Annals ofMedical Physiology

Volume: 8 - Number: 84 - April 15, 2008

Outstanding

Residual force enhancement after lengthening is present during submaximal plantar flexion and dorsiflexion actions in humans

The role of ascorbic acid and exercise in chronic ischemia of skeletal muscle in rats

Tissue compartment-specific role of estrogen receptor subtypes in immune cell cytokine production following trauma-hemorrhage

Mechanical response to methacholine and deep inspiration in supine men

Highlighted topics

Visualizing lung function with positron emission tomography

Physiological imaging of the lung: single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Invited editorials

Stretching human muscles makes them stronger

Multifarious microarray-based gene expression patterns in response to exercise

Original Articles

Pulmonary responses to acute ozone exposure in fasted mice: effect of leptin administration

Residual force enhancement after lengthening is present during submaximal plantar flexion and dorsiflexion actions in humans

Similar acute molecular responses to equivalent volumes of isometric, lengthening, or shortening mode resistance exercise

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

Strain differences in response to acute hypoxia: CD-1 versus C57BL/6J mice

The role of ascorbic acid and exercise in chronic ischemia of skeletal muscle in rats

Tissue compartment-specific role of estrogen receptor subtypes in immune cell cytokine production following trauma-hemorrhage

Vigilance state-dependent attenuation of hypercapnic chemoreflex and exaggerated sleep apnea in orexin knockout mice

Maintenance of end-expiratory recruitment with increased respiratory rate after saline-lavage lung injury

Mechanical response to methacholine and deep inspiration in supine men

MicroRNA-1 and microRNA-133a expression are decreased during skeletal muscle hypertrophy

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

Point-counterpoint

REBUTTAL FROM DRS. MIDDLEKAUFF AND SINOWAY

REBUTTAL FROM DRS. PIEPOLI AND COATS

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

Reports

Neural drive to tongue protrudor and retractor muscles following pulmonary C-fiber activation