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BMC Physiology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in cellular, tissue-level, organismal, functional, and developmental aspects of physiological processes.
BMC Physiology (ISSN 1472-6793) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Zoological Record and Google Scholar.
BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :11
New staining procedures based on inorganic iodine and phosphotungstic acid can be used to produce high-contrast, high-resolution, quantitative 3-D images of soft animal tissues by x-ray microtomography (microCT), opening exciting new opportunities for non-destructive studies of animal morphology.
BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :4
A negative correlation between body mass and blood concentration of serotonin (5-HT) in mice suggests that body mass should be considered as a covariate in studies of blood hyperserotonemia in autism.
BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :3
Exposure of Atlantic salmon to a toxicant induces the expression of CYP1A mRNA in cells lining the intestine while reducing the frequency of proliferating cells, suggesting a possible link between the detoxification process and the cell renewal system
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Acute heat stress brings down milk secretion in dairy cows by up-regulating the activity of the milk-borne negative feedback regulatory system Nissim Silanikove, Fira Shapiro, Dima Shinder BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :13 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Exercise-induced up-regulation of MMP-1 and IL-8 genes in endurance horses Katia Cappelli, Michela Felicetti, Stefano Capomaccio, Camillo Pieramati, Maurizio Silvestrelli, Andrea Verini-Supplizi BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :12 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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MicroCT for comparative morphology: simple staining methods allow high-contrast 3D imaging of diverse non-mineralized tissues Brian D Metscher BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :11 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Delivery of sry1, but not sry2, to the kidney increases blood pressure and sns indices in normotensive wky rats Daniel Ely, Amy Milsted, Gail Dunphy, Shannon Boehme, Jeff Dunmire, Mike Hart, Jonathon Toot, Almir Martins, Monte Turner BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :10 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Physiological responses of Daphnia pulex to acid stress Anna K Weber, Ralph Pirow BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :9 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Acclimatory responses of the Daphnia pulex proteome to environmental changes. II. Chronic exposure to different temperatures (10 and 20 Susanne Schwerin, Bettina Zeis, Tobias Lamkemeyer, R BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :8 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Acclimatory responses of the Daphnia pulex proteome to environmental changes. I. Chronic exposure to hypoxia affects the oxygen transport system and carbohydrate metabolism Bettina Zeis, Tobias Lamkemeyer, R BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :7 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Intestinal barrier function in response to abundant or depleted mucosal glutathione in Salmonella -infected rats Marleen TJ van Ampting, Arjan J Schonewille, Carolien Vink, Robert Jan M Brummer, Roelof van der Meer, Ingeborg MJ Bovee-Oudenhoven BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :6 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Angiotensin II directly regulates intestinal epithelial NHE3 in Caco2BBE cells Mark W Musch, Yan Chun Li, Eugene B Chang BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :5 (1 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Relationships among body mass, brain size, gut length, and blood tryptophan and serotonin in young wild-type mice Ricardo Albay III, Angela Chen, George M Anderson, Maggie Tatevosyan, Skirmantas Janu BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :4 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Critical scale of propagation influences dynamics of waves in a model of excitable medium Joseph M Starobin, Christopher P Danford, Vivek Varadarajan, Andrei J Starobin, Vladimir N Polotski Nonlinear Biomedical Physics 2009, 3 :4 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Artificial arterial blood pressure artifact models and an evaluation of a robust blood pressure and heart rate estimator Qiao Li, Roger G Mark, Gari D Clifford BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2009, 8 :13 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Activation of estrogen receptor beta-dependent nitric oxide signaling mediates the hypotensive effects of estrogen in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of anesthetized rats Cheng-Dean Shih Journal of Biomedical Science 2009, 16 :60 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A systematic investigation of the protein kinases involved in NMDA receptor-dependent LTD: evidence for a role of GSK-3 but not other serine/threonine kinases Stephane Peineau, Celine S Nicolas, Zuner A Bortolotto, Ratan V Bhat, W. JONATHAN Ryves, Adrian J Harwood, Pascal Dournaud, Stephen M Fitzjohn, Graham L Collingridge Molecular Brain 2009, 2 :22 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Molt-inhibiting hormone stimulates vitellogenesis at advanced ovarian developmental stages in the female blue crab, Callinectes sapidus 1: an ovarian stage dependent involvement Nilli Zmora, John Trant, Yonathan Zohar, J. Sook Chung Saline Systems 2009, 5 :7 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Molt-inhibiting hormone stimulates vitellogenesis at advanced ovarian developmental stages in the female blue crab, Callinectes sapidus 2: novel specific binding sites in hepatopancreas and cAMP as a second messenger Nilli Zmora, Amir Sagi, Yonathan Zohar, J. Sook Chung Saline Systems 2009, 5 :6 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evidence for a role of NTS2 receptors in the modulation of tonic pain sensitivity
Genevieve Roussy, Marc-Andre Dansereau, Stephanie Baudisson, Faouzi Ezzoubaa, Karine Belleville, Nicolas Beaudet, Jean Martinez, Elliott Richelson, Philippe Sarret Molecular Pain 2009, 5 :38 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Retinal waves are unlikely to instruct the formation of eye-specific retinogeniculate projections Leo M Chalupa Neural Development 2009, 4 :25 (6 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Retinal waves are likely to instruct the formation of eye-specific retinogeniculate projections Marla B Feller Neural Development 2009, 4 :24 (6 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Benefit of warm water immersion on biventricular function in patients with chronic heart failure Bente Gruner Svealv, Asa Cider, Margareta Scharin Tang, Eva Angwald, Dimitris Kardassis, Bert Andersson Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2009, 7 :33 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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