APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 5, 1998

The American Physiological Society

• Glucose-induced pulsatile insulin release from single islets at stable and oscillatory cytoplasmic ca2+. Bergsten, Peter. Department of Medical Cell Biology, Biomedicum, Uppsala university, Uppsala, Sweden APStracts 5:0021E, 1998.
• Phenylbutyrate-induced glutamine depletion in humans: effect on leucine metabolism. Darmaun, Dominique, Susan Welch, Annie Rini, Brenda K. Sager, Astride Altomare, and Morey W. Haymond. Nemours Children's Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, Centre de recherche en nutrition humaine, Nantes, France; and USDA Children's Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas. APStracts 5:0022E, 1998.
• Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry: fat estimation errors due to variation in soft tissue hydration. Pietrobelli, Angelo, Zimian Wang, Carmelo Formica, Steven B. Heymsfield. Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York 10025, and Regional Bone Center, Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw, New York 10993 APStracts 5:0023E, 1998.
• Interstitial metabolite concentrations in human skeletal muscle and adipose tissue determined with microdialysis at low perfusion flow.. Rosdahl, H., Hamrin, K., Ungerstedt, U. and Henriksson, J. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Department of Human Biology, Stockholm University College of Physical Education and Sports, Stockholm, Sweden APStracts 5:0024E, 1998.
• Evidence against a role for the growth hormone-releasing peptide axis in human slow-wave sleep regulation. Moreno-Reyes, Rodrigo, Myriam Kerkhofs, Mireille L'hermite -Bal[acute]eriaux, Michael O. Thorner, Eve Van Cauter, and Georges Copinschi. Center for the Study of Biological Rhythms (CERB), Department of Endocrinology, and Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, H[circumflex]opital Erasme, Universit[acute]e Libre de Bruxelles, B -1070 Brussels, Belgium; Sleep Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, H[circumflex]opital Erasme, Universit[acute]e Libre de Bruxelles, B -1070 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA APStracts 5:0025E, 1998.
• Mechanism of the glucose transport response to hypoxia in isolated rat skeletal muscle: potential role of glycogen. Reynolds, Thomas H., Iv, Joseph T. Brozinick, Jr., Marc. A. Rogers, and Samuel W. Cushman. Experimental Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition Section, Diabetes Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 -1420. Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Elli Lilly Company, Lilly Corporate Center / Drop Code 0540, Indianapolis, IN 46285 APStracts 5:0026E, 1998.
• Glutamate transport asymmetry in renal glutamine metabolism. Carter, Patsy, and Tomas C. Welbourne. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, LSUMC, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130 APStracts 5:0027E, 1998.
• Mechanisms contributing to angiotensin ii regulation of body weight. Cassis, Lisa A., Dana E. Marshall, Michael J. Fettinger, Brady Rosenbluth, and Robert A. Lodder. Divisions of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0082 APStracts 5:0028E, 1998.
• Lymphocyte transfer in streptozotocin-induced diabetes: adhesion of donor cells to islet endothelium. Enghofer, Michael, J[diaeresis]org Bojunga, Ralf Ludwig, Anke Oldenburg, August Bernd, Klaus Henning Usadel, Klaus Kusterer. Departments of Medicine I and Dermatology I, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany APStracts 5:0029E, 1998.
• Insulin inhibits vascular smooth muscle contraction at a site distal to intracellular ca2+ concentration. Kahn, Andrew M., Annat Husid, Timothy Odebunmi, Julius C. Allen, Charles L. Seidel, and Tom Song. Departments of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, and Baylor College of Medicine , Houston, Texas 77030. APStracts 5:0030E, 1998.
• Total body lipid and triglyceride response to energy deficit: relevance to molecular-level body composition model.. Comizio, Renee, Angelo Pietrobelli, Yan Xiu Tan, Zimian Wang, Robert T. Withers, Steven B. Heymsfield, and Carol N. Boozer. Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, N.Y. and 1School of Education, Exercise Physiology Laboratory, The Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia APStracts 5:0031E, 1998.
• Human kidney and liver gluconeogenesis: evidence for organ substrate selectivity. Stumvoll, Michael, Christian Meyer, Gabriele Perriello, Maryl Kreider, Stephen Welle, and John Gerich. Medizinische Klinik, Eberhard-Karls-Universit[umlaut]at, 72076 T[umlaut]ubingen, Germany, and University of Rochester School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Physiology and Pharmacology, Rochester, New York APStracts 5:0032E, 1998.
• Dissociation of the effects of amylin on osteoblast proliferation and bone resorption. Cornish, J., K. E. Callon, C. Qx. Lin, C. L. Xiao, T. B. Mulvey, D H Coy, G. J. S. Cooper, I. R. Reid. Department of Medicine and School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Peptide Research Laboratories, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, USA. APStracts 5:0033E, 1998.
• Genetic and environmental influences on prolactin secretion during wake and during sleep. Linkowski, Paul, Karine Spiegel, Myriam Kerkhofs, Mireille L'hermite -Baleriaux, Anne Van Onderbergen, Rachel Leproult, Julien Mendlewicz, Eve Van Cauter. Department of Psychiatry, Erasme Hospital, and Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Universit[acute]e Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, B-1070 BELGIUM; Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. APStracts 5:0034E, 1998.
• Distribution and kinetics of amylin in humans. Clodi, M., K. Thomaseth, G. Pacini, K. Hermann, A. Kautzky-Willer, W. Waldh[umlaut]ausl, R. Prager, and B. Ludvik. Department of Medicine III, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Vienna, A-1097 Vienna, Austria. Institute of System Science and Biomedical Engineering (LADSEB-CNR), Padova, Italy APStracts 5:0035E, 1998.
• Adiposity and serum leptin increase in fatty (fa/fa) bnz neonates without decreased vmh serotonergic activity. Horwitz, Barbara A., Jock S. Hamilton, Vanessa H. Routh, Kerri Green, Peter Havel, and Albert Chan. Section of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, Division of Biological Sciences and Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. Dept. of Pharmacology and Physiology; New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ); 185 S Orange Ave; Newark, NJ; 07103 APStracts 5:0036E, 1998.
• Effects of hyperthyroidism on vascular contractile and relaxation responses. McAllister, Richard M., Vance D. Grossenburg, Michael D. Delp, and M. H. Laughlin. Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211. Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 APStracts 5:0037E, 1998.
• Endotoxin induced alteration in the expression of leptin and the beta-3 adrenergic receptor in adipose tissue. Berkowitz, Dan E., Daniel Brown, Kyoung Min Lee, Charles Emala, David Palmer, Ying An, Michael Breslow. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287 APStracts 5:0038E, 1998.
• Effect of hyperinsulinemia on plasma leptin concentrations and food intake in rats. Koopmans, Sietse J., Marijke Frolich, Eric H. Gribnau, Rudi G. J. Westendorp, and Ralph A. Defronzo. Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78284-7886. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical Chemistry, and Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Hospital, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 AA Leiden, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0039E, 1998.
• Vagotomy in young obese hyperglycemic mice: effects on syndrome development and islet proliferation. Edvell, Anders, and Per Lindstr[diaeresis]om. Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Ume[angstrom]a University, S-90187 Ume[angstrom]a, Sweden APStracts 5:0040E, 1998.