What can lemurs tell us about inflammation and aging, aka "inflammaging" in humans? That's the question Elaine Guevara, a ...

Lemurs and humans have a lot in common, so researchers set out to find out what lemurs can tell us about aging. The results ...

Schmidt-Nielsen’s 1975 book “Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment” uprooted the traditional human-centric approach to physiology. His comparative approach was integrated into ...

In a nutshell Hot water immersion significantly outperformed both traditional and infrared saunas, leading to greater ...

Published in the Journal of Comparative Physiology B, the study offers new insight into the two species and follows up on research led by former university biologist Oscar "Bud" Owre, who also was ...

The first is cell and neuroscience physiology and the second is mammalian and comparative physiology. Over their junior and senior years, students can expand their interests by taking courses such as ...

The Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology Graduate Group offers a comprehensive program of courses and outstanding research opportunities studying biological function by linking observations ...

AMONG the very first of the physiological acts observed were those of respiration. The regular movements of breathing, from the first feeble efforts of the new-born babe until the sigh in the last ...

Based on comparative studies of diving mammals like seals and whales, you’d expect the divers to have much more compliant (i.e., elastic) arteries in order to maintain circulation while underwater.

The Journal of Comparative Physiology B publishes peer-reviewed research on the comparative physiology of invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Special emphasis is placed on integrative studies ...

The study observed that being submerged in water leads to more dramatic physiological changes than opting for a sauna.