PERSPECTIVES:

Valdur Saks

The phosphocreatine–creatine kinase system helps to shape muscle cells and keep them healthy and alive
J Physiol 2008 586: 2817-2818
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.155358 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wolfgang Meyerhof

Sour taste cells functionally identified
J Physiol 2008 586: 2819
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.155960 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven Marston

How does genotype define phenotype? Microphysiology of a tropomyosin mutation in situ shows the limitations of reductionism
J Physiol 2008 586: 2821
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.155606 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard B. Stein

The plasticity of the adult spinal cord continues to surprise
J Physiol 2008 586: 2823
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.155986 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liliana Sintra Grilo and Hugues Abriel

Male and female equality: still far from goal
J Physiol 2008 586: 2825-2826
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.156398 [Full Text] [PDF]  

MOLECULAR AND GENOMIC:

Koichi Nakajo and Yoshihiro Kubo

Second coiled-coil domain of KCNQ channel controls current expression and subfamily specific heteromultimerization by salt bridge networks
J Physiol 2008 586: 2827-2840 First Published online on April 25, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.148601 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELLULAR:

Roddy S. O'Connor, Craig M. Steeds, Robert W. Wiseman, and Grace K. Pavlath

Phosphocreatine as an energy source for actin cytoskeletal rearrangements during myoblast fusion
J Physiol 2008 586: 2841-2853 First Published online on April 17, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.151027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathryn V. Quinn, Philippe Behe, and Andrew Tinker

Monitoring changes in membrane phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate in living cells using a domain from the transcription factor tubby
J Physiol 2008 586: 2855-2871 First Published online on April 17, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.153791 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Boulware and Jonathan S. Marchant

Nuclear pore disassembly from endoplasmic reticulum membranes promotes Ca²⁺ signalling competency
J Physiol 2008 586: 2873-2888 First Published online on May 1, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.153379 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

NEUROSCIENCE:

Ji-Jie Pang, Fan Gao, Andrew Barrow, Roy A. Jacoby, and Samuel M. Wu

How do tonic glutamatergic synapses evade receptor desensitization?
J Physiol 2008 586: 2889-2902 First Published online on April 17, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.151050 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yijen A. Huang, Yutaka Maruyama, Robert Stimac, and Stephen D. Roper

Presynaptic (Type III) cells in mouse taste buds sense sour (acid) taste
J Physiol 2008 586: 2903-2912 First Published online on April 17, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.151233 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mingli Hou, Lei Duan, and Malcolm M. Slaughter

Synaptic inhibition by glycine acting at a metabotropic receptor in tiger salamander retina
J Physiol 2008 586: 2913-2926 First Published online on April 25, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.153437 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alain Frigon and Serge Rossignol

Adaptive changes of the locomotor pattern and cutaneous reflexes during locomotion studied in the same cats before and after spinalization
J Physiol 2008 586: 2927-2945 First Published online on April 17, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.152488 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juan Mena-Segovia, Hana M. Sims, Peter J. Magill, and J. Paul Bolam

Cholinergic brainstem neurons modulate cortical gamma activity during slow oscillations
J Physiol 2008 586: 2947-2960 First Published online on April 25, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.153874 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CARDIOVASCULAR:

Junko Kurokawa, Masaji Tamagawa, Nobuhiro Harada, Shin-ichiro Honda, Chang-Xi Bai, Haruaki Nakaya, and Tetsushi Furukawa

Acute effects of oestrogen on the guinea pig and human I_Kr channels and drug-induced prolongation of cardiac repolarization
J Physiol 2008 586: 2961-2973 First Published online on April 25, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.150367 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

RESPIRATORY:

Ana C. Takakura, Thiago S. Moreira, Ruth L. Stornetta, Gavin H. West, Justin M. Gwilt, and Patrice G. Guyenet

Selective lesion of retrotrapezoid Phox2b-expressing neurons raises the apnoeic threshold in rats
J Physiol 2008 586: 2975-2991 First Published online on April 25, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.153163 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

SKELETAL MUSCLE AND EXERCISE:

Julien Ochala, Meishan Li, Monica Ohlsson, Anders Oldfors, and Lars Larsson

Defective regulation of contractile function in muscle fibres carrying an E41K β-tropomyosin mutation
J Physiol 2008 586: 2993-3004 First Published online on April 17, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.153650 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INTEGRATIVE:

Mette Hansen, Satu O. Koskinen, Susanne G. Petersen, Simon Doessing, Jan Frystyk, Allan Flyvbjerg, Eva Westh, S. Peter Magnusson, Michael Kjaer, and Henning Langberg

Ethinyl oestradiol administration in women suppresses synthesis of collagen in tendon in response to exercise
J Physiol 2008 586: 3005-3016 First Published online on April 17, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.147348 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS:

Giuseppe Lippi, Emmanuel J. Favaloro, and Gian Cesare Guidi

The genetic basis of human athletic performance. Why are psychological components so often overlooked?
J Physiol 2008 586: 3017 First Published online on May 1, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.155887 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alun G. Williams and Jonathan P. Folland

Reply from Alun G. Williams and Jonathan P. Folland
J Physiol 2008 586: 3019-3020 First Published online on May 1, 2008
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.155895 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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