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

The American Physiological Society

• Alterations in basal protein kinase c activity modulate renal afferent arteriolar myogenic reactivity. Kirton, C. Adam, and Rodger Loutzenhiser. Smooth Muscle Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada APStracts 5:0166H, 1998.
• -adrenoceptor activation and protein kinase a regulate delayed rectifier k+ channels of vascular smooth muscle cells. Aiello, E. Alejandro, A. Todd Malcolm, Michael P. Walsh, and William C. Cole. The Smooth Muscle Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Facultad de Ciencias M[acute]edicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina APStracts 5:0167H, 1998.
• Mechanism of increased vessel wall nitric oxide concentrations during intestinal absorption. Glenn, H., Bohlen. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Indiana University Medical School, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202 APStracts 5:0168H, 1998.
• Stretch-induced changes in excitability and arrhythmogenesis in experimentally-based heart cell models. Riemer, Tara L., Eric A. Sobie, and Leslie Tung. Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 APStracts 5:0169H, 1998.
• Measurement of synaptic vesicle exocytosis in aortic baroreceptor neurons. Hay, Meredith, and Eileen M. Hasser. Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, Dept. of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia MO 65211 APStracts 5:0170H, 1998.
• Transmural heterogeneity of action potentials and ito1 in myocytes isolated from the human right ventricle. Li, Gui-Rong, Jianlin Feng, Lixia Yue, and Michel Carrier. Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute and University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada APStracts 5:0171H, 1998.
• Acute hyperglycemia abolishes ischemic preconditioning in vivo. Kersten, Judy R., Todd J. Schmeling, Karl G. Orth, Paul S. Pagel, and David C. Warltier. Departments of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Diseases), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin APStracts 5:0172H, 1998.
• Angiotensin ii-related myocardial damage: role of cardiac sympathetic catecholamines and [beta]-receptor regulation. Henegar, Jeffrey R., Dean S. Schwartz, Joseph S. Janicki. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama APStracts 5:0173H, 1998.
• Vascular effects of lipopolysaccharide in mice deficient in expression of the gene for inducible nitric oxide synthase. Gunnett, Carol A., Yi Chu, Donald D. Heistad, Angela Loihl, and Frank M. Faraci. Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Center, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242 APStracts 5:0174H, 1998.
• Changes in ventricular repolarization during acidosis and low-flow ischemia. Bethell, Hugh W. L., Jamie I. Vandenberg, Gerry A. Smith, Andrew A. Grace. Section of Cardiovascular Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QW, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom APStracts 5:0175H, 1998.
• Mechanisms of cardioprotection by peroxynitrite in myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury. Nossuli, Tareck O., Reid Hayward, David Jensen, Rosario Scalia, and Allan M. Lefer. Department of Physiology and Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107 APStracts 5:0176H, 1998.
• Inhibition of atp-induced increase in muscarinic k+ current by trypsin, alkaline ph and anions.. Pleumsamran, Apisate, Michael L. Wolak, and Donghee Kim. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Finch University of Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064 APStracts 5:0177H, 1998.
• Accumulation of camp augments dynamic vagal control of heart rate. Nakahara, Tsutomu, Toru Kawada, Masaru Sugimachi, Hiroshi Miyano, Takayuki Sato, Toshiaki Shishido, Ryoichi Yoshimura, Hiroshi Miyashita, Masashi Inagaki, Joe Alexander, Kenji Sunagawa. Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka 565, JAPAN; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235 APStracts 5:0178H, 1998.
• Estimation of glucose metabolism using two glucose analogues and two tracer kinetic models in isolated rabbit heart . Marshall, Robert C., Patricia Powers-Risius, Ronald H. Huesman,bryan W. Reutter, Scott E. Taylor, Heidi E. Maurer, Michelle K. Huesman, and Thomas F. Budinger. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Center for Functional Imaging, Berkeley, California 94720, Martinez Veterans Affairs, Northern California Health Care System, Martinez, California, and University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, Davis, California APStracts 5:0179H, 1998.
• Attenuation of vascular relaxation following the development of tachyphylaxis to peroxynitrite in vivo. Benkusky, Nancy A., Stephen J. Lewis, and Neil W. Kooy. Departments of Anatomy and Pharmacology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233 APStracts 5:0180H, 1998.
• Effects of recirculating flow on u937 cell adhesion to human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Barber, Kevin M., Aaron Pinero, and George A. Truskey. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0281 APStracts 5:0181H, 1998.
• Effect of k+atp channel inhibition on total and regional vascular resistance in guinea pig pregnancy. Keyes, Linda, David M. Rodman, Douglas Curran-Everett, Kenneth Morris, Lorna G. Moore. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, Cardiovascular Pulmonary Research Laboratory and Center for Women's Health Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO 80217-3364 APStracts 5:0182H, 1998.
• Exercise-induced muscle injury augments forearm vascular resistance during leg exercise. Ray, Chester A., Edward T. Mahoney, and Keith M. Hume. Autonomic and Cardiovascular Control Laboratory, Department of Exercise Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 APStracts 5:0183H, 1998.
• Ultrastructural effects of intravascularly- injected polyethylene glycol-hemoglobin in intestinal mucosa. Baldwin, Ann L., Lisa M. Wilson, and J. Edward Valeski. Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724-5051 APStracts 5:0184H, 1998.
• Ox-ldl induces apoptosis in human coronary artery endothelial cells: role of pkc, ptk, bcl-2 and fas. Li, Dayuan, Baichun Yang, Jawahar L. Mehta. Department of Medicine, University of Florida, and VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida APStracts 5:0185H, 1998.
• Effects of ace inhibition on cardiomyocyte apoptosis in dogs with heart failure. Goussev, Anastassia, Victor G. Sharov, Hisashi Shimoyama, Mitsuhero Tanimura, Michael Lesch, Sidney Goldstein, Hani N. Sabbah. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, Detroit, Michigan 48202 APStracts 5:0186H, 1998.
• Cs+ inhibits spontaneous ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of skinned cardiac myocytes. Kawai, Makoto, Munir Hussain, and Clive H. Orchard. Department of Physiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9NQ, UK APStracts 5:0187H, 1998.
• Nitric oxide modulates gut ischemia/reperfusion-induced p-selectin expression in murine liver. Horie, Yoshinori, Robert Wolf, Donald C. Anderson, and D. Neil Granger. Departments of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and Medicine, Center of Excellence in Arthritis and Rheumatology, LSU Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130; Discovery Research, Pharmacia -UpJohn Laboratories, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 49001 APStracts 5:0188H, 1998.
• The effect of ph, phosphate and adp on the relaxation of myocardium following photolysis of diazo-2. Simnett, J., E. C. Johns, S. Lipscomb, I. P. Mulligan, C. C. Ashley. University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, U.K. APStracts 5:0189H, 1998.
• Transfection of rat corporal tissue in vivo with the hslo cdna is associated with physiologically relevant alterations in erectile function.. Christ, G. J., J. Rehman, N. Day, L. Salkoff, M. Valcic, A. Melman & J. Geliebter. Dept. of Urology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110 APStracts 5:0190H, 1998.
• Mechanisms of ph preservation during global ischemia in the preconditioned rat heart: roles for pkc and nhe. Rehring, Thomas F., Joseph I. Shapiro, Brian S. Cain, Daniel R Meldrum, Joseph C. Cleveland, Alden H. Harken, Anirban Banerjee. Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, 4200 East Ninth Avenue (C305), Denver, Colorado 80262 USA, TEL: (303) 270-8055 FAX: (303) 270-8098 APStracts 5:0191H, 1998.