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

The American Physiological Society

• Chronic isolation of the carotid sinus baroreceptor region in conscious normotensive and hypertensive rats. McKeown, Kelly P., and Artin A. Shoukas. Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205 APStracts 5:0100H, 1998.
• Electrical interactions between a rabbit atrial cell and a nodal cell model. Joyner, Ronald W., Rajiv Kumar, David A. Golod, Ronald Wilders, Habo J. Jongsma, E. Etienne Verheijck, Lennart Bouman, William N. Goolsby, and Antoni C. G. Van Ginneken. Todd Franklin Cardiac Research Laboratory, The Children's Heart Center, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Department of Medical Physiology and Sports Medicine, Utrecht University, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands. Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Physiology, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0101H, 1998.
• Mitochondrial ca2+ uptake, efflux and sarcolemmal damage in ca2+ overloaded cultured rat cardiomyocytes.. Korge, Paavo, and Glenn A. Langer. Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Depts. of Physiol. and Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, MRL Building, 3645, Los Angeles, California 90095-1760 APStracts 5:0102H, 1998.
• Postnatal changes in contractile time parameters, calcium regulatory proteins and phosphatases. Gombosov[acute]a, Iva, Peter Bokn[acute]ik, Uwe Kirchhefer, J[diaeresis]org Knapp, Hartmut L[umlaut]uss, Frank Ulrich M[umlaut]uller, Thorsten M[umlaut]uller, Ute Vahlensieck, Wilhelm Schmitz, Geza S. Bodor, Joachim Neumann. Institut f[umlaut]ur Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Westf[umlaut]alische Wilhelms-Universit[umlaut]at, D-48149 M[umlaut]unster, Germany. Denver Health Medical Center, Department of Laboratories, Denver, CO 80204-4507, USA. Katedra farmakol[acute]ogie a toxikol[acute]ogie, FaF UK, Kalinciakova 8, SK-83232 Bratislava, Slovak Republic APStracts 5:0103H, 1998.
• Exercise training enhances basic fibroblast growth factor induced collateral blood flow. Yang, H. T., Robert W. Ogilvie, and Ronald L. Terjung. Department of Physiology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Syracuse, Syracuse, New York 13210, and Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425 APStracts 5:0104H, 1998.
• Increased expression of eukaryotic initiation factor 4e during growth of neonatal rat cardiocytes in vitro. Makhlouf, Antoine A., and Paul J. McDermott. Department of Medicine and the Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, and the Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina APStracts 5:0105H, 1998.
• Effect of lidocaine on the left ventricular pressure-volume curves during demand ischemia in pigs. Tayama, Masao, Steven B. Solomon, Stanton A. Glantz. Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco APStracts 5:0106H, 1998.
• The autonomic control of vasovagal syncope. Jardine, David L, Hamid Ikram, Christopher M Frampton, Rachell Frethey, Sinclair I Bennett, Ian G Crozier. Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand APStracts 5:0107H, 1998.
• The role of coronary flow and adenosine in the post-ischemic recovery of septic rat hearts. Ismail, Jitka A., and Kathleen H. McDonough. Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115 APStracts 5:0108H, 1998.
• Influence of gender on the control of arterial tone in experimental hypertension. K[umlaut]ah[diaeresis]onen, Mika, Jari-Petteri Tolvanen, Kirsimarja Sallinen, Xiumin Wu, and Ilkka P[diaeresis]orsti. Medical School, University of Tampere, P.O. Box 607, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland; and Departments of Clinical Physiology and Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, P.O. Box 2000, FIN-33521 Tampere, Finland APStracts 5:0109H, 1998.
• Effects of dobutamine on left ventricular restoring forces. Bell, Stephen P., Judit Fabian, and Martin M. Lewinter. Cardiology Unit, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont 05405 APStracts 5:0110H, 1998.
• Ischemic tolerance in skeletal muscle: _role of nitric oxide. Pudupakkam, S., K. A. Harris, W. G. Jamieson, G. Derose, J. A. Scott, M. W. Carson, M. G. Schlag, P. R. Kvietys, and R. F. Potter. London Health Sciences Centre Research Inc., and the Departments of Medical Biophysics, Surgery, Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 4G5 APStracts 5:0111H, 1998.
• 5,6-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid reduces increases in pulmonary vascular resistance in the dog.. Stephenson, Alan H., Randy S. Sprague, and Andrew J. Lonigro. Departments of Pharmacological and Physiological Science and Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104 APStracts 5:0112H, 1998.
• Nitric oxide modulates cardiac contractility and oxygen consumption without changing contractile efficiency. Suto, Naoyuki, Atsushi Mikuniya, Tomoyuki Okubo, Hiroyuki Hanada, Nobuyo Shinozaki, Ken Okumura. Second Department of Internal Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine and Department of Radiological Technology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036, Japan APStracts 5:0113H, 1998.
• Cellular mechanisms of heparinase iii protection in rat traumatic shock. Hayward, Reid, Rosario Scalia, Bruce Hopper, James Z. Appel Iii, and Allan M. Lefer. Department of Physiology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107 APStracts 5:0114H, 1998.
• The binding sites on high molecular weight kininogen for attachment to activated neutrophils are three noncontiguous peptides. Khan, Mohammad M. H., Satya P. Kunapuli, Yingzhang Lin, Abraham Majluf-Cruz, Raul A. Dela Cadena, Stuart L. Cooper, and Robert W. Colman. The Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center and Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware APStracts 5:0115H, 1998.
• "physiological genomics": mutant screens in zebrafish. Warren, Kerri S., and Mark C. Fishman. Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown MA 02129 and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 APStracts 5:0116H, 1998.
• Role of sarcoplasmic reticulum ca2+-atpase in the contractile dysfunction of myocytes in tachycardia-induced heart failure. Igarashi-Saito, Keiko, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Shimako Yamamoto, Masaru Takahashi, Shintaro Kinugawa, Hirofumi Tagawa, Makoto Usui, Mitsutaka Yamamoto, Kensuke Egashira, Akira Takeshita. Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 812-82, Japan APStracts 5:0117H, 1998.
• Chronic alcohol - induced changes of cardiac contractility are not due to changes in the cytosolic ca2+ transient. Figueredo, Vincent M., Kevin C. Chang, Anthony J. Baker, and S. Albert Camacho. Department of Medicine (Cardiology) and the $Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, San Francisco General Hospital, _University of California, San Francisco, California, 94110 APStracts 5:0118H, 1998.
• Discordant st alternans contributes to formation of reentry - a possible mechanism of reperfusion arrhythmia -. Tachibana, Hidetada, Isao Kubota, Michiyasu Yamaki, Tetsu Watanabe, Hitonobu Tomoike. First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine. APStracts 5:0119H, 1998.
• Estradiol 17-[beta] increases the critical cardiac output in response to reduction in cardiac output in nonpregnant oophorectomized sheep. Evans, Wayne, Terrance M. Phernetton, Ronald R. Magness. University of Wisconsin Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perinatal Research Laboratories, Madison, Wisconsin, Department of Meat and Animal Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin APStracts 5:0120H, 1998.
• Direct observation of radial intracellular po2 gradients in a single cardiomyocyte of the rat. Takahashi, Eiji, Keiko Sato, Hiroshi Endoh, Zhe-Long Xu, Katsuhiko Doi. Department of Physiology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-23, Japan APStracts 5:0121H, 1998.
• Left atrial systolic and diastolic function accompanying chronic rapid pacing-induced atrial failure. Hoit, Brian D., Yanfu Shao, Marjorie Gabel. University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, 231 Bethesda Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45267, (513) 558-3070, FAX: (513) 558-3116, E-Mail: bhoit@uc.campus.mci.net APStracts 5:0122H, 1998.
• Growth factor and cytokine expression increase in non-myocytes from rats with post-infarction heart failure. Yue, Ping, Barry M. Massie, Paul C. Simpson, Carlin S. Long. From the Department of Medicine (CSL, PCS, BMM) and the Cardiovascular Research Institute (PY, CSL, RA, BMM), of the University of California, San Francisco, CA; and the Cardiology Section (CSL, PCS, BMM) of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA. APStracts 5:0123H, 1998.
• Fluorescent microspheres are superior to radioactive microspheres in chronic blood flow measurements. Oosterhout, Matthijs F. M. Van, Frits W. Prinzen, S. Sakurada, Robb W. Glenny, J. Robert S. Hales. 1 Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2 School of Physiology and Pharmacology of the University of South West Wales, Sydney, Australia, 3 Departments of Medicine and of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA APStracts 5:0124H, 1998.
• Mechanisms of cardiac hypertrophy in canine volume overload. Matsuo, Takeshi, Blase A. Carabello, Yoshitatsu Nagatomo, Masaaki Koide, Masayoshi Hamawaki, Michael R. Zile, Paul J. McDermott. Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Cell Biology and Anatomy, Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, and VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC. APStracts 5:0125H, 1998.
• Alcohol consumption reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury by species -specific signaling in guinea pig and rat. Miyamae, Masami, S. Albert Camacho, Hui-Zhong Zhou, Ivan Diamond, and Vincent M. Figueredo. Departments of Medicine (Cardiology), Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, and the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94110 APStracts 5:0126H, 1998.
• Anaphylaxis-induced increases in vascular permeability, granulocyte adhesion and platelet aggregates in mesenteric venules of sensitized rat. Withers, Geoffrey D, Paul Kubes, Geoffrey Ibbotson, and R Brent Scott. Gastrointestinal and Immunology Research Groups and the Departments of Pediatrics, Physiology and Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada APStracts 5:0127H, 1998.
• Aldose reductase inhibition improves the altered glucose metabolism of isolated diabetic rat hearts. Trueblood, Nathan, and Ravichandran Ramasamy. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, and Division of Cardiology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032. APStracts 5:0128H, 1998.
• The endothelium modulates the contribution of chloride currents to norepinephrine-induced vascular contraction. Lamb, Fred S., and Thomas J. Barna. University of Iowa, Department of Pediatrics, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242 APStracts 5:0129H, 1998.
• Chloride ion currents contribute functionally to norepinephrine -induced vascular contraction. Lamb, Fred S., and Thomas J. Barna. University of Iowa, Department of Pediatrics, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242 APStracts 5:0130H, 1998.
• Aquaporin-1 (aqp1) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (enos) expression in the capillary endothelium of human peritoneum. Devuyst, Olivier, Soren Nielsen, Jean-Pierre Cosyns, Barbara L. Smith, Peter Agre, Jean-Paul Squifflet, Dominique Pouthier, Eric Goffin. Depts. of Nephrology, Pathology and Surgery, University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium; Dept. of Cell Biology, Univ. of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; Depts. of Medicine and Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore, USA; Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg. APStracts 5:0131H, 1998.
• Tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin/pp125fak and microvascular endothelial barrier function . Yuan, Yuan, F. Y. Meng, Q. Huang, James Hawker, and H. Mac Wu. Departments of Surgery and Medical Physiology, Texas A & M University Health Science Center, 1901 South First Street, Building 4, Temple, Texas 76504 APStracts 5:0132H, 1998.
• Inhibition of p42 and p44 map kinase does not alter smooth muscle contraction in swine carotid artery. Gorenne, Isabelle, Xiaoling Su, and Robert S. Moreland. Department of Physiology, MCP/Hahnemann School of Medicine, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Graduate Hospital Research Building, 415 S. 19th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 APStracts 5:0133H, 1998.
• Muscle metaboreflex increases ventricular performance in conscious dogs. O'leary, Donal S., and Robert A. Augustyniak. Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201 APStracts 5:0134H, 1998.
• Effects of dobutamine on left ventricular restoring forces. Bell, Stephen P., Judit Fabian, and Martin M. Lewinter. Cardiology Unit, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont 05405 APStracts 5:0135H, 1998.
• Long term effects of the nonpeptide vasopressin v2 antagonist opc -31260 in heart failure in the rat. Burrell, Louise M, Paddy A Phillips, John Risvanis, Robert K Chan, Kathryn L Aldred, Colin I Johnston. Dr. Louise M Burrell, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Studley Road, Heidelberg 3084, Victoria, Australia, Phone: 613-9496-5633, Fax: 613 -9457-5485, E-mail: burrell@austin.unimelb.edu.au APStracts 5:0136H, 1998.
• Melatonin improves cerebral circulation security margin in rats. Rgrigny, Olivier, Philippe Delagrange, Elizabeth Scalbert, Jeffrey Atkinson & Isabelle Lartaud-Idjouadiene. Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Cardio-vasculaire, Facult_ de Pharmacie de l'Universit_ Henri Poincar_-Nancy I, 5 rue Albert Lebrun, 54000 Nancy and 1 IRIS, 6 place des Pl_iades, 92415 Courbevoie Cedex, France APStracts 5:0137H, 1998.
• Right coronary autoregulation in conscious, chronically instrumented dogs. Bian, Xiaoming, Arthur G. Williams, Jr., Patricia A. Gwirtz, and H. Fred Downey. Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699 APStracts 5:0138H, 1998.
• Vulnerability to arrhythmias during social stress in rats with different sympatho-vagal balance. Sgoifo, Andrea, Sietse F. De Boer, Bauke Buwalda, Gerdien Korte-Bouws, Jolanda Tuma, Bela Bohus, Johan Zaagsma, Jaap M. Koolhaas. Institute for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, Department of Animal Physiology, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0139H, 1998.
• Estrogen reduces myogenic tone through a nitric oxide- dependent mechanism in rat cerebral arteries. Geary, Greg G., Diana N. Krause, and Sue P. Duckles. Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4625 USA APStracts 5:0140H, 1998.
• Recovery of blood flow and oxygen transport after temporary ischemia of rat liver. Kazuo, Hiromu, Toshirou Nishida, Akitoshi Seiyama, Shigeyuki Ueshima, Eisaku Hamada, Toshinori Ito, and Hikaru Matsuda. First Department of Surgery and First Department of Physiology, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, JAPAN APStracts 5:0141H, 1998.
• Metabolic effects of aldose reductase inhibition during low-flow ischemia and reperfusion. Ramasamy, Ravichandran, Nathan Trueblood, and Saul Schaefer. Division of Cardiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, Cardiology Section, VA Northern California Health Care System APStracts 5:0142H, 1998.
• Electrophysiological properties of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes with [alpha]1-adrenergic-induced hypertrophy. Gaughan, John P., Colleen A. Hefner, and Steven R. Houser . DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, 3420 NORTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19140, 215/707-2984, 215/707-4003 (FAX), E-MAIL: JGAUGHAN<DEBJOHN@POND. COM> APStracts 5:0143H, 1998.
• Thyroid control of sarcolemmal na+-ca2+ exchanger and sarcoplasmic reticulum ca2+-atpase in developing rat heart. Ernohorsk, Jan, Franti_ek Kol[acute]a, V[acute]aclav Pelouch, Borivoj Korecky, and Roland Vetter. Max Delbr[umlaut]uck Center for Molecular Medicine, D-13122 Berlin -Buch, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Free University of Berlin, D-14195 Berlin,Germany, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic; Department of Physiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada K1H 8M5 APStracts 5:0144H, 1998.
• Dynamics of spectral components of heart rate variability during changes in autonomic balance.. H_jgaard, Michael V., Niels-Henrik Holstein-Rathlou, Erik Agner, and J_rgen K. Kanters. Department of Internal Medicine, CCU, Elsinore Hospital, Elsinore, Denmark, Department of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark APStracts 5:0145H, 1998.
• Hypothalamic angiotensin receptors subtypes in normo- and hypertensive rats. Sim, N. L. Han & M. K. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 0511 APStracts 5:0146H, 1998.
• Systemic and uterine blood flow distribution during prolonged infusion of estradiol-17[beta]. Magness, Ronald R., Terrance M. Phernetton, and Jing Zheng. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perinatal Research Laboratories, and Meat and Animal Science, University of Wisconsin -Madison, Madison, WI, 53715 APStracts 5:0147H, 1998.
• Structural adaptation and stability of microvascular net works: theory and simulations. Pries, A. R., T. W. Secomb & P. Gaehtgens. Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany, Dept. of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA, Dept. of Physiology, Freie Universit[umlaut]at Berlin, Arnimallee 22, D-14195 Berlin, Germany APStracts 5:0148H, 1998.
• Pertussis toxin sensitive g proteins and permissive action of prostacyclin in newborn pig cerebral circulation. Zucker, Boruch, and Charles W. Leffler. Laboratory for Research in Neonatal Physiology, Department Physiology and Biophysics, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN 38163 APStracts 5:0149H, 1998.
• Microtubules are involved in the early hypertrophic responses of the myocardium during pressure overload. Takahashi, Masaru, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Hirofumi Tagawa, Keiko Igarashi -Saito, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida, Akira Takeshita. Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 812-82 and Department of Pathology, Mie University, Tsu, 514, Japan APStracts 5:0150H, 1998.
• A1-adrenergic activation of myocardial na/k/2cl-cotransport involving mitogen-activated protein kinase. Andersen, Geir -Ystein, Mette Enger, G. Hege Thoresen, Tor Skomedal, Jan-Bjrn Osnes. Department of Pharmacology, University of Oslo, Norway, MSD Cardiovascular Research Center, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway APStracts 5:0151H, 1998.
• Nonlinear interactions of slow and rapid rhythms in sympathetic nerve discharge. Zhong, Sheng, Gerard L. Gebber, Shi-Yi Zhou, and Susan M. Barman. Departments of Pharmacology/Toxicology and Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 APStracts 5:0152H, 1998.
• Renal denervation alters cardiovascular and endocrine responses to hemorrhage in conscious newborn lambs. Smith, Francine G., and Isam Abu-Amarah. The Departments of Physiology and Biophysics/Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, CANADA APStracts 5:0153H, 1998.
• Attenuation of postischemic reperfusion-injury in striated skin muscle by diaspirin crosslinked hemoglobin (dclhbtm). Pickelmann, Sven, Dirk Nolte, Rosmarie Leiderer, Elke Sch[umlaut]utze, Konrad Messmer. Institute for Surgical Research, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig -Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany APStracts 5:0154H, 1998.
• Arterial response under cold pressor test in borderline hypertension. Lafleche, Ab, Bm Pannier, B Laloux, Me Safar. Department of Internal medecine and INSERM (U337), Broussais Hospital, Paris, and Manh[grave]es Hospital, Fleury-Merogis APStracts 5:0155H, 1998.
• Neutrophil elastase promotes lung microvascular injury and proteolysis of endothelial cadherins. Carden, D., F. Xiao, Candace Moak, Bradley H. Willis, Sherry Robinson -Jackson, Steve Alexander. Departments of Medicine and Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA, 71130 APStracts 5:0156H, 1998.
• Localization of preproenkephalin mrna in rat heart: selective gene expression in left ventricular myocardium. Weil, Joachim, Thomas Eschenhagen, Gerrit Fleige, Clemens Mittmann, Ellen Orthey, Hasso Scholz. Abteilung Allgemeine Pharmakologie, Universit[umlaut]ats -Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany APStracts 5:0157H, 1998.
• Electrophysiological properties of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes with [alpha]1-adrenergic-induced hypertrophy. Gaughan, John P., Colleen A. Hefner, and Steven R. Houser. Department of Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, 3420 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140 APStracts 5:0158H, 1998.
• Development of heart rate irregularities in chick embryos. H[diaeresis]ochel, Joachim, Ryuichi Akiyama, Takuya Masuko, James T. Pearson, Martin Nichelmann, and Hiroshi Tazawa. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran 050, Japan, Humboldt -Universit[umlaut]at zu Berlin, Institut f[umlaut]ur Biologie, AG Perinatale Anpassung, Invalidenstra[beta]e 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany. APStracts 5:0159H, 1998.
• Delayed reduction of tissue water diffusion following myocardial ischemia. Hsu, Edward W., Rong Xue, Alex Holmes, and John R. Forder. Departments of Biomedical Engineering1, and Radiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD APStracts 5:0160H, 1998.
• Intramitochondrial [ca2+] and membrane potential in ventricular myocytes exposed to anoxia and reoxygenation. Delcamp, T. J., C. Dales, L. Ralenkotter, P. S. Cole, and R. W. Hadley. Department of Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY USA 40536-0084 APStracts 5:0161H, 1998.
• Effects of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 on cardiac hypertrophy and gene expression in mice. Tanaka, Nobuaki, Tsutomu Ryoke, Minoru Hongo, Lan Mao, Howard A. Rockman, Ross G. Clark, and John Ross. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, and Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California APStracts 5:0162H, 1998.
• Quantitative assessment of the independent contributions of the pericardium and septum to direct ventricular interaction. Baker, A. E., R. Dani, E. R. Smith, J. V. Tyberg, and I. Belenkie. Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Biophysics, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada APStracts 5:0163H, 1998.
• Pertussis toxin abolishes the cardioprotective effect of ischemic preconditioning in the intact rat heart. Schultz, Jo El J., Anna K. Hsu, Joseph T. Barbieri, Pin-Lan Li, Garrett J. Gross. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Microbiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA APStracts 5:0164H, 1998.
• Acellular hemoglobin-mediated oxidative stress towards endothelium: a role for hemoglobin-oxidation product, the ferryl iron 1.. Goldman, Daniel W., Richard J. Breyer Iii, David Yeh, Beth A. Brockner-Ryan, and Abdu I. Alayash. Laboratory of Cellular Hematology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892 APStracts 5:0165H, 1998.