Young Minds
31 Jan 2024
Frontiers for Young Minds, a non-profit, open-access scientific journal for kids, has published five new articles written by Nobel Prize-winners. The articles complete the third volume of the Nobel collection, bringing the number of featured Laureates and their discoveries to 30.
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17 Mar 2021
By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour, Frontiers science writer Long-exposure photo of the centrifuge used to simulate microgravity in the research subjects. Image: DLR Spending an extended period with reduced gravity, as would be experienced by astronauts on long space missions, may have a negative effect on cognitive performance, and in particular emotion recognition, reveals a new study. Hoping to counteract these changes, researchers found that short periods of artificial gravity did not have the desired effect. The findings of this study could have implications for effective teamwork in future space travel, especially for manned missions to Mars. Living for nearly 2 months in simulated weightlessness has a modest but widespread negative effect on cognitive performance that cannot be counteracted by short periods of artificial gravity, finds a new study published in Frontiers in Physiology. While cognitive speed on most tests initially declined but then remained unchanged over time in simulated microgravity, emotion recognition speed continued to worsen. In testing, research participants were more likely to identify facial expressions as angry and less likely as happy or neutral. ► Read original article► Download original article (pdf) “Astronauts on long space missions, very much like our research participants, will spend extended durations in microgravity, confined to […]
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16 Aug 2018
Physiological differences within the same species of dolphin explain huge variations in usual diving depths: Frontiers in Physiology
Frontiers news
07 Aug 2017
New specialty section on Avian Physiology within Frontiers in Physiology. Pr. Colin G. Scanes is leading the section as Specialty Chief Editor.
Health
10 Jul 2017
Research Topic cross listed in 15 Frontiers journals is open for submissions “With Obesity Becoming the New Normal, What Should We Do?
Frontiers news
28 Jun 2017
With an Impact Factor of 4.134, Frontiers in Physiology is the 2nd most cited Physiology journal in the world
Health
18 Aug 2016
— by Emily Barker, Frontiersin.org Just ten-weeks of exercise is nearly 100% effective at protecting the heart from potentially lethal changes in heart rhythms. Professor George Billman, Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Physiology, works on preventing ventricular fibrillation, a very specific and potentially lethal change in cardiac rhythm, since 1980. In his current work, he has found that exercise could be the best non-pharmacological way to protect our hearts after sudden cardiac arrest. During ventricular fibrillation the heart does not beat in a coordinated fashion, instead it is a disorganized electrical event. “This is what you will see when they call a code blue and bring in a defibrillator to try to restore a cardiac rhythm,” he explained. The heart receives two sets of nerves, the sympathetic and the parasympathetic. A change in cardiac rhythms can be found when there is high sympathetic activity and low parasympathetic activity. To find the best way to protect the heart, Prof. Billman and his research team induced animals with a sudden cardiac arrest. They then put some of the animals on a ten week training program. About 95% of those who exercised were protected at the end of the program, whereas the sedentary animals got worse over time. […]
Frontiers news
04 Aug 2016
NOX2 Inhibition Impairs Early Muscle Gene Expression Induced by a Single Exercise Bout Carlos Henríquez-Olguín, Alexis Díaz-Vegas, Yildy Utreras-Mendoza, Cristian Campos, Manuel Arias-Calderón, Paola Llanos, Ariel Contreras-Ferrat, Alejandra Espinosa, Francisco Altamirano, Enrique Jaimovich and Denisse M. Valladares* Cerebral Regulation in Different Maximal Aerobic Exercise Modes Flávio O. Pires*, Carlos A. S. dos Anjos, Roberto J. M. Covolan, Fabiano A. Pinheiro, Alan St Clair Gibson, Timothy D. Noakes, Fernando H. Magalhães and Carlos Ugrinowitsch Erythropoietin Does Not Enhance Skeletal Muscle Protein Synthesis Following Exercise in Young and Older Adults Séverine Lamon*, Evelyn Zacharewicz, Emily Arentson-Lantz, Paul A. Della Gatta, Lobna Ghobrial, Frederico Gerlinger-Romero, Andrew Garnham, Douglas Paddon-Jones and Aaron P. Russell Transient Hepatic Overexpression of Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 Induces Free Cholesterol and Lipid Droplet Formation Sonja M. Kessler, Stephan Laggai, Elien Van Wonterghem, Katja Gemperlein, Rolf Müller, Johannes Haybaeck, Roosmarijn E. Vandenbroucke, Manfred Ogris, Claude Libert and Alexandra K. Kiemer* Acclimation Training Improves Endurance Cycling Performance in the Heat without Inducing Endotoxemia Joshua H. Guy, David B. Pyne, Glen B. Deakin, Catherine M. Miller and Andrew M. Edwards* The Regenerative Potential of Female Skeletal Muscle upon Hypobaric Hypoxic Exposure Rosa Mancinelli, Ester S. Di Filippo, Vittore Verratti, Stefania Fulle*, Luana Toniolo, Carlo Reggiani and Tiziana Pietrangelo […]
Frontiers news
02 Jul 2016
High-Intensity Intermittent Training Positively Affects Aerobic and Anaerobic Performance in Judo Athletes Independently of Exercise Mode Emerson Franchini*, Ursula F. Julio, Valéria L. G. Panissa, Fábio S. Lira, José Gerosa-Neto and Braulio H. M. Branco Nitrate Intake Promotes Shift in Muscle Fiber Type Composition during Sprint Interval Training in Hypoxia Stefan De Smet, Ruud Van Thienen, Louise Deldicque, Ruth James, Craig Sale, David J. Bishop and Peter Hespel* Chronic Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Treatment Variably Affects Cellular Repolarization in a Healed Post-MI Arrhythmia Model Ingrid M. Bonilla, Yoshinori Nishijima, Pedro Vargas-Pinto, Stephen H. Baine, Arun Sridhar, Chun Li, George E. Billman* and Cynthia A. Carnes* Muscle MCT4 Content Is Correlated with the Lactate Removal Ability during Recovery Following All-Out Supramaximal Exercise in Highly-Trained Rowers Hugo Maciejewski, Muriel Bourdin, Léonard Féasson, Hervé Dubouchaud, Christian Denis, Hubert Freund and Laurent A. Messonnier* Psychophysical Differences in Ventilatory Awareness and Breathlessness between Athletes and Sedentary Individuals Olivia K. Faull*, Pete J. Cox and Kyle T. S. Pattinson Temperature Modulates the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Intestinal Ion Transport in Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua Marian Y. Hu, Katharina Michael, Cornelia M. Kreiss, Meike Stumpp, Sam Dupont, Yung-Che Tseng* and Magnus Lucassen Two Consecutive Days of Crossfit Training Affects Pro and Anti-inflammatory Cytokines and […]
Frontiers news
03 Jun 2016
In vivo Sarcomere Lengths and Sarcomere Elongations Are Not Uniform across an Intact Muscle Eng Kuan Moo, Rafael Fortuna, Scott C. Sibole, Ziad Abusara and Walter Herzog* Contributions of Central Command and Muscle Feedback to Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Contracting Human Skeletal Muscle Daniel Boulton, Chloe E. Taylor, Vaughan G. Macefield and Simon Green* High Intensity Training May Reverse the Fiber Type Specific Decline in Myogenic Stem Cells in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Jean Farup, Ulrik Dalgas, Charly Keytsman, Bert O. Eijnde and Inez Wens* Pelleted Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Are Better Protected from the Deleterious Effects of Arthroscopic Heat Shock Gauthaman Kalamegam, Mohammed Abbas*, Mamdooh Gari, Haneen Alsehli, Roaa Kadam, Mohammed Alkaff, Adeel Chaudhary, Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Adel Abuzenadah, Wael Kafienah and Ali Mobasheri* Community Structure Reveals Biologically Functional Modules in MEF2C Transcriptional Regulatory Network Sergio A. Alcalá-Corona, Tadeo E. Velázquez-Caldelas, Jesús Espinal-Enríquez and Enrique Hernández-Lemus* Mitochondrial Ultrastructure and Glucose Signaling Pathways Attributed to the Kv1.3 Ion Channel Christopher P. Kovach, Dolly Al Koborssy, Zhenbo Huang, Brandon M. Chelette, James M. Fadool and Debra A. Fadool* Coupling Developmental Physiology, Photoperiod, and Temperature to Model Phenology and Dynamics of an Invasive Heteropteran, Halyomorpha halys Anne L. Nielsen*, Shi Chen and Shelby J. Fleischer Characterization of ATPase Activity […]
Frontiers news
05 May 2016
Greater Strength Gains after Training with Accentuated Eccentric than Traditional Isoinertial Loads in Already Strength-Trained Men Simon Walker*, Anthony J. Blazevich, G. Gregory Haff, James J. Tufano, Robert U. Newton and Keijo Häkkinen Acute Endurance Exercise Induces Nuclear p53 Abundance in Human Skeletal Muscle Bill Tachtsis, William J. Smiles, Steven C. Lane, John A. Hawley, and Donny M. Camera* Same Performance Changes after Live High-Train Low in Normobaric vs. Hypobaric Hypoxia Jonas J. Saugy, Laurent Schmitt, Anna Hauser, Guillaume Constantin, Roberto Cejuela, Raphael Faiss, Jon P. Wehrlin, Jérémie Rosset, Neil Robinson and Grégoire P. Millet* Time-Course of Neuromuscular Changes during and after Maximal Eccentric Contractions Valentin Doguet, Marc Jubeau*, Sylvain Dorel, Antoine Couturier, Lilian Lacourpaille, Arnaud Guével and Gaël Guilhem Severe Obesity Shifts Metabolic Thresholds but Does Not Attenuate Aerobic Training Adaptations in Zucker Rats Thiago S. Rosa*, Herbert G. Simões, Marcelo M. Rogero, Milton R. Moraes, Benedito S. Denadai, Ricardo M. Arida, Marília S. Andrade and Bruno M. Silva Continuous Aerobic Training in Individualized Intensity Avoids Spontaneous Physical Activity Decline and Improves MCT1 Expression in Oxidative Muscle of Swimming Rats Pedro P. M. Scariot, Fúlvia de Barros Manchado-Gobatto, Adriana S. Torsoni, Ivan G. M. dos Reis, Wladimir R. Beck and Claudio A. Gobatto* Human Dental […]
Frontiers news
07 Apr 2016
Muscle-Specific Myosin Heavy Chain Shifts in Response to a Long-Term High Fat/High Sugar diet and Resveratrol Treatment in Nonhuman Primates Jon-Philippe K. Hyatt*, Lisa Nguyen, Allison E. Hall, Ashley M. Huber, Jessica C. Kocan, Julie A. Mattison, Rafael de Cabo, Jeannine R. Larocque and Robert J. Talmadge High-Intensity Intermittent Exercise and its Effects on Heart Rate Variability and Subsequent Strength Performance Valéria L. G. Panissa*, Cesar C. Cal Abad, Ursula F. Julio, Leonardo V. Andreato and Emerson Franchini Cross Acclimation Between Heat and Hypoxia: Heat Acclimation Improves Cellular Tolerance and Exercise Performance in Acute Normobaric Hypoxia Ben J. Lee*, Amanda Miller, Rob S. James and Charles D. Thake Stress Biomarkers, Mood States and Sleep during a Major Competition: “Success” and “Failure” Athlete’s Profile of High-Level Swimmers Mounir Chennaoui*, Clement Bougard, Catherine Drogou, Christophe Langrume, Christian Miller, Danielle Gomez-Merino and Frederic Vergnoux Selective Modulation of MicroRNA Expression with Protein Ingestion Following Concurrent Resistance and Endurance Exercise in Human Skeletal Muscle Donny M. Camera, Jun N. Ong, Vernon G. Coffey and John A. Hawley* Ibuprofen Ingestion Does Not Affect Markers of Post-Exercise Muscle Inflammation Luke Vella*, James F. Markworth, Gøran Paulsen, Truls Raastad, Jonathan M. Peake, Rod J. Snow, David Cameron-Smith and Aaron P. Russell An Analytical Framework […]
Frontiers news
03 Mar 2016
Robust Brain Hyperglycemia during General Anesthesia: Relationships with Metabolic Brain Inhibition and Vasodilation R. Aaron Bola and Eugene A. Kiyatkin* Overexpression of Striated Muscle Activator of Rho Signaling (STARS) Increases C2C12 Skeletal Muscle Cell Differentiation Marita A. Wallace, Paul A. Della Gatta, Bilal Ahmad Mir, Greg M. Kowalski, Joachim Kloehn, Malcom J. McConville, Aaron P. Russell and Severine Lamon* Exercise Decreases Lipogenic Gene Expression in Adipose Tissue and Alters Adipocyte Cellularity during Weight Regain After Weight Loss Erin D. Giles*, Amy J. Steig, Matthew R. Jackman, Janine A. HIggins, Ginger C. Johnson, Rachel C. Lindstrom and Paul S. MacLean* Cardiorespiratory Coordination after Training and Detraining. A Principal Component Analysis Approach Natàlia Balagué*, Jacob González, Casimiro Javierre, Robert Hristovski, Daniel Aragonés, Juan Alamo, Oscar Niño and Josep L. Ventura Benefits of Group Living Include Increased Feeding Efficiency and Lower Mass Loss during Desiccation in the Social and Inbreeding Spider Stegodyphus dumicola Bram Vanthournout, Michelle Greve, Anne Madsen, Jesper Bechsgaard, Johannes Overgaard and Trine Bilde* Mismatch Negativity Affects Muscle Fatigue during Repeated Contraction Trials of Different Durations Aleksander A. Aleksandrov, Veronika M. Knyazeva, Ludmila N. Stankevich, Elena S. Dmitrieva and Anna N. Shestakova* Heart Rate and Extracellular Sodium and Potassium Modulation of Gap Junction Mediated Conduction in Guinea […]
Frontiers news
04 Feb 2016
Task Failure During Exercise to Exhaustion in Normoxia and Hypoxia is Due to Reduced Muscle Activation Caused by Central Mechanisms While Muscle Metaboreflex Does Not Limit Performance Rafael Torres-Peralta, David Morales-Alamo, Miriam Gonzalez-Izal, José Losa-Reyna, Ismael Pérez-Suárez, Mikel Izquierdo and Jose A. L. Calbet* Hot and Hypoxic Environments Inhibit Simulated Soccer Performance and Exacerbate Performance Decrements When Combined Jeffrey W. F. Aldous, Bryna C. R. Chrismas, Ibrahim Akubat, Ben Dascombe, Grant Abt and Lee Taylor* Skeletal Muscle Inflammation Following Repeated Bouts of Lengthening Contractions in Humans Michael R. Deyhle*, Amanda M. Gier, Kaitlyn C. Evens, Dennis L. Eggett, W. Bradley Nelson, Allen C. Parcell and Robert D. Hyldahl Correlates of Heart Rate Measures with Incidental Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Overweight Female Workers Laís Tonello, Felipe F. Reichert, Iransé Oliveira-Silva, Sebastián Del Rosso, Anthony S. Leicht and Daniel A. Boullosa* Change of Direction Ability Performance in Cerebral Palsy Football Players According to Functional Profiles Raul Reina*, Jose M. Sarabia, Javier Yanci, Maria P. García-Vaquero and Maria Campayo-Piernas The “Abdominal Circulatory Pump”: An Auxiliary Heart during Exercise? Barbara Uva, Andrea Aliverti, Dario Bovio and Bengt Kayser* Monitoring Local Regional Hemodynamic Signal Changes during Motor Execution and Motor Imagery Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Naoki Iso, Takefumi Moriuchi, Akira Sagari, Eiji […]
Frontiers news
07 Jan 2016
Sprint Acceleration Mechanics: The Major Role of Hamstrings in Horizontal Force Production Jean-Benoit Morin*, Philippe Gimenez, Pascal Edouard, Pierrick Arnal, Pedro Jimenez-Reyes, Pierre Samozino, Matt Brughelli and Jurdan Mendiguchia Mitochondrial Bioenergetics and Fibre Type Assessments in Microbiopsy vs. Bergstrom Percutaneous Sampling of Human Skeletal Muscle Meghan C. Hughes, Sofhia V. Ramos, Patrick C. Turnbull, Ali Nejatbakhsh, Brittany L. Baechler, Houman Tahmasebi, Robert Laham, Brendon J. Gurd, Joe Quadrilatero, Daniel A. Kane and Christopher G.R. Perry* Low Intensity Exercise Training Improves Skeletal Muscle Regeneration Potential Tiziana Pietrangelo, Ester S. Di Filippo, Rosa Mancinelli*, Christian Doria, Alessio Rotini, Giorgio Fanò-Illic and Stefania Fulle Simulation of Cl- Secretion in Epithelial Tissues: New Methodology Estimating Activity of Electro-Neutral Cl- Transporter Kouhei Sasamoto, Naomi Niisato, Akiyuki Taruno and Yoshinori Marunaka* Immediate Effects of Smoking on Cardiorespiratory Responses During Dynamic Exercise: Arm Versus Leg Ergometry Chien-Liang Chen*, Jing-Shia Tang, Nan-Ying Yu, Ping-Chia Li and Pi-Ling Chou An Ultra-High field Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study of Post Exercise Brain Lactate, Glutamate and Glutamine Change in the Human Brain. Andrea Dennis*, Adam G. Thomas, Nancy B. Rawlings, Jamie Near, Thomas E. Nichols, Stuart Clare, Heidi Johansen-Berg and Charlotte J. Stagg Individualized Internal and External Training Load Relationships in Elite Wheelchair Rugby Players Thomas A. W. […]