INVITED EDITORIAL

Robert D. Herbert, Phu D. Hoang, and Simon C. Gandevia

Are muscles mechanically independent?
J Appl Physiol 104: 1549-1550, 2008. First published April 17, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.90511.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erik van Lunteren

Beer and the respiratory muscles: the adverse effects of ascites
J Appl Physiol 104: 1551-1552, 2008. First published April 3, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.90469.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Charles M. Tipton

Susruta of India, an unrecognized contributor to the history of exercise physiology
J Appl Physiol 104: 1553-1556, 2008. First published March 20, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00925.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES

Huub Maas and Thomas G. Sandercock

Are skeletal muscles independent actuators? Force transmission from soleus muscle in the cat
J Appl Physiol 104: 1557-1567, 2008. First published March 13, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01208.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dimitri Leduc and André De Troyer

Impact of acute ascites on the action of the canine abdominal muscles
J Appl Physiol 104: 1568-1573, 2008. First published March 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01336.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shauna Dudley-Javoroski, Andrew E. Littmann, Masaki Iguchi, and Richard K. Shields

Doublet stimulation protocol to minimize musculoskeletal stress during paralyzed quadriceps muscle testing
J Appl Physiol 104: 1574-1582, 2008. First published April 24, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00892.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dror Ofir, Pierantonio Laveneziana, Katherine A. Webb, Yuk-Miu Lam, and Denis E. O'Donnell

Sex differences in the perceived intensity of breathlessness during exercise with advancing age
J Appl Physiol 104: 1583-1593, 2008. First published April 24, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00079.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y-I. Ju, T. Sone, T. Okamoto, and M. Fukunaga

Jump exercise during remobilization restores integrity of the trabecular architecture after tail suspension in young rats
J Appl Physiol 104: 1594-1600, 2008. First published April 17, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01004.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana Cojocaru, Charles G. Irvin, Hans C. Haverkamp, and Jason H. T. Bates

Computational assessment of airway wall stiffness in vivo in allergically inflamed mouse models of asthma
J Appl Physiol 104: 1601-1610, 2008. First published April 17, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01207.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manfred Lamprecht, Joachim F. Greilberger, Guenther Schwaberger, Peter Hofmann, and Karl Oettl

Single bouts of exercise affect albumin redox state and carbonyl groups on plasma protein of trained men in a workload-dependent manner
J Appl Physiol 104: 1611-1617, 2008. First published April 17, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01325.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason P. Kirkness, Alan R. Schwartz, Hartmut Schneider, Naresh M. Punjabi, Joseph J. Maly, Alison M. Laffan, Brian M. McGinley, Thomas Magnuson, Michael Schweitzer, Philip L. Smith, and Susheel P. Patil

Contribution of male sex, age, and obesity to mechanical instability of the upper airway during sleep
J Appl Physiol 104: 1618-1624, 2008. First published April 17, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00045.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harpreet Wadhwa, Ciprian Gradinaru, Gregory J. Gates, M. Safwan Badr, and Jason H. Mateika

Impact of intermittent hypoxia on long-term facilitation of minute ventilation and heart rate variability in men and women: do sex differences exist?
J Appl Physiol 104: 1625-1633, 2008. First published April 10, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01273.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony F. DiMarco and Krzysztof E. Kowalski

Effects of chronic electrical stimulation on paralyzed expiratory muscles
J Appl Physiol 104: 1634-1640, 2008. First published April 10, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01321.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. B. Nunes, M. Tonetto, N. Machado, M. Chazan, T. G. Heck, A. B. G. Veiga, and P. Dall'Ago

Physical exercise improves plasmatic levels of IL-10, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, and muscle lipid peroxidation in chronic heart failure rats
J Appl Physiol 104: 1641-1647, 2008. First published April 10, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00062.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter T. Campbell, Mark H. Wener, Bess Sorensen, Brent Wood, Zehava Chen-Levy, John D. Potter, Anne McTiernan, and Cornelia M. Ulrich

Effect of exercise on in vitro immune function: a 12-month randomized, controlled trial among postmenopausal women
J Appl Physiol 104: 1648-1655, 2008. First published April 10, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01349.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy J. Carroll, Michael Lee, Marlene Hsu, and Janel Sayde

Unilateral practice of a ballistic movement causes bilateral increases in performance and corticospinal excitability
J Appl Physiol 104: 1656-1664, 2008. First published April 10, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01351.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Issa Zakeri, Anne L. Adolph, Maurice R. Puyau, Firoz A. Vohra, and Nancy F. Butte

Application of cross-sectional time series modeling for the prediction of energy expenditure from heart rate and accelerometry
J Appl Physiol 104: 1665-1673, 2008. First published April 10, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01163.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janette L. Smith, Jane E. Butler, Peter G. Martin, Rachel A. McBain, and Janet L. Taylor

Increased ventilation does not impair maximal voluntary contractions of the elbow flexors
J Appl Physiol 104: 1674-1682, 2008. First published April 10, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01358.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rubens Fazan, Jr, Domitila A. Huber, Carlos Alberto A. Silva, Valdo J. Dias da Silva, Maria Cristina O. Salgado, and Helio C. Salgado

Sildenafil acts on the central nervous system increasing sympathetic activity
J Appl Physiol 104: 1683-1689, 2008. First published April 3, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01142.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitsuharu Okutsu, Yuko Yoshida, Xiumin Zhang, Akira Tamagawa, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Ichiro Tsuji, and Ryoichi Nagatomi

Exercise training enhances in vivo tuberculosis purified protein derivative response in the elderly
J Appl Physiol 104: 1690-1696, 2008. First published April 10, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01044.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vanessa Castellano, Darpan I. Patel, and Lesley J. White

Cytokine responses to acute and chronic exercise in multiple sclerosis
J Appl Physiol 104: 1697-1702, 2008. First published April 3, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00954.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alan L. James, Francis H. Green, Michael J. Abramson, Tony R. Bai, Marisa Dolhnikoff, Thais Mauad, Karen O. McKay, and John G. Elliot

Airway basement membrane perimeter distensibility and airway smooth muscle area in asthma
J Appl Physiol 104: 1703-1708, 2008. First published March 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00169.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David S. Rowlands, Megan S. Thorburn, Rhys M. Thorp, Suzanne Broadbent, and Xiaocai Shi

Effect of graded fructose coingestion with maltodextrin on exogenous ¹⁴C-fructose and ¹³C-glucose oxidation efficiency and high-intensity cycling performance
J Appl Physiol 104: 1709-1719, 2008. First published March 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00878.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thorsten Rudroff, Didier Staudenmann, and Roger M. Enoka

Electromyographic measures of muscle activation and changes in muscle architecture of human elbow flexors during fatiguing contractions
J Appl Physiol 104: 1720-1726, 2008. First published March 20, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01058.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard A. Johnston, Todd A. Theman, Frank L. Lu, Raya D. Terry, Erin S. Williams, and Stephanie A. Shore

Diet-induced obesity causes innate airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine and enhances ozone-induced pulmonary inflammation
J Appl Physiol 104: 1727-1735, 2008. First published March 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00075.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John K. Petrella, Jeong-su Kim, David L. Mayhew, James M. Cross, and Marcas M. Bamman

Potent myofiber hypertrophy during resistance training in humans is associated with satellite cell-mediated myonuclear addition: a cluster analysis
J Appl Physiol 104: 1736-1742, 2008. First published April 24, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01215.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vinod Suresh, David A. Shelley, Hye-Won Shin, and Steven C. George

Effect of heterogeneous ventilation and nitric oxide production on exhaled nitric oxide profiles
J Appl Physiol 104: 1743-1752, 2008. First published March 20, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01355.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Machiko Ikegami, Angelica Falcone, and Jeffrey A. Whitsett

STAT-3 regulates surfactant phospholipid homeostasis in normal lung and during endotoxin-mediated lung injury
J Appl Physiol 104: 1753-1760, 2008. First published March 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00875.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jinxiang Xi, P. Worth Longest, and Ted B. Martonen

Effects of the laryngeal jet on nano- and microparticle transport and deposition in an approximate model of the upper tracheobronchial airways
J Appl Physiol 104: 1761-1777, 2008. First published April 3, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01233.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adriane S. Nakashima, Carla M. Prado, Tatiana Lanças, Viviane C. Ruiz, David I. Kasahara, Edna A. Leick-Maldonado, Marisa Dolhnikoff, Milton A. Martins, and Iolanda F. L. C. Tibério

Oral tolerance attenuates changes in in vitro lung tissue mechanics and extracellular matrix remodeling induced by chronic allergic inflammation in guinea pigs
J Appl Physiol 104: 1778-1785, 2008. First published April 3, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00830.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qin Xue, Charles A. Ducsay, Lawrence D. Longo, and Lubo Zhang

Effect of long-term high-altitude hypoxia on fetal pulmonary vascular contractility
J Appl Physiol 104: 1786-1792, 2008. First published April 3, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01314.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ting C. Zhao, Andy Tseng, Naohiro Yano, YiTang Tseng, Pamela A. Davol, Randall J. Lee, Lawrence G. Lum, and James F. Padbury

Targeting human CD34⁺ hematopoietic stem cells with anti-CD45 x anti-myosin light-chain bispecific antibody preserves cardiac function in myocardial infarction
J Appl Physiol 104: 1793-1800, 2008. First published February 21, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01109.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qiuli Liu and Margaret T. T. Wong-Riley

Postnatal changes in the expression of serotonin 2A receptors in various brain stem nuclei of the rat
J Appl Physiol 104: 1801-1808, 2008. First published April 17, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00057.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY

Ivo P. Torres Filho, James Terner, Roland N. Pittman, Elizabeth Proffitt, and Kevin R. Ward

Measurement of hemoglobin oxygen saturation using Raman microspectroscopy and 532-nm excitation
J Appl Physiol 104: 1809-1817, 2008. First published March 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00025.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

Carlos B. Mantilla and Gary C. Sieck

Key aspects of phrenic motoneuron and diaphragm muscle development during the perinatal period
J Appl Physiol 104: 1818-1827, 2008. First published April 10, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01192.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bradley T. Thach

Some aspects of clinical relevance in the maturation of respiratory control in infants
J Appl Physiol 104: 1828-1834, 2008. First published April 17, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01288.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

POINT-COUNTERPOINT

Eric Ebenroth

Point:Counterpoint: Hypoxia is/is not the optimal means of reducing pulmonary blood flow in the preoperative single ventricle heart
J Appl Physiol 104: 1835-1836, 2008. First published February 14, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00154.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael R. Liske and Judy L. Aschner

Counterpoint: Hypoxia is not the Optimal Means of Reducing Pulmonary Blood Flow in the Preoperative Single Ventricle Heart
J Appl Physiol 104: 1836-1838, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00154.2008a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebuttal by Ebenroth
J Appl Physiol 104: 1838-1839, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00154.2008b [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebuttal by Aschner and Liske
J Appl Physiol 104: 1839-1839, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00154.2008c [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael R. Liske and Judy L. Aschner

Last Word on Point:Counterpoint: Hypoxia is/is not the optimal means of reducing pulmonary blood flow in the preoperative single ventricle heart
J Appl Physiol 104: 1843-1843, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.90515.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

POINT-COUNTERPOINT COMMENTS

Mustafa Yildiz

Hypoxia is/is not the optimal means of reducing pulmonary blood flow in the preoperative single ventricle heart
J Appl Physiol 104: 1840-1840, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.90438.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

David R. Jobes, E. S. Prakash, and Ronald W. Day

Hypoxia is/is not the optimal means of reducing pulmonary blood flow in the preoperative single ventricle heart
J Appl Physiol 104: 1841-1842, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.zdg-7979-pcpcomm.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Shawn C. Burgess, Visvanathan Chandramouli, Jeffrey D. Browning, William C. Schumann, and Stephen F. Previs

Complicating factors in the application of the "average method" for determining the contribution of gluconeogenesis
J Appl Physiol 104: 1852-1853, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.90406.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shaji K. Chacko, Agneta L. Sunehag, Susan Sharma, Pieter J. J. Sauer, and Morey W. Haymond

Reply to Burgess, Chandramouli, Browning, Schumann, and Previs
J Appl Physiol 104: 1854-1855, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.90521.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum
J Appl Physiol 104: 1856-1856, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.zdg-7986-corr.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corrigendum
J Appl Physiol 104: 1857-1859, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.zdg-7985-corr.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWPOINT

Peter T. Macklem

Emergent phenomena and the secrets of life
J Appl Physiol 104: 1844-1846, 2008. First published January 17, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00942.2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Newman L. Stephens

Commentary on Viewpoint: Emergent phenomena and the secrets of life
J Appl Physiol 104: 1847-1847, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.90387.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter A. Robbins, Béla Suki, Jeffrey J. Fredberg, F. Eugene Yates, Jason H. T. Bates, Thomas Similowski, Leon Glass, and Andrew J. E. Seely

Commentaries on Viewpoint: Emergent phenomena and the secrets of life
J Appl Physiol 104: 1848-1850, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.zdg-7945-vpcomm.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter T. Macklem

Last Word on Viewpoint: Emergent phenomena and the secrets of life
J Appl Physiol 104: 1851-1851, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.90453.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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