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  • Winter 2013 - Issue Number 93
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Obituary: Maureen Young

1915 – 2013
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The unique and important role of the myogenic response in the lymphatic system

The lymphatic system provides a critical function, preventing lymphoedema from which 200 million individuals worldwide suffer. Current therapies lack efficacy due to our poor knowledge knowledge of how lymphatic muscle works, including the mysterious role of the myogenic response.
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Hit the endothelial layer of your skeletal muscle microvessels with HIT to prevent impaired glucose tolerance and chronic disease

The human body, and specifically the microcirculatory system, are sensitive to physical activity or the lack thereof. Health authorities tell us repeatedly that obesity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease threaten the lives of the sedentary, but few of us manage to meet recommended exercise guidelines. Why is exercise so important to the microvasculature and is HIT really an effective short-cut to maintaining good health?
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Obituary: Marianne Fillenz

1924 – 2013
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Book review

Everest: The First Ascent By Harriet Tuckey

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Vacation Studentships

In 2013, The Society’s Vacation Studentship scheme funded 39 students to gain hands-on research experience in the lab of a Society Member. We asked each of these students to prepare a report summarising their experience, achievements and results. The reports were then reviewed by Members of the Education and Outreach Committee and two were selected for publication in Physiology News
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New members of Council

This year, eight Members were elected to The Society’s governing Council. PN spoke to each of them to find out who they are and how they came to be playing such a crucial role for The Society.
  • Events

Neuroscience 2013
  • Events

Brain-Heart Interactions in Health and Disease – a symposium in honour of John Coote
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Meeting Notes: The ‘H+SSS’ing of Summer Lawns
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Meeting Notes: Young Life Scientists’ Symposium 2013
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Meeting Notes: Talking Physiology in India
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Meeting Notes: ‘DABfest’

Celebrating a remarkable contribution to ‘Ion channel regulation and neuronal physiology’

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Meeting Preview: Physiology 2014
  • News and Views

Why does Impact Factor still have impact?
  • News and Views

Sixtieth anniversary of the famous Mount Everest ascent
  • News and Views

Policy Corner

Society attends Labour party conference
  • News and Views

Biology Week & Physiology Friday
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Chief Executive’s update

Philip Wright
  • News and Views

Editorial
  • Features

Q&A: Gero Miesenböck

Optogenetics allows genetically specified populations of neurons to be turned on or off with light. PN talks to the leading developer of the technique to explore the inspiration and drive behind creating one of the most powerful tools to open up a whole new region of neurobiology, and the quest to discover how the brain makes informed decisions.
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Optogenetics: An update

The new techniques under the label of optogenetics are illuminating brain structure and function. But what actually is it? How is it used? And how far has it taken us?
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The sympathetic nervous system and control of resting blood flow in adults with metabolic syndrome

The health consequences of obesity are well known: high blood pressure, high blood glucose and high cholesterol. But alongside these, other sinister effects may be going unmeasured. Does obesity affect the autonomic nervous system? And might a better understanding help us to manage health outcomes?
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Physical activity for physiologists

Our understanding of the physiological changes which take place during exercise and physical activity has improved enormously over the past few decades, but physiologists are missing out on the opportunity to get even more out of their research.
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