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

The American Physiological Society

• Time course of endothelial-neutrophil interaction in splanchnic artery ischemia-reperfusion. Hayward, Reid, and Allan M. Lefer. Department of Physiology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107 APStracts 5:0370H, 1998.
• Lumped constant for deoxyglucose is decreased when myocardial glucose uptake is enhanced. Hashimoto, Katsuji, Tsunehiko Nishimura, Ken-Ichi Imahashi, Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Masatsugu Hori, and Hideo Kusuoka. Division of Tracer Kinetics, Biomedical Research Center, and The First Department of Medicine1, Osaka University Medical School, Suita Osaka JAPAN APStracts 5:0371H, 1998.
• Cardiac electrical restitution properties and the stability of reentrant spiral waves: a simulation study. Qu, Zhilin, James N. Weiss, Alan Garfinkel. Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Departments of Medicine (Cardiology), Physiology and Physiological Science, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 APStracts 5:0372H, 1998.
• Adaptation to hypoxia alters energy metabolism in rat heart. Rumsey, William L., Brian Abbott, Darci Bertelsen, Michael Mallamaci, Kevin Hagan, David Nelson & Maria Erecinska. Zeneca Pharmaceuticals1, Wilmington, DE, 19850 & University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine2, Philadelphia, PA 19104. APStracts 5:0373H, 1998.
• Total arterial inertance as the fourth element of the windkessel model. Westerhof, Nikos Stergiopulos Berend E., and Nico Westerhof. 1Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, PSE-Ecublens, 1015 Lausanne. 2Biomedical Instrumentation, Institute of Applied Physics, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Academic Medical Centre, 1015 AZ Amsterdam. 3Laboratory for Physiology, ICaR-VU, Free University of Amsterdam, 1081 BT Amsterdam. APStracts 5:0374H, 1998.
• Effect of isoprenaline, carbachol and cs+ on na+ activity and pacemaker potential in rabbit sionatrial node cells. Choi, Ho S., Dai Y. Wang, Denis Noble, and Chin O. Lee. Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea, and *University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford University, Oxford, U. K. APStracts 5:0375H, 1998.
• Gabaergic effects on the depressor responses elicited by stimulation of central nucleus of the amygdala. Ciriello, John, and Stefanie Roder. Department of Physiology, Health Science Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, N6A 5C1 APStracts 5:0376H, 1998.
• Reduced no enhances the central gain of the cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in dogs with heart failure . Ma, Rong, Irving H. Zucker, and Wei Wang. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68198-4575 APStracts 5:0377H, 1998.
• The fast twitch skeletal muscle sr ca2+ atpase isoform serca1a can functionally substitute for cardiac isoform serca2a and is regulated by phospholamban in the heart. Ji, Yong, Evgeny Loukianov, Tanya Loukianova, Larry R. Jones, and Muthu Periasamy . 1 Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 and 2 Department of Medicine and the Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 APStracts 5:0378H, 1998.
• Positive force- and [ca2+]i -frequency relationships in rat ventricular trabeculae at physiological frequencies. Layland, Joanne, and Jonathan C. Kentish. Department of Pharmacology, King's College London, St. Thomas's Campus, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH, U.K. APStracts 5:0379H, 1998.
• Modulation of the ca2+ transient decay by tension and ca2+ removal in hyperthyroid myocardium. Ishikawa, Tetsuya, Hidetoshi Kajiwara, and Satoshi Kurihara. Department of Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan, Phone: +81 -3-3433-1111 (extension 2221), Fax: +81-3-3433-1279, E-mail: ishikawa@jikei.ac.jp APStracts 5:0380H, 1998.
• Induction of 72 kilodalton heat shock protein does not produce second window of ischemic preconditioning in rat heart. Qian, Yong-Zhen, Nelson L. Bernardo, Mohammed A. Nayeem, Jeya Chelliah, and Rakesh C. Kukreja. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia,Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 USA APStracts 5:0381H, 1998.
• New simple methods for isolating baroreceptor regions of carotid -sinus and aortic-depressor nerves in rats. Sato, Takayuki, Toru Kawada, Hiroshi Miyano, Toshiaki Shishido, Masashi Inagaki, Ryoichi Yoshimura, Teiji Tatewaki, Masaru Sugimachi, Joe Alexander, Kenji Sunagawa . 1 Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan, 2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235 APStracts 5:0382H, 1998.
• The heart extrasystole: an energetic approach. Marengo, Fernando D., Mar[acute]ia T. M[acute]arquez, Patricia Bonazzola, Jorge E. Ponce-Hornos. Instituto de Investigaciones Cardiol[acute]ogicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires - CONICET. C[acute]atedra de Biof[acute]isica, Facultad de Odontolog[acute]ia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires - Argentina. APStracts 5:0383H, 1998.
• Hypertrophic response to hemodynamic overload: role of load versus renin angiotensin system activation. Koide, Masaaki, Blase A. Carabello, Chester C. Conrad#, John M. Buckley, Gilberto Defreyte, Mary Barnes, Robert J. Tomanek+, Chih -Chang Wei^, Louis J. Dell_italia^, George Cooper, Iv, Michael R. Zile. * Cardiology Section of the Department of Medicine and the Department of Physiology, Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina and the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, # Veterans Administration Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, + University of Iowa, ^ University of Alabama APStracts 5:0384H, 1998.
• Relative contribution of vasodilator prostanoids and nitric oxide to metabolic vasodilation in the human forearm.. Duffy, Stephen J., Gishel New, Binh T. Tran, Richard W. Harper, Ian T. Meredith. The Centre for Heart and Chest Research, Monash Medical Centre and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. APStracts 5:0385H, 1998.
• Influence of glutathione peroxidase on coronary artery responses to alterations in po2 and h2o2. Mohazzab-H., Kamal M., Ritu Agarwal, and Michael S. Wolin. Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595 APStracts 5:0386H, 1998.
• Role of tyrosine phosphorylation in the regulation of cerebral vascular tone in newborn pig in vivo. Parfenova, Helena, Alex Fedinec, and Charles W. Leffler. Laboratory for Research in Neonatal Physiology, Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee 38163 APStracts 5:0387H, 1998.
• Influence of arterio-venular pairing on paf-induced capillary filtration. Harris, Norman R., Georgia A. Morgan First, and Robert D. Specian. Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, LA APStracts 5:0388H, 1998.
• The low frequency component of the heart rate variability spectrum: a poor marker of sympathetic activity. Houle, Melanie S., and George E. Billman. Department of Physiology, The Ohio State University APStracts 5:0389H, 1998.
• Norepinephrine stimulated map kinase activity enhances cytokine induced nitric oxide production by neonatal rat cardiac myocytes. Kan, Hong, Zirong Xie,mitchell S. Finkel,. Departments of Medicine1 and Pharmacology2, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, and Louis A . Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center 3 APStracts 5:0390H, 1998.
• Transmembrane ica contributes to rate-dependent changes of action potentials in human ventricular myocytes . Li, Gui-Rong, Baofeng Yang, Jianlin Feng, Ralph F. Bosch, Michel Carrier, Stanley Nattel,. 1Department of Medicine, and 2Department of Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute and University of Montreal, 3Department of Pharmacology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H1T 1C8, Canada APStracts 5:0391H, 1998.
• Inhibition of baroreflex vagal bradycardia by nasal stimulation in rats . Kobayashi, Masayoshi, Zhi Bin Cheng and Shoichiro Nosaka . Departments of 1Otorhinolaryngology and 2Physiology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan APStracts 5:0392H, 1998.
• Pregnancy and steroid hormones enhance the vasodilation responses to calcitonin gene-related peptide (cgrp) in rats. Gangula, P. R. R., H. Zhao, S. Supowit, S. Wimalawansa, D. Dipette, C. Yallampalli. Departments of Ob/Gyn, Internal Medicine1, and Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics2, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1062 APStracts 5:0393H, 1998.
• Creatine kinase inhibition accelerates transcytosolic energy signaling during rapid work load steps in isolated rabbit hearts. Harrison, Glenn J., Michiel H. Van Wijhe, Bas De Groot, Francina J. Dijk, and Johannes H. G. M. Van Beek. Laboratory for Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Free University, 1081BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. APStracts 5:0394H, 1998.
• Polyunsaturated fatty acids and aging modulate cardiac mitochondrial membrane lipid composition and ca2+ activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase. Pepe, Salvatore, Naotaka Tsuchiya, Edward G. Lakatta, Richard G. Hansford,. Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, NIA, NIH, Baltimore, MD, USA APStracts 5:0395H, 1998.
• Superoxide anion scavengers restore nitric oxide-mediated pulmonary vasodilation post-lung transplantation. Seki, Sumihiko, Nicholas A. Flavahan, Nicholas G. Smedira, and Paul A. Murray. 1 Center for Anesthesiology Research, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, 2 Heart and Lung Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, 3 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 APStracts 5:0396H, 1998.
• Leakage responses to l-name differ with the fluorescent dye used to label albumin. Rumbaut, Rolando E., Norman R. Harris, Arshad J. Sial, Virginia H. Huxley, D. Neil Granger. Departments of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Division) and Physiology, University of Missouri-Columbia1, Columbia, MO 65212, and Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center2, Shreveport, LA 71130. APStracts 5:0397H, 1998.
• Endothelial defect mediates attenuated pulmonary vasorelaxant response to isoproterenol following left lung autotransplantation. Yoshida, Kenichi, Nicholas A. Flavahan, Mayumi Horibe, Nicholas G. Smedira, and Paul A. Murray. 1 Center for Anesthesiology Research, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, 2 Heart and Lung Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, 3 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195 APStracts 5:0398H, 1998.
• Metabolism of camp to adenosine: its role for cerebral vasodilation of rat pial artery in response to hypotension. Hong, Ki Whan, Hwa Kyoung Shin, Hyung Hwan Kim, Jae Moon Choi, Byung Yong Rhim, Won Suk Lee. Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan 602-739, and Center for Biofunctional Molecules, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-600, Korea APStracts 5:0399H, 1998.
• Adaptation to hypoxia alters energy metabolism in rat heart. Rumsey, William L., Brian Abbott, Darci Bertelsen, Michael Mallamaci, Kevin Hagan, David Nelson & Maria Erecinska. Zeneca Pharmaceuticals1, Wilmington, DE, 19850 & University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine2, Philadelphia, PA 19104. APStracts 5:0400H, 1998.
• Real-time measurement of cardiac vagal tone in conscious dogs.. L., Little C. J., Julu P. O. O., Hansen S., Reid S. W. J. 1: Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Bearsden Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 1QH, 2: Peripheral Nerve and Autonomic Unit, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, G51 4TF APStracts 5:0401H, 1998.
• Favorable effect of estrogen on aortic function in postmenopausal women assessed by pressure-diameter relation. Stefanadis, Christodoulos, Eleftherios Tsiamis, John Dernellis, Pavlos Toutouzas. Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece APStracts 5:0402H, 1998.
• Maintained upregulation of pulmonary enos gene and protein expression during recovery from chronic hypoxia. Resta, Thomas C., Louis G. Chicoine, John L. Omdahl, and Benjimen R. Walker. Departments of Cell Biology and Physiology, Pediatrics, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 APStracts 5:0403H, 1998.
• Tafii250, egr-1 and d-type cyclin expression in mice and neonatal rat cardiomyocytes treated with doxorubicin. Saadane, Nac[acute]era, Lesley Alpert and Lorraine E. Chalifour,. 1. Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital, 3755 chemin C[circumflex]ote Sainte Catherine, Montr[acute]eal, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada, H3T 1E2, 2. Department of Pathology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital, 3. Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montr[acute]eal, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada APStracts 5:0404H, 1998.
• Localization of the na+/h+ exchanger nhe1 to intercalated discs and transverse tubules of rat myocardium. Petrecca, Kevin, Roxana Atanasiu, Sergio Grinstein, John Orlowski_ and Alvin Shrier. Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, H3G 1Y6, Canada and 1Division of Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, M5G 1X8, Canada APStracts 5:0405H, 1998.
• Cytochrome p-450 -hydroxylase senses o2 in hamster muscle, but not cheek pouch epithelium microcirculation. Lombard, Julian H., Mary Pat Kunert, Richard J. Roman, John R. Falck, David R. Harder and William F. Jackson. 1Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 and 2College of Nursing, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53202, 3Dept..of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235, 4Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 APStracts 5:0406H, 1998.
• Adenosine a2a receptor activation modulates a1 receptor-mediated antiadrenergic effects in the rat myocardium. Norton, Gavin R., Angela J. Woodiwiss, Robert J. McGinn, Mojca Lorbar#, Eugene S. Chung#, Thomas W. Honeyman, Richard A. Fenton, James G. Dobson, Jr., Theo E. Meyer#. Departments of Medicine# and Physiology*, University of Massachusetts, MA, USA and the Department of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa APStracts 5:0407H, 1998.
• Both an adenosine (a1) agonist and preconditioning shift the spatial distribution of myocardial blood flow in conscious pigs. Huang, Cheng-Hsiung, Song-Jung Kim, Bijan Ghaleh, Raymond K. Kudej, You-Tang Shen, Sanford P. Bishop, Stephen F. Vatner. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research Institute, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 APStracts 5:0408H, 1998.
• Changes in cardiac angiotensin ii post myocardial infarction in rats1. Leenen, Frans H. H., Vaclav Skarda, Baoxue Yuan, and Roselyn White. Hypertension Unit, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada APStracts 5:0409H, 1998.
• Dispersion-based reentry: mechanism of initiation of ventricular tachycardia in isolated rabbit hearts. Robert, Emmanuelle, A. Guy M. Aya, Jean E. De La Coussaye, Pascale P[acute]eray, Jean-Marie Juan, Josep Brugada, Jean-Marc Davy, Jean -Jacques Eledjam. 1 From the Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Cardiovascular Physiology, Medical School of Montpellier-N[circumflex]imes, France, 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University-Hospital of N[circumflex]imes, France., 3 Arrhythmia Unit of Department of Cardiology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain, 4 Department of cardiology, University-Hospital of Montpellier, France. APStracts 5:0410H, 1998.
• Electrical interactions among real cardiac cells and cell models in a linear strand. Wagner, Mary B., Takao Namiki, Ronald Wilders, Ronald W. Joyner, Habo J. Jongsma, E. Etienne Verheijck, Rajiv Kumar, David A. Golod, William N. Goolsby and Antoni C. G. Van Ginneken. 1 Todd Franklin Cardiac Research Laboratory, The Children's Heart Center, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2 Department of Medical Physiology and Sports Medicine, Utrecht University, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands and 3 Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Physiology, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0411H, 1998.
• A downward gradient in action potential duration along the conduction path in and around the sinoatrial node. Boyett, M. R., H. Honjo, M. Yamamoto, M. R. Nikmaram, R. Niwa and I. Kodama. 2Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-01, Japan, 1Department of Physiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK and 3Department of Physiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran APStracts 5:0412H, 1998.
• Endothelium-independent vascular relaxation mediating etb receptor in rabbit mesenteric arteries. Iwasaki, Takanori, Mitsuru Notoya, Yoko Hayasaki-Kajiwara, Toshitake Shimamura, Noriyuki Naya, Mitsuyoshi Ninomiya, and Masatoshi Nakajima. Discovery Research Laboratories II, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., 3-1-1 Futaba-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 561-0825, Japan APStracts 5:0413H, 1998.
• A canine model of chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy: characterization of regional flow-function relations. Firoozan, Soroosh, Kevin Wei, Andre Linka, Danny Skyba, N. Craig Goodman, and Sanjiv Kaul. Cardiovascular Division, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908 APStracts 5:0414H, 1998.
• Influence of chronic ethanol consumption on arterial tone in young and aged rats. K[umlaut]ah[diaeresis]onen, Mika, Kirsi Karjala, Nina Hutri -K[umlaut]ah[diaeresis]onen, Xiumin Wu, Pia Jaatinen, P[umlaut]aivi Riihioja, Antti Hervonen and Ilkka P[diaeresis]orsti,. University of Tampere, Medical School, 1Department of Pharmacological Sciences and 6School of Public Health, P.O.Box 607, FIN_33101 Tampere; 2Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Helsinki; Departments of 3Clinical Physiology, 4Pediatrics and 5Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Finland APStracts 5:0415H, 1998.
• Arterial oxygen content and tension in the regulation of cardiac output and leg blood flow during exercise in humans. Roach, Robert C., Maria D. Koskolou, Jos[acute]e A. L. Calbet and Bengt Saltin. The Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. APStracts 5:0416H, 1998.
• Involved in contraction elicited by norepinephrine in rat resistance arteries. Lagaud, G. J. L., V. Randriamboavonjy, G. Roul, J. C. Stoclet & R. Andriantsitohaina. Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et Physiopathologie Cellulaires, Universit[acute]e Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, URA CNRS 600 Facult[acute]e de Pharmacie, BP 24, 67401 Illkirch-Cedex, FRANCE APStracts 5:0417H, 1998.