Experimental Physiology is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of The Physiological Society

The Physiological Society

-History:The Physiological Society was founded in 1876 as a dining society "for mutual benefit and protection" by a group of 19 physiologists, led by John Burdon Sanderson and Michael Foster, as a result of the 1875 Royal Commission on Vivisection and the subsequent 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act. The...

. It was established in 1908 as The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology and is now published monthly. According to the Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

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, its 2010 impact factor

Impact factor

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 is 3.333.

Experimental Physiology publishes articles in most areas of physiology

Physiology

Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...

, especially papers that deal with both physiological and pathophysiological

Pathophysiology

Pathophysiology is the study of the changes of normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions, either caused by a disease, or resulting from an abnormal syndrome...

 questions that investigate gene/protein function using molecular, cellular, and whole-animal approaches. All articles become freely accessible 12 months after publication. The editor-in-chief is Paul McLoughlin (Dublin, Ireland).

The journal publishes themed special issues - including recent issues on optogenetics

Optogenetics

Optogenetics is the combination of genetic and optical methods to control specific events in targeted cells of living tissue, even within freely moving mammals and other animals, with the temporal precision needed to keep pace with functioning intact biological systems.In 2010, optogenetics was...

, neurogenic hypertension

Hypertension

Hypertension or high blood pressure is a cardiac chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. What that means is that the heart is having to work harder than it should to pump the blood around the body. Blood pressure involves two measurements, systolic and...

, and the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

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. An annual prize is awarded to an early-career scientists who authors the best eligible paper in the journal.