Annals ofPhysiology & Medicine Sports Based

Volume: 5 - Number: 45 - February 15, 2008

Outstanding

Fatigue and functional performance of human biceps muscle following concentric or eccentric contractions

HIGHLIGHTED TOPIC

Point:Counterpoint: Increased mechanoreceptor/metaboreceptor stimulation explains the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex seen in heart failure

Visualizing lung function with positron emission tomography

Articles

Heterogeneity of responses to orthostatic stress in homozygous twins

Anticipatory responses of catecholamines on muscle force production

Effects of intermittent hypoxic training on amino and fatty acid oxidative combustion in human permeabilized muscle fibers

Fatigue and functional performance of human biceps muscle following concentric or eccentric contractions

Effect of endurance exercise training on heart rate onset and heart rate recovery responses to submaximal exercise in animals susceptible to ventricular fibrillation

Ia-afferent input to motoneurons during shortening and lengthening muscle contractions in humans

Modulation of motor unit firing rates during a complex sinusoidal force task in young and older adults

Early skeletal muscle hypertrophy and architectural changes in response to high-intensity resistance training

Effects of assuming constant optical scattering on measurements of muscle oxygenation by near-infrared spectroscopy during exercise

Detection threshold for inspiratory resistive loads and respiratory-related evoked potentials

Impaired flow-mediated dilation with age is not explained by L-arginine bioavailability or endothelial asymmetric dimethylarginine protein expression

Intensity- and muscle-specific fascicle behavior during human drop jumps

Stimulation of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus modulates cardiorespiratory responses via oxytocinergic innervation of neurons in pre-Bötzinger complex

Editorial

HIGHLIGHTED TOPIC

Highlighted topics

Visualizing lung function with positron emission tomography

INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY

A simple technique to characterize proximal and peripheral nitric oxide exchange using constant flow exhalations and an axial diffusion model

Point-counterpoint

Point:Counterpoint: Increased mechanoreceptor/metaboreceptor stimulation explains the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex seen in heart failure

Point-counterpoint comments

Increased mechanoreceptor/metaboreceptor stimulation explains the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex seen in heart failure

Cardiovascular variability is/is not an index of autonomic control of circulation

Translational physiology

Inhibition of mucin secretion with MARCKS-related peptide improves airway obstruction in a mouse model of asthma