Experimental Physiology

Papers
(The TQCC of Experimental Physiology is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Reply to Letter to the Editor in response to: Microvascular endothelial function following cessation of long‐term oral contraceptive pill use143
Blunted hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in apnoea divers64
Developmentally programmed obesity: Is there a role for anti‐inflammatory nutritional strategies?44
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Retraction: ‘The protease inhibitor UCF‐101 ameliorates streptozotocin‐induced mouse cardiomyocyte contractile dysfunction in vitro: role of AMP‐activated protein kinase’40
Heat stroke: physiological challenges and breakthroughs39
Clinical significance of exercise‐induced hypoalgesia in individuals with temporomandibular disorders and neck pain: A clinical trial protocol37
The interplay between gastrocnemius medialis force–length and force–velocity potentials, cumulative EMG activity and energy cost at speeds above and below the walk to run transition speed37
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Exertional heat stroke: nutritional considerations33
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Acute heat stress amplifies exercise‐induced metabolomic perturbations and reveals variation in circulating amino acids in endurance‐trained males26
Hyperpolarized [1‐13C]pyruvate combined with the hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic and hypoglycaemic clamp technique in skeletal muscle in a large animal model24
Association of VEGFA polymorphisms with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Chinese Han and Mongolian populations22
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Phenylhydrazine‐induced anaemia reduces subcutaneous white and brown adipose tissues in hypothalamic obese rats21
The Twin Cycle Hypothesis of type 2 diabetes aetiology: From concept to national NHS programme20
Regional changes in cerebral blood flow between the upright and supine posture and over 3 days of bed rest19
Post‐exercise neural plasticity is augmented by adding blood flow restriction during low work rate arm cycling19
Prognostic value of pulmonary diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide and ventilation–perfusion SPECT findings in pulmonary arterial hypertension19
Variation in physiological function within and between menstrual cycles: uncovering the contributing factors18
Mechanosensory encoding in ex vivo muscle–nerve preparations17
The inaugural ‘Mid‐Career Researcher’ prize: Rewarding and acknowledging future leaders in physiology17
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Neuroprotective effect of CTK 01512‐2 recombinant toxin at the spinal cord in a model of Huntington's disease16
Critical power is a key threshold determining the magnitude of post‐exercise hypotension in non‐hypertensive young males15
Sex differences, chronobiology and general anaesthesia in activities of the autonomic nervous system in rats15
Amplified P2X3 pathway activity in muscle afferent dorsal root ganglion neurons and exercise pressor reflex regulation in hindlimb ischaemia–reperfusion15
Correcting an overactive exercise pressor reflex: A new role for purinergic signalling?14
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Measuring pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics: Contemporary perspectives14
MyoLoop: Redefining cardiac research with advanced tissue simulation13
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Interference with glutamate antiporter system xc enables post‐hypoxic long‐term potentiation in hippocampus13
α1‐Adrenoceptors activate the NLRP3 inflammasome through downregulation of Kir2.1 in cardiac inflammation13
Swimming exercise decreases depression‐like behaviour and inflammatory cytokines in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes13
Muscle oxygenation during normoxic and hypoxic cycling exercise in humans with high‐affinity haemoglobin12
Network model of skeletal muscle cell signalling predicts differential responses to endurance and resistance exercise training12
Klotho, the Greek goddess controlling the fate of skeletal muscle satellite cells12
The miRNA‐143‐3p–Sox6–Myh7 pathway is altered in obesogenic diet‐induced cardiac hypertrophy12
Beyond drug discovery: Exploring the physiological and methodological dimensions of zebrafish in diabetes research12
A comparison between left ventricular ejection time measurement methods during physiological changes induced by simulated microgravity12
Association between haemoglobin A1c and whole‐body heat loss during exercise‐heat stress in physically active men with type 2 diabetes12
Nucleoprotein‐enriched diet enhances protein synthesis pathway and satellite cell activation via ERK1/2 phosphorylation in unloaded rat muscles12
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Are coagulation profiles in Andean highlanders with excessive erythrocytosis favouring hypercoagulability?12
When is the right time to initiate rehabilitation? Time will tell…12
Thermo‐haemodynamic coupling during regional thigh heating: Insight into the importance of local thermosensitive mechanisms in blood circulation12
A high‐fat diet supplemented with medium‐chain triglycerides ameliorates hepatic steatosis by reducing ceramide and diacylglycerol accumulation in mice12
The effect of age and mitigation strategies during hot water immersion on orthostatic intolerance and thermal stress11
Investigating the control of exercise hyperpnoea: A synergy of contributions11
In vivo operating lengths of the gastrocnemius muscle during gait in children who idiopathically toe‐walk11
Acute neuromuscular and hormonal responses to 20 versus 40% velocity loss in males and females before and after 8 weeks of velocity‐loss resistance training11
Mas‐related G protein‐coupled receptor D is involved in modulation of murine gastrointestinal motility11
Barosensory vessel mechanics and the vascular sympathetic baroreflex: Impact on blood pressure homeostasis11
Nitric oxide synthesis stimulated by arachidonic acid accumulation via PPARα in acetylcholine‐stimulated gastric mucous cells11
MyoLoop: Design, development and validation of a standalone bioreactor for pathophysiological electromechanical in vitro cardiac studies11
Artificial light at night suppresses the expression of sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+‐ATPase in the left ventricle of the heart in normotensive and hypertensive rats11
Experimental Physiology special issue: ‘Mechanotransduction, muscle spindles and proprioception’11
Professor Niels Henry Secher: Celebrating success from boat to bench to bedside11
Contact events in rugby union and the link to reduced cognition: evidence for impaired redox‐regulation of cerebrovascular function10
Additive effects of orchiectomy and intermittent hypoxia on lung mechanics and inflammation in C57BL/6J male mice10
Inhibition of the glycogen synthase kinase 3β–hypoxia‐inducible factor 1α pathway alleviates NLRP3‐mediated pyroptosis induced by high glucose in renal tubular epithelial cells10
Comments on Harkness‐Armstrong et al. (2021) ‘In vivo operating lengths of the gastrocnemius muscle during gait in children who idiopathically toe‐walk’10
Exercise temperature regulation following a 35‐day horizontal bedrest10
Autonomic control of the pulmonary circulation: Implications for pulmonary hypertension10
Oxygen uptake slow component: Enigma of the ‘excess’ oxygen used during heavy and severe exercise10
Astrocyte proliferation in the hippocampal dentate gyrus is suppressed across the lifespan of dystrophin‐deficient mdx mice10
Ketogenic diet: Possible mechanism, old and new applications10
Acute and long‐term effect of specific and non‐specific exercises in patients with chronic neck pain: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial10
Acute partial sleep restriction does not impact arterial function in young and healthy humans9
The effect of 4 weeks of high‐intensity interval training and 2 weeks of detraining on cardiovascular disease risk factors in male adolescents9
Effects of hyperprotein diet on anxiety, haemodynamics and morphofunctional aspects of the heart of Wistar rats9
Protective effects of Enterococcus faecium strain R30 supplementation on decreased muscle endurance under disuse in rats9
Acute hypobaric hypoxia and cardiac energetic response in prepubertal rats: Role of nitric oxide9
Lower‐body dynamic exercise reduces wave reflection in healthy young adults9
miR‐302a‐3p targets FMR1 to regulate pyroptosis of renal tubular epithelial cells induced by hypoxia–reoxygenation injury9
Blood flow restriction training attenuates changes in local muscle endurance: At odds with previous work?9
The long‐term impact of ovariectomy on ventilation and expression of phrenic long‐term facilitation in female rats9
Early initiation of electrical stimulation paired with range of motion after a volumetric muscle loss injury does not benefit muscle function9
Muscle fibre size and myonuclear positioning in trained and aged humans9
Osteocrin/musclin and the natriuretic peptides system: A novel focus in metabolism and cardiovascular prevention9
Age and sex differences in microvascular responses during reactive hyperaemia8
Reproducibility and diurnal variation in middle cerebral artery blood velocity in healthy humans8
Heartbeats entrain breathing via baroreceptor‐mediated modulation of expiratory activity8
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Acute hypoxia impairs posterior cerebral bioenergetics and memory in man8
Inaugural Review Prize 2023: The exercise hyperpnoea dilemma: A 21st‐century perspective8
Ovariectomy and high salt increase blood pressure and alter sodium transport proteins in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of adult Wistar rats8
Young, non‐Hispanic Black men and women exhibit divergent peripheral and cerebral vascular reactivity8
Cardiovascular and respiratory evaluation in adenosine A2A receptor knockout mice submitted to short‐term sustained hypoxia8
Myths and methodologies: Considerations for evaluating the time course of thermoregulatory adaptation during heat acclimation8
Low‐load resistance exercise with and without blood flow restriction: Which is more effective for increasing local muscle endurance and why?8
Ventilatory response to head‐down‐tilt in healthy human subjects8
The effectiveness of aerobic exercise on pain and disability in individuals with neck pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis8
Betamethasone improved near‐term neonatal lamb lung maturation in experimental maternal asthma7
50% body weight loading reduces stature increases and lumbar disc expansion from 4 h hyper‐buoyancy floatation versus 15 min sitting upright7
Larger reductions in blood pressure during post‐exercise standing, but not middle cerebral artery blood velocity, in resistance‐trained versus untrained individuals7
Chasing genes at high‐altitude7
Directional sensitivity of the cerebral pressure–flow relationship in young healthy individuals trained in endurance and resistance exercise7
Chitinase 3‐like 1 overexpression aggravates hypoxia–reoxygenation injury in IEC‐6 cells by inhibiting the PI3K/AKT signalling pathway7
How to spot the truth7
Circulating neuropeptide Y dynamics and performance during exercise in heart failure patients with contemporary medical and device therapy7
Using environmental and exercise physiology to address gender inequalities in climate change and occupational health research7
Imaging the large‐scale and cellular response to focal traumatic brain injury in mouse neocortex7
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Ketone monoester attenuates declines in cognitive performance and oxygen saturation during acute severe hypoxic exposure under resting conditions7
Born high, born fast: Does highland birth confer a pulmonary advantage for sea level endurance?7
Ultrasonographic evaluation of diaphragm fatigue in healthy humans7
From doubt to doctorate: Navigating imposter syndrome and thriving in physiology‐based grad studies7
The effects of habitual resistance exercise training on cerebrovascular responses to lower body dynamic resistance exercise: A cross‐sectional study7
Measuring parameters of aerobic function during exercise: One protocol to rule them all?6
From Earth to orbit: How to preserve muscle health in space and bed rest6
Lower systemic nitric oxide bioactivity, cerebral hypoperfusion and accelerated cognitive decline in formerly concussed retired rugby union players6
Time course changes in in vivo muscle mechanical function and Ca2+ regulation of force following experimentally induced gradual ovarian failure in mice6
Impact of acute caffeine intake on local tolerance to cold before and after total sleep deprivation6
Interleukin‐15 receptor subunit alpha regulates interleukin‐15 localization and protein expression in skeletal muscle cells6
Apnoea as a novel method to improve exercise performance: A current state of the literature6
Prolonged postnatal adaptation and enhanced prevalence of congenital heart diseases due to altitude may contribute to newborn mortality in Bolivia6
Effects of acute selective cyclooxygenase‐2 inhibition on skeletal muscle microvascular oxygenation and exercise tolerance6
Biological and methodological factors affecting response variability to endurance training and the influence of exercise intensity prescription6
The physiological and clinical importance of cardiorespiratory fitness in people with abdominal aortic aneurysm6
More airway smooth muscle in males versus females in a mouse model of asthma: A blessing in disguise?6
Durability as an index of endurance exercise performance: Methodological considerations6
Race and ethnicity in physiological research: When socio‐political constructs and biology collide6
Changes in vastus lateralis fibre cross‐sectional area, pennation angle and fascicle length do not predict changes in muscle cross‐sectional area6
Pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange during prolonged exercise in humans: Influence of dehydration, hyperthermia and sympathoadrenal activity6
Is lung function in a race against time?6
C‐type natriuretic peptide induces inotropic and lusitropic effects in human 3D‐engineered cardiac tissue: Implications for the regulation of cardiac function in humans6
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The effects of pulmonary hypertension on skeletal muscle oxygen pressures in contracting rat spinotrapezius muscle6
Test–retest reliability of Doppler ultrasound‐based leg blood flow assessments during exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease6
Blue plaque review series: Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald (1872–1973)6
Early life stress and hormonal status influence orexin‐1 receptor expression in structures regulating cardiorespiratory responses to CO25
Impact of passive heat stress and passive heat acclimation on circulating extracellular vesicles: An exploratory analysis5
Physiological assessment of a 16 day, 4385 km ultra‐endurance mountain bike race: A case study5
Artificial intelligence driven clustering of blood pressure profiles reveals frailty in orthostatic hypertension5
Unveiling the role of melatonin‐related gene CSNK1D in osteoclastogenesis and its implications for osteoporosis treatment5
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Misunderstanding of race as biology has deep negative biological and social consequences5
Letter about the recently published Viewpoint by H. B. Rossiter and D. C. Poole5
Consistency of endothelial function across two consecutive oral contraceptive pill cycles5
Comparing 17β‐estradiol and progesterone concentrations in young, physically active females: Insights from plasma versus serum analysis5
Advancing physiology through transparency: Celebrating our first registered report5
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Female thermal sensitivity and behaviour across the lifespan: A unique journey5
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A (heat‐)sensitive matter: Microvascular function and pre‐eclampsia5
Effect of exercise on chronic neck pain and central sensitization: A protocol for a randomized crossover trial5
A chronic high‐fat diet does not exacerbate muscle atrophy in fast‐twitch skeletal muscle of aged mice5
The effect of shame on endothelial function: discussing potential mechanisms and future directions5
Unveiling the enigma from sick to beauty: Hungry to standardize metrics for dynamic cerebral autoregulation5
Maintaining intravenous volume mitigates hypothermia‐induced myocardial dysfunction and accumulation of intracellular Ca2+5
Ageing changes the proprioceptive contribution to balance control under different types of mastoid vibration: A cross‐sectional study5
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Muscle fibre type shift in COPD: Adaptive, maladaptive or a bit of both?5
Loss and recovery of myocardial mitochondria in mice under different tail suspension time: Apoptosis and mitochondrial fission, fusion and autophagy5
Chronic sustained hypoxia alters the pattern of diaphragm electrical activity in anaesthetized rats5
A refined, minimally invasive, reproducible ovine ischaemia–reperfusion–infarction model using implantable defibrillators: Methodology and validation5
Metabolic and ruck performance effects of a novel, light‐weight, energy‐dense ketogenic bar5
Skeletal muscle fuel utilisation during exercise: A historical account of the Scandinavian involvement in the ‘Zuntz–Chauveau controversy’5
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Hydroxysteroid 17β‐dehydrogenase 13 (Hsd17b13) knockdown attenuates liver steatosis in high‐fat diet obese mice5
Is the blood pressure response to exercise associated with the motor unit firing patterns of the exercised muscle?5
Preserved force control by the digits via minimal sparing of cortico‐spinal connectivity after stroke5
Circulating Notch1 in response to altered vascular wall shear stress in adults4
Reliability of the passive leg movement assessment of vascular function in men4
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Peripheral sensory function in non‐freezing cold injury patients and matched controls4
Microbiomes in physiology: insights into 21st‐century global medical challenges4
Remote limb ischaemic conditioning produces cardioprotection in rats with testicular ischaemia–reperfusion injury4
The Paton prize lecture 2021: A colourful experience leading to a reassessment of colour vision and its theories4
Methyltransferase like 3 enhances pinin mRNA stability through N6‐methyladenosine modification to augment tumourigenesis of colon adenocarcinoma4
Marie Krogh's contributions to the study of thyroid physiology and pathophysiology4
Comments on: ‘Contact events in rugby union and the link to reduced cognition: evidence for impaired redox‐regulation of cerebrovascular function’4
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Haemodynamic, hormonal and renal actions of osteocrin in normal sheep4
Decoding the space integrome: Personalized countermeasures for a mission to Mars4
The influence of alcohol on genioglossus single motor units in men and women during wakefulness4
Differential weight loss with intermittent fasting or daily calorie restriction in low‐ and high‐fitness phenotypes4
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Thyroid hormone disorder and the heart: The role of cardiolipin in calcium handling4
Proteolytic markers associated with a gain and loss of leg muscle mass with resistance training followed by high‐intensity interval training4
Making sense of the carotid body counter‐regulatory response to hypoglycaemia4
Sir George Johnson FRCP (1818–96), high blood pressure and the continuing altercation about its origins4
Central command suppresses pressor‐evoked bradycardia at the onset of voluntary standing up in conscious cats4
The differential modulation of the baroreflex control mechanism in fight, flight or freeze behaviour4
Cross‐education of lower limb muscle strength following resistance exercise training in males and females: A systematic review and meta‐analysis4
Is the intervention as good as (or not substantially worse than) a comparator?4
Physical exercise increases global and gene‐specific (interleukin‐17 and interferon‐γ) DNA methylation in lymphocytes from aged women4
Growth differentiation factor 15 is not modified after weight loss induced by liraglutide in South Asians and Europids with type 2 diabetes mellitus4
Regional variation in nitric oxide‐dependent cutaneous vasodilatation during local heating in young adults4
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Mind affects matter: Hindbrain GLP1 neurons link stress, physiology and behaviour4
Even periconceptional alcohol consumption can have long‐term consequences on heart health in the offspring4
Respiratory deficits in a female rat model of Parkinson's disease4
Kidney function and cognitive impairment4
Releasing the breaks on breathing frequency4
Similar inflammatory response and conduit artery vascular function between sexes following induced inflammation4
Response to Letter to Editor – Comments on: Contact events in rugby union and the link to reduced cognition: evidence for impaired redox‐regulation of cerebrovascular function4
The effect of acute intradermal administration of ascorbate on heat loss responses in older adults with uncomplicated controlled hypertension4
Chronic N‐acetyl cysteine treatment does not improve respiratory system performance in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy4
Short‐latency afferent inhibition is reduced with cold‐water immersion of a limb and remains reduced after removal from the cold stimulus3
The passive leg movement technique for assessing vascular function: the impact of baseline blood flow3
Oral administration of angiotensin‐(1–7) decreases muscle damage and prevents the fibrosis in rats after eccentric exercise3
Test–retest reliability of transfer function analysis metrics for assessing dynamic cerebral autoregulation to spontaneous blood pressure oscillations3
A change to Experimental Physiology’s statistics policy3
Arterial stiffness and blood pressure are similar in naturally menstruating and oral contraceptive pill‐using women during the higher hormone phases3
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Dynamic cerebral autoregulation quantification with spontaneous arterial blood pressure oscillations: Is transfer function analysis our best option?3
Respiratory performance in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Clinical manifestations and lessons from animal models3
The role of lactate in sepsis and COVID‐19: Perspective from contracting skeletal muscle metabolism3
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Autonomous nervous system responses to environmental‐level exposure to 5G's first deployed band (3.5 GHz) in healthy human volunteers3
Correction to ‘Pulmonary diffusing capacity to nitric oxide and carbon monoxide during exercise and in the supine position: A test–retest reliability study’3
Aortic dissection: Indecision and delays are the parents of physiological failure3
microRNA‐22‐3p plays a protective role in a murine asthma model through the inhibition of the NLRP3–caspase‐1–IL‐1β axis3
Ketone monoester attenuates oxygen desaturation during weighted ruck exercise under acute hypoxic exposure but does not impact cognitive performance3
Active glucose transport varies by small intestinal region and oestrous cycle stage in mice3
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Sodium butyrate attenuates peritoneal fibroproliferative process in mice3
Diagnostic value of serum NLRP3, metalloproteinase‐9 and interferon‐γ for postoperative hydrocephalus and intracranial infection in patients with severe craniocerebral trauma3
Training‐induced improvements in knee extensor force accuracy are associated with reduced vastus lateralis motor unit firing variability3
Metabolic and microvascular function assessed using near‐infrared spectroscopy with vascular occlusion in women: age differences and reliability3
Post‐exercise hot or cold water immersion does not alter perception of effort or neuroendocrine responses during subsequent moderate‐intensity exercise3
Optogenetic methods to stimulate gamma motor neuron axons ex vivo3
Dual test gas pulmonary diffusing capacity in patients with idiopathic scoliosis 40 years after diagnosis3
Establishment of mouse models for severe pulmonary hypertension through ‘double‐hit’ strategies3
Respiratory muscle endurance training among patients with chronic diseases: A systematic review of available evidence3
Digoxin and exercise effects on skeletal muscle Na+,K+‐ATPase isoform gene expression in healthy humans3
The possible adaption of the human respiratory system to past atmospheres3
Neural control of coronary artery blood flow by non‐adrenergic and non‐cholinergic mechanisms3
The Holy Grail of cardiology?3
Assessment of venous pressure by compression sonography of the internal jugular vein during 3 days of bed rest3
Skeletal muscle adaptation to indirect electrical stimulation: divergence between microvascular and metabolic adaptations3
Sedentary lifestyle induces oxidative stress and atrophy in rat skeletal muscle3
Circulating extracellular microvesicles associated with electronic cigarette use increase endothelial cell inflammation and reduce nitric oxide production3
Immune system benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease3
Klotho regulates the myogenic response of muscle to mechanical loading and exercise3
The role of T‐type calcium channels in elderly human vascular function: A pilot randomized controlled trial3
A5 noradrenergic‐projecting C1 neurons activate sympathetic and breathing outputs in anaesthetized rats3
Alpha band oscillations in common synaptic input are explanatory of the complexity of isometric knee extensor muscle torque signals3
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