Topical Review:

David W. Munno and Naweed I. Syed

Synaptogenesis in the CNS: an odyssey from wiring together to firing together
J Physiol 2003 552: 1-11. First Published online on August 1, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rapid Reports:

Henry M. Staines, Trevor Powell, J. Clive Ellory, Stéphane Egée, Franck Lapaix, Gaëtan Decherf, Serge L. Y. Thomas, Christophe Duranton, Florian Lang, and Stephan M. Huber

Modulation of whole-cell currents in Plasmodium falciparum-infected human red blood cells by holding potential and serum
J Physiol 2003 552: 177-183. First Published online on August 22, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. A. Nita, M. Steriade, and F. Amzica

Hyperpolarisation rectification in cat lateral geniculate neurons modulated by intact corticothalamic projections
J Physiol 2003 552: 325-332. First Published online on August 22, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Papers:

Mansoureh Eghbali, Bryndis Birnir, and Peter W. Gage

Conductance of GABA_A channels activated by pentobarbitone in hippocampal neurons from newborn rats
J Physiol 2003 552: 13-22. First Published online on August 1, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott A. John, James N. Weiss, Lai-Hua Xie, and Bernard Ribalet

Molecular mechanism for ATP-dependent closure of the K⁺ channel Kir6.2
J Physiol 2003 552: 23-34. First Published online on July 14, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bertalan K. Andrásfalvy, Mark A. Smith, Thilo Borchardt, Rolf Sprengel, and Jeffrey C. Magee

Impaired regulation of synaptic strength in hippocampal neurons from GluR1-deficient mice
J Physiol 2003 552: 35-45. First Published online on July 23, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott Trappe, Philip Gallagher, Matthew Harber, John Carrithers, James Fluckey, and Todd Trappe

Single muscle fibre contractile properties in young and old men and women
J Physiol 2003 552: 47-58. First Published online on July 1, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mathias De Roo, Jean-Luc Rodeau, and Rémy Schlichter

Dehydroepiandrosterone potentiates native ionotropic ATP receptors containing the P2X₂ subunit in rat sensory neurones
J Physiol 2003 552: 59-71. First Published online on July 4, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yan-Fang Li, Long-Jun Wu, Yong Li, Lin Xu, and Tian-Le Xu

Mechanisms of H⁺ modulation of glycinergic response in rat sacral dorsal commissural neurons
J Physiol 2003 552: 73-87. First Published online on July 10, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Païkan Marcaggi, Daniela Billups, and David Attwell

The role of glial glutamate transporters in maintaining the independent operation of juvenile mouse cerebellar parallel fibre synapses
J Physiol 2003 552: 89-107. First Published online on July 23, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dmitry Terentyev, Serge Viatchenko-Karpinski, Inna Gyorke, Radmila Terentyeva, and Sandor Gyorke

Protein phosphatases decrease sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium content by stimulating calcium release in cardiac myocytes
J Physiol 2003 552: 109-118. First Published online on August 1, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vladimír Pucovsky, Ray F. Moss, and Thomas B. Bolton

Non-contractile cells with thin processes resembling interstitial cells of Cajal found in the wall of guinea-pig mesenteric arteries
J Physiol 2003 552: 119-133. First Published online on August 1, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary movie files  

Makoto Funahashi, Yoshihiro Mitoh, Atsushi Kohjitani, and Ryuji Matsuo

Role of the hyperpolarization-activated cation current (I_h) in pacemaker activity in area postrema neurons of rat brain slices
J Physiol 2003 552: 135-148. First Published online on August 1, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alessandra L. Gasparetti, Cláudio T. de Souza, Márcio Pereira-da-Silva, Rachel L. G. S. Oliveira, Mário J. A. Saad, Everardo M. Carneiro, and Lício A. Velloso

Cold exposure induces tissue-specific modulation of the insulin-signalling pathway in Rattus norvegicus
J Physiol 2003 552: 149-162. First Published online on August 1, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arjan Scheepens, Marjo van de Waarenburg, Daniël van den Hove, and Carlos E. Blanco

A single course of prenatal betamethasone in the rat alters postnatal brain cell proliferation but not apoptosis
J Physiol 2003 552: 163-175. First Published online on August 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana M. Briones, José M. González, Beatriz Somoza, Jesús Giraldo, Craig J. Daly, Elisabet Vila, M. Carmen González, John C. McGrath, and Silvia M. Arribas

Role of elastin in spontaneously hypertensive rat small mesenteric artery remodelling
J Physiol 2003 552: 185-195. First Published online on July 4, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander V. Gourine, Lucy Atkinson, Jim Deuchars, and K. Michael Spyer

Purinergic signalling in the medullary mechanisms of respiratory control in the rat: respiratory neurones express the P2X₂ receptor subunit
J Physiol 2003 552: 197-211. First Published online on July 23, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olivier J. G. Birot, Nathalie Koulmann, André Peinnequin, and Xavier A. Bigard

Exercise-induced expression of vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA in rat skeletal muscle is dependent on fibre type
J Physiol 2003 552: 213-221. First Published online on July 14, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lee Ann T. Bennett, John M. Johnson, Dan P. Stephens, Adham R. Saad, and Dean L. Kellogg Jr

Evidence for a role for vasoactive intestinal peptide in active vasodilatation in the cutaneous vasculature of humans
J Physiol 2003 552: 223-232. First Published online on July 7, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heiner Post, Chiara d'Agostino, Vincenzo Lionetti, Michele Castellari, Elaine Y. Kang, Martin Altarejos, Xiaobin Xu, Thomas H. Hintze, and Fabio A. Recchia

Reduced left ventricular compliance and mechanical efficiency after prolonged inhibition of NO synthesis in conscious dogs
J Physiol 2003 552: 233-239. First Published online on July 23, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian J. Hunter, Arlin B. Blood, and Gordon G. Power

Cerebral metabolism during cord occlusion and hypoxia in the fetal sheep: a novel method of continuous measurement based on heat production
J Physiol 2003 552: 241-251. First Published online on July 23, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vsevolod Y. Polotsky, Jianguo Li, Naresh M. Punjabi, Arnon E. Rubin, Philip L. Smith, Alan R. Schwartz, and Christopher P. O'Donnell

Intermittent hypoxia increases insulin resistance in genetically obese mice
J Physiol 2003 552: 253-264. First Published online on July 23, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew M. Jones, Daryl P. Wilkerson, Katrien Koppo, Sally Wilmshurst, and Iain T. Campbell

Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase by L-NAME speeds phase II pulmonary _O2 kinetics in the transition to moderate-intensity exercise in man
J Physiol 2003 552: 265-272. First Published online on August 1, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sara J. Haug, Donald G. Welsh, and Steven S. Segal

Sympathetic nerves inhibit conducted vasodilatation along feed arteries during passive stretch of hamster skeletal muscle
J Physiol 2003 552: 273-282. First Published online on August 1, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. R. Giniatullin and R. A. Giniatullin

Dual action of hydrogen peroxide on synaptic transmission at the frog neuromuscular junction
J Physiol 2003 552: 283-293. First Published online on August 1, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary image  

John R. Halliwill, Barbara J. Morgan, and Nisha Charkoudian

Peripheral chemoreflex and baroreflex interactions in cardiovascular regulation in humans
J Physiol 2003 552: 295-302. First Published online on August 1, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. Ootsuka and W. W. Blessing

5-Hydroxytryptamine 1A receptors inhibit cold-induced sympathetically mediated cutaneous vasoconstriction in rabbits
J Physiol 2003 552: 303-314. First Published online on August 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julien Bohé, Aili Low, Robert R. Wolfe, and Michael J. Rennie

Human muscle protein synthesis is modulated by extracellular, not intramuscular amino acid availability: a dose-response study
J Physiol 2003 552: 315-324. First Published online on August 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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