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

The American Physiological Society

• Surgical procedure affects basic physiologic parameters in rat model of myocardial ischemia: need for mechanical ventilation. Horstick, Georg, Oliver Berg, Axel Heimann, Harald Darius, Hans Anton Lehr, Sucharit Bhakdi, Oliver Kempski, J[umlaut]urgen Meyer. 2nd Medical Clinic, Institute for Neurosurgical Pathophysiology1, Institute for Microbiology and Hygiene2 and Institute for Pathology3, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany APStracts 5:0418H, 1998.
• In vivo effects of hydrostatic pressure on the interstitium of abdominal wall muscle. Zakaria, El Rasheid, Joanne Lofthouse, Michael F. Flessner. Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y. 14642 APStracts 5:0419H, 1998.
• Endocardial endothelium mediates luminal acetylcholine-nitric oxide signaling in the isolated frog heart. Gattuso, Alfonsina, Rosa Mazza, Daniela Pellegrino, and Bruno Tota. Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare, Universit[grave]a della Calabria, 87030 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), and *Stazione Zoologica 'A. Dohrn' di Napoli, 80121 Napoli, Italy APStracts 5:0420H, 1998.
• Disparate effects of three types of extracellular acidosis on left ventricular function. Berger, David S., Susan K. Fellner, Kimberly A. Robinson, Katherine Vlasica, Ivan E. Godoy, Sanjeev G. Shroff. Cardiology and Nephrology Sections, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 APStracts 5:0421H, 1998.
• Preserved hypocapnic pial arteriolar constriction during hyperammonemia by glutamine synthetase inhibition. Hirata, Takahiko, Tetsu Kawaguchi, Saul W. Brusilow, Richard J. Traystman, and Raymond C. Koehler. Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA APStracts 5:0422H, 1998.
• Use of the pulse pressure method for estimating total arterial compliance in vivo. Segers, N. Stergiopulos P., and N. Westerhof. Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, PSE-Ecublens, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, *Hydraulics Laboratory, Institute Biomedical Technology, IBITECH, University of Gent, Gent, Belgium, **Laboratory for Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, ICaR-VU, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0423H, 1998.
• Vasoconstrictor effect of endothelin-1 (et-1) in human skin: role of eta and etb receptors. Lipa, Joan E., ; Peter C. Neligan,; Therese M. Perreault; Johanne Baribeau; Ronald H. Levine; Robert J. Knowlton; Cho Y. Pang,. Research Institute1, The Hospital for Sick Children; and Departments of Surgery2 and Physiology3, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; and Division of Newborn Medicine4, The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec. APStracts 5:0424H, 1998.
• Protein kinase c translocation and protein kinase c-dependent protein phosphorylation during myocardial ischemia. Albert, Carolyn J., and David A. Ford. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center APStracts 5:0425H, 1998.
• Synchrotron microangiography reveals configurational changes and to-and-fro flow in intramyocardial vessels. Mori, Hidezo, Etsuro Tanaka, Kazuyuki Hyodo, Minhaz Uddin Mohamed, Takafumi Sekka, Kunihiko Ito, Yoshiro Shinozaki, Akira Tanaka, Hiroe Nakazawa, Sumihisa Abe, Shunnosuke Handa, Misao Kubota, Kenkichi Tanioka, Keiji Umetani, Masami Ando. 1Departments of Physiology, Internal Medicine and Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, 259-11, Japan. 2National Laboratory for High Energy Physics, Tsukuba, 305-0801, Japan 3NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories Tokyo, 157, Japan. 4Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Hyogo, 675-5198, Japan APStracts 5:0426H, 1998.
• Early activation of transcription factor nf- b during ischemia in perfused rat heartchuanfu li, william browder, and race l. kao. Surgery, Department Of, James H. Quillen College Of Medicine, Mountain Home Va Center, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tn . Race L. Kao, Ph.D., Department of Surgery, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, P.O. Box 70575, Johnson City, TN 37614-0575, Tel 423-439-7449, FAX 423-437-7450 APStracts 5:0427H, 1998.
• Effects of [beta]2-adrenergic stimulation on single channel gating of rat cardiac l-type calcium channels. Schr[diaeresis]oder, Frank, and Stefan Herzig(. Department of Pharmacology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany APStracts 5:0428H, 1998.
• A method for collecting right coronary venous blood samples from conscious dogs. Bian, Xiaoming, Bradley J. Hart, Arthur G. Williams, Jr., and H. Fred Downey. Department of Integrative Physiology University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699 APStracts 5:0429H, 1998.
• Pro-apoptotic effects of angiotensin ii in human coronary artery endothelial cells: role of at1 receptor and pkc activation. Li, Dayuan, Baichun Yang, M. Ian Philips, Jawahar L. Mehta. Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Florida and VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida APStracts 5:0430H, 1998.
• Nitric oxide mediates sympathetic vasoconstriction at supraspinal, spinal and synaptic levels in conscious rats. Iida, Noriko. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan APStracts 5:0431H, 1998.
• Cerebral vasomotor reactivity at high altitude in man.. Jansen, Gerard F. A., Anne Krins, and Buddha Basnyat. Department of Anesthesiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Nepal International Clinic, Naxaul, Kathmandu, Nepal. APStracts 5:0432H, 1998.
• Human endothelial cells produce orosomucoid, an important component of the capillary barrier. S[diaeresis]orensson, Jenny, G[diaeresis]oran L. Matejka, Maria Ohlson and B[diaeresis]orje Haraldsson,. 1Department of Physiology, G[diaeresis]oteborg University, Sweden. 2Department of Internal Medicine, Research Centre for Endocrinology and Metabolism, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, G[diaeresis]oteborg, Sweden. APStracts 5:0433H, 1998.
• Reversal of the mitochondrial permeability transition during recovery of hearts from ischemia and its enhancement by pyruvate. Kerr, Paul M., M.-Saadeh Suleiman, and Andrew P. Halestrap. Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol BS2 8HW and *Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD APStracts 5:0434H, 1998.
• Exercise-induced expression of angiogenesis related transcription and growth factors in human skeletal muscle. Gustafsson/, Thomas, Adrian Puntschart, Lennart Kaijser, Eva Jansson and Carl Johan Sundberg. *Section of Environmental Physiology Department of Physiology & Pharmacology Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, **Section of Clinical Physiology Department of Laboratory Sciences and Technology Huddinge sjukhus, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and ***Department of Anatomy University of Bern, Switzerland APStracts 5:0435H, 1998.
• Ca2+-independent inhibition of myocardial contraction by coronary effluent of hypoxic rat hearts.. Yang, Zhao-Kang, Nick J Draper, and Ajay M Shah. Departments of Cardiology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff CF4 4XN, and 1GKT Medical Schools, King_s College London, SE5 9PJ, United Kingdom APStracts 5:0436H, 1998.
• Role of phospholipase c, protein kinase c, and calcium in vegf -induced venular hyperpermeability. Wu, H. Mac, Yuan Yuan, David C. Zawieja, John Tinsley, and Harris J. Granger. Departments of Medical Physiology and Surgery Texas A & M University System Health Science Center 1901 South First Street, Building 4 Temple, Texas 76504 APStracts 5:0437H, 1998.
• Extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 activation in endothelial cells exposed to cyclic strain.. Ikeda, Masataka, Teiji Takei, Ira Mills, Hiroyuki Kito, and Bauer E. Sumpio. Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510 APStracts 5:0438H, 1998.
• Modulation by noradrenaline, et-1 and pma of na+/k+-atpase-induced [ ob]ca2+]i reduction and relaxation in piglet mesenteric arteries. P[acute]erez-Vizca_no, Francisco, Angel Cogolludo, and Juan Tamargo. Instituto de Farmacolog[acute]ia y Toxicolog[acute]ia. Departamento de Farmacolog[acute]ia. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 28040 Madrid. Spain. APStracts 5:0439H, 1998.
• Modulation of repolarization in rabbit purkinje and ventricular myocytes coupled by a variable resistance. Huelsing, Delilah J., Kenneth W. Spitzer, Jonathan M. Cordeiro, Andrew E. Pollard. 1Cardiac Rhythm Management Lab and Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Alabama-Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294, 2Department of Biomedical Engineering Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70125, 3Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, UT 84112, and 4Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of Calgary School of Medicine Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1 APStracts 5:0440H, 1998.
• Exchange transfusion with a hemoglobin solution in guinea pig = evidence for the presence of hemoglobin inside aortic endothelial cells.. B[acute]eatrice, Faivre-Fiorina, Caron Alexis, Fassot C[acute]eline, Fries Isabelle, Menu Patrick, Labrude Pierre, Vigneron Claude. Laboratoire d_H[acute]ematologie-Physiologie, Facult[acute]e de Pharmacie, Universit[acute]e Henri Poincar[acute]e-Nancy 1, 5-7 rue Albert Lebrun, F-54001 Nancy Cedex APStracts 5:0441H, 1998.
• Charybdotoxin and apamin block edhf-mediated dilatation in rat mesenteric artery if selectively applied to the endothelium.. Doughty, Joanne M., #frances Plane, and Philip D. Langton. Departments of Physiology & #Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD APStracts 5:0442H, 1998.
• Parasympathetic modulation of sinoatrial node pacemaker activity in rabbit heart: a unifying model. Demir, Semahat S., John W. Clark, Wayne R. Giles. School of Biomedical Engineering University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN 38163, *Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Rice University, Houston, TX 77251-1892 and **Departments of Medical Physiology and Medicine University of Calgary Medical School Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1 APStracts 5:0443H, 1998.
• Mapping the propagation of mechanical activation in the paced heart with mri tagging. Wyman, Bradley T., Mse, William C. Hunter, Ph. D., Frits W. Prinzen, Ph. D. Elliot R. McVeigh, Ph. D. The Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205 and *Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands APStracts 5:0444H, 1998.
• In vivo effects of hydrostatic pressure on the interstitium of abdominal wall muscle. Zakaria, El Rasheid, Joanne Lofthouse, Michael F. Flessner. Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y. 14642 APStracts 5:0445H, 1998.
• Use of the pulse pressure method for estimating total arterial compliance in vivo. Segers, N. Stergiopulos P., and N. Westerhof. Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, PSE-Ecublens, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, *Hydraulics Laboratory, Institute Biomedical Technology, IBITECH, University of Gent, Gent, Belgium, **Laboratory for Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, ICaR-VU, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0446H, 1998.
• Disparate effects of three types of extracellular acidosis on left ventricular function. Berger, David S., Susan K. Fellner, Kimberly A. Robinson, Katherine Vlasica, Ivan E. Godoy, Sanjeev G. Shroff. Cardiology and Nephrology Sections, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 APStracts 5:0447H, 1998.
• Synchrotron microangiography reveals configurational changes and to-and-fro flow in intramyocardial vessels. Mori, Hidezo, Etsuro Tanaka, Kazuyuki Hyodo, Minhaz Uddin Mohamed, Takafumi Sekka, Kunihiko Ito, Yoshiro Shinozaki, Akira Tanaka, Hiroe Nakazawa, Sumihisa Abe, Shunnosuke Handa, Misao Kubota, Kenkichi Tanioka, Keiji Umetani, Masami Ando. 1Departments of Physiology, Internal Medicine and Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, 259-11, Japan. 2National Laboratory for High Energy Physics, Tsukuba, 305-0801, Japan 3NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories Tokyo, 157, Japan. 4Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Hyogo, 675-5198, Japan APStracts 5:0448H, 1998.
• Changes in resistance and capacitance vessels during hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation in conscious hamster model. Sakai, Hiromi, Ph. D., Hiroyuki Hara, B. Eng, Amy G. Tsai, Ph. D., Eishun Tsuchida, Ph. D., Paul C. Johnson_, Ph. D, and Marcos Intaglietta_, Ph. D. Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093-0412, and Department of Polymer Chemistry, Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555 APStracts 5:0449H, 1998.
• Microvascular responses to hemodilution with hb-vesicles as red cell substitutes: influence of o2 affinity.. Sakai__, Hiromi, Amy G. Tsai_, Ronald J. Rohlfs_, Hiroyuki Hara__, Shinji Takeoka_, Eishun Tsuchida_ and Marcos Intaglietta_. Departments of Bioengineering and Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093-0412, and _Department of Polymer Chemistry, Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169, Japan APStracts 5:0450H, 1998.
• Intracellular gradients of oxygen supply to mitochondria in actively respiring single cardiomyocyte of the rat. Takahashi, Eiji, Hiroshi Endoh, and Katsuhiko Doi. Department of Physiology, Yamagata University, School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan APStracts 5:0451H, 1998.
• Attenuation of acute responses to coronary artery ligation and reperfusion by dietary nhe-1 inhibitor cariporide. Humphreys, Rachael A., James V. Haist, Subrata Chakrabarti, Qingping Feng, J. Malcolm. O Arnold, Morris Karmazyn. Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pathology (S.C.) and Medicine (Q.F., J.M.O.A.), University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. APStracts 5:0452H, 1998.
• Adenosine-induced activation of atp-sensitive k+ channels in excised membrane patches is mediated by protein kinase c. Hu, Keli, Gui-Rong Li, and Stanley Nattel. From the Department of Medicine and Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute (G.R.L., S.N.), Department of Medicine, University of Montreal (G.R.L., S.N.), and the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University (K.H., S.N.), Montreal, Quebec, Canada H1T 1C8 APStracts 5:0453H, 1998.
• Endocardial endothelium mediates luminal acetylcholine-nitric oxide signaling in the isolated frog heart. Gattuso, Alfonsina, Rosa Mazza, Daniela Pellegrino, and Bruno Tota. Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare, Universit[grave]a della Calabria, 87030 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), and *Stazione Zoologica 'A. Dohrn' di Napoli, 80121 Napoli, Italy APStracts 5:0454H, 1998.
• (-adrenergic modulation of l-type ca2+ channel currents in embryonic mouse heart in early stage. Liu, Weiran, Kenji Yasui, Akiko Arai, Kaichiro Kamiya, Jianhua Cheng, Itsuo Kodama, and Junji Toyama. Department of Circulation, Division of Regulation of Organ Function, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan APStracts 5:0455H, 1998.
• Regional differences in the effects of e-4031 within the sinoatrial node. Kodama, I., M. R. Boyett, M. R. Nikmaram, M. Yamamoto, H. Honjo and R. Niwa. 2Department of Physiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK, 1Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-01, Japan and 3Department of Physiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran APStracts 5:0456H, 1998.
• Contribution of ltype calcium current to electrical activity in sinoatrial nodal myocytes of the rabbit. Verheijck, E. Etienne, Antoni C. G. Van Ginneken, Ronald Wilders, Lennart N. Bouman. 1Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Physiology, APStracts 5:0457H, 1998.
• Central Fos expression in fetal and adult sheep after intraperitoneal hypertonic saline. Caston-Balderrama, A., M. J. M. Nijland, T. J. McDonald, and M. G. Ross. 1Perinatal Research Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, California 90502; and 2Laboratory for Pregnancy and Newborn Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 APStracts 5:0458H, 1998.
• Rostral dorsolateral pontine neurons with sympathetic nerve-related activity. Barman, Susan M., Gerard L. Gebber, and Heather Kitchens. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824[hyphen]1317 APStracts 5:0459H, 1998.
• Vasoconstrictor effect of endothelin-1 (et-1) in human skin: role of eta and etb receptors. Lipa, Joan E., ; Peter C. Neligan,; Therese M. Perreault; Johanne Baribeau; Ronald H. Levine; Robert J. Knowlton; Cho Y. Pang,. Research Institute1, The Hospital for Sick Children; and Departments of Surgery2 and Physiology3, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; and Division of Newborn Medicine4, The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec. APStracts 5:0461H, 1998.
• Preserved hypocapnic pial arteriolar constriction during hyperammonemia by glutamine synthetase inhibition. Hirata, Takahiko, Tetsu Kawaguchi, Saul W. Brusilow, Richard J. Traystman, and Raymond C. Koehler. Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 APStracts 5:0462H, 1998.
• Aortic pressure-diameter relationship assessed by intravascular ultrasound: experimental validation in dogs. Hardt, Stefan E., Md, Armin Just, Md, Raffi Bekeredjian, Md, Wolfgang K[umlaut]ubler, Md, Hartmut R. Kirchheim, Md, Helmut F. Kuecherer, Md . 1Department of Cardiology, Ruprecht-Karls Universit[umlaut]at, Heidelberg, Germany 2 I. Physiologisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls Universit[umlaut]at, Heidelberg, Germany APStracts 5:0463H, 1998.
• The phospholamban to serca2 ratio controls the force-frequency relationship. Meyer, Markus, Wolfgang F. Bluhm, Huaping He, Steven R Post, Frank J. Giordano, Wilbur Y. W. Lew, and Wolfgang H. Dillmann. Department of Medicine and Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego; *Department of Medicine, Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, San Diego APStracts 5:0464H, 1998.
• Heart rate and behavior of fur seals: implications for the measurement of field energetics. Boyd, I. L., R. M. Bevan, A. J. Woakes & P. J. Butler. 1British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OET, U.K. and 2School of Biological Science, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K. APStracts 5:0465H, 1998.
• Conducted signals within arteriolar networks initiated by bioactive amino acids.. Frame, Mary D. S. Department of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY 14642 APStracts 5:0466H, 1998.
• Constitutive expression of interleukin -1a precursor promotes human vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation. Beasley, Debbie, and Angela Cooper. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, and Tupper Research Institute, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111 APStracts 5:0467H, 1998.
• Laminar fiber architecture and three-dimensional systolic mechanics in canine ventricular myocardium. Costa, Kevin D., Yasuo Takayama, Andrew D. McCulloch, James W. Covell. 1Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2Dept. of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Kyoto, Japan, 3Dept. of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 4Dept. of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA APStracts 5:0468H, 1998.
• Cyclosporin a treatment alters the characteristics of ca2+ release channel in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum. Park, Kyoung Sik, Tae Kon Kim, and Do Han Kim. Department of Life Science, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology (K-JIST), Kwangju 506-712, Korea APStracts 5:0469H, 1998.
• Peripheral muscle ergoreceptors stimulation and ventilatory response during exercise recovery in heart failure patients. Francis, Noelle, Alain Cohen-Solal, and Damien Logeart. Alain Cohen-Solal, Service de Cardiologie, H[circumflex]opital Beaujon, 100 Boulevard du General Leclerc, 92110 Clichy, France, Tel 33 1 40875785, Fax 33 1 40870838, e-mail : alain.cohen-solal@bjn.ap -hop-ap.fr APStracts 5:0470H, 1998.
• Interstitial ca2+ undergoes dynamic changes sufficient to stimulate nerve dependent ca 2+-induced relaxation. Mupanomunda, Maria M., Norio Ishioka, Richard D. Bukoski. Section of Hypertension and Vascular Research, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas77555-1065 APStracts 5:0471H, 1998.
• Metallothionein inhibits ischemia-reperfusion injury in mouse heart. Kang, Y. James, Guangqiu Li, and Jack T. Saari. *Departments of Medicine, and Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40292 and _U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND 58202 APStracts 5:0472H, 1998.
• Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis or endothelium removal reveals a direct vasoconstrictor effect of insulin on isolated arterioles. Schroeder, C. Andrew, Jr., Ya-Li Chen, and Edward J. Messina. New York Medical College, Department of Physiology, Valhalla, New York 10595 APStracts 5:0473H, 1998.
• Nitric oxide relaxes human myometrium by a cyclic gmp-independent mechanism. Bradley, Karri A., Iain L. O. Buxton, James E. Barber, Terrence McGaw and Michael E. Bradley. Departments of Pharmacology1 and Obstetrics and Gynecology2, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557 APStracts 5:0474H, 1998.
• Possible obligatory functions of cyclic nucleotides in hypercapnia -induced cerebral vasodilation in adult rats.. Wang, Q., J. Bryowsky, R. D. Minshall, and D. A. Pelligrino. Dept. of Anesthesiology, Univ. of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607 APStracts 5:0475H, 1998.
• A non-stressed rat model of acute endotoxemia that unmasks the endotoxin-induced tnf[alpha] response.. Beno, David W. A., and Robert E. Kimura. Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Rush Children's Hospital, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center. Chicago, IL 60612 APStracts 5:0476H, 1998.
• Electrical and mechanical responses of rat middle cerebral arteries to reduced po2 and prostacyclin. Lombard, Julian H., Yanping Liu, Kim T. Fredricks, Donna M. Bizub, Richard J. Roman, and Nancy J. Rusch. Department of Physiology Medical College of Wisconsin 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226, and 1Department of Biology, Viterbo College, LaCrosse, WI, 54601 APStracts 5:0477H, 1998.
• Coronary vasodilator effects of brain natriuretic peptide: mechanisms of action in coronary conductance and resistance arteries. Zellner, Christian, Md; Research Fellow, Andrew A. Protter, Phd; Director Of Pharmacological Research, Eitetsu Ko, Md; Research Fellow, Madhusudhan R. Pothireddy, Md; Research Fellow, Teresa Demarco, Md; Associate Professor Of Medicine, Stuart J. Hutchison, Md; Clinical Instructor In Medicine, Tony M. Chou, Md; Assistant Professor Of Medicine, Kanu Chatterjee, Mb; Lucie Stern Professor Of Cardiology, and Krishnankutty Sudhir, Md, Phd; Associate Professor Of Medicine. The Vascular Research Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 -0124, *Scios Inc., Mountain View, CA, and #The Hormones and Vasculature Laboratory, Baker Institute, Melbourne, Australia APStracts 5:0478H, 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 5:0479H, 1998.
• Maintenance of blood pressure in normotensive dogs by endothelin. M[umlaut]unter, Klaus, Heimo Ehmke and Michael Kirchengast. Knoll AG, Preclinical Cardiology, Ludwigshafen, Germany and 1University of Heidelberg, Dept. Physiology, Heidelberg, Germany APStracts 5:0480H, 1998.
• Epidermal growth factor: a potent vasoconstrictor in experimental hypertension. Florian, Jennifer A., and Stephanie W. Watts. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824ÿ2D1317 APStracts 5:0481H, 1998.
• Regulation of energy consumption in the cardiac muscle: analysis of isometric contractions. Landesberg, Amir, and Samuel Sideman. Heart System Research Center, Julius Silver Institute, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technion-IIT, Haifa 32000 Israel APStracts 5:0482H, 1998.