PERSPECTIVES:

Peter B. C. Matthews

Restoring balance to the reflex actions of the muscle spindle: the secondary endings also matter
J Physiol 2006 572: 309-310. First Published online on February 23, 2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eugene E. Nattie

The retrotrapezoid nucleus and the ‘drive’ to breathe
J Physiol 2006 572: 311. First Published online on February 16, 2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tip W. Loo and David M. Clarke

Using a cysteine-less mutant to provide insight into the structure and mechanism of CFTR
J Physiol 2006 572: 312. First Published online on February 23, 2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

TOPICAL REVIEWS:

Bruce Walmsley, Amy Berntson, Richardson N. Leao, and Robert E. W. Fyffe

Activity-dependent regulation of synaptic strength and neuronal excitability in central auditory pathways
J Physiol 2006 572: 313-321. First Published online on February 9, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea Nistri, Konstantin Ostroumov, Elina Sharifullina, and Giuliano Taccola

Tuning and playing a motor rhythm: how metabotropic glutamate receptors orchestrate generation of motor patterns in the mammalian central nervous system
J Physiol 2006 572: 323-334. First Published online on February 9, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MOLECULAR AND GENOMIC:

A. Bucchi, A. Tognati, R. Milanesi, M. Baruscotti, and D. DiFrancesco

Properties of ivabradine-induced block of HCN1 and HCN4 pacemaker channels
J Physiol 2006 572: 335-346. First Published online on February 16, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liying Cui, Luba Aleksandrov, Yue-Xian Hou, Martina Gentzsch, Jey-Hsin Chen, John R. Riordan, and Andrei A. Aleksandrov

The role of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator phenylalanine 508 side chain in ion channel gating
J Physiol 2006 572: 347-358. First Published online on February 16, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELLULAR:

Mark Estacion, William G. Sinkins, Stephen W. Jones, Milana A. B. Applegate, and William P. Schilling

Human TRPC6 expressed in HEK 293 cells forms non-selective cation channels with limited Ca²⁺ permeability
J Physiol 2006 572: 359-377. First Published online on January 26, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Dan S. Luciani, Stanley Misler, and Kenneth S. Polonsky

Ca²⁺ controls slow NAD(P)H oscillations in glucose-stimulated mouse pancreatic islets
J Physiol 2006 572: 379-392. First Published online on February 2, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROSCIENCE:

Ezidin G. Kaddumi and Charles H. Hubscher

Convergence of multiple pelvic organ inputs in the rat rostral medulla
J Physiol 2006 572: 393-405. First Published online on February 2, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elina Sharifullina and Andrea Nistri

Glutamate uptake block triggers deadly rhythmic bursting of neonatal rat hypoglossal motoneurons
J Physiol 2006 572: 407-423. First Published online on February 2, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Pan-Yue Deng and Saobo Lei

Bidirectional modulation of GABAergic transmission by cholecystokinin in hippocampal dentate gyrus granule cells of juvenile rats
J Physiol 2006 572: 425-442. First Published online on February 2, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eugene Zaporozhets, Kristine C. Cowley, and Brian J. Schmidt

Propriospinal neurons contribute to bulbospinal transmission of the locomotor command signal in the neonatal rat spinal cord
J Physiol 2006 572: 443-458. First Published online on February 9, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molly M. Huntsman and John R. Huguenard

Fast IPSCs in rat thalamic reticular nucleus require the GABA_A receptor ß₁ subunit
J Physiol 2006 572: 459-475. First Published online on February 9, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew Townsend, Ganesh M. Shankar, Tapan Mehta, Dominic M. Walsh, and Dennis J. Selkoe

Effects of secreted oligomers of amyloid ß-protein on hippocampal synaptic plasticity: a potent role for trimers
J Physiol 2006 572: 477-492. First Published online on February 9, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RENAL AND ENDOCRINE:

Surinder Cheema-Dhadli, Shih-Hua Lin, Chee Keong-Chong, Kamel S. Kamel, and Mitchell L. Halperin

Requirements for a high rate of potassium excretion in rats consuming a low electrolyte diet
J Physiol 2006 572: 493-501. First Published online on February 2, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESPIRATORY:

Ana Carolina Thomaz Takakura, Thiago Santos Moreira, Eduardo Colombari, Gavin H. West, Ruth L. Stornetta, and Patrice G. Guyenet

Peripheral chemoreceptor inputs to retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) CO₂-sensitive neurons in rats
J Physiol 2006 572: 503-523. First Published online on February 2, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akira Kawai, Hiroshi Onimaru, and Ikuo Homma

Mechanisms of CO₂/H⁺ chemoreception by respiratory rhythm generator neurons in the medulla from newborn rats in vitro
J Physiol 2006 572: 525-537. First Published online on February 9, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SKELETAL MUSCLE AND EXERCISE:

Ioannis Vogiatzis, Olga Georgiadou, Ifigenia Giannopoulou, Maria Koskolou, Spyros Zakynthinos, Konstantinos Kostikas, Epaminondas Kosmas, Harrieth Wagner, Eleni Peraki, Antonia Koutsoukou, Nickolaos Koulouris, Peter D. Wagner, and Charis Roussos

Effects of exercise-induced arterial hypoxaemia and work rate on diaphragmatic fatigue in highly trained endurance athletes
J Physiol 2006 572: 539-549. First Published online on January 26, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shi-Jin Zhang, Joseph D. Bruton, Abram Katz, and Håkan Westerblad

Limited oxygen diffusion accelerates fatigue development in mouse skeletal muscle
J Physiol 2006 572: 551-559. First Published online on February 2, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip S. Clifford, Heidi A. Kluess, Jason J. Hamann, John B. Buckwalter, and Jeffrey L. Jasperse

Mechanical compression elicits vasodilatation in rat skeletal muscle feed arteries
J Physiol 2006 572: 561-567. First Published online on February 23, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTEGRATIVE:

Mutsumi Tanaka, Neil C. Owens, Kei Nagashima, Kazuyuki Kanosue, and Robin M. McAllen

Reflex activation of rat fusimotor neurons by body surface cooling, and its dependence on the medullary raphé
J Physiol 2006 572: 569-583. First Published online on February 16, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

George Lourenço, Caroline Iglesias, Paolo Cavallari, Emmanuel Pierrot-Deseilligny, and Véronique Marchand-Pauvert

Mediation of late excitation from human hand muscles via parallel group II spinal and group I transcortical pathways
J Physiol 2006 572: 585-603. First Published online on February 16, 2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ERRATA:

Errata
J Physiol 2006 572: 605. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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