Information about the Department of Physiology Academic Staff Research Groups Physiology is the study of how organisms function. Research in Physiology in Bristol is based around academic members of staff and their research groups. Researchers work together both within their own group, and with other groups, depending on the line of research being followed. This page is designed to help you find the groups covering areas of research that you might be interested in. It is divided into Systems Physiology , Problems in Physiology , and Techniques in Physiology .
Physiology is an integrative subject and therefore many groups overlap at all levels.
Specific members of staff may be found on the staff list Research Groups - Systems Physiology Research in the department revolves around three main systems in physiology Cardiovascular Neuroscience Muscle Physiology Physiological problems Physiology is the study of the way humans and animal function. Because systems are integrated in the body, research groups which address particular issues often work with more than one system described above. Pain and nociception Heart Disease , Including work on LongQT Syndrome , angiogenesis , hypertension as well as basic mechanisms to understand how the cardiovascular system works.