Perspectives:

Michael J. Rennie and Henning Wackerhage

Connecting the dots for mechanochemical transduction in muscle
J Physiol 2003 553: 1. First Published online on September 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Topical Review:

Henri J. L. M. Timmers, Wouter Wieling, John M. Karemaker, and Jacques W. M. Lenders

Denervation of carotid baro- and chemoreceptors in humans
J Physiol 2003 553: 3-11. First Published online on October 3, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rapid Reports:

David C. H. Benton, Alan S. Monaghan, Ramine Hosseini, Parmvir K. Bahia, Dennis G. Haylett, and Guy W. J. Moss

Small conductance Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels formed by the expression of rat SK1 and SK2 genes in HEK 293 cells
J Physiol 2003 553: 13-19. First Published online on October 10, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. J. Crane, N. Gallagher, K. A. Dora, and C. J. Garland

Small- and intermediate-conductance calcium-activated K⁺ channels provide different facets of endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization in rat mesenteric artery
J Physiol 2003 553: 183-189. First Published online on October 10, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrei I. Ivanov, Shreya Patel, Vladimir A. Kulchitsky, and Andrej A. Romanovsky

Platelet-activating factor: a previously unrecognized mediator of fever
J Physiol 2003 553: 221-228. First Published online on October 17, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adam J. Rose and Mark Hargreaves

Exercise increases Ca²⁺-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II activity in human skeletal muscle
J Physiol 2003 553: 303-309. First Published online on October 17, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Papers:

Dale D. Tang, Christopher E. Turner, and Susan J. Gunst

Expression of non-phosphorylatable paxillin mutants in canine tracheal smooth muscle inhibits tension development
J Physiol 2003 553: 21-35. First Published online on August 29, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fumiko Mori-Kawakami, Katsunori Kobayashi, and Tomoyuki Takahashi

Developmental decrease in synaptic facilitation at the mouse hippocampal mossy fibre synapse
J Physiol 2003 553: 37-48. First Published online on September 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hongqu Shan, María Laura Messi, Zhenlin Zheng, Zhong-Min Wang, and Osvaldo Delbono

Preservation of motor neuron Ca²⁺ channel sensitivity to insulin-like growth factor-1 in brain motor cortex from senescent rat
J Physiol 2003 553: 49-63. First Published online on September 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shizhang Ling, Jian-Zhong Sheng, Janice E. A. Braun, and Andrew P. Braun

Syntaxin 1A co-associates with native rat brain and cloned large conductance, calcium-activated potassium channels in situ
J Physiol 2003 553: 65-81. First Published online on August 29, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian M. Fearon, Min Zhang, Cathy Vollmer, and Colin A. Nurse

GABA mediates autoreceptor feedback inhibition in the rat carotid body via presynaptic GABA_B receptors and TASK-1
J Physiol 2003 553: 83-94. First Published online on August 29, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Enkvetchakul, L. Ebihara, and C. G. Nichols

Polyamine flux in Xenopus oocytes through hemi-gap junctional channels
J Physiol 2003 553: 95-100. First Published online on September 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hsueh-Kai Chang, Shih-Hao Yeh, and Ru-Chi Shieh

The effects of spermine on the accessibility of residues in the M2 segment of Kir2.1 channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes
J Physiol 2003 553: 101-112. First Published online on September 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Chabbert, Ilana Mechaly, Victor Sieso, Pierre Giraud, Aurore Brugeaud, Jacques Lehouelleur, François Couraud, Jean Valmier, and Alain Sans

Voltage-gated Na⁺ channel activation induces both action potentials in utricular hair cells and brain-derived neurotrophic factor release in the rat utricle during a restricted period of development
J Physiol 2003 553: 113-123. First Published online on September 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chunhe Chen, Kei Nakatani, and Yiannis Koutalos

Free magnesium concentration in salamander photoreceptor outer segments
J Physiol 2003 553: 125-135. First Published online on September 18, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanne Marks, Nicolas J. C. Carvou, Edward S. Debnam, Surjit K. Srai, and Robert J. Unwin

Diabetes increases facilitative glucose uptake and GLUT2 expression at the rat proximal tubule brush border membrane
J Physiol 2003 553: 137-145. First Published online on September 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Norio Fukuda, Yiming Wu, Gerrie Farman, Thomas C. Irving, and Henk Granzier

Titin isoform variance and length dependence of activation in skinned bovine cardiac muscle
J Physiol 2003 553: 147-154. First Published online on September 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Patenaude, C. Andrew Chapman, Sandrine Bertrand, Patrice Congar, and Jean-Claude Lacaille

GABA_B receptor- and metabotropic glutamate receptor-dependent cooperative long-term potentiation of rat hippocampal GABA_A synaptic transmission
J Physiol 2003 553: 155-167. First Published online on September 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Vergara, C. Rick, S. Hernández-López, J. A. Laville, J. N. Guzman, E. Galarraga, D. J. Surmeier, and J. Bargas

Spontaneous voltage oscillations in striatal projection neurons in a rat corticostriatal slice
J Physiol 2003 553: 169-182. First Published online on September 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shizue Masuki and Hiroshi Nose

Arterial baroreflex control of muscle blood flow at the onset of voluntary locomotion in mice
J Physiol 2003 553: 191-201. First Published online on August 22, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shizue Masuki, Michiko Takeoka, Shun'ichiro Taniguchi, Minesuke Yokoyama, and Hiroshi Nose

Impaired arterial pressure regulation during exercise due to enhanced muscular vasodilatation in calponin knockout mice
J Physiol 2003 553: 203-212. First Published online on September 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas R. Bolster, Neil Kubica, Stephen J. Crozier, David L. Williamson, Peter A. Farrell, Scot R. Kimball, and Leonard S. Jefferson

Immediate response of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-mediated signalling following acute resistance exercise in rat skeletal muscle
J Physiol 2003 553: 213-220. First Published online on August 22, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. R. Quinn, S. Currie, A. M. Duncan, S. Miller, R. Sayeed, S. M. Cobbe, and G. L. Smith

Myocardial infarction causes increased expression but decreased activity of the myocardial Na⁺-Ca²⁺ exchanger in the rabbit
J Physiol 2003 553: 229-242. First Published online on August 29, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Brecht, Arnd Roth, and Bert Sakmann

Dynamic receptive fields of reconstructed pyramidal cells in layers 3 and 2 of rat somatosensory barrel cortex
J Physiol 2003 553: 243-265. First Published online on August 29, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franca Deriu, Eusebio Tolu, and John C. Rothwell

A short latency vestibulomasseteric reflex evoked by electrical stimulation over the mastoid in healthy humans
J Physiol 2003 553: 267-279. First Published online on August 29, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank A. Dinenno and Michael J. Joyner

Blunted sympathetic vasoconstriction in contracting skeletal muscle of healthy humans: is nitric oxide obligatory?
J Physiol 2003 553: 281-292. First Published online on August 29, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. A. Nitsche, K. Fricke, U. Henschke, A. Schlitterlau, D. Liebetanz, N. Lang, S. Henning, F. Tergau, and W. Paulus

Pharmacological modulation of cortical excitability shifts induced by transcranial direct current stimulation in humans
J Physiol 2003 553: 293-301. First Published online on August 29, 2003 [Full Text] [PDF]  

W. P. A. Kelders, G. J. Kleinrensink, J. N. van der Geest, L. Feenstra, C. I. de Zeeuw, and M. A. Frens

Compensatory increase of the cervico-ocular reflex with age in healthy humans
J Physiol 2003 553: 311-317. First Published online on August 29, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tania Lam, Claire Wolstenholme, Marleen van der Linden, Marco Y. C. Pang, and Jaynie F. Yang

Stumbling corrective responses during treadmill-elicited stepping in human infants
J Physiol 2003 553: 319-331. First Published online on September 8, 2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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