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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, EMBASE, Scopus, Zoological Record and Google Scholar.
BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :20
Three distinct phases in the process of salt-induced hypertension were identified in rat time-course experiments and were used to construct a reliable mathematical model of salt-induced hypertension.
BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :16
An integrated model of excitation-contraction coupling merges previous mathematical models of mouse cardiomyocytes, calcium-dependent enzymatic regulation and contraction, and provides insights into the underlying mechanism of transgenic phenotypes arising from the modification of calcium signaling genes.
BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :15
Knockdown of the gene encoding PTEN, an inhibitor of the insulin/insulin growth factor I signaling cascade, increases egg production in the mosquito Aedes aegypti, in contrast to the decrease in reproduction previously observed on disruption of this pathway in other organisms.
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A multi-component model of the dynamics of salt-induced hypertension in Dahl-S rats Violeta I McCloone, John V Ringwood, Bruce N Van Vliet BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :20 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Analysis of knockout mice suggests a role for VGF in the control of fat storage and energy expenditure Elizabeth Watson, Samira Fargali, Haruka Okamoto, Masato Sadahiro, Ronald E Gordon, Tandra Chakraborty, Mark W Sleeman, Stephen R Salton BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :19 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Aquaporin-6 is expressed along the rat gastrointestinal tract and upregulated by feeding in the small intestine Umberto Laforenza, Giulia Gastaldi, Mariarosa Polimeni, Simona Tritto, Marisa Tosco, Ulderico Ventura, Manuela F Scaffino, Masato Yasui BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :18 (7 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Both ischemic preconditioning and ghrelin administration protect hippocampus from ischemia/reperfusion and upregulate uncoupling protein-2 Yajun Liu, Lianbi Chen, Xiaoqun Xu, Eric Vicaut, Richard Sercombe BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :17 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Regulation of excitation-contraction coupling in mouse cardiac myocytes: integrative analysis with mathematical modelling Jussi T Koivum BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :16 (31 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Manipulating insulin signaling to enhance mosquito reproduction Anam J Arik, Jason L Rasgon, Kendra M Quicke, Michael A Riehle BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :15 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Coral bleaching under thermal stress: putative involvement of host/symbiont recognition mechanisms Jeremie Vidal-Dupiol, Mehdi Adjeroud, Emmanuel Roger, Laurent Foure, David Duval, Yves Mone, Christine Ferrier-Pages, Eric Tambutte, Sylvie Tambutte, Didier Zoccola, Denis Allemand, Guillaume Mitta BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :14 (4 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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 ] [Full text ] [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 animal tissues Brian D Metscher BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :11 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Prolonged rote learning produces delayed memory facilitation and metabolic changes in the hippocampus of the ageing human brain Richard AP Roche, Sinead L Mullally, Jonathan P McNulty, Judy Hayden, Paul Brennan, Colin P Doherty, Mary Fitzsimons, Deirdre McMackin, Julie Prendergast, Sunita Sukumaran, Maeve A Mangaoang, Ian H Robertson, Shane M O'Mara BMC Neuroscience 2009, 10 :136 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Altered rectal sensory response induced by balloon distention in patients with functional abdominal pain syndrome Tsukasa Nozu, Miwako Kudaira BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2009, 3 :13 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Conditional gene deletion reveals functional redundancy of GABAB receptors in peripheral nociceptors in vivo Vijayan Gangadharan, Nitin Agarwal, Stefan Brugger, Imgard Tegeder, Bernhard Bettler, Rohini Kuner, Martina Kurejova Molecular Pain 2009, 5 :68 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The secretions of oviduct epithelial cells increase the equine in vitro fertilization rate: are osteopontin, atrial natriuretic peptide A and oviductin involved? Sylvie Mugnier, Morgane Kervella, Cecile Douet, Sylvie Canepa, Geraldine Pascal, Stefan Deleuze, Guy Duchamp, Philippe Monget, Ghylene Goudet Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2009, 7 :129 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Impact of oral melatonin on the electroretinogram cone response Anne-Marie Gagne, Konstantin V Danilenko, Serge G Rosolen, Marc Hebert Journal of Circadian Rhythms 2009, 7 :14 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The choroid plexus response to a repeated peripheral inflammatory stimulus Fernanda Marques, Joao C Sousa, Giovanni Coppola, Daniel H Geschwind, Nuno Sousa, Joana A Palha, Margarida Correia-Neves BMC Neuroscience 2009, 10 :135 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Comparative transcripts profiling reveals new insight into molecular processes regulating lycopene accumulation in a sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) red-flesh mutant Qiang Xu, Keqin Yu, Andan Zhu, Junli Ye, Qing Liu, Jianchen Zhang, Xiuxin Deng BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :540 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Activation of adenosine A2B receptors enhances ciliary beat frequency in mouse lateral ventricle ependymal cells Jonathan R Genzen, Dan Yang, Katya Ravid, Angelique Bordey Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009, 6 :15 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Review
Essential role of diastolic oscillatory potentials
in adrenergic control of guinea pig sino-atrial node discharge
Mario Vassalle, John N Catanzaro, Michael P Nett, Marcello Rota Journal of Biomedical Science 2009, 16 :101 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Abscopal effect in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia during radiation therapy: a case report Preethi Bangalore Lakshmangowda, Lokesh Viswanath, Naveen Thimmaiah, Lokanath Dasappa, Sanjay Sudakar Supe, Pramod Kallur Cases Journal 2009, 2 :204 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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