Staff Profile

I completed my PhD at Northumbria University, investigating the aetiology of protracted impairments in neuromuscular function following intermittent sprint exercise. I subsequently completed post-doctoral research training at University Jean Monnet in Saint-Etienne, France.

Research interests

My research focuses on the acute, integrative responses to exercise, with a particular focus on oxygen transport, bioenergetics and neuromuscular fatigability and their underlying determinants in health, performance and disease.

Current projects

• Determinants of physiological resilience during prolonged endurance exercise

• Cardiovascular integration, oxygen uptake kinetics and metabolic thresholds

• Efficacy and mechanistic basis of small muscle mass exercise in health, performance and disease

• Metaboreflex augmentation as a novel means to enhance blood flow and oxygen delivery

Publication list

For my full publication list, see here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ChxJ_jAAAAAJ&hl=en

Open to self-funded PhD applicants in neuromuscular physiology, exercise physiology, and neurophysiology

Editorial positions

Winner of "Future Leaders" editorial scheme at Experiemental Physiology

Editorial Board member at Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Editorial Board member at Journal of Applied Physiology

Media engagement: 

Podcast on "Neuromuscular Fatigue" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z_vFLLzU-k

ACSM Sports Medicine Bulletin on "Fatigability in Cancer Survivors" - https://multibriefs.com/briefs/acsm/ACSM072622.php

ACSM Sports Medicine Bulletin on "Exercise Modality Influences Why Our Muscles Fatigue" - https://multibriefs.com/briefs/acsm/ACSM051022.php

BBC Radio Newcastle - Fatigue and recovery following football match-play

Undergraduate teaching

SES1000 UG Human Physiology and Practical Skills 

SES2004 UG Exercise Physiology

SES3000 UG Research Projects

Postgraduate teaching 

SES8001 Exercise Physiology Assessment Skills

SES8099 Exercise Physiology Dissertation

MMB8044 Exercise in Health and Disease

• Articles

  • Valencic, T, Ansdell, P, Brownstein, CG, Spillane, PM, Holobar, A, Skarabot, S. Motor unit discharge rate modulation during isometric contractions to failure is intensity‐and modality‐dependent. Journal of Physiology 2024.
  • Brownstein CG, Sabater Pastor F, Mira J, Maurias JM, Millet GY. Power Output Manipulation from Below to Above the Gas Exchange Threshold Results in Exacerbated Performance Fatigability. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2022, 54(11), 1947-1960.
  • Brownstein CG, Twomey R, Temesi J, Wrightson JG, Martin T, Medysky ME, Culos-Reed N, Millet GY. Physiological and psychosocial correlates of cancer-related fatigue. Journal of Cancer Survivorship 2022, 16, 1339-1354.
  • Brownstein CG, Twomey R, Temesi J, Martin T, Medysky ME, Culos-Reed N, Millet GY. Mechanisms of neuromuscular fatigability in people with cancer-related fatigue. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2022, 54(8), 1355-1363.
  • Brownstein CG, Metra M, Sabater Pastor F, Faricier R, Millet GY. Disparate mechanisms of fatigability in response to prolonged running versus cycling of matched intensity and duration. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2022, 54(5), 872-882.
  • Millet GY, Kennouche D, Foschia C, Brownstein CG, Gondin J, Lapole T, Rimaud D, Royer N, Thiery G, Gauthier V, Oujamaa L, Sorg M, Verges S, Doutreleau S, Marillier M, Prudent M, Bitker L, Feasson L, Gergele L, Stauffer E, Guichon C, Morel J. Cardiorespiratory fitness and neuromuscular function of mechanically ventilated ICU COVID-19 Patients. Critical Care Medicine 2022, 50(11), 1555-1565.
  • Brownstein, CG, Espeit, L, Royer, N, Ansdell, P, Skarabot, J, Souron, R, Lapole, T, Millet, GY. Reductions in motoneuron excitability during sustained isometric contractions are dependent on stimulus and contraction intensity. Journal of Neurophysiology 2021.
  • Brownstein CG, Rimaud D, Singh B, Fruleux-Santos LA, Sorg M, Micklewright D, Millet GY. French translation and validation of the rating-of-fatigue scale. Sports Medicine Open 2021, 7, 25.