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

The American Physiological Society

• Peroxynitrite is a contractile agonist of cerebral artery smooth muscle cells. Elliott, Stephen J., David J. Lacey, William M. Chilian, and Anna K. Brzezinska. Department of Pediatrics and the Cardiovascular Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI 53226 APStracts 5:0283H, 1998.
• Quantitative assessment of [ca2+]i levels in rat skeletal muscle in vivo. T[acute]oth, Andr[acute]as, Tam[acute]as Ivanics, Zolt[acute]an Ruttner, Dick W. Slaaf, Robert S. Reneman and L[acute]aszl[acute]o Ligeti. 2nd Department of Physiology Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary, Departments of Biophysics 1 and Physiology 2, CARIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0284H, 1998.
• Downregulation of ventricular contractile function during early ischemia is flow but not pressure dependant. He, Miao-Xiang, and H. Fred Downey. Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699 APStracts 5:0285H, 1998.
• Properties of a chloride current activated by cell swelling in rabbit portal vein vascular smooth muscle cells.. Large, I. A. Greenwood & W. A. Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, St George_s Cardiovascular Group, St George_s Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE. UK, Tel: 44 (0) 181 725 5609, Fax: 44 (0) 181 725 3581, e-mail: i.greenwood@sghms.ac.uk APStracts 5:0286H, 1998.
• Cytokine modulation by pentoxifylline differently affects specific acute phase proteins during sepsis in the rat. Voisin, Laure, Denis Breuill[acute]e, Beno[circumflex]it Ruot, C[acute]ecile Ralli[grave]ere, Fabienne Rambourdin, Michel Dalle and Christiane Obled. 1Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine et Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unit[acute]e d'Etude du M[acute]etabolisme Azot[acute]e, 63122 Ceyrat, France, 2Centre de Recherches Nestl[acute]e, Lausanne, Suisse, and 3Laboratoire de Physiologie du D[acute]eveloppement, Universit[acute]e Blaise Pascal 63177 Aubi[grave]ere Cedex, France. APStracts 5:0287H, 1998.
• Renal ischemia preconditions the myocardium: role of adenosine receptors and atp-sensitive potassium channels. Pell, Theresa J., Gary F. Baxter, Derek M. Yellon, and G. Michael Drew. 1The Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Studies, University College London Hospitals & Medical School, London, UK WC1E 6DB. 2Disease Sciences, Glaxo Wellcome Research & Development, Stevenage, UK SG1 2NY. APStracts 5:0288H, 1998.
• Arterial baroreflex mediates post-exercise reductions in arterial pressure and heart rate. Chandler, Margaret P., and Stephen E. Dicarlo. Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine APStracts 5:0289H, 1998.
• Increased endothelial no synthase in lambs with increased pulmonary blood flow and pulmonary hypertension. Black, Stephen M., Jeffrey R. Fineman, Robin H. Steinhorn, James Bristow, Scott J. Soifer. Department of Pediatrics* and the Cardiovascular Research Institute_, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0106 and the Department of Pediatrics_, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14222. APStracts 5:0290H, 1998.
• Tnf-alpha - induced endothelium-independent vasodilation: a role for phospholipase a2 -dependent ceramide signaling. Johns, Douglas G., and R. Clinton Webb. Department of Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan APStracts 5:0291H, 1998.
• Ischemic stress adaptation of heart triggers a tyrosine kinase regulated signaling pathway: a potential role for mapkap kinase 2. Maulik, Nilanjana, Tetsuya Yoshida, You-Li Zu, Motoaki Sato,anirban Banerjee, and Dipak K. Das. Departments of Surgery and Physiology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT and 1Department of surgery,University of Colorodo. APStracts 5:0292H, 1998.
• The pattern of substrate utilization in vascular smooth muscle using 13c-isotopomer analysis of glutamate. Jeffrey, Tara M., and Christopher D. Hardin. Department of Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212 APStracts 5:0293H, 1998.
• Endothelin receptor blockade does not alter closure of the ductus arteriosus. Fineman, Jeffrey R., Yasushi Takahashi, Christine Roman, Ronald I. Clyman. Department of Pediatrics* and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0544 APStracts 5:0294H, 1998.
• Potassium channels mediate dilatation of cerebral arterioles in response to arachidonate. Sobey, Christopher G., Donald D. Heistad, and Frank M. Faraci. Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Center, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA and Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia APStracts 5:0295H, 1998.
• Myocardial aerobic metabolism is impaired in a cell culture model of cyanotic heart disease. Merante, Frank, Donald A. G. Mickle, Richard D. Weisel, Ren-Ke Li, Laura C. Tumiati, Vivek Rao, William G. Williams, and Brian H. Robinson. Centre for Cardiovascular Research, The Toronto Hospital and the University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario. Canada APStracts 5:0296H, 1998.
• Effect of angiotensin ii on na+-h+ exchange, ca2+ transients and contraction in adult rabbit ventricular myocytes from normal and infarcted hearts. Skolnick, Rita L., Sheldon E. Litwin, William H. Barry, and Kenneth W. Spitzer. University of Utah, CVRTI, 95 South 2000 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-5000 APStracts 5:0297H, 1998.
• Mechanosensitive ion channels in putative aortic baroreceptor neurons. Kraske, Shane, J. Thomas Cunningham, George Hajduczok, Mark W. Chapleau, Francois_m._abboud, and Ruth E. Wachtel. 3Departments of Internal Medicine and 4Anesthesia and the Cardiovascular Center, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52246 APStracts 5:0298H, 1998.
• Arterial baroreceptor denervation impairs long-term regulation of arterial pressure during dietary salt-loading. Osborn, John W., and Barbara J. Hornfeldt. Departments of Physiology and Animal Science and the Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 1988 Fitch Ave, Rm 435, St. Paul, MN 55108 APStracts 5:0299H, 1998.
• Non-nmda and nmda receptors transmit area postrema input to aortic baroreceptor neurons in nucleus tractus solitarius. Chen, Chao-Yin, and Ann C. Bonham. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Pharmacology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, 95616 APStracts 5:0300H, 1998.
• Role of adenosine in the regulation of coronary blood flow in swine at rest and during treadmill exercise. Duncker, Dirk J., Ren[acute]e Stubenitsky, Pieter D. Verdouw. Experimental Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Cardiovascular Research Institute COEUR, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0301H, 1998.
• Leukocyte activation does not mediate myocardial leukocyte retention during endotoxemia in rabbits. Goddard, Christopher M., Betty Y. Poon, M. Emilia Klut, Barry R. Wiggs, Stephan F. Vaneeden, James C. Hogg, Keith R. Walley. Pulmonary Research Laboratory, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., CANADA. V6Z 1Y6 APStracts 5:0302H, 1998.
• Metabotropic glutamate receptors depress vagal and aortic baroreceptor signal transmission in the nucleus of the solitary tract. Liu, Zhi, Chao-Yin Chen, and Ann C. Bonham. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, 95616 APStracts 5:0303H, 1998.
• Influence of prior na pump activity on pump and na/ca exchange currents in mouse ventricular myocytes. Su, Zhi, Anruo Zou, Akihiko Nonaka, Iram Zubair, Michael C. Sanguinetti, William H. Barry. Division of Cardiology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA APStracts 5:0304H, 1998.
• Dilatation of the ductus venosus in human fetuses: ultrasonographic evidences and mathematical modeling. Bellotti, M., G. Pennati, G. Pardi, R. Fumero. 1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, S.Paolo Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Milan, Italy, 2 Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano and CeBITeC, Politecnico di Milano and Parco Scientifico San Raffaele, Milan, Italy APStracts 5:0305H, 1998.
• Ach- and caffeine-induced cytoplasmic ca2+ mobilization and ca2+ -sensitive currents in rabbit arterial endothelial cells. Fransen, P., C. Katnik, and D. J. Adams. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia APStracts 5:0306H, 1998.
• Deformation-induced atp release from red blood cells requires cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator activity. Sprague, Randy S., Mary L. Ellsworth, Alan H. Stephenson, Mary E. Kleinhenz, and Andrew J. Lonigro. Departments of Medicine and Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104 APStracts 5:0307H, 1998.
• Microtubules modulate cardiomyocyte -adrenergic response in cardiac hypertrophy. Palmer, Bradley M., Scott Valent, Emma L. Holder, Howard D. Weinberger and Roger D. Bies. 1 Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, 2 Cardiology Division, Health Sciences Center, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO. APStracts 5:0308H, 1998.
• Myocardial phi and pho at different depths in perfused rabbit papillary muscles measured by confocal fluorescence microscopy. Muller-Borer, Barbara J., Hua Yang, Sayed A. M. Marzouk, John J. Lemasters, Wayne E. Cascio. 1 Department of Medicine, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC. 2Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. (On leave from the Department of Chemistry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt). 3 Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC. APStracts 5:0309H, 1998.
• Inactivation properties and frequency-dependence of ultrarapid delayed rectifier k+ current in human atrial myocytes. Feng, Jianlin, Donghui Xu, Zhiguo Wang, and Stanley_nattel,. Department of 1Medicine and 2Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal H1T 1C8; Department of 3Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal H3C 3J7; and the Department of 4Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal H3G 1Y6, Quebec, Canada APStracts 5:0310H, 1998.
• Metabotropic glutamate receptors depress vagal and aortic baroreceptor signal transmission in the nucleus of the solitary tract. Liu, Zhi, Chao-Yin Chen, and Ann C. Bonham,. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Pharmacology APStracts 5:0311H, 1998.
• Depression of excitability by sphingosine-1-phosphate in rat ventricular myocytes. Macdonell, Karen L., David L. Severson and Wayne R. Giles. 1Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Heritage Medical Research Centre and 2Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Health Science Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 4N1 APStracts 5:0312H, 1998.
• Transmembrane potential changes caused by monophasic and biphasic shocks. Zhou, Xiaohong, William M Smith, Robert K. Justice, James L. Wayland, Raymond E Ideker. The Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 APStracts 5:0313H, 1998.
• A new integrative method to quantify total ca2+ handling and futile ca2+ cycling in failing hearts. Shimizu, Juichiro, Junichi Araki, Ju Mizuno, Shinyu Lee, Yi Syuu, Shingo Hosogi, Satoshi Mohri, Takeshi Mikane, Miyako Takaki, Tad W. Taylor and Hiroyuki Suga. Department of Physiology II, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, 700-8558 JAPAN, *Department of Physiology II, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, APStracts 5:0314H, 1998.
• Restoration of the transient outward current by norepinephrine in cultured canine cardiac myocytes. Pacioretty, Linda M., and Robert F. Gilmour. Department of Physiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853 -6401 APStracts 5:0315H, 1998.
• Coronary endothelial p-selectin in the pathogenesis of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Palazzo, Anthony J., Steven P. Jones, Donald C. Anderson, D. Neil Granger, and David J. Lefer. Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, LSU Medical Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130-3392, 1Discovery Research, Pharmacia and Upjohn, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI 49001 APStracts 5:0316H, 1998.
• Phospholipase a2 is not responsible for lysophosphatidylcholine -induced damage in cardiomyocytes. Chen, Min, Chun-Yang Xiao, Hiroko Hashizume, and Yasushi Abiko. Department of Pharmacology, Asahikawa Medical College, Nishikagura 4-5, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan APStracts 5:0317H, 1998.
• Intracellular chloride activity increases in guinea pig ventricular muscle during simulated ischemia. Lai, Zhong-Fang, and Katsuhide Nishi. Department of Pharmacology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine. 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-0811 Japan APStracts 5:0318H, 1998.
• High density epicardial mapping during current injection and ventricular activation in rat hearts.. Macchi, Emilio, Massimo Cavalieri, Donatella Stilli, Ezio Musso, Silvana Baruffi, Giorgio Olivetti, Philip R. Ershler, Robert L. Lux and Bruno Taccardi. 1Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale, Sezione Fisiologia, and 2Istituto di Anatomia ed Istologia Patologica, Universit[grave]a degli Studi, 43100 Parma, Italy. 3Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. APStracts 5:0319H, 1998.
• Limb reduction defects in endothelial nitric oxide synthase deficient mice. Gregg, Anthony. R., Schauer, Anita, Shi, Ou, Liu, Zhouwen, Lee, Caroline. G. L.,& O_brien, William. E. 1Department of Molecular and Human Genetics and 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas USA 77030 APStracts 5:0320H, 1998.
• Dynamic restitution of action potential duration during electrical alternans and ventricular fibrillation. Koller, Marcus L., Mark L. Riccio, and Robert F. Gilmour. Department of Physiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York APStracts 5:0321H, 1998.
• Chronic regulation of arterial blood pressure by anp: role of endogenous vasoactive endothelial factors. Melo, L. G., A. T. Veress, U. Ackermann, and H. Sonnenberg. Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8 APStracts 5:0322H, 1998.
• Influence of age on arterial baroreflex inhibition of sympathetic nerve activity in healthy adult humans. Davy, Kevin P., Hirofumi Tanaka, Elizabeth A. Andros, John G. Gerber, and Douglas R. Seals. Human Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Center for Physical Activity, Disease Prevention, and Aging, Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, Departments of Exercise and Sport Science and Physiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 APStracts 5:0323H, 1998.
• Efficient protein transfection of cultured coronary venular endothelial cells. Tinsley, John H., James Hawker, and Yuan Yuan. Departments of Surgery and Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, 1901 South First Street, Building 4, Temple, TX 76504 APStracts 5:0324H, 1998.
• Atrial natriuretic peptide clearance receptor participates in modulating endothelial permeability. Hempel, Albrecht, Thomas Noll, Christoph Bach, Hans Michael Piper, Roland Willenbrock, Klaus H[diaeresis]ohnel, Hermann Haller, and Friedrich C. Luft. Franz Volhard Clinic and Max Delbr[umlaut]uck Center for Molecular Medicine, Medizinische Fakult[umlaut]at der Charit[acute]e, Humboldt University of Berlin and *Department of Physiology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany APStracts 5:0325H, 1998.
• Lack of desensitization and enhanced efficiency of a calcium channel promoter as compared with a sympathomimetic amine in conscious dogs with heart failure. Asai, Kuniya, Masami Uechi, Naoki Sato, Weiqun Shen, Tomomi Meguro, Michael A. Mathier, Richard P. Shannon, Stephen F. Vatner. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research Institute, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 APStracts 5:0326H, 1998.
• Osteopontin inhibits inducible nitric oxide synthase activity in rat vascular tissue. Scott, Jeremy A., M. Lynn Weir, Sylvia M. Wilson, Jim W. Xuan, Ann F. Chambers & David G. McCormack. 1A. C. Burton Vascular Biology Laboratory, 2London Regional Cancer Centre, London Health Sciences Centre, Departments of Medicine1, Pharmacology and Toxicology1, and Oncology2, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. APStracts 5:0327H, 1998.
• Pattern of neuronal activation in rats with chf post myocardial infarction1. Vahid-Ansari, Faranak, and Frans H. H. Leenen . Hypertension Unit, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. APStracts 5:0328H, 1998.
• Phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase [gamma] mediates shear stress -dependent activation of cjun n-terminal kinase in endothelial cells. Go, Young-Mi, Heonyong Park, Matthew C. Maland, Victor M. Darley -Usmar, Borislav Stoyanov, Reinhard Wetzker and Hanjoong Jo_. 1Departments of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, and 2Research Unit "Molecular Cell Biology", University Jena, Jena, Germany APStracts 5:0329H, 1998.
• Independent inhibition of calcineurin and k+ currents by the immunosuppressant fk506 in isolated rat ventricular myocytes. Dubell, Wh., S. T. Gaa, W. J. Lederer and T. B. Rogers. 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 North Greene Street, Baltimore MD, 21201 AND 2Departments of Molecular Biology & Biophysics and Physiology, Medical Biotechnology Center and School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 APStracts 5:0330H, 1998.
• Essential roles for g1 cyclin-dependent kinase activity in development of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Tamamori, Mimi, Hiroshi Ito, Michiaki Hiroe, Yoshio Terada, Fumiaki Marumo, Masa-Aki Ikeda. 1Second Department of Internal Medicine, and, 2Department of Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113, Japan, APStracts 5:0331H, 1998.
• Plasma viscosity regulates capillary perfusion during extreme hemodilution in hamster skinfold model. Tsai, Amy G., Barbara Friesenecker, Michael McCarthy, Hiromi Sakai, Marcos Intaglietta. Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412 APStracts 5:0332H, 1998.
• Prolonged exercise causes an increase in endothelin-1 production in the heart in rats. Maeda, Seiji, Takashi Miyauchi, Satoshi Sakai, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Motoyuki Iemitsu, Katsutoshi Goto, Yasuro Sugishita, and Mitsuo Matsuda. 1Department of Sports Medicine, Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, 2Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, 3Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, and 4Center for TARA (Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0006, Japan APStracts 5:0333H, 1998.
• P2 purinoceptor-mediated dilations in the rat middle cerebral artery after ischemia/reperfusion . Marrelli, Sean P., Andrei Khorovets, T. David Johnson, William F. Childres, Robert M. Bryan, Jr., . 1The Graduate Program in Cardiovascular Sciences of the DeBakey Heart Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, 2Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030 APStracts 5:0334H, 1998.
• Heart and lung vegf mrna expression in rats with monocrotaline- or hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Partovian, Chohreh, Serge Adnot, Saadia Eddahibi, Emmanuel Teiger, Micheline Levame, Patrick Dreyfus, Bernadette Raffestin, Christian Frelin. *Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, D[acute]epartement de Physiologie, INSERM U 492 and U 421, H[circumflex]opital Henri Mondor, 94010 Cr[acute]eteil, France, _Institut de Pharmacologie Mol[acute]eculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UPR 411, 660 Route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France. APStracts 5:0335H, 1998.
• Dynamic length-tension-intracellular calcium relations in activated ferret papillary muscles. Saeki, Yasutake, Satoshi Kurihara, Kimiaki Komukai, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Kiyohiro Takigiku. Department of Physiology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama 230, Japan; Department of Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105, Japan; and Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama 236, Japan APStracts 5:0336H, 1998.
• Vasopressin contributes to dynorphin modulation of hypoxic cerebrovasodilation. Venteicher, Andrew, and William M. Armstead. Departments of Anesthesia and Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania and The Children_s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104 APStracts 5:0337H, 1998.
• Heat preconditioning of endothelial cells ameliorates f-actin response to simulated ischemia: a potential role for hsp27. Loktionova, Svetlana A., Olga P. Ilyinskaya and Alexander E. Kabakov . 1 Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Cardiology Research Center, Moscow, 121552; and 2 Medical Radiology Research Center, Obninsk, 249020, Russia APStracts 5:0338H, 1998.
• Pretreatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors partially attenuates ischemic preconditioning in the rat heart. Fryer, Ryan M., Jo El J. Schultz, Anna K. Hsu, Garrett J. Gross. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 APStracts 5:0339H, 1998.
• Blood yield stress in systemic sclerosis. Picart, Catherine, Patrick H. Carpentier, H[acute]el[grave]ene Galliard, Jean-Michel Piau . 1 Laboratoire de M[acute]edecine Vasculaire, Universit[acute]e Joseph Fourier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, BP 217 X, 38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France; 2 Laboratoire de Rh[acute]eologie, Universit[acute]e Joseph Fourier, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, et CNRS UMR 5520, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble cedex 9, France. APStracts 5:0340H, 1998.
• Isolation and characterization of the human gene encoding the transient outward potassium current: further diversity by alternative mrna splicing. Kong, Wei, Sunny Po, Toshio Yamagishi, M. Dominique Ashen, Gail Stetten#, Gordon F. Tomaselli. Department of Medicine, Section of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology and #Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University APStracts 5:0341H, 1998.
• Temperature dependence of early and late currents in human cardiac wild-type and long qt kpq mutant sodium channels. Nagatomo, Toshihisa, Zheng Fan, Bin Ye, #gayle S. Tonkovich, Craig T. January, #john W. Kyle, Jonathan C. Makielski. Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, #Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL APStracts 5:0342H, 1998.
• Beta-adrenergic stimulation induces transient imbalance between myocardial substrate uptake and metabolism in vivo. Xu, Ya, Li Lu, Peili Zhu, Gregory G. Schwartz. Cardiology Section, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute*, University of California, San Francisco APStracts 5:0343H, 1998.
• Reflex pressor response to arterial phenylbiguanide: role of abdominal sympathetic visceral afferents . Fu, Liang-Wu, and John C. Longhurst. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Departments of Internal Medicine and Human Physiology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 APStracts 5:0344H, 1998.
• Characterization of cardiac malonyl-coa decarboxylase and its putative role in regulating fatty acid oxidation. Dyck, Jason R. B., Amy J. Barr, Rick L. Barr, Pappachan E. Kolattukudy, and Gary D. Lopaschuk. *, Cardiovascular Research and Lipid Lipoprotein Research Groups, Departments of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, The Ohio State Biotechnology Center and Department of Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio APStracts 5:0345H, 1998.
• Arterial heparin deposition: role of diffusiion, convection, and extravascular space. Lovich, Mark A., Mike Philbrook, Sean Sawyer, Ed Weselcouch, Elazer R. Edelman. Harvard University-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, Focal, Inc., Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women_s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA APStracts 5:0346H, 1998.
• Time-frequency analysis of fetal heart beat fluctuation using wavelet transform. Kimura, Yoshitaka, Kunihiro Okamura, Takanori Watanabe, Nobuo Yaegashi, Shigeki Uehara, Akira Yajima. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aobaku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan APStracts 5:0347H, 1998.
• Effects of aging on sarcoplasmic reticulum ca2--cycling proteins and their phosphorylation in rat myocardium. Xu, and N. Narayanan. Department of Physiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1 APStracts 5:0348H, 1998.
• Metallothionein overexpressing neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes are resistant to hydrogen peroxide toxicity. Wang, Guang-Wu, Dale A. Schuschke, and Y. James Kang,. 1 Department of Medicine, 2Applied Microcirculation Research Center, and 3Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40292 APStracts 5:0349H, 1998.
• Effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition on protein kinase c and ca2+ cycling proteins in pressure-overload heart failure. Takeishi, Yasuchika, Ajit Bhagwat, Nancy A. Ball, Darryl L. Kirkpatrick, Muthu Periasamy, and Richard A. Walsh. Division of Cardiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267 APStracts 5:0350H, 1998.
• Stimulation of cerebellar fastigial nucleus inhibits the interleukin-1 -induced cerebrovascular inflammation. Galea, Elena, Sara B. Glickstein, Douglas L. Feinstein, Eugene V. Golanov, and Donald J. Reis. Division of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York APStracts 5:0351H, 1998.
• Endothelial nitric oxide synthase increases in left atria of dogs with pacing-induced heart failure Khadour, ]adi H., Darryl W. O'brien, Yuling Fu, Paul W. Armstrong, and Richard Schulz, . Departments of 1Pharmacology, 2Medicine and 3Pediatrics, Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2S2 CANADA APStracts 5:0352H, 1998.
• Nitric oxide modulates p-selectin and icam-1 mrna expression and hemodynamic alterations in hepatic ischemia-reperfusion. Liu, Peitan, Baohuan Xu, Carl E. Hock, Robert Nagele, Frank F. Sun, and Patrick Y-K Wong. Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Biology*, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine, 2 Medical Center Drive, Stratford, NJ 08084 APStracts 5:0353H, 1998.
• Activation of a2a- and p2x-purinoceptors in the nucleus tractus solitarius evokes differential adrenal vs. renal sympathetic responses.. Scislo, Tadeusz J., and Donal S. O'leary. Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201 APStracts 5:0354H, 1998.
• Thermodynamic limitation for ca2- handling contributes to decreased contractile reserve in rat hearts. Tian, Rong, Jessica M. Halow[grave]a, Markus Meyer, Wolfgang H. Dillmann, Vincent M. Figueredo[grave]a, Joanne S. Ingwall, S. Albert Camacho[grave]a. *NMR Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, [grave]aUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA 94110, and Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093. APStracts 5:0355H, 1998.
• Protective roles of nitric oxide and testosterone in endotoxemia: evidence from nos2-deficient mice. Laubach, Victor E., Patricia L. Foley, Kim S. Shockey, Curtis G. Tribble and Irving L. Kron. Departments of 1Surgery and 2Comparative Medicine, University of Virginia, Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908 APStracts 5:0356H, 1998.
• Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in cd18 and icam-1 deficient mice. Palazzo, Anthony J., Steven P. Jones, Wesley G. Girod, Donald C. Anderson, D. Neil Granger, and David J. Lefer. Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, LSU Medical Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130-3392, 1Discovery Research, Pharmacia and Upjohn, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI 49001 APStracts 5:0357H, 1998.
• 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid inhibits prostaglandin e2 production in vascular smooth muscle cells. Fanga, Xiang, Steven A. Mooreb, Lynn L. Stollc, Gretchen Richb, Terry L. Kaducea, Neal L. Weintraubd, and Arthur A. Spectora, D. Departments of Biochemistrya, Pathologyb, Anesthesiac, and Internal Medicined, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 APStracts 5:0358H, 1998.
• Effects of sympathetic nerve stimulation on membrane potential, [ ob]ca2+]i and force in the toad sinus venosus. Cousins, Narelle J. Bramich & Helen M. Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 APStracts 5:0359H, 1998.
• Effects of increased calcium and glycolytic substrate on contractility and calcium during hypoxia in isolated rat cardiomyocytes. Kondo, Richard P., Carl S. Apstein, Franz R. Eberli, Douglas L. Tillotson, Thomas M. Suter. Cardiac Muscle Research Laboratory, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute1, and Department of Physiology2, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 APStracts 5:0360H, 1998.
• Autonomic control of heart rate in dogs treated chronically with morphine. Napier, Leslie D., Amber Stanfill, Darice A. Yoshishige, Keith E. Jackson, Barbara A. Barron, and James L. Caffrey. Department of Integrative Physiology and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107 APStracts 5:0361H, 1998.
• Relation between the zero-stress state and branching order of the porcine left coronary arterial tree. Bert, Ole Fr, ) Hans Gregersen, ) Jesper Bjerre, ) Jens P. Bagger, ) Ghassan S. Kassab, ). 1) Skejby Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, 2) Center of Biomechanics, Institute of Experimental Clinical Research, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, 3) Institute of Pharmacology, Aarhus University, Denmark, 4) Cardiological Department, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmth Hospital, London, UK., 5) Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, USA. APStracts 5:0362H, 1998.
• Exercise training increases l-type calcium current density in coronary smooth muscle. Bowles, D. K., Q. Hu, M. H. Laughlin, and M. Sturek. Vascular Biology Laboratory, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, Departments of Physiology and Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211 APStracts 5:0363H, 1998.
• High dietary salt alters arteriolar myogenic responsiveness in normotensive and hypertensive rats. Nurkiewicz, Timothy R., and Matthew A. Boegehold. Department of Physiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505-9229 APStracts 5:0364H, 1998.
• Differential depression of myocardial function and metabolism by lactate and h-. Samajaa, Michele, Sonia Allibardia, Giuseppina Milanoa, Gabriella Neria, Bruno Grassib, L. Bruce Gladdenc, Michael C. Hogand. aDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, University of Milan, Italy; bIstituto di Tecnologie Biomediche Avanzate del C.N.R., Milan, Italy; cDepartment of Health and Human Performance, Auburn University, Alabama; d Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego APStracts 5:0365H, 1998.
• Metallothionein overexpressing neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes are resistant to hydrogen peroxide toxicity. Wang, Guang-Wu, Dale A. Schuschke, and Y. James Kang,. 1 Department of Medicine, 2Applied Microcirculation Research Center, and 3Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40292 APStracts 5:0366H, 1998.
• Mechanism of prejunctional muscarinic receptor-mediated inhibition of neurogenic vasodilation in porcine cerebral arteries. Liu, J., and T. J. F. Lee. Department of Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 19230, Springfield, Illinois 62794-1222 APStracts 5:0367H, 1998.
• Post-exercise reductions in arterial pressure and peripheral resistance are due to reductions in sympathetic nerve activity. Kulics, Jennifer M., Heidi L. Collins, and Stephen E. Dicarlo. Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201 APStracts 5:0368H, 1998.
• Chronic circadian desynchronization decreases the survival of animals with cardiomyopathic heart disease. Penev, Plamen D., Daniel E. Kolker, Phyllis C. Zee, and Fred W. Turek,. 1Center for Circadian Biology and Medicine, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 and 2Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60211 APStracts 5:0369H, 1998.