SPS annual meeting in Uppsala, Sweden from 14 - 16 August 2009

www.sps2009.com
Our annual meeting for 2009 will be held in Uppsala, Sweden from the 14th -16th of August.

Register to the meeting at www.sps2009.com

SPS annual meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark from 27 - 30 March 2010

www.scangerman.ku.dk
Please mark your calendar for this meeting.
The meeting will take place in Copenhagen, March 27th- 30th 2010. The meeting, will mainly take place at the Panum Institute and will include plenary lectures, symposia, oral sessions, and poster sessions, and a festive social program. The meeting is organized jointly by the two societies, with additional inputs from FEPS and theBritish Physiological Society, who will arrange and sponsor some sessions. Travel grants from the Scandinavian Physiological Society will be made available.

You can register to the meeting from the 1st September 2009, abstract submission will also open this day.

FEPS fully supports this meeting and encourages physiologists from all over Europe to attend this meeting and to contribute to the programme by submitting symposium proposals and, at a later time, by submission of abstracts. FEPS will again sponsor YOUNG FEPS in the context of the meeting, one of the plenary lectures and a teaching symposium.
Looking forward to seeing you in Copenhagen next year.

Ulrich Pohl
President of the Federation of European Physiological Societies

IUPS 2009 Kyoto from 27 July - 1 August 2009

www.iups.org
On behalf of the organizing committee, it is my great pleasure and honor to extend this invitation to take part in the coming XXXVI th International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS), to be held in the beautiful and historic city of Kyoto, Japan from July 27 to August1, 2009.
Since it has been forty years since the XXII IUPS was held in Tokyo, Japan, we are understandably thrilled and elated to be able to host this prestigious meeting once more in our country. In considering a suitable theme for the congress, we arrived at "Function of Life: Elements and Integration." We believe we are now in the midst of developments leading to a new era in physiological research, fueled by the recent revolutionary progress in biological sciences. We have witnessed sequencing of the human genomeand dramatically rapid progress in computer technology and bioinformatics, as well as the structural biology of various proteins including membrane receptors and channels.
We are clearly on the threshold, and a bold new future awaits us. Yet even as information technology has increased the volume and speed of information flow astronomically, it is still no substitute for face-to-face communication. We will gather in Kyoto to share and pursue knowledge.
YASUSHI MIYASHITA
President, The Organizing Committee of the IUPS 2009
Professor, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine,The University of Tokyo

SPS Annual Meeting in Bergen, Norway 12 - 14 August 2011

The SPS annual meeting in 2011 will be held in beautiful Bergen, Norway, so mark the date in your calendar and join us in 2011.

There will be Acta Physiologica Travel grants available to this meeting.

SNF - Stiftelsen Nordisk Fysiologi
Stiftelsen Nordisk Fysiologi (SNF) was established by the Scandinavian Physiological Society (SPS) in 1994/95, as a separate foundation aimed at supporting activities that will benefit the physiological sciences in the Nordic countries.
During the last 10 years, SNF has focused on financing the so-called Acta Physiologica Scandinavica International Symposia, now Acta Physiologica International Symposia (AP Symposia). These are arranged in the Nordic countries by strong local groups with the aim of bringing top international and Nordic scientists, within selected fields of physiology, together. Typically, some 20-40 scientists are invited. Read more.

Special Interest Group
SPS promotes the physiological sciences in the Nordic countries by supporting interaction within special interest groups. A special interest group (SIG) is a group of SPS members who interact scientifically through meetings, workshops, seminars and courses as well as short laboratory visits. The general purposse of a SIG is to improve personal contacts between members scientists working in Nordic laboratories.
You can read more about how to apply at our website.

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Online ISSN: 1748-1716    Print ISSN: 1748-1708
Acta Physiologica
Volume196, Issue3,2009.
Early View (Articles Available Online in Advance of Print)
Journal compilation © 2009 Scandinavian Physiological Society

INVITED COMMENTARY

Page  279-281 
Decrease in cerebral oxygenation influences central motor output in humans
S. Perrey
Abstract
Published Online: 8 Jun 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.02007.x

EXERCISE

Page 283-293 
Heat shock protein translocation and expression response is attenuated in response to repeated eccentric exercise
K. Vissing, M. L. Bayer, K. Overgaard, P. Schjerling, T. Raastad
Abstract
Published Online: 20 Nov 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01940.x

Page 295-302 
Cerebral oxygenation decreases during exercise in humans with beta-adrenergic blockade
T. Seifert, P. Rasmussen, N. H. Secher, H. B. Nielsen
Abstract
Published Online: 28 Nov 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01946.x

METABOLISM

Page 303-314 
Influence of herring (Clupea harengus) and herring fractions on metabolic status in rats fed a high energy diet
H. Lindqvist, A.-S. Sandberg, I. Undeland, E. Stener-Victorin, B. M. Larsson, T. Sannaveerappa, M. Lönn, A. Holmäng
Abstract
Published Online: 9 Dec 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01948.x

MUSCLE

Page 315-328 
Vastus lateralis surface and single motor unit electromyography during shortening, lengthening and isometric contractions corrected for mode-dependent differences in force-generating capacity
T. M. Altenburg, C. J. de Ruiter, P. W. L. Verdijk, W. van Mechelen, A. de Haan
Abstract
Published Online: 20 Nov 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01941.x

Page 329-339 
Gravitational unloading inhibits the regenerative potential of atrophied soleus muscle in mice
Y. Matsuba, K. Goto, S. Morioka, T. Naito, T. Akema, N. Hashimoto, T. Sugiura, Y. Ohira, M. Beppu, T. Yoshioka
Abstract
Published Online: 25 Nov 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01943.x

Page 341-349 
Different adaptations of alpha-actinin isoforms to exercise training in rat skeletal muscles
Y. Ogura, H. Naito, R. Kakigi, T. Akema, T. Sugiura, S. Katamoto, J. Aoki
Abstract
Published Online: 27 Nov 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01945.x

351-356 
The effect of number of lengthening contractions on rat isometric force production at different frequencies of nerve stimulation
M. E. T. Willems, W. T. Stauber
Abstract
Published Online: 2 Dec 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01947.x

RESPIRATORY

Page 357-363 
Impaired oxygen kinetics in beta-thalassaemia major patients
I. Vasileiadis, P. Roditis, S. Dimopoulos, V. Ladis, G. Pangalis, A. Aessopos, S. Nanas
Abstract
Published Online: 27 Nov 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01937.x