PERSPECTIVES:

John A. Hawley

Specificity of training adaptation: time for a rethink?
J Physiol 2008 586: 1-2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

W. Larry Kenney

Human cardiovascular responses to passive heat stress
J Physiol 2008 586: 3. First Published online on November 1, 2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Lee Hamilton and Keith Baar

Muscle growth: no IGFs, ands, or buts
J Physiol 2008 586: 5-6. [Full Text] [PDF]  

JOURNAL CLUB:

Giuseppe Vergaro and Michele Emdin

Cardiac angiotensin receptor expression in hypothyroidism: back to fetal gene programme?
J Physiol 2008 586: 7-8. First Published online on November 1, 2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIAL:

Michael J. Joyner and Bengt Saltin

Exercise physiology and human performance: systems biology before systems biology!
J Physiol 2008 586: 9. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL SECTION REVIEWS: EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE:

Roger M. Enoka and Jacques Duchateau

Muscle fatigue: what, why and how it influences muscle function
J Physiol 2008 586: 11-23. First Published online on August 16, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benjamin D. Levine

: what do we know, and what do we still need to know?
J Physiol 2008 586: 25-34. First Published online on November 15, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Joyner and Edward F. Coyle

Endurance exercise performance: the physiology of champions
J Physiol 2008 586: 35-44. First Published online on September 27, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

José González-Alonso, Craig G. Crandall, and John M. Johnson

The cardiovascular challenge of exercising in the heat
J Physiol 2008 586: 45-53. First Published online on September 13, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hirofumi Tanaka and Douglas R. Seals

Endurance exercise performance in Masters athletes: age-associated changes and underlying physiological mechanisms
J Physiol 2008 586: 55-63. First Published online on August 23, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jens Bo Nielsen and Leonardo G. Cohen

The olympic brain. Does corticospinal plasticity play a role in acquisition of skills required for high-performance sports?
J Physiol 2008 586: 65-70. First Published online on August 23, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Peter Magnusson, Marco V. Narici, Constantinos N. Maganaris, and Michael Kjaer

Human tendon behaviour and adaptation, in vivo
J Physiol 2008 586: 71-81. First Published online on September 13, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lauren G. Koch and Steven L. Britton

Aerobic metabolism underlies complexity and capacity
J Physiol 2008 586: 83-95. First Published online on October 18, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL SECTION RELATED PAPERS:

C. I. Morse, H. Degens, O. R. Seynnes, C. N. Maganaris, and D. A. Jones

The acute effect of stretching on the passive stiffness of the human gastrocnemius muscle tendon unit
J Physiol 2008 586: 97-106. First Published online on September 20, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Volianitis, A. Fabricius-Bjerre, A. Overgaard, M. Strømstad, M. Bjarrum, C. Carlson, N. T. Petersen, P. Rasmussen, N. H. Secher, and H. B. Nielsen

The cerebral metabolic ratio is not affected by oxygen availability during maximal exercise in humans
J Physiol 2008 586: 107-112. First Published online on October 11, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alun G. Williams and Jonathan P. Folland

Similarity of polygenic profiles limits the potential for elite human physical performance
J Physiol 2008 586: 113-121. First Published online on September 27, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental data  

Carsten Lundby, Robert Boushel, Paul Robach, Kirsten Møller, Bengt Saltin, and José A. L. Calbet

During hypoxic exercise some vasoconstriction is needed to match O₂ delivery with O₂ demand at the microcirculatory level
J Physiol 2008 586: 123-130. First Published online on October 11, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudio Babiloni, Claudio Del Percio, Marco Iacoboni, Francesco Infarinato, Roberta Lizio, Nicola Marzano, Gianluca Crespi, Federica Dassù, Mirella Pirritano, Michele Gallamini, and Fabrizio Eusebi

Golf putt outcomes are predicted by sensorimotor cerebral EEG rhythms
J Physiol 2008 586: 131-139. First Published online on October 18, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Hiroshi Hasegawa, Maria Francesca Piacentini, Sophie Sarre, Yvette Michotte, Takayuki Ishiwata, and Romain Meeusen

Influence of brain catecholamines on the development of fatigue in exercising rats in the heat
J Physiol 2008 586: 141-149. First Published online on October 18, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kirsten A. Burgomaster, Krista R. Howarth, Stuart M. Phillips, Mark Rakobowchuk, Maureen J. MacDonald, Sean L. McGee, and Martin J. Gibala

Similar metabolic adaptations during exercise after low volume sprint interval and traditional endurance training in humans
J Physiol 2008 586: 151-160. First Published online on November 8, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Markus Amann and Jerome A. Dempsey

Locomotor muscle fatigue modifies central motor drive in healthy humans and imposes a limitation to exercise performance
J Physiol 2008 586: 161-173. First Published online on October 25, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph D. Bruton, Nicolas Place, Takashi Yamada, José P. Silva, Francisco H. Andrade, Anders J. Dahlstedt, Shi-Jin Zhang, Abram Katz, Nils-Göran Larsson, and Håkan Westerblad

Reactive oxygen species and fatigue-induced prolonged low-frequency force depression in skeletal muscle fibres of rats, mice and SOD2 overexpressing mice
J Physiol 2008 586: 175-184. First Published online on November 15, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELLULAR:

Olivier Mignen, Jill L. Thompson, and Trevor J. Shuttleworth

Both Orai1 and Orai3 are essential components of the arachidonate-regulated Ca²⁺-selective (ARC) channels
J Physiol 2008 586: 185-195. First Published online on November 8, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adriano S. Martins, Vyacheslav M. Shkryl, Martha C. Nowycky, and Natalia Shirokova

Reactive oxygen species contribute to Ca²⁺ signals produced by osmotic stress in mouse skeletal muscle fibres
J Physiol 2008 586: 197-210. First Published online on November 1, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROSCIENCE:

David C. Wrighton, Edward J. Baker, Philip E. Chen, and David J. A. Wyllie

Mg²⁺ and memantine block of rat recombinant NMDA receptors containing chimeric NR2A/2D subunits expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes
J Physiol 2008 586: 211-225. First Published online on October 25, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Philip E. Chen, Matthew T. Geballe, Elyse Katz, Kevin Erreger, Matthew R. Livesey, Kate K. O'Toole, Phuong Le, C. Justin Lee, James P. Snyder, Stephen F. Traynelis, and David J. A. Wyllie

Modulation of glycine potency in rat recombinant NMDA receptors containing chimeric NR2A/2D subunits expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes
J Physiol 2008 586: 227-245. First Published online on October 25, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

A. Karayannidou, T. G. Deliagina, Z. A. Tamarova, M. G. Sirota, P. V. Zelenin, G. N. Orlovsky, and I. N. Beloozerova

Influences of sensory input from the limbs on feline corticospinal neurons during postural responses
J Physiol 2008 586: 247-263. First Published online on November 1, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elodie Fino, Jean-Michel Deniau, and Laurent Venance

Cell-specific spike-timing-dependent plasticity in GABAergic and cholinergic interneurons in corticostriatal rat brain slices
J Physiol 2008 586: 265-282. First Published online on November 1, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data  

SKELETAL MUSCLE AND EXERCISE:

Espen E. Spangenburg, Derek Le Roith, Chris W. Ward, and Sue C. Bodine

A functional insulin-like growth factor receptor is not necessary for load-induced skeletal muscle hypertrophy
J Physiol 2008 586: 283-291. First Published online on November 1, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTEGRATIVE:

C. G. Crandall, T. E. Wilson, J. Marving, T. W. Vogelsang, A. Kjaer, B. Hesse, and N. H. Secher

Effects of passive heating on central blood volume and ventricular dimensions in humans
J Physiol 2008 586: 293-301. First Published online on October 25, 2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS:

Dieter Böning

Erythropoietin effect on red cell and plasma volume
J Physiol 2008 586: 303. First Published online on October 25, 2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carsten Lundby, Jose A. L. Calbet, and Paul Robach

Reply from Carsten Lundby, Jose A. L. Calbet and Paul Robach
J Physiol 2008 586: 305-306. First Published online on October 25, 2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J Rennie, Philip Atherton, Anna Selby, Kenneth Smith, Marco Narici, Maarten de Boer, Stuart Phillips, and Elisa Glover

Letter to the Editor on the Journal Club article by Barker and Traber
J Physiol 2008 586: 307-308. First Published online on November 8, 2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tyler Barker and Maret G. Traber

Reply from Tyler Barker and Maret G. Traber
J Physiol 2008 586: 309-310. First Published online on November 8, 2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRIGENDUM:

Corrigendum
J Physiol 2008 586: 311. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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