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Resisting decline: the neuroprotective role of resistance exercise in supporting cerebrovascular function and brain health in aging by Baraa Al-Khazraji

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75th Annual Italian Society of Physiology Meeting in Torino

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Developmental Physiology

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Article of the Month

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75th Annual Italian Society of Physiology Meeting in Torino

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Editors

koichi kawakami

gina galli

emilio a herrera

jonathan james hirst

Articles

GDM as a unique pathophysiological entity or a transitional pregnancy-induced glucose metabolism abnormality identifying primary diabetes types?

Chronic fetal hypoxia and antenatal Vitamin C exposure differentially regulate molecular signalling in the lung of female lambs in early adulthood

Effects of hypoxia on uteroplacental and fetoplacental vascular function during pregnancy

Nonlinear pathological trajectory of a high-myopia C57/BL6J mouse model induced by form deprivation

Research Topics

Environmental Impacts on Embryonic Cardiovascular Development and Embryo Implantation

Neuroendocrine adaptations and their implications for neurodevelopment

Advances in Understanding Neonatal Skeletal Muscle Growth and Disorders

Life-long Changes in Brain Function and Plasticity: the Effects of Sex and the Exposome