractile performance of skeletal muscle isolated from female CD‐1 mice7
Exercise in hypobaric hypoxia increases markers of intestinal injury and symptoms of gastrointestinal distress7
Acute intermittent hypoxia in neonatal rodent central nervous system facilitates respiratory frequency through the recruitment of hypothalamic areas7
Submaximal 2‐day cardiopulmonary exercise testing to assess exercise capacity and post‐exertional symptom exacerbation in people with long COVID7
Energy expenditure, intake and availability in female soccer players via doubly labelled water: Are we misrepresenting low energy availability?7
The effect of protein or amino acid provision on immobilization‐induced muscle atrophy in healthy adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis7
Computing muscle mechanical state variables from combined proprioceptive sensory feedback7
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Obesity and exercise training alter inflammatory pathway skeletal muscle small extracellular vesicle microRNAs7
ZDF (fa/fa) rats show increasing heterogeneity in main parameters during ageing, as confirmed by biometrics, oxidative stress markers and MMP activity7
Knee movements cause changes in the firing behaviour of muscle spindles located within the mono‐articular ankle extensor soleus in the rat7
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Biomarkers of heatstroke‐induced organ injury and repair7
Using modified Fenn diagrams to assess ventilatory acclimatization during ascent to high altitude: Effect of acetazolamide7
Hide and seek in a pandemic: review of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and sequelae in children6
Impact of a 12‐week high‐intensity interval training intervention on cardiac structure and function after COVID‐19 at 12‐month follow‐up6
The effect of female breast surface area on skin stiffness and tactile sensitivity at rest and following exercise in the heat6
Galectin‐3 and suppression of tumorigenicity 2: Two emerging cardiac biomarkers that may be predictors of cardiac fibrosis development in sport6
Lower limb hyperthermia augments functional hyperaemia during small muscle mass exercise similarly in trained elderly and young humans6
Breath‐by‐breath measurement of alveolar gas exchange must preserve mass balance and conform to a physiological definition of a breath6
Individual assessment of ventilatory acclimatization at high altitude6
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Beyond the horizon: Why space biology is the next great innovation opportunity6
Climate change, healthy ageing and the health crisis: is wisdom the link?6
The differential sensitivity of the hypothalamic–hypophysial–ovarian axis to 5‐hydroxytryptophan alters the secretion of estradiol6
Sex differences in the vascular response to sympathetic activation during acute hypoxaemia6
Stabilising function of the human diaphragm in response to involuntary augmented breaths induced with or without lower‐limb movements6
Myths and methodologies: Assessing glycaemic control and associated regulatory mechanisms in human physiology research6
Control of blood pressure in the cold: differentiation of skin and skeletal muscle vascular resistance6
Cell‐free DNA kinetics in response to muscle‐damaging exercise: A drop jump study6
Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium handling in unbranched, immediately post‐necrotic fast‐twitch mdx fibres is similar to wild‐type littermates6
The sympathetic nervous system in healthy and hypertensive pregnancies: physiology or pathology?6
Exercise oximetry in clinical practice: A single‐centre perspective on procedure and techniques6
From discovery to innovation in physiological research6
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Epigenetic responses to heat: From adaptation to maladaptation6
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The effect of exercise in a fasted state on plasma low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations in males and females6
The renal vasodilatation from β‐adrenergic activation in vivo in rats is not driven by KV7 and BKCa channels6
Pulmonary diffusing capacity to nitric oxide and carbon monoxide during exercise and in the supine position: a test–retest reliability study6
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Synbiotic supplementation ameliorates anxiety and myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury in hyperglycaemic rats by modulating gut microbiota6
Respiratory muscle metaboreflex: Connecting the ‘dots’5
Consistency of endothelial function across two consecutive oral contraceptive pill cycles5
Cardiovascular and respiratory evaluation in adenosine A2A receptor knockout mice submitted to short‐term sustained hypoxia5
Is the blood pressure response to exercise associated with the motor unit firing patterns of the exercised muscle?5
Klotho, the Greek goddess controlling the fate of skeletal muscle satellite cells5
One minute of light‐intensity stair‐stepping decreases postprandial glycaemia in the evening in non‐diabetic adults: A randomized controlled trial5
The inaugural ‘Mid‐Career Researcher’ prize: Rewarding and acknowledging future leaders in physiology5
Acute and long‐term effect of specific and non‐specific exercises in patients with chronic neck pain: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial5
Exertional heat stroke: nutritional considerations5
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Relationship between neuromuscular fatigue, muscle activation and the work done above the critical power during severe‐intensity exercise5
Measuring pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics: Contemporary perspectives5
Chronic intermittent hypoxia‐mediated cognitive dysfunction in ovariectomized rats5
Effects of hyperprotein diet on anxiety, haemodynamics and morphofunctional aspects of the heart of Wistar rats5
Early life stress and hormonal status influence orexin‐1 receptor expression in structures regulating cardiorespiratory responses to CO25
Interleukin‐15 receptor subunit alpha regulates interleukin‐15 localization and protein expression in skeletal muscle cells5
Reply to Veerkamp et al.: Comments on Harkness‐Armstrong et al. (2021)5
The effects of pulmonary hypertension on skeletal muscle oxygen pressures in contracting rat spinotrapezius muscle5
Durability as an index of endurance exercise performance: Methodological considerations5
Skin wetness perception across body sites in children and adolescents aged 7–16 years old5
Directional sensitivity of the cerebral pressure–flow relationship in young healthy individuals trained in endurance and resistance exercise5
Making sense of the carotid body counter‐regulatory response to hypoglycaemia5
Preserved force control by the digits via minimal sparing of cortico‐spinal connectivity after stroke5
Race and ethnicity in physiological research: When socio‐political constructs and biology collide5
Differential shifts in baroreflex control of renal and lumbar sympathetic nerve activity induced by freezing behaviour in rats5
Blood flow restriction training attenuates changes in local muscle endurance: At odds with previous work?5
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TRPV1 blockade restores the baroreflex control of renal sympathetic nerve activity in cisplatin‐induced renal injury in rats5
Artificial intelligence driven clustering of blood pressure profiles reveals frailty in orthostatic hypertension5
Association of VEGFA polymorphisms with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Chinese Han and Mongolian populations5
A comparison between left ventricular ejection time measurement methods during physiological changes induced by simulated microgravity5
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Should we treat COVID‐19 lung injury like ARDS? Exploring the paradigm4
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Diffusion and physical constraints limit oxidative capacity, capillary supply and size of muscle fibres in mice and humans4
Membrane progesterone and oestrogen receptors modulate GABAergic transmission in the prefrontal cortex of prepubertal male, but not female, mice4
Death by nitrogen anoxia: On the integrated physiology of human execution4
Reflections on physiology and modelling4
Remote liver injury following acute renal ischaemia–reperfusion: involvement of circulating exosomal miR‐687 and regulation by thymoquinone4
Implementation of a coagulation component into a phosphate kinetics model in haemodialysis therapy: A tool for detection of clotting problems?4
Selection pressure at altitude for genes related to alcohol metabolism: A role for endogenous enteric ethanol synthesis?4
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Melanin‐concentrating hormone regulates the hypercapnic chemoreflex by acting in the lateral hypothalamic area4
Science of omics: a molecular space odyssey4
Size, more than oxygen need, determines the number of capillaries around a muscle fibre4
Protein‐based perioperative nutrition interventions for improving muscle mass and functional outcomes following orthopaedic surgery4
Letter about the recently published Viewpoint by H. B. Rossiter and D. C. Poole4
Circadian rhythm of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor in serum and plasma4
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Blistering barnacles: Space physiology in The Adventures of Tintin4
Role of proprioceptors in chronic musculoskeletal pain4
Faecal microbiome, gastrointestinal integrity, inflammation and thermoregulation in recent exertional heat illness patients and matched controls4
Physiological influences on neurovascular coupling: A systematic review of multimodal imaging approaches and recommendations for future study designs4
Neural control of coronary artery blood flow by non‐adrenergic and non‐cholinergic mechanisms4
Acute neuromuscular, cardiovascular, and muscle oxygenation responses to low‐intensity aerobic interval exercises with blood flow restriction4
Effect of exercise on improving myocardial mitochondrial function in decreasing diabetic cardiomyopathy4
Women in space: A review of known physiological adaptations and health perspectives4
Effects of aerobic exercise on lipopolysaccharide‐induced experimental acute lung injury in the animal model of type 1 diabetes mellitus4
Effect of prolonged sitting on dynamic cerebral autoregulation in the anterior and posterior cerebral circulations4
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Physical exercise intervention in glycogen storage disease IIIa: Feasibility and multisystem benefits4
Is there reversible dimerization of albumin in blood plasma? And does it matter?4
Unpacking the multimodal, multi‐scale data of the fast and slow lanes of the cardiac vagus through computational modelling4
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The mood stabilizers lithium and valproate disrupt hepatic and intestinal farnesoid X receptor signalling and increase bile synthesis in the rat4
LGD‐4033 and MK‐677 use impacts body composition, circulating biomarkers, and skeletal muscle androgenic hormone and receptor content: A case report4
Ketone monoester attenuates oxygen desaturation during weighted ruck exercise under acute hypoxic exposure but does not impact cognitive performance4
Effects of repeated cryostimulation exposures on sleep quality in swimmers during an intense training period4
Biophysical, thermo‐physiological and perceptual determinants of cool‐seeking behaviour during exercise in younger and older women4
On the challenge of assessing dynamic cerebral autoregulation4
Acute effects of insulin and insulin‐induced hypoglycaemia on carotid body chemoreceptor activity and cardiorespiratory responses in dogs4
A change to Experimental Physiology’s statistics policy4
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Possible protective effect of zinc administration on renal and cognitive changes occurring in uninephrectomized adult male Wistar rats4
Attenuation of muscle spindle firing with artificially increased series compliance during stretch of relaxed muscle4
Early chronotype with metabolic syndrome favours resting and exercise fat oxidation in relation to insulin‐stimulated non‐oxidative glucose disposal4
Clinical significance and immune microenvironment association of cuproptosis‐related genes in pan‐cancer4
The deleterious effects of acute hypoxia on microvascular and large vessel endothelial function4
Characterising sex‐related differences in lower‐ and higher‐threshold motor unit behaviour through high‐density surface electromyography4
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The atypical ‘hippocampal’ glutamate receptor coupled to phospholipase D that controls stretch‐sensitivity in primary mechanosensory nerve endings is homomeric purely metabotropic GluK23
Status quo of Experimental Physiology – Anno 2025: What's in a name?3
Impact of long‐haul airline travel on athletic performance and recovery: A critical review of the literature3
Sharpey‐Schafer, Langley and Sherrington: ‘swordsmen’ of physiology. A historical look to the future3
Periconceptional alcohol alters in vivo heart function in ageing female rat offspring: Possible involvement of oestrogen receptor signalling3
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