Physiology Review Articles

Physiology is meant to understand living mechanisms-how living things work. Human physiology studies how our cells, muscles and organs interact. Physiology, sometimes referred to as "life science," looks at living mechanisms, from the molecular basis of cell function to the entire body's integrated behavior. Review articles summarize the current state of understanding on a specific topic of research. Instead of reporting novel research results, they analyze or discuss research previously published by scientists and academics. Review article comes as systematic reviews and reviews of literature, and is a form of secondary literature.     Systematic reviews determine an objective list of criteria, and find all original research papers previously published that meet the criteria. They then compare the results of those papers. By contrast, literature reviews offer a summary of what the authors believe to be the best and most relevant prior publications. The "review paper" definition is distinct from peer-reviewed literature. A review may be peer-reviewed, and a review may be non-peer-reviewed as well.