Web Links to Related Physiology Information and Teaching Resources

APStracts
 
Companies
Warner Instruments
Warner Instrument Corp. designs and manufactures biomedical products for electrophysiology and the neurosciences. Products include microelectrode amplifiers and voltage clamps, perfusion chambers for imaging and recording, perfusion heating systems, perfusion stepper, glass capillary tubing and microelectrode holders.
Journals
New England Journal of Medicine
The Journal of Neuroscience
Organizations
FASEB
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) is the largest coalition of life sciences societies in the United States.
National Institute of Health

Archived Categories:

Brain
Cellular Respiration
Digestion
Ear
Ecology
Education
Eye
Fitness
General Biology
Grants
Heart
Human Diving Reflex
Kidney
Miscellaneous
Muscles
Neuroscience
Oximetry
Photosynthesis
Reflexes
Respiratory
Sensory
Vascular
Brain
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mindful-self-express/201609/is-vacation-or-meditation-the-key-stress-relief
Stress, Meditation and Vacations.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/11/stress-aging-process_n_3047000.html
Stress and Aging.
https://hbr.org/2016/07/the-data-driven-case-for-vacation
Making a Case for Vacations.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3512099/
Effects of phonological similarity on priming in auditory lexical decision.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/986168?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Lexical Memory.
http://www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/peeps/issue-33.aspx
Lexical Decision Tasks, Semantic Priming and Reading.
http://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2121543
The footprints of visual attention in the Posner cueing paradigm revealed by classification images.
http://donlehmanjr.com/BD/Attention/A5%20Posner%20Attention.html
Posner’s Attention Model & the Decay Factor.
http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n16/mente/attention.htm
Models of Attention.
wixtedlab.ucsd.edu/publications/Psych%20218/Craik_Lockhart_1972.pdf
Craik and Lockhart, 1972.
http://people.southwestern.edu/~giuliant/LOP_PDF/CraikTulvingEpisodiMemory1975.pdf
Craik and Tulving, 1975.
http://www.acrwebsite.org/search/view-conference-proceedings.aspx?Id=9535
Memory and Levels of Processing in Advertising.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1950440/
Gaze Cueing of Attention.
http://www.journalofvision.org/content/13/4/6.full
Do as eye say: Gaze cueing and language in a real-world social interaction.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3656349/
Measuring attention using the Posner cuing paradigm: the role of across and within trial target probabilities.
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/learning-strategies/
Interactive Brain map Infographic from Opencolleges.
http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/97/4/75…
Article about VEP and Multiple sclerosis.
http://www.upmc.com/patients-visitors/education/stroke/pages/electro-encephalogram.aspx
Patient information guide from the University of Pittsburgh Medical which contains information on preparing for an EEG.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/ready.html
An interactive Stroop Test.
http://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/abstract/S1…
Interdimensional interference in the Stroop effect: uncovering the cognitive and neural anatomy of attention.
http://www.med.harvard.edu//AANLIB/home.html
The Whole Brain Atlas is a website with descriptions and images of the brain in normal and diseased states.
http://www.onlinepsychologydegree.net/2012/11/20/why-psyc…
Online course for the combined study of psychology and neuroscience.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/index.html
“The Secret Life of the Brain” available from PBS Online – WNET New York. Links to the history of studying the brain, the three-dimensional anatomy of the brain, mind illusions, brain scans, and presentations about the brain from infancy to the aged.
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/proje…
Other ways to perform interference tasks.
Cellular Respiration
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/flashanimat/metabol… 
Easy-to-understand animation of electron transport, proton gradient development, and ATP synthesis in mitochondria from a site at St. Olaf College.
Digestion
 
Ear
 
Ecology
http://croptechnology.unl.edu/viewLesson.cgi?LessonID=109…
Web site from New Mexico State University with information about the process of water movement from plants known as transpiration, and how relative humidity controls the loss of water. An animation of the process is available on the site.
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/
Earthguide website from the CalSpace Program at the University of California San Diego that is an easy to use educational resource for information about the Earth, the oceans, and the environment.
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/facilities/multimedia/inde…
Instructional multimedia presentation from the Faculty of Science at the University of Alberta covering a variety of topics in science, including the carbon and nitrogen cycles.
https://ec.gc.ca/Air/default.asp?lang=En&n=AA1521C2-1
Facts about acid rain from Environment Canada.
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/
Website at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that presents information about the quality standards of ground and drinking water in the United States.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/sweat.htm
Web site from How Stuff Works that provides a concise explanation of the process of evaporative cooling.
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/heatindex.shtml
Web page from the National Weather Service with a Heat Index calculator. Enter the air temperature and the percent of relative humidity, and the calculator will determine the temperature that it feels like to the body.
Education
http://www.teach-nology.com/currenttrends/inquiry/
Information about how you can use Inquiry Based Learning.
Eye
http://schorlab.berkeley.edu/vilis/
A mini-course in three dimensional eye movement from the University of Western Ontario.
http://www.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staff/jacob/teaching/sensory/vi…
Professor Tim Jacob from the School of Biosciences at Cardiff University, UK, presents an excellent set of lecture notes for learning about vision and the eye.
http://www.eyemovementresearch.com/
A site for links to the current research in the field of eye movements and EMDR.
http://www.neuronresearch.net/vision/reading/saccades.htm
Information on saccadic eye movements.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060527/bob9.asp
This two part scientific article examines the way light affects the eye and the brain.
http://www.vision3d.com/
This fun site contains information about vision, optical illusions, and many different visual exercises.
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/eyemove.htm
Detailed information discussing a variety of different eye movements that can be recorded during an EOG.
Fitness
http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/focus-on-the-lower-body-to-train-balancehow-to-improveproprioception
How to Improve Proprioception.
http://www.stack.com/a/why-athletes-need-balance-and-proprioception-training
Watch Balance in Action!
American College of Sports Medicine
This website provides information on health and fitness, research in the field of sports medicine, and grant and research initiatives.
Frequent Ventricular Ectopy after Exercise as a Predictor…
Link to news article from the Healing Heart Foundation and abstract of article from the New England Journal of Medicine: “Frequent Ventricular Ectopy after Exercise as a Predictor of Death.” The authors hypothesize that ventricular ectopy (7 or more premature heartbeats per minute) during the recovery phase is a better predictor of cardiac risk than ventricular ectopy during exercise.
Gatorade Sports Science Institute
Compendium of articles on exercise science, sports medicine, performance, nutrition, conditioning, psychology, and more.
Heart Rate Recovery Immediately After Exercise As A Predi…
Link to article in the New England Journal of Medicine: “Heart-Rate Recovery Immediately after Exercise as a Predictor of Mortality.” The authors hypothesize that a delayed fall in the heart rate after exercise might be an important prognostic marker. Recovery of the heart rate after exercise is a function of vagal activity, and a decrease in vagal activity is known to be a cardiac risk factor.
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/anatomyandphysiology/a…
Information about aerobic fitness and endurance on overall health.
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/eval.htm
This website provides links to a wide variety of performance tests that can be used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a subject’s fitness.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=15…
The Effects of Aerobic Fitness on Resting Metabolic Rate; Broeder CE, Burrhus KA, Svanevik LS, Wilmore JH; Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas, Austin.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=15…
The Effects of Either High-Intensity Resistance or Endurance training on Resting Metabolic Rate; Broeder CE, Burrhus KA, Svanevik LS, Wilmore JH; Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas, Austin.
http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/6/1/28
Aerobic fitness does not modulate protein metabolism in response to increased exercise: a controlled trial.
http://www.obesityresearch.org/cgi/content/full/10/8/726
Differences in Resting Metabolic Rate between White and African-American Young Adults. Teresa A. Sharp, Melanie L. Bell, Gary K. Grunwald, Kathryn H. Schmitz, Stephen Sidney, Cora E. Lewis, Kim Tolan, and James O. Hill.
http://www.topendsports.com/testing/aerobic.htm
Includes a variety of testing protocols for use with the Aerobic Fitness lab.
The Fitness Test List
This link to “Rob Wood’s Home of Fitness Testing” provides a listing of health, agility, reaction, body position, and anthropometric tests in addition to a complete collection of endurance,strength, and flexibility tests.
General Biology
http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/Curriculum/VM8054/Labs/Lab…
A good review of the structure and function of both smooth and striated muscle.
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/roaches/america…
A page all about the American cockroach, including information about its distribution, biology, and a list of sources for further research.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2123/2329862078_551d0eed72…
Still images of the dissected cockroach ventral nerve cord, and an instructional video illustrating the dissection of the nerve cord and the placement of an extracellular hook electrode to record ventral nerve cord activity.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/203/18/2807.pdf
Three research papers on the specifics of crayfish gut structure, physiology and pharmacology. All three are fairly technical, but serve as excellent starting points for research into the biology of the crayfish digestive system.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/46/3/571.pdf
A very complete article from 1967 that presents experiments designed to learn about many properties of the ventral nerve cord of the leech.
http://jp.physoc.org/cgi/reprint/156/1/1.pdf
http://nelson.beckman.illinois.edu/courses/neuroethol/mod…
A short summary of the cockroach escape mechanism circuitry, including both the sensory and motor parts of the circuit, and how they communicate for effective escape behavior. Included is a schematic diagram of the escape circuit.
http://www.abolitionist.com/darwinian-life/invertebrate-p…
One of three thoughtful and well-research sites looking at the issue of pain perception in invertebrates with a range of conclusions.
http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/kunkel/cockroach.html
The Cockroach Homepage. This page contains links to sources about many aspects of cockroach biology, including an entertaining Cockroach FAQ, and a thorough list of biologists who study cockroaches with links to lists of their publications.
http://www.biologyjunction.com/crayfish_dissection.htm
A well-illustrated guide to the dissection of live or prepared crayfish. A good overview of both external and internal crayfish anatomy.
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/images/roach_guts_…
Still images of the dissected cockroach ventral nerve cord, and an instructional video illustrating the dissection of the nerve cord and the placement of an extracellular hook electrode to record ventral nerve cord activity.
http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/
Information about acid rain formation and consequences.
http://www.funjournal.org/downloads/ramosetaljunes07.pdf
This paper includes a summary of a variant of the cercal sense organs experiment in addition to several other extracellular cockroach recordings that can be part of undergraduate neurophysiology labs. An excellent overview of the use of the cockroach in the neurophysiology teaching laboratory.
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijz/2009/301284.html
A thorough review of invertebrate circulatory systems. Includes a useful bibliography.
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/biological%20anamat…
This website, at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, contains many simple animations of biological processes including the variety of transport mechanisms used by membranes.
http://www.visualsunlimited.com/browse/vu315/vu315105.html
Interesting photomicrograph of the earthworm nervous system.
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/b…
This site reviews more general concepts of digestive system function and control. It focuses primarily on vertebrate, and more specifically, human, digestion.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP1…
This interactive website at Wisc-Online.com reviews the components, functions, and structure of a typical cell membrane and then allows users to construct their own membrane.
https://dspace.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/1880/25292/1/47992Br…
Grants
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/idues/index.html
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education-Programs Institutional Development and Undergraduate Education Service (IDUES).
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduesaitcc/index.html
American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduesannh/index.html
Alaska Native and Hawaiian Serving Institutions.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/idueshsi/index.html
Title V: Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduesmsi/index.html
Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduestitle3a/index.html
Title III Part A: Strengthening Institutions Program.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduestitle3b/index.html
Title III Part B: Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Heart
http://www.hanford.gov/health/?page=112 – Great information and graphs for calculating target heart rate and the best way to exercise.
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/heart/prevention/exercise/pulse-target-heart-rate – How to take your pulse and figure out heart rates.
http://www.thewalkingsite.com/thr.html – Information on training zones and “walking” exercises for good cardiac fitness.
http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/tests/index.html – Test your knowledge with quizzes about ECG recordings.
http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html – Library of different ECG recordings and information about 12-lead ECGs.
http://www.12leadecg.com/full/ – A site dedicated to 12-lead ECG instruction for EMS personnel.
Heart Rate Variability and Baroreflex Sensitivity in Subj…
This article details research undertaken to evaluate heart rate variability (HRV) and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in a large random sample of subjects without evidence of heart disease, and to estimate the relationship of heart rate behavior to age, sex and cardiovascular risk factors.
http://auscultation.com/
Advanced site for using heart sounds to determine diseases.
http://circres.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/58/2/…
Article from Circulation Research on the regulation of stroke volume during submaximal and maximal upright exercise in healthy men.
http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/ecg_outline/Lesson1/in…
A great place to get an in depth lesson on the 12 Lead ECG.
http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/tests/index.html
Test your knowledge with quizzes about ECG recordings.
http://medlineplus.gov/
Website known as Medline Plus, operated by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, contains a medical encyclopedia, dictionary, health topics, and drug information.
http://medlineplus.gov/
MedlinePlus website with information on over 700 health topics and medications, a medical encyclopedia, and a medical dictionary. Hyperventilation and its clinical implications are discussed here.
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/ecgtutorial/abnormal_rhythm
University of Michigan site for looking at abnormal heart rhythms.
http://www.12leadecg.com/full/
A site dedicated to 12-lead ECG instruction for EMS personnel.
http://www.blaufuss.org/
A website with interactive tutorials, with sound and animation, that covers ECGs and heart sounds including the physiological splitting of the second heart sound (S2).
http://www.cinc.org/Proceedings/2007/pdf/0261.pdf
Paper comparing heart sounds and ECG for diagnostic purposes.
http://www.cvphysiology.com/index.html
The website for Richard Klanbunde’s text “Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts” covering the topics of arrhythmias, cardiac valve disease, coronary artery disease, edema, heart failure, hypertension, and peripheral artery disease. The Valsalva maneuver is explained here.
http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html
A collection of electrocardiograms that are correlated to the coronary diseases they identify, including: blocks, ischemias, and arrhythmias.
http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=recor…
A biomathematical model of cardiac fitness, and the heart rate response to stress testing and its relationship to VO2.
http://www.mikecowley.co.uk/leads.htm
A guide to lead placement and explanation.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez? db=pubmed&uid=1…
An article that discusses the effects of high intensity resistance or endurance training on resting metabolic rate.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=15…
An article that discusses the effects of aerobic fitness on resting metabolic rate.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003868.htm
Links and explanations to all sorts of cardiac rhythms.
http://www.skillstat.com/tools/ecg-simulator
“The Six Second ECG: Cardiac Rhythm Simulator” from SkillStat Learning that plays a collection of 25 different of cardiac rhythms in learning or game mode. The site includes tutorials for each recording that help the student learn the characteristics of each rhythm.
https://www.aclsmedicaltraining.com/ecg-simulator/
Interactive learning simulator game is a perfect resource for any medical professional who is looking to improve their EKG interpretation skills.
http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/intro.html
A website known as The Auscultation Assistant contains sound bites and explanations of various heart sounds and murmurs; developed by a medical student to assist other medical students.
Human Diving Reflex
Free Diving and Shallow Water Blackout
Article reviews the physics and the physiology of shallow water blackout (latent hypoxia), the conditions that cause it, the physiological changes that take place during it, and ways to prevent it. A good introduction to what is taking place physiologically during a shallow water dive.
http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/winter-2012/the-mammalian-divin…
Journal article through Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=breath-h…
Scientific American article on the Diving Reflex.
The Triggering of the Human Diving Response
This article concludes that the diving reflex can occur in a warm environment as long as there is a difference between the ambient air and water temperatures; cold stimulation is more effective on the upper part of the face; and while breathing, cold stimulation of extremities dominates over stimulation of the upper face and produces tachycardia, the opposite occurs in apnea.
Kidney
Kidney Physiology 
From Cardif in the UK, a web-based guide to the kidney and its function as relates to first year Medical and Dental students.
https://www.kidney.org/kidneydisease/howkidneyswrk
National Kidney Foundation.
https://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/urinalysis/tab/test/
Understanding Urinalysis.
https://www.course-notes.org/Biology/Outlines/Chapter_44_Osmoregulation_and_Excretion
course notes for Osmoregulation.
Miscellaneous
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA5/MAIN/HOME.H…
Chemistry Comes Alive website.
http://www.bioeng.auckland.ac.nz/physiome/physiome_projec…
Click the links at the bottom of the page to open directories to other sites with colorful graphics of systems, organs, tissues, and cells. Compiled at The IUPS Physiome Project in The Bioengineering Institute at the University of Auckland.
http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/essentialchemistry/…
Animation accompanying the second edition of Essential Chemistry that easily explains how buffers neutralize hydrogen and hydroxyl ions.
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/anim…
This website, Interactive Concepts in Biochemistry from Jon Wiley and Sons, Inc., provides interactive animations and innovative tutorials for learning difficult biochemical processes.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=NUR…
Presentation from Wisconsin Online courses in nursing that illustrate the purpose of acid /base balance in the body, and the causes and effects of acid/base imbalances.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=NUR…
Another presentation from Wisconsin Online courses in nursing that illustrate the purpose of acid /base balance in the body, and the causes and effects of acid/base imbalances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHYWIM8AbPE
YouTube video demonstration of conductivity.
Plant Biology
A very nice site that uses photo micrographs of a plant cell to allow students to explore sub-cellular organelles and plant cell structure.
Web HUMAN Physiology Simulation
HUMAN is a FORTRAN program that models the integrated physiology of the human organism in both health and disease. This version was written by Tom Coleman at The University of Mississippi Medical Center and has since been maintained and updated at Skidmore College. The model covers the major organ systems, including cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, endocrine, nervous and alimentary. With each iteration of the program, approximately 137 user accessible physiological variables are computed and updated. In running a simulation, the user may manipulate one or more parameters from a list of 67 alterable physiological, environmental and clinical factors.
Muscles
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/12/robert-downey-jr-iron-man-arm_n_6860990.html 
Robert Downey Jr gives boy a bionic Iron Man Arm.
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/41324/title/Neuroprosthetics/
Neuroprosthetics.
http://psychotherapy.com/bio.html
What is Biofeedback?
http://www.aapb.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3315
The Association of Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=4…
Read about an arm wrestling robot and how scientists are using it to study neuromuscular control.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/muscle.htm
Website at How Stuff Works that with the information on the metabolism and physiology of muscles.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/joi…
Animations and information about the different types of joints in the body. One of many pages from the BBC that provides concise information and animations about the human body and mind.
http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/reprint/80/3/299.pdf
Paper about the effects of physostigmine on the earthworm body wall.
http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Articulations.html
A comprehensive list of muscle movements in the human body. Each articulation has links to the list of muscles involved in each function, digital movies of the exercises that involve the listed muscles, and anatomical drawings of the muscles involved and their location in the body.
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/Hypermuscle/
Website at the University of Michigan that contains concise definitions and QuickTime movies of various types of muscle movements.
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/Hypermuscle/#feet
Website at the University of Michigan that contains concise definitions and QuickTime movies of specialized foot movements like dorsiflexion and plantar flexion.
Neuroscience

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/12/robert-downey-jr-iron-man-arm_n_6860990.html

Robert Downey Jr gives boy a bionic Iron Man Arm.

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/41324/title/Neuroprosthetics/
Neuroprosthetics.
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00005
Images and videos of CTS.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/91/1/1
The first article in a series by Zill and Moran in the Journal of Experimental Biology on the responses of campaniform sensilla to external and muscle-generated forces. Other articles in the series include the studies of campaniform sensilla activity during reflexes and walking.
http://nerve.bsd.uchicago.edu/FB/ConductionVelocity.pdf
Seasonal changes in the Giant Squid axon APs.
http://www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/003927.cfm
This web page from HealthCentral explains the significance of the nerve conduction velocity (NCV) test, and provides links to information about diseases that affect NCV.
http://www.mdausa.org/disease/
This web page at the MDA provides information about the neuromuscular diseases included in MDA programs. This list includes: muscular dystrophies; motorneuron problems; inflammatory myopathies; diseases of the neuromuscular junction; metabolic diseases; and more.
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec06/ch095/ch095c.html
Web page on neuromuscular junction disorders from The Merck Manuals On-Line Medical Library. Links on this site also lead to all five on-line versions of the Merck medically related manuals.
http://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron/
NEURON is a simulation environment for modeling individual neurons and networks of neurons. It provides tools for conveniently building and using models of neurons and networks that are numerically sound and computationally efficient. It is particularly well suited to problems that are closely linked to experimental data.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sciatica.html
An inflamed sciatic nerve is a very common cause of pain in humans. A number of links covering all aspects of human sciatic nerve anatomy and pathology can be found at this site.
http://www.onlinepsychologydegree.net/2012/11/20/why-psyc…
Why Psych majors need neuroscience – a free online course on the combined study of psychology and neuroscience offered by MIT.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/exposure/stroopintro…
This site at NOVA Online provides insight into the Stroop test that mountain climbers undergo at high altitudes to insure that they are healthy enough to continue with their climb. A Stroop test is available for online testing.
http://www.pharm.emory.edu
Advanced experiments on neural magnetic fields using Earthworm APs.
http://www.teleemg.com/
The EMG Manual provides a simple approach for a better understanding of EMG and nerve conduction studies. Some of the relevant topics covered in the manual include: nerve conduction setups for various motor and sensory paths; pathological processes; and, disease characteristics.
Neuroscience for Kids
This site also from The University of Washington is targeted at kids. Nevertheless, it contains some good graphics and lots of online resources.
How do Leeches Feel? 
In this lab, you are going to investigate the nervous system of the leech.
Virtual Hospital: The Human Brain
This page is a great resource for brain anatomy. It has many photos, diagrams and of course more links.
Oximetry
http://science.howstuffworks.com/lung.htm
Website at How Stuff Works – information on the anatomy and physiology of the lungs.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2972.htm
Explanation of the variety of pulmonary function tests commonly performed and health conditions that they can identify.
http://www.lakesidepress.com/pulmonary/ABG/PO2.htm
A section from a textbook that explains the parameters of oxygen pressure, saturation, and content.
http://www.madsci.com/manu/indexgas.htm
Comprehensive information on blood gases, the physiology of gas exchange, lung functions, and acid-base balance.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003645.htm
Page at Medline Plus on the National Library of Medicine website that provides comprehensive information about hemoglobin.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003855.htm
Background information and normal values for a typical blood gas analysis. Other pages at this website are readily available by going here.
http://www.nutristrategy.com/index.htm
Information on metabolic rates for varieties of exercise, nutrition, and fitness.
http://www.oximeter.org/pulseox/principles.htm
Information on the principles, history, clinical applications, limitations, and references for oximetry and co-oximetry.
http://www.pulseox.info/
Great clinical information on Pulse Oximetry and how it works.
Photosynthesis
http://www.life.illinois.edu/govindjee/paper/gov.html
Detailed paper with much information on history and processes of photosynthesis.
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/paper/gov.html#20
A link to a valuable and comprehensive article called “The Photosynthetic Process” that covers everything from the classification of photosynthetic organisms to global warming and green house gases.
http://www.msu.edu/~smithe44/calvin_cycle_process.htm
A website from Michigan State University that clearly diagrams the reactions of the Calvin Cycle.
http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/Bio231/c…
A website that contains a nice animation of the three phases of the Calvin Cycle.
Reflexes
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/rev/97/3/377/
Emotion, Attention and the Startle Reflex Attitude.
 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0026782
Objective Measures of Emotion Related to Brand.
http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1994-28733-001
Emotion, Novelty and the Startle Reflex.
http://www.psychogenics.com/prepulseinhibition.html
Prepulse Inhibition Tests for Psychological Disorders.
http://www.journalofpsychiatricresearch.com/article/S0022-3956%2812%2900360-3/abstract?cc=y=
Prepulse Inhibition in Psychiatric Disorders, besides schizophrenia.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/lie-detector.htm
How a polygraph test works.
http://www.jneurosci.org/content/24/47/10702.full
Control of Attention Shifts between Vision and Audition in Human Cortex.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3842374
Comparative study of visual and auditory reaction time of hands and feet in males and females.
http://www.scirp.org/Journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperI…
Study done in Australia about female and male athlete response time.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/nonmajors…
Animation illustrating a simple reflex arc from the text Discover Biology by Cain et al; W.W. Norton and Co.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=AP1…
Website from Wisconsin On-Line that illustrates and animates a two neuron knee-jerk reflex; it also includes on-line quizzes on the topic.
Respiratory
http://www.medicinenet.com/chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease_copd/article.htm
Article about COPD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbcjFpyxkpc 

YouTube video comparing restrictive and obstructive diseases.

http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/exercise-physiology…
Website includes graphs, VCO2/VO2 calculations and values, how-tos, and links to exercise physiology articles and websites.
Bronchoscopy
From the Virtual Hospital site, teaching files for respiratory anatomy and physiology.
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/90/5/2324
This article shows that the kinetics of oxygen uptake, as measured by breath by breath techniques, are determined at the onset of exercise rather than at the peak of exercise.
http://davidglover.net/
Website devoted to exercise regimens, training, triathlons, VO2Max testing, blogs, etc.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/203/16/2437.pdf
RER and metabolic rates in a Lizard.
http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/130/12/2990.pdf
Nutrient Metabolism and how it relates to RER.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/lung.htm
Website at “How Stuff Works” with information on the anatomy and physiology of the lungs.
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/5/941
Article on the factors that cause variation in basal metabolic rate: fat-free mass, fat mass, age, and circulating thyroxine.
http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/reprint/99/3/416.pdf
Links to an article about oxygen consumption, brain metabolism and respiration of goldfish during temperature changes with reference to lowered temperatures.
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
Simple BMR calculator that helps determine daily caloric needs using the Harris Benedict Equation.
http://www.medicinenet.com/chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_…
Article about COPD.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15588775
A PubMed article relating to diet, growth and metabolism in goldfish.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM198607103150205
New England Journal of Medicine article about familial dependence of the Resting Metabolic Rate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbcjFpyxkpc
YouTube video comparing restrictive and obstructive diseases.
Sensory
http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/psychological-properties-of-colours
Psychological Properties of color.
https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/color-meanings-theory-psychology/
How humans react to color.
http://rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=3856
Information about the color red.
http://www.facialemg.com/
Site with more information on fEMGs.
http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html or http://www.freetrainers.com/exercise/muscles/ 
List of all muscles and exercises that target specific groups.
http://fitday.com/
Using targeted muscle training to gain strength and resilience in muscles.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10818342
Upper limb H reflexes and somatosensory evoked potentials modulated by movement.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYIIw0vGDk4
A VEP test.
http://webvision.med.utah.edu/book/electrophysi…
Webvision – The Organization of the Retina and Visual System – detailed information about VEPs.
http://www.facialemg.com/
Site with more information on fEMGs.
http://www.hhmi.org/senses/
A report on sight, hearing and smell from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute that contains easy to read articles on these senses.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/lie-detector.htm
How a polygraph test works.
Vascular
Circulation
Link to the article “Improved Arterial Compliance by a Novel Advanced Glycation End-Product Crosslink Breaker” which discusses the effects of drug that breaks the crosslinks between collagen fibers in aging arteries, thus restoring vascular compliance.
http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/36/6/952
Article from the Hypertension that defined the relationship between the digital (finger) volume pulse and the peripheral (arm) pressure pulse making it easier to determine arterial stiffness and reflection indices.
http://www.clinsci.org/cs/103/0379/1030379.pdf
Article from Clinical Science that explains the correlation between the index of arterial stiffness from the digital volume pulse and the standard measure of arterial stiffness, the carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEd1h_lz4rA
Flashing checkerboard used in VEP tests.

Web Links to Related Physiology Information and Teaching Resources

APStracts
 
Companies
Warner Instruments
Warner Instrument Corp. designs and manufactures biomedical products for electrophysiology and the neurosciences. Products include microelectrode amplifiers and voltage clamps, perfusion chambers for imaging and recording, perfusion heating systems, perfusion stepper, glass capillary tubing and microelectrode holders.
Journals
New England Journal of Medicine
The Journal of Neuroscience
Organizations
FASEB
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) is the largest coalition of life sciences societies in the United States.
National Institute of Health

Archived Categories:

Brain
Cellular Respiration
Digestion
Ear
Ecology
Education
Eye
Fitness
General Biology
Grants
Heart
Human Diving Reflex
Kidney
Miscellaneous
Muscles
Neuroscience
Oximetry
Photosynthesis
Reflexes
Respiratory
Sensory
Vascular
Brain
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mindful-self-express/201609/is-vacation-or-meditation-the-key-stress-relief
Stress, Meditation and Vacations.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/11/stress-aging-process_n_3047000.html
Stress and Aging.
https://hbr.org/2016/07/the-data-driven-case-for-vacation
Making a Case for Vacations.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3512099/
Effects of phonological similarity on priming in auditory lexical decision.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/986168?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Lexical Memory.
http://www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/peeps/issue-33.aspx
Lexical Decision Tasks, Semantic Priming and Reading.
http://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2121543
The footprints of visual attention in the Posner cueing paradigm revealed by classification images.
http://donlehmanjr.com/BD/Attention/A5%20Posner%20Attention.html
Posner’s Attention Model & the Decay Factor.
http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n16/mente/attention.htm
Models of Attention.
wixtedlab.ucsd.edu/publications/Psych%20218/Craik_Lockhart_1972.pdf
Craik and Lockhart, 1972.
http://people.southwestern.edu/~giuliant/LOP_PDF/CraikTulvingEpisodiMemory1975.pdf
Craik and Tulving, 1975.
http://www.acrwebsite.org/search/view-conference-proceedings.aspx?Id=9535
Memory and Levels of Processing in Advertising.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1950440/
Gaze Cueing of Attention.
http://www.journalofvision.org/content/13/4/6.full
Do as eye say: Gaze cueing and language in a real-world social interaction.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3656349/
Measuring attention using the Posner cuing paradigm: the role of across and within trial target probabilities.
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/learning-strategies/
Interactive Brain map Infographic from Opencolleges.
http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/97/4/75…
Article about VEP and Multiple sclerosis.

http://www.upmc.com/patients-visitors/education/stroke/pages/electro-encephalogram.aspx
Patient information guide from the University of Pittsburgh Medical which contains information on preparing for an EEG.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/ready.html
An interactive Stroop Test.
http://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/abstract/S1…
Interdimensional interference in the Stroop effect: uncovering the cognitive and neural anatomy of attention.
http://www.med.harvard.edu//AANLIB/home.html
The Whole Brain Atlas is a website with descriptions and images of the brain in normal and diseased states.
http://www.onlinepsychologydegree.net/2012/11/20/why-psyc…
Online course for the combined study of psychology and neuroscience.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/index.html
“The Secret Life of the Brain” available from PBS Online – WNET New York. Links to the history of studying the brain, the three-dimensional anatomy of the brain, mind illusions, brain scans, and presentations about the brain from infancy to the aged.
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/proje…
Other ways to perform interference tasks.
Cellular Respiration
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/flashanimat/metabol… 
Easy-to-understand animation of electron transport, proton gradient development, and ATP synthesis in mitochondria from a site at St. Olaf College.
Digestion
 
Ear
 
Ecology
http://croptechnology.unl.edu/viewLesson.cgi?LessonID=109…
Web site from New Mexico State University with information about the process of water movement from plants known as transpiration, and how relative humidity controls the loss of water. An animation of the process is available on the site.
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/
Earthguide website from the CalSpace Program at the University of California San Diego that is an easy to use educational resource for information about the Earth, the oceans, and the environment.
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/facilities/multimedia/inde…
Instructional multimedia presentation from the Faculty of Science at the University of Alberta covering a variety of topics in science, including the carbon and nitrogen cycles.
https://ec.gc.ca/Air/default.asp?lang=En&n=AA1521C2-1
Facts about acid rain from Environment Canada.
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/
Website at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that presents information about the quality standards of ground and drinking water in the United States.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/sweat.htm
Web site from How Stuff Works that provides a concise explanation of the process of evaporative cooling.
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/heatindex.shtml
Web page from the National Weather Service with a Heat Index calculator. Enter the air temperature and the percent of relative humidity, and the calculator will determine the temperature that it feels like to the body.
Education
http://www.teach-nology.com/currenttrends/inquiry/
Information about how you can use Inquiry Based Learning.
Eye
http://schorlab.berkeley.edu/vilis/
A mini-course in three dimensional eye movement from the University of Western Ontario.
http://www.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staff/jacob/teaching/sensory/vi…
Professor Tim Jacob from the School of Biosciences at Cardiff University, UK, presents an excellent set of lecture notes for learning about vision and the eye.
http://www.eyemovementresearch.com/
A site for links to the current research in the field of eye movements and EMDR.
http://www.neuronresearch.net/vision/reading/saccades.htm
Information on saccadic eye movements.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060527/bob9.asp
This two part scientific article examines the way light affects the eye and the brain.
http://www.vision3d.com/
This fun site contains information about vision, optical illusions, and many different visual exercises.
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/eyemove.htm
Detailed information discussing a variety of different eye movements that can be recorded during an EOG.
Fitness
http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/focus-on-the-lower-body-to-train-balancehow-to-improveproprioception 
How to Improve Proprioception.
http://www.stack.com/a/why-athletes-need-balance-and-proprioception-training 
Watch Balance in Action!
American College of Sports Medicine
This website provides information on health and fitness, research in the field of sports medicine, and grant and research initiatives.
Frequent Ventricular Ectopy after Exercise as a Predictor…
Link to news article from the Healing Heart Foundation and abstract of article from the New England Journal of Medicine: “Frequent Ventricular Ectopy after Exercise as a Predictor of Death.” The authors hypothesize that ventricular ectopy (7 or more premature heartbeats per minute) during the recovery phase is a better predictor of cardiac risk than ventricular ectopy during exercise.
Gatorade Sports Science Institute
Compendium of articles on exercise science, sports medicine, performance, nutrition, conditioning, psychology, and more.
Heart Rate Recovery Immediately After Exercise As A Predi…
Link to article in the New England Journal of Medicine: “Heart-Rate Recovery Immediately after Exercise as a Predictor of Mortality.” The authors hypothesize that a delayed fall in the heart rate after exercise might be an important prognostic marker. Recovery of the heart rate after exercise is a function of vagal activity, and a decrease in vagal activity is known to be a cardiac risk factor.
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/anatomyandphysiology/a…
Information about aerobic fitness and endurance on overall health.
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/eval.htm
This website provides links to a wide variety of performance tests that can be used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a subject’s fitness.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=15…
The Effects of Aerobic Fitness on Resting Metabolic Rate; Broeder CE, Burrhus KA, Svanevik LS, Wilmore JH; Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas, Austin.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=15…
The Effects of Either High-Intensity Resistance or Endurance training on Resting Metabolic Rate; Broeder CE, Burrhus KA, Svanevik LS, Wilmore JH; Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas, Austin.
http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/6/1/28
Aerobic fitness does not modulate protein metabolism in response to increased exercise: a controlled trial.
http://www.obesityresearch.org/cgi/content/full/10/8/726
Differences in Resting Metabolic Rate between White and African-American Young Adults. Teresa A. Sharp, Melanie L. Bell, Gary K. Grunwald, Kathryn H. Schmitz, Stephen Sidney, Cora E. Lewis, Kim Tolan, and James O. Hill.
http://www.topendsports.com/testing/aerobic.htm
Includes a variety of testing protocols for use with the Aerobic Fitness lab.
The Fitness Test List
This link to “Rob Wood’s Home of Fitness Testing” provides a listing of health, agility, reaction, body position, and anthropometric tests in addition to a complete collection of endurance,strength, and flexibility tests.
General Biology
http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/Curriculum/VM8054/Labs/Lab…
A good review of the structure and function of both smooth and striated muscle.
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/roaches/america…
A page all about the American cockroach, including information about its distribution, biology, and a list of sources for further research.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2123/2329862078_551d0eed72…
Still images of the dissected cockroach ventral nerve cord, and an instructional video illustrating the dissection of the nerve cord and the placement of an extracellular hook electrode to record ventral nerve cord activity.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/203/18/2807.pdf
Three research papers on the specifics of crayfish gut structure, physiology and pharmacology. All three are fairly technical, but serve as excellent starting points for research into the biology of the crayfish digestive system.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/46/3/571.pdf
A very complete article from 1967 that presents experiments designed to learn about many properties of the ventral nerve cord of the leech.
http://jp.physoc.org/cgi/reprint/156/1/1.pdf
http://nelson.beckman.illinois.edu/courses/neuroethol/mod…
A short summary of the cockroach escape mechanism circuitry, including both the sensory and motor parts of the circuit, and how they communicate for effective escape behavior. Included is a schematic diagram of the escape circuit.
http://www.abolitionist.com/darwinian-life/invertebrate-p…
One of three thoughtful and well-research sites looking at the issue of pain perception in invertebrates with a range of conclusions.
http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/kunkel/cockroach.html
The Cockroach Homepage. This page contains links to sources about many aspects of cockroach biology, including an entertaining Cockroach FAQ, and a thorough list of biologists who study cockroaches with links to lists of their publications.
http://www.biologyjunction.com/crayfish_dissection.htm
A well-illustrated guide to the dissection of live or prepared crayfish. A good overview of both external and internal crayfish anatomy.
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/images/roach_guts_…
Still images of the dissected cockroach ventral nerve cord, and an instructional video illustrating the dissection of the nerve cord and the placement of an extracellular hook electrode to record ventral nerve cord activity.
http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/
Information about acid rain formation and consequences.
http://www.funjournal.org/downloads/ramosetaljunes07.pdf
This paper includes a summary of a variant of the cercal sense organs experiment in addition to several other extracellular cockroach recordings that can be part of undergraduate neurophysiology labs. An excellent overview of the use of the cockroach in the neurophysiology teaching laboratory.
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijz/2009/301284.html
A thorough review of invertebrate circulatory systems. Includes a useful bibliography.
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/biological%20anamat…
This website, at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, contains many simple animations of biological processes including the variety of transport mechanisms used by membranes.
http://www.visualsunlimited.com/browse/vu315/vu315105.html
Interesting photomicrograph of the earthworm nervous system.
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/b…
This site reviews more general concepts of digestive system function and control. It focuses primarily on vertebrate, and more specifically, human, digestion.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP1…
This interactive website at Wisc-Online.com reviews the components, functions, and structure of a typical cell membrane and then allows users to construct their own membrane.
https://dspace.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/1880/25292/1/47992Br…
Grants
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/idues/index.html
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education-Programs Institutional Development and Undergraduate Education Service (IDUES).
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduesaitcc/index.html
American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduesannh/index.html
Alaska Native and Hawaiian Serving Institutions.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/idueshsi/index.html
Title V: Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduesmsi/index.html
Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduestitle3a/index.html
Title III Part A: Strengthening Institutions Program.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduestitle3b/index.html
Title III Part B: Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Heart
http://www.hanford.gov/health/?page=112 – Great information and graphs for calculating target heart rate and the best way to exercise.
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/heart/prevention/exercise/pulse-target-heart-rate – How to take your pulse and figure out heart rates.
http://www.thewalkingsite.com/thr.html – Information on training zones and “walking” exercises for good cardiac fitness.
http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/tests/index.html – Test your knowledge with quizzes about ECG recordings.
http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html – Library of different ECG recordings and information about 12-lead ECGs.
http://www.12leadecg.com/full/ – A site dedicated to 12-lead ECG instruction for EMS personnel.
Heart Rate Variability and Baroreflex Sensitivity in Subj…
This article details research undertaken to evaluate heart rate variability (HRV) and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in a large random sample of subjects without evidence of heart disease, and to estimate the relationship of heart rate behavior to age, sex and cardiovascular risk factors.
http://auscultation.com/
Advanced site for using heart sounds to determine diseases.
http://circres.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/58/2/…
Article from Circulation Research on the regulation of stroke volume during submaximal and maximal upright exercise in healthy men.
http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/ecg_outline/Lesson1/in…
A great place to get an in depth lesson on the 12 Lead ECG.
http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/tests/index.html
Test your knowledge with quizzes about ECG recordings.
http://medlineplus.gov/
Website known as Medline Plus, operated by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, contains a medical encyclopedia, dictionary, health topics, and drug information.
http://medlineplus.gov/
MedlinePlus website with information on over 700 health topics and medications, a medical encyclopedia, and a medical dictionary. Hyperventilation and its clinical implications are discussed here.
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/ecgtutorial/abnormal_rhythm
University of Michigan site for looking at abnormal heart rhythms.
http://www.12leadecg.com/full/
A site dedicated to 12-lead ECG instruction for EMS personnel.
http://www.blaufuss.org/
A website with interactive tutorials, with sound and animation, that covers ECGs and heart sounds including the physiological splitting of the second heart sound (S2).
http://www.cinc.org/Proceedings/2007/pdf/0261.pdf
Paper comparing heart sounds and ECG for diagnostic purposes.
http://www.cvphysiology.com/index.html
The website for Richard Klanbunde’s text “Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts” covering the topics of arrhythmias, cardiac valve disease, coronary artery disease, edema, heart failure, hypertension, and peripheral artery disease. The Valsalva maneuver is explained here.
http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html
A collection of electrocardiograms that are correlated to the coronary diseases they identify, including: blocks, ischemias, and arrhythmias.
http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=recor…
A biomathematical model of cardiac fitness, and the heart rate response to stress testing and its relationship to VO2.
http://www.mikecowley.co.uk/leads.htm
A guide to lead placement and explanation.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez? db=pubmed&uid=1…
An article that discusses the effects of high intensity resistance or endurance training on resting metabolic rate.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=15…
An article that discusses the effects of aerobic fitness on resting metabolic rate.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003868.htm
Links and explanations to all sorts of cardiac rhythms.
http://www.skillstat.com/tools/ecg-simulator
“The Six Second ECG: Cardiac Rhythm Simulator” from SkillStat Learning that plays a collection of 25 different of cardiac rhythms in learning or game mode. The site includes tutorials for each recording that help the student learn the characteristics of each rhythm.
https://www.aclsmedicaltraining.com/ecg-simulator/
Interactive learning simulator game is a perfect resource for any medical professional who is looking to improve their EKG interpretation skills.
http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/intro.html
A website known as The Auscultation Assistant contains sound bites and explanations of various heart sounds and murmurs; developed by a medical student to assist other medical students.
Human Diving Reflex
Free Diving and Shallow Water Blackout
Article reviews the physics and the physiology of shallow water blackout (latent hypoxia), the conditions that cause it, the physiological changes that take place during it, and ways to prevent it. A good introduction to what is taking place physiologically during a shallow water dive.
http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/winter-2012/the-mammalian-divin…
Journal article through Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=breath-h…
Scientific American article on the Diving Reflex.
The Triggering of the Human Diving Response
This article concludes that the diving reflex can occur in a warm environment as long as there is a difference between the ambient air and water temperatures; cold stimulation is more effective on the upper part of the face; and while breathing, cold stimulation of extremities dominates over stimulation of the upper face and produces tachycardia, the opposite occurs in apnea.
Kidney
Kidney Physiology 
From Cardif in the UK, a web-based guide to the kidney and its function as relates to first year Medical and Dental students.
https://www.kidney.org/kidneydisease/howkidneyswrk
National Kidney Foundation.
https://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/urinalysis/tab/test/
Understanding Urinalysis.
https://www.course-notes.org/Biology/Outlines/Chapter_44_Osmoregulation_and_Excretion
course notes for Osmoregulation.
Miscellaneous
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA5/MAIN/HOME.H…
Chemistry Comes Alive website.
http://www.bioeng.auckland.ac.nz/physiome/physiome_projec…
Click the links at the bottom of the page to open directories to other sites with colorful graphics of systems, organs, tissues, and cells. Compiled at The IUPS Physiome Project in The Bioengineering Institute at the University of Auckland.
http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/essentialchemistry/…
Animation accompanying the second edition of Essential Chemistry that easily explains how buffers neutralize hydrogen and hydroxyl ions.
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/anim…
This website, Interactive Concepts in Biochemistry from Jon Wiley and Sons, Inc., provides interactive animations and innovative tutorials for learning difficult biochemical processes.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=NUR…
Presentation from Wisconsin Online courses in nursing that illustrate the purpose of acid /base balance in the body, and the causes and effects of acid/base imbalances.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=NUR…
Another presentation from Wisconsin Online courses in nursing that illustrate the purpose of acid /base balance in the body, and the causes and effects of acid/base imbalances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHYWIM8AbPE
YouTube video demonstration of conductivity.
Plant Biology
A very nice site that uses photo micrographs of a plant cell to allow students to explore sub-cellular organelles and plant cell structure.
Web HUMAN Physiology Simulation
HUMAN is a FORTRAN program that models the integrated physiology of the human organism in both health and disease. This version was written by Tom Coleman at The University of Mississippi Medical Center and has since been maintained and updated at Skidmore College. The model covers the major organ systems, including cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, endocrine, nervous and alimentary. With each iteration of the program, approximately 137 user accessible physiological variables are computed and updated. In running a simulation, the user may manipulate one or more parameters from a list of 67 alterable physiological, environmental and clinical factors.
Muscles
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/12/robert-downey-jr-iron-man-arm_n_6860990.html 
Robert Downey Jr gives boy a bionic Iron Man Arm.
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/41324/title/Neuroprosthetics/ 
Neuroprosthetics.
http://psychotherapy.com/bio.html
What is Biofeedback?
http://www.aapb.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3315 
The Association of Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=4…
Read about an arm wrestling robot and how scientists are using it to study neuromuscular control.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/muscle.htm
Website at How Stuff Works that with the information on the metabolism and physiology of muscles.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/factfiles/joi…
Animations and information about the different types of joints in the body. One of many pages from the BBC that provides concise information and animations about the human body and mind.
http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/reprint/80/3/299.pdf
Paper about the effects of physostigmine on the earthworm body wall.
http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Articulations.html
A comprehensive list of muscle movements in the human body. Each articulation has links to the list of muscles involved in each function, digital movies of the exercises that involve the listed muscles, and anatomical drawings of the muscles involved and their location in the body.
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/Hypermuscle/
Website at the University of Michigan that contains concise definitions and QuickTime movies of various types of muscle movements.
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/Hypermuscle/#feet
Website at the University of Michigan that contains concise definitions and QuickTime movies of specialized foot movements like dorsiflexion and plantar flexion.
Neuroscience

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/12/robert-downey-jr-iron-man-arm_n_6860990.html

Robert Downey Jr gives boy a bionic Iron Man Arm.

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/41324/title/Neuroprosthetics/
Neuroprosthetics.
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00005
Images and videos of CTS.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/91/1/1
The first article in a series by Zill and Moran in the Journal of Experimental Biology on the responses of campaniform sensilla to external and muscle-generated forces. Other articles in the series include the studies of campaniform sensilla activity during reflexes and walking.
http://nerve.bsd.uchicago.edu/FB/ConductionVelocity.pdf
Seasonal changes in the Giant Squid axon APs.
http://www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/003927.cfm
This web page from HealthCentral explains the significance of the nerve conduction velocity (NCV) test, and provides links to information about diseases that affect NCV.
http://www.mdausa.org/disease/
This web page at the MDA provides information about the neuromuscular diseases included in MDA programs. This list includes: muscular dystrophies; motorneuron problems; inflammatory myopathies; diseases of the neuromuscular junction; metabolic diseases; and more.
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec06/ch095/ch095c.html
Web page on neuromuscular junction disorders from The Merck Manuals On-Line Medical Library. Links on this site also lead to all five on-line versions of the Merck medically related manuals.
http://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron/
NEURON is a simulation environment for modeling individual neurons and networks of neurons. It provides tools for conveniently building and using models of neurons and networks that are numerically sound and computationally efficient. It is particularly well suited to problems that are closely linked to experimental data.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sciatica.html
An inflamed sciatic nerve is a very common cause of pain in humans. A number of links covering all aspects of human sciatic nerve anatomy and pathology can be found at this site.
http://www.onlinepsychologydegree.net/2012/11/20/why-psyc…
Why Psych majors need neuroscience – a free online course on the combined study of psychology and neuroscience offered by MIT.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/exposure/stroopintro…
This site at NOVA Online provides insight into the Stroop test that mountain climbers undergo at high altitudes to insure that they are healthy enough to continue with their climb. A Stroop test is available for online testing.
http://www.pharm.emory.edu
Advanced experiments on neural magnetic fields using Earthworm APs.
http://www.teleemg.com/
The EMG Manual provides a simple approach for a better understanding of EMG and nerve conduction studies. Some of the relevant topics covered in the manual include: nerve conduction setups for various motor and sensory paths; pathological processes; and, disease characteristics.
Neuroscience for Kids
This site also from The University of Washington is targeted at kids. Nevertheless, it contains some good graphics and lots of online resources.
Virtual Hospital: The Human Brain
This page is a great resource for brain anatomy. It has many photos, diagrams and of course more links.
Oximetry
http://science.howstuffworks.com/lung.htm
Website at How Stuff Works – information on the anatomy and physiology of the lungs.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2972.htm
Explanation of the variety of pulmonary function tests commonly performed and health conditions that they can identify.
http://www.lakesidepress.com/pulmonary/ABG/PO2.htm
A section from a textbook that explains the parameters of oxygen pressure, saturation, and content.
http://www.madsci.com/manu/indexgas.htm
Comprehensive information on blood gases, the physiology of gas exchange, lung functions, and acid-base balance.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003645.htm
Page at Medline Plus on the National Library of Medicine website that provides comprehensive information about hemoglobin.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003855.htm
Background information and normal values for a typical blood gas analysis. Other pages at this website are readily available by going here.
http://www.nutristrategy.com/index.htm
Information on metabolic rates for varieties of exercise, nutrition, and fitness.
http://www.oximeter.org/pulseox/principles.htm
Information on the principles, history, clinical applications, limitations, and references for oximetry and co-oximetry.
http://www.pulseox.info/
Great clinical information on Pulse Oximetry and how it works.
Photosynthesis
http://www.life.illinois.edu/govindjee/paper/gov.html
Detailed paper with much information on history and processes of photosynthesis.
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/paper/gov.html#20
A link to a valuable and comprehensive article called “The Photosynthetic Process” that covers everything from the classification of photosynthetic organisms to global warming and green house gases.
http://www.msu.edu/~smithe44/calvin_cycle_process.htm
A website from Michigan State University that clearly diagrams the reactions of the Calvin Cycle.
http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/Bio231/c…
A website that contains a nice animation of the three phases of the Calvin Cycle.
Reflexes
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/rev/97/3/377/
Emotion, Attention and the Startle Reflex Attitude.
 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0026782
Objective Measures of Emotion Related to Brand.
http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1994-28733-001
Emotion, Novelty and the Startle Reflex.
http://www.psychogenics.com/prepulseinhibition.html
Prepulse Inhibition Tests for Psychological Disorders.
http://www.journalofpsychiatricresearch.com/article/S0022-3956%2812%2900360-3/abstract?cc=y=
Prepulse Inhibition in Psychiatric Disorders, besides schizophrenia.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/lie-detector.htm
How a polygraph test works.
http://www.jneurosci.org/content/24/47/10702.full
Control of Attention Shifts between Vision and Audition in Human Cortex.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3842374
Comparative study of visual and auditory reaction time of hands and feet in males and females.
http://www.scirp.org/Journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperI…
Study done in Australia about female and male athlete response time.
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/nonmajors…
Animation illustrating a simple reflex arc from the text Discover Biology by Cain et al; W.W. Norton and Co.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=AP1…
Website from Wisconsin On-Line that illustrates and animates a two neuron knee-jerk reflex; it also includes on-line quizzes on the topic.
Respiratory
http://www.medicinenet.com/chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease_copd/article.htm 
Article about COPD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbcjFpyxkpc 

YouTube video comparing restrictive and obstructive diseases.

http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/exercise-physiology…
Website includes graphs, VCO2/VO2 calculations and values, how-tos, and links to exercise physiology articles and websites.
Bronchoscopy
From the Virtual Hospital site, teaching files for respiratory anatomy and physiology.
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/90/5/2324
This article shows that the kinetics of oxygen uptake, as measured by breath by breath techniques, are determined at the onset of exercise rather than at the peak of exercise.
http://davidglover.net/
Website devoted to exercise regimens, training, triathlons, VO2Max testing, blogs, etc.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/203/16/2437.pdf
RER and metabolic rates in a Lizard.
http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/130/12/2990.pdf
Nutrient Metabolism and how it relates to RER.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/lung.htm
Website at “How Stuff Works” with information on the anatomy and physiology of the lungs.
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/5/941
Article on the factors that cause variation in basal metabolic rate: fat-free mass, fat mass, age, and circulating thyroxine.
http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/reprint/99/3/416.pdf
Links to an article about oxygen consumption, brain metabolism and respiration of goldfish during temperature changes with reference to lowered temperatures.
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
Simple BMR calculator that helps determine daily caloric needs using the Harris Benedict Equation.
http://www.medicinenet.com/chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_…
Article about COPD.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15588775
A PubMed article relating to diet, growth and metabolism in goldfish.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM198607103150205
New England Journal of Medicine article about familial dependence of the Resting Metabolic Rate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbcjFpyxkpc
YouTube video comparing restrictive and obstructive diseases.
Sensory
http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/psychological-properties-of-colours
Psychological Properties of color.
https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/color-meanings-theory-psychology/
How humans react to color.

http://rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=3856
Information about the color red.

http://www.facialemg.com/ 
Site with more information on fEMGs.

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html or http://www.freetrainers.com/exercise/muscles/ 
List of all muscles and exercises that target specific groups.

http://fitday.com/
Using targeted muscle training to gain strength and resilience in muscles.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10818342
Upper limb H reflexes and somatosensory evoked potentials modulated by movement.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYIIw0vGDk4
A VEP test.
http://webvision.med.utah.edu/book/electrophysi…
Webvision – The Organization of the Retina and Visual System – detailed information about VEPs.
http://www.facialemg.com/
Site with more information on fEMGs.
http://www.hhmi.org/senses/
A report on sight, hearing and smell from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute that contains easy to read articles on these senses.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/lie-detector.htm
How a polygraph test works.
Vascular
Circulation
Link to the article “Improved Arterial Compliance by a Novel Advanced Glycation End-Product Crosslink Breaker” which discusses the effects of drug that breaks the crosslinks between collagen fibers in aging arteries, thus restoring vascular compliance.
http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/36/6/952
Article from the Hypertension that defined the relationship between the digital (finger) volume pulse and the peripheral (arm) pressure pulse making it easier to determine arterial stiffness and reflection indices.
http://www.clinsci.org/cs/103/0379/1030379.pdf
Article from Clinical Science that explains the correlation between the index of arterial stiffness from the digital volume pulse and the standard measure of arterial stiffness, the carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEd1h_lz4rA
Flashing checkerboard used in VEP tests.

Meet With Us

Quick online consultation with an Applications Specialist

Design Your System

Choose the parameters you want to Measure

ECG/EKG
EMG : Number of Channels
Invasive BP : Number of Channels
Non-Invasive BP : Number of Channels
Flow : Number of Channels
Temperature: Number of Channels
Force: Number of Channels
Stimulation: Describe the type

Recover Password

We will contact you with your login info. 

Newsletter Signup