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

The American Physiological Society

• Neutrophils sense flow-generated stress and direct their migration through (v(3-integrin.. Rainger, G. E., C. D. Buckley, D. L. Simmons and G. B. Nash. Department of Physiology and * Department of Rheumatology, The Medical School, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT. + Cell Adhesion Laboratory, University of Oxford, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU. APStracts 5:0483H, 1998.
• The 5-hydroxytryptamine2b receptor antagonist ly272015 is antihypertensive in deoxycorticosterone acetate salt rats. Watts, Stephanie W., and Gregory D. Fink. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824-1317 APStracts 5:0484H, 1998.
• Normal pregnancy is associated with enhanced endothelium-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation. Dorup, Inge, Md, Dmedsci, Kristjar Skajaa, Md, Phd, and Keld E. Sorensen, Md. Department of Cardiology and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Skejby, University Hospital, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark. APStracts 5:0485H, 1998.
• Myocardial creatine kinase kinetics in hearts with post-infarction left ventricular remodeling. Murakami, Yo, Jianyi Zhang, Marcel H. J. Eijgelshoven,wei Chen, Wenda C. Carlyle, Yi Zhang, Guangrong Gong, and Robert J. Bache. Department of Medicine and the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. APStracts 5:0486H, 1998.
• Role of nitric oxide-derived oxidants in vascular injury from carbon monoxide in the rat. Thom, Stephen R., Donald Fisher, Y. Anne Xu, Sarah Garner, Harry Ischiropoulos. Institute for Environmental Medicine1, and Departments of Emergency Medicine2 and Biochemistry and Biophysics3, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 -6068 APStracts 5:0487H, 1998.
• Hypotensive effect of exercise on aged rats is associated with enhanced release of adenine nucleotides and adenosine from the artery. Hashimoto, M., K. Shinozuka, Y. Tanabe, S. Gamoh, T. Hara, S. Md. Hossain, Y. Mi Kwon, M. Kunitomo and S. Masumura. Department of Physiology, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Shimane, 693-8501, Japan and *Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien Kyuban -cho, Nishinomiya 663-8179, Japan APStracts 5:0488H, 1998.
• Myocardial angiogenesis is involved in the beneficial effect on the cardiac remodeling process by amlodipine and mci-154. Kumamoto(, Hideki, Md; Hiroshi Okamoto(, Md, Phd; Masashi Watanabe(, Md; Hisao Onozuka(, Md; Keiji Yoneya(, Md; Izumi Nakagawa(,md; Satoru Chiba(,md; Satoshi Watanabe_,md, Phd; Taisei Mikami**, Md, Phd; Kazuhiro Abe_, Md, Phd; Akira Kitabatake(, Md, Phd. (Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, _Third Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, and **College of Medical Technology, Hokkaido University. APStracts 5:0489H, 1998.
• Gender differences in coronary artery diameter reflect changes in both endothelial ca2+ and ecnos activity.. Knot, Harm J., Karen M. Lounsbury, Joseph E. Brayden, and Mark T. Nelson. Department of Pharmacology, The University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405 APStracts 5:0490H, 1998.
• On the validity of blood flow measurement using colored microspheres. Hodeige, D, De Pauw M, Eechaute W, Weyne J, Heyndrickx G. R. Department of Physiology, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium, and the department of Physiology, University of Louvain Medical School, B-1200 Brussels and the Cardiovascular Center of O.L.Vrouw Ziekenhuis, B-9300 Aalst, Belgium APStracts 5:0491H, 1998.
• Inhibition of copper-zinc superoxide dismutase impairs endothelium -dependent relaxations mediated by nitric oxide. Wambi-Ki[acute]ess[acute]e, Christel O., and Zvonimir S. Katusic. Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905 APStracts 5:0492H, 1998.
• Impaired aerobic capacity in hypercholesterolemic mice: partial reversal by exercise training. Niebauer, Josef, Md, Andrew J. Maxwell, Md, Patrick S. Lin, Bs, Philip S. Tsao, Phd, Jon Kosek, Md, Daniel Bernstein, Md and John P. Cooke, Md, Phd. 1Section of Vascular Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, 2Cardiology, Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Germany, 3Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford University, 4Department of Pathology, Veterans Administration Hospital, Stanford University APStracts 5:0493H, 1998.
• Endothelin antagonists block [alpha]1-adrenergic constriction of coronary arterioles . Defily, David V., Yasuhiro Nishikawa, and William M. Chilian. 1Center for Anesthesiology Research, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2 Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, and Department of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center APStracts 5:0494H, 1998.
• Flow regulation of ecnos and cu/zn sod mrna expression in porcine coronary arterioles. Woodman, Christopher R., Judy M. Muller, James W. E. Rush, M. Harold Laughlin, and Elmer M. Price. Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia MO 65211 APStracts 5:0495H, 1998.
• Estrogen increases calcium efflux from female porcine coronary arterial smooth muscle. Prakash, Y. S., A. A. Togaibayeva, M. S. Kannan, V. M. Miller, L. A. Fitzpatrick, and G. C. Sieck. Departments of Anesthesiology, Physiology & Biophysics, Surgery, and Endocrinology, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905 & Departments of Veterinary PathoBiology and Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108 APStracts 5:0496H, 1998.
• Acute exercise can improve cardioprotection without increasing heat-shock protein content. Taylor, Ryan P., M. Brennan Harris, and Joseph W. Starnes. Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 APStracts 5:0497H, 1998.
• Coronary microvascular protection with magnesium: effects on intracellular calcium regulation and vascular function. Matsuda, Naruto, Motohisa Tofukuji, Kathleen G. Morgan, and Frank W. Sellke. 1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, and 2Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts. APStracts 5:0498H, 1998.
• The lower limit of cerebral blood flow - arterial pressure autoregulation with cortical nitric oxide synthase inhibition in rats. Jones, Stephen C., Carol R. Radinsky, Anthony J. Furlan, Douglas Chyatte and Alejandro D. Perez-Trepichio. Department of Anesthesiology, Allegheny General Hospital, 320 East North Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15212-4772, voice: 412-359-4919, page: 412-359-8220 p3245, fax: 412-359-5288 or 3483, email: sjones@pgh.auhs.edu and Departments of Neurology1, and Neurological Surgery2, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 44195 APStracts 5:0499H, 1998.
• Heterogeneity of 4-aminopyridine-sensitive current in rabbit sinoatrial node cells. Honjo, Haruo, Ming Lei, Mark R. Boyett and Itsuo Kodama. 1Department of Humoral Regulation and 3Department of Circulation, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan and 2Department of Physiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK APStracts 5:0500H, 1998.
• Osmotic shock: modulation of contractile function, phi and ischemic damage in the perfused guinea-pig heart. Befroy, Douglas E., Trevor Powell, George K. Radda, Kieran Clarke. Department of Biochemistry and * University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom APStracts 5:0501H, 1998.
• The expression of endothelin-1, eta receptors, etb receptors, endothelin-converting enzyme and the cellular distribution of endothelin-1 staining in the failing heart due to myocardial infarction in rats. Kobayashi, Tsutomu, Takashi Miyauchi, Satoshi Sakai, Masahiko Kobayashi, Iwao Yamaguchi, Katsutoshi Goto, Yasuro Sugishita. From 1the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, 3Institute of Clinical Medicine; the Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan; and 2Tsukuba Research Institute, Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Tsukuba, Japan. APStracts 5:0502H, 1998.
• Bayk8644 modifies ca2+ cross-signaling between dhp- and ryanodine -receptors in rat ventricular myocytes.. Adachi-Akahane, Satomi, Lars Cleemann, and Martin Morad. Institute for Cardiovascular Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, Washington DC 20007 U.S.A. APStracts 5:0503H, 1998.
• Cellular and molecular remodeling in an animal model of dilated cardiomyopathy treated with the [beta]-blocker carteolol. Gwathmey, Judith K., V. M. D., Ph. D., Catherine S. Kim B. A., Roger J. Hajjar M. D., Farid Khan M. D., Thomas G. Disalvo M. D., M. P. H., Akira Matsumori M. D., Ph. D. and Michael R. Bristow M. D., Ph. D. 1, 2Integrated Physiology Research Laboratories, Boston University School of Medicine, Cambridge, MA 02138. 1, 2Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston, MA 02118. 3,5Cardiac Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114. 4, 7Division of Cardiology University of Colorado, Denver, CO 80262. 6Third Division Department of Internal Medicine Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. APStracts 5:0504H, 1998.
• Phase dependent heartbeat modulation by muscle contractions during dynamic handgrip in humans. Niizeki, Kyuichi, and Yoshimi Miyamoto. Laboratory of Biological-Informatics, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, 992 Japan APStracts 5:0505H, 1998.
• Betamethasone mediated vascular dysfunction and changes in hematological profile in the ovine fetus. Anwar, M. A., M. Schwab, L. Poston, P. W. Nathanielsz. . Laboratory for Pregnancy and Newborn Research, Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853 and *Fetal Health Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Thomas_ Hospital, London SE1 7EH. APStracts 5:0506H, 1998.
• Direct measurements of the central venous pressure in the human fetus. Weiner, Zeev, Yuri Paz, Etan Z. Zimmer, Abraham Lorber, Joshua A. Copel, and Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor. 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haemek Medical Center, Afula 18101; 2Department of Pediatrics Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa 31096, Israel; 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine APStracts 5:0507H, 1998.
• Hemodilution, cerebral oxygen delivery, and cerebral blood flow: a study using hyperbaric oxygenation. Tomiyama, Yoshinobu, Kevin Jansen, Johnny E. Brian, Jr., and Michael M. Todd. Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 APStracts 5:0508H, 1998.
• Effects of hindlimb suspension on cytosolic Ca2+ concentration and [3H]ryanodine binding in cardiac myocytes. Halet, Guillaume, Patricia Viard, Jean-Luc Morel, Jean Mironneau, and Chantal Mironneau. Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Pharmacologie Mol[acute]eculaire, CNRS ESA 5017, Universit[acute]e de Bordeaux II, 33076 Bordeaux, France APStracts 5:0509H, 1998.
• Nicotine modified postinfarction left ventricular remodeling. Villarreal, Francisco J., Derrick Hong, and Jeffrey Omens. Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, 92103 APStracts 5:0510H, 1998.