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

The American Physiological Society

• A superfusion system to study border zones in confluent cultures of neonatal rat heart cells. Hyatt, Christopher J., John J. Lemasters, Barbara J. Muller-Borer, Timothy A. Johnson and Wayne E. Cascio. Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 APStracts 5:0075H, 1998.
• Chronic activation of brain areas by high salt diet in dahl s hypertension. Budzikowski, Adam S., Faranak Vahid-Ansari, and Frans Hh Leenen. Hypertension Unit, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada APStracts 5:0076H, 1998.
• Modification of lschemia-reperfusion induced changes in cardiac sr by preconditioning. Osada, Mitsuru, Thomas Netticadan, Kohji Tamura, and Naranjan S. Dhalla. Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, and Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Department of Internal Medicine, Yamanashi Medical University, Yamanashi, Japan APStracts 5:0077H, 1998.
• Cerebral blood flow during hypoxic hypoxia with plasma-based hemoglobin at reduced hematocrit. Ulatowski, John A., Enrico Bucci, Anna Razynska, Richard J. Traystman, and Raymond C. Koehler. Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287. Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 APStracts 5:0078H, 1998.
• Information scaling properties of heart rate variability. Roach, Daniel E., and Robert S. Sheldon. Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada APStracts 5:0079H, 1998.
• Perinatal changes in myocardial supply and flux of fatty acids, carbohydrates, and ketone bodies in lambs. Bartelds, Beatrijs, Jan-Willem C. Gratama, Hennie Knoester, Janny Takens, Gioia B. Smid, Jan G. Aarnoudse, Hugo S. A. Heymans, Jaap R. G. Kuipers. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Beatrix ChildrenOs Hospital and Groningen Utrecht Institute for Drug Exploration, Groningen, The Netherlands. APStracts 5:0080H, 1998.
• Gel stretch method: a new method to measure constitutive properties of cardiac muscle cells. Zile, Michael R., Monica Kelly Cowles, J. Michael Buckley, Kendrick Richardson, Bradford A. Cowles, Catalin F. Baicu, George Cooper, Iv, Vasanti Gharpuray. Cardiology Section of the Department of Medicine and the Department of Physiology, Gazes Cardiac Research Institute Medical University of South Carolina. Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401. Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634 APStracts 5:0081H, 1998.
• Apolipoprotein a-iv: a potent endogenous inhibitor of lipid oxidation. Qin, Xiaofa, Debi K. Swertfeger, Shuqin Zheng, David Y. Hui, and Patrick Tso. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Bethesda Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0529 APStracts 5:0082H, 1998.
• Intraretinal oxygen distribution in urethane-induced retinopathy in rats. Yu, Dao-Yi, Valerie A Alder, Stephen J Cringle, Er-Ning Su, and Margaret Burns. Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia. Ophthalmology Research Laboratory, University of California, USA. APStracts 5:0083H, 1998.
• Oxygen induces electromechanical coupling in arteriolar smooth muscle cells: arole for l-type ca2+ channels. Welsh, Donald G., William F. Jackson, and Steven S. Segal. John B. Pierce Laboratory and Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06519 APStracts 5:0084H, 1998.
• Microvascular transport is associated with tumor necrosis factor plasma levels and protein synthesis in postischemic muscle.. Takenaka, Hiroaki, Hidemi Oshiro, David D. Kim, Peter N. Thompson, Atsushi Seyama, Robert W. Hobson Ii, and Walter N. Dur[acute]an. Program in Vascular Biology and Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, and Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103-2714 APStracts 5:0085H, 1998.
• Interaction between carotid baroreflex and exercise pressor reflex depends on level of baroreceptor afferent input. Potts, Jeffrey T., and Jianhua Li. Departments of Physiology and Internal Medicine, Harry S. Moss Heart Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas, TX 75235-9034 APStracts 5:0086H, 1998.
• Stretch force on vascular smooth muscle cells enhances oxidation of ldl via superoxide production. Inoue, Nobutaka, Seinosuke Kawashima, Ken-Ichi Hirata, Yoshiyuki Rikitake, Saori Takeshita, Wataru Yamochi, Hozuka Akita, Mitsuhiro Yokoyama. First Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe 650, Japan APStracts 5:0087H, 1998.
• Arterial vasomotion: effect of flow and evidence of nonlinear dynamics. Stergiopulos, N., C.-A. Porret, S. De Brouwer, J.-J. Meister. Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, PSE-Ecublens, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland APStracts 5:0088H, 1998.
• Treatment with dimethylthiourea prevents impaired dilatation of the basilar artery during diabetes mellitus. Mayhan, William G., and Kaushik P. Patel. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198 APStracts 5:0089H, 1998.
• Test of a two pathway model for small solute exchange across the capillary wall. Fu, B. M., R. H. Adamson, and F. E. Curry. Dept. of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616 APStracts 5:0090H, 1998.
• Increased superoxide generation and altered vasoreactivity in rabbits on low potassium diet. Yang, Bc, Dy Li, Yf Weng, J Lynch, Cs Wingo, and Jl Mehta. Department of Medicine, University of Florida and VA Medical Center, Gainesville, FL APStracts 5:0091H, 1998.
• Alpha1-adrenergic activation of l-type ca channel current in adult rat ventricular myocytes in perforated patch-clamp recordings. Liu, Shi J., and Richard H. Kennedy. Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, and Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205 APStracts 5:0092H, 1998.
• Estrogen diminishes postischemic hydroxyl radical production. McHugh, Nansie A., Gary F. Merrill, and Saul R. Powell. Division of Life Sciences; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Busch Campus, Nelson Hall; 604 Allison Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8084. Dept. of Surgery; North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030 APStracts 5:0093H, 1998.
• Estrogen restores role of basal nitric oxide in control of vascular tone in rats with chronic heart failure. Nekooeian, Ali Akbar, and Catherine C. Y. Pang. Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z3, Canada APStracts 5:0094H, 1998.
• Cerebellar stimulation reduces inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and protects brain from ischemia. Galea, Elena, Eugene V. Golanov, Douglas L. Feinstein, Keith A. Kobylarz, Sara B. Glickstein, and Donald J. Reis. Division of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA APStracts 5:0095H, 1998.
• Intrinsic neural regulation of the heart in the chronic, conscious dog. Priola, Donald V., Xiaoling Cao, Constantine Anagnostelis, and Eberhard Bassenge. Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131. Instit[umlaut]ut f[umlaut]ur Angewandte Physiologie, Universit[umlaut]at Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg i. Br., Germany APStracts 5:0096H, 1998.
• Vasopressin acts in the area postrema to attenuate the exercise pressor reflex in anesthetized cats. Stebbins, Charles L., Stefani Bonigut, Lea R. Liviakis, and Paul A. Munch. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Department of Human Physiology ,University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616 APStracts 5:0097H, 1998.
• Interactions between co2 chemoreflexes and arterial baroreflexes. Henry, Rebecca A., I-Li Lu, Larry A. Beightol, and Dwain L. Eckberg. Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Hunter Holmes McGuire Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23249 APStracts 5:0098H, 1998.
• Carbon monoxide inhibition of regulatory pathways in myocardium. Glabe, Alan, Youngran Chung, Dejun Xu, and Thomas Jue. Department of Biological Chemistry Department, University of California Davis, Davis CA 95616-8635. APStracts 5:0099H, 1998.