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

The American Physiological Society

• Reduced reflex sensitivity persists several days after long-lasting stretch-shortening cycle (ssc) exercise. Avela, Janne, Heikki Kyr[diaeresis]ol[umlaut]ainen, Paavo V. Komi and Daniel Rama. 1Neuromuscular Research Center, Department of Biology of Physical Activity, University of Jyv[umlaut]askyl[umlaut]a, FIN-40100 Jyv[umlaut]askyl[umlaut]a, FINLAND and 2Sanofi Recherche, 371 Rue du Professeur Joseph Blayac, 34184 Montpellier Cedex 04, France APStracts 5:0515A, 1998.
• Modulation of temperature-induced tone by vasoconstrictor agents. Massett, Michael P., Stephen J. Lewis, James N. Bates and Kevin C. Kregel. Departments of 1 Exercise Science, 2 Pharmacology, and 3Anesthesia, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 APStracts 5:0516A, 1998.
• Influence of central antitussive drugs on the cough motor pattern. Bolser, Donald C., John A. Hey and Richard W. Chapman. Dept. Of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32606 and *Allergy, Schering -Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ, 07033 APStracts 5:0517A, 1998.
• Peptide toxin blockers of voltage-sensitive k+ channels: inotropic effects on diaphragm. Van, Erik, Lunteren and Michelle Moyer. Departments of Medicine and Neurosciences, Cleveland VA Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 APStracts 5:0518A, 1998.
• Physiological variability of fluid regulation hormones in young women. Stachenfeld, Nina S., Loretta Dipietro, Cheryl A. Kokoszka, Celso Silva and Ethan R. Nadel. 1,2The John B. Pierce Laboratory and 2Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health, and 3Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, and 4Women & Infants Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, 290 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT 06519 APStracts 5:0519A, 1998.
• The physiological strain index applied to heat-stressed rats. Moran, D. S., M. Horowitz, U. Meiri, A. Laor and K. B. Pandolf. 1US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts 01760- 5007. 2Heller Institute of Medical Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, the IDF Medical Corps - the Institute of Military Physiology, Israel 52621. 3Department of Physiology, Hadassa Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. APStracts 5:0520A, 1998.
• Physiological responses of exercised-fatigued individuals exposed to wet-cold conditions. Tikuisis, P., M. B. Ducharme, D. Moroz, and I. Jacobs. Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Human Protection and Performance, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3M 3B9 APStracts 5:0521A, 1998.
• Vagal esophageal receptors in anesthetized dogs: mechanical and chemical responsiveness. Sekizawa, S.-I., T. Ishikawa, F. B. Sant_ambrogio, and G. Sant_ambrogio. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0641, USA APStracts 5:0522A, 1998.
• Larynx vs. esophagus as reflexogenic sites for acid-induced bronchoconstriction in dogs. Ishikawa, Teruhiko, Shin-Ichi Sekizawa, Franca B. Sant_ambrogio, and Giuseppe Sant_ambrogio. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0641 APStracts 5:0523A, 1998.
• Human muscle performance and pcr hydrolysis with varied inspired oxygen fractions: a 31p-mrs study. Hogan, Michael C., Russell S. Richardson, and Luke J. Haseler. Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0623 APStracts 5:0524A, 1998.
• Altered reflex sensitivity due to repeated and prolonged passive muscle stretching. Avela, Janne, Heikki Kyr[diaeresis]ol[umlaut]ainen, and Paavo V. Komi. Neuromuscular Research Center, Department of Biology of Physical Activity, University of Jyv[umlaut]askyl[umlaut]a, FIN-40100 Jyv[umlaut]askyl[umlaut]a, FINLAND APStracts 5:0525A, 1998.
• Compensatory alveolar growth normalizes gas exchange function in immature dogs after pneumonectomy. Takeda, Shin-Ichi, Connie C. W. Hsia, Eva Wagner, Murugappan Ramanathan, Aaron S. Estrera and Ewald R. Weibel. Departments of Medicine1 and Surgery2, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235-9034 and Institute of Anatomy3 University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland APStracts 5:0526A, 1998.
• External thoracic restriction, respiratory sensation and ventilation during exercise in man.. Harty, Helen R., Douglas R. Corfield, Richard M. Schwartzstein and Lewis Adams. 1Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, Earlsfort Terrace, University College, Dublin 2, Ireland, 2Department of Cardiopulmonary Medicine, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, St Dunstan_s Road, London, W6 8RP, U.K. and 3Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215. APStracts 5:0527A, 1998.
• Vo2 recovery kinetics in the horse following moderate, heavy and severe exercise. Langsetmo, I., and D. C. Poole. Departments of Anatomy & Physiology and Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66502-5602 APStracts 5:0528A, 1998.
• The effect of a single bout of acute exercise on plasma human immunodeficiency virus rna levels. Roubenoff, Ronenn, Md, Mhs, Paul R. Skolnik, Md, Abby Shevitz, Md, Mph, Laura Snydman, Alicia Wang, Suzanne Melanson and Sherwood Gorbach, Md. 1Department of Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, 2Tupper Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, and 3Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111 APStracts 5:0529A, 1998.
• Effect of chronic sodium cyanate administration on o2 transport and uptake in hypoxic and normoxic exercise. McCanse, Web, Kyle Henderson, Tetsuya Urano, Ichiro Kuwahira, Richard L. Clancy and Norberto C. Gonzalez. 1Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160-7401 and 2Department of Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa 259 -1193 JAPAN APStracts 5:0530A, 1998.
• Effect of upper airway negative pressure on proprioceptive afferents from the tongue. Brancatisano, A., P. Davis, T. Van Der Touw, and J. R. Wheatley. Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia and *Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia. APStracts 5:0531A, 1998.
• Increased cerebral extracellular adenosine and decreased prostaglandin e2 during ethanol-induced inhibition of ovine fetal breathing movements. Watson, Carole S., Susan E. White, Jacobus H. Homan, Karen A. Kimura, James F. Brien, Laurence Fraher, John R. G. Challis and Alan D. Bocking. 1Departments of Physiology and Obstetrics & Gynaecology, MRC Group in Fetal and Neonatal Health and Development, 3Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, 1,3Lawson Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 4V2; 2Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Queen_s University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6 and 4Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8 APStracts 5:0532A, 1998.
• Myogenic and vasoconstrictor responsiveness of skeletal muscle arterioles is diminished by hindlimb unloading. Delp, Michael D. Departments of Health and Kinesiology and Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 APStracts 5:0533A, 1998.
• Airway hyperresponsiveness to ultrasonically nebulized distilled water in subjects with tetraplegia.. Grimm, David R., Ercilia Arias, Marvin Lesser, William A. Bauman and Peter L. Almenoff. (1)Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Spinal Cord Damage Research Center, Bronx, NY, and (2) Departments of Medicine and (3) Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. APStracts 5:0534A, 1998.
• Dispersion of 0.5-2 _m aerosol in micro- and hypergravity as a probe of convective inhomogeneity in the lung. Darquenne, Chantal, John B. West, and G. Kim Prisk. Dept. of Medicine, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093-0931. APStracts 5:0535A, 1998.
• High aerobic capacities in the skeletal muscles of pinnipeds: adaptations to diving hypoxia. Kanatous, Shane B., Leonard V. Dimichele, Daniel F. Cowan and Randall W. Davis. 1Department of Medicine 0623A, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92092-0623A, 2. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77845 and 3. Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0588. APStracts 5:0536A, 1998.
• Invited review: interaction of factors determining oxygen uptake at the onset of exercise. Tschakovsky, M. E., and R. L. Hughson. Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Canada N2L 3G1 APStracts 5:0537A, 1998.
• Eosinophils in the bronchial mucosa in relation to indices from methacholine dose-response curves in atopic asthmatics. M[diaeresis]oller, Gertrude M., Shelley E. Overbeek, Cornelia G. Van Helden-Meeuwsen, Henk C. Hoogsteden, Jan M. Bogaard. Departments of Pulmonary Diseases1, and Immunology2, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University Hospital Dijkzigt, The Netherlands APStracts 5:0538A, 1998.
• Modeling the effects of proteins on ph in plasma. Watson, Philip D., Ph. D. Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 APStracts 5:0539A, 1998.
• Gas supersaturation in the cecal wall of mice due to bacterial co2 production. Rasmussen, Henrik, Gunnvald Kvarstein, Helge Johnsen, Hubert Dirven, Tore Midtvedt, Peyman Mirtaheri, Tor Inge T_nnessen . (Research and Development, Nycomed Imaging AS, Oslo, Norway, (Department of Anesthesiology, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway, (Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Laboratory of Medical Microbiological Ecology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, (Medinnova, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway, and (Department of Anesthesiology and The Interventional Center, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway APStracts 5:0540A, 1998.
• Effect of oral glutamine on whole-body carbohydrate storage during recovery from exhaustive exercise.. Bowtell, J. L., K. Gelly, M. L. Jackman, A. Patel, M. Simeoni, M. J. Rennie. Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 4HN and * Department of Electronics and Informatics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy APStracts 5:0541A, 1998.
• Effect of oral glutamine on whole-body carbohydrate storage during recovery from exhaustive exercise.. Bowtell, J. L., K. Gelly, M. L. Jackman, A. Patel, M. Simeoni, M. J. Rennie. Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 4HN and * Department of Electronics and Informatics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy APStracts 5:0542A, 1998.
• Mechanisms of acute cardiovascular response to periodic apneas in sedated pigs. Chen, Ling, Anthony L. Sica, and Steven M. Scharf. Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Long Island Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Hew Hyde Park, NY 11042 APStracts 5:0543A, 1998.
• A-lipoic acid supplementation: tissue glutathione homeostasis at rest and following exercise. Khanna, Savita, Mustafa Atalay, David E. Laaksonen, Mustafa Gul, Sashwati Roy and Chandan K. Sen. 1Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuopio, FIN 70211, Finland; 2 Biological Technologies Section, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and 3Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3200, USA APStracts 5:0544A, 1998.
• Hyperosmolar saline induces reflex nasal secretions, evincing neural hyperresponsiveness in allergic rhinitis. Sanico, Alvin M., M. D., George Philip, M. D., Gordon K. Lai, M. D., Alkis Togias, M. D. . 1 DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, DIVISION OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA & ALLERGY CENTER, BALTIMORE, MD; AND 2 DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, DIVISION OF RESPIRATORY, AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA & ALLERGY CENTER, BALTIMORE, MD AND 3 CURRENT ADDRESS: DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES, MERCK & CO., INC., WEST POINT, PA APStracts 5:0545A, 1998.
• Effects of activation frequency and force on low-frequency fatigue in human skeletal muscle. Binder-Macleod, Stuart A., and David W. Russ. Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA APStracts 5:0546A, 1998.
• Enhanced activity of carotid body chemoreceptors in rabbits with heart failure: role of nitric oxide. Sun, Shu-Yu, W. Wang, I. H. Zucker, and H. D. Schultz. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, 984575 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. 68198-4575 APStracts 5:0547A, 1998.
• Combined therapy with inhaled nitric oxide and inhaled prostacyclin during experimental chronic pulmonary hypertension. Hill, Laureen L., M. D. and Ronald G. Pearl, M. D. Ph. D. Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305 APStracts 5:0548A, 1998.
• Evidence that stimulation of myofibrillar synthesis by exercise is mediated by more efficient translation of mrna. Welle, Stephen, Kirti Bhatt and Charles A. Thornton. Departments of Medicine1, Pharmacology and Physiology2, and Neurology3, University of Rochester APStracts 5:0549A, 1998.
• Dilation of rat diaphragmatic arterioles by flow and hypoxia: effects of inhibiting nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase. Ward, Michael E. Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital and Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada APStracts 5:0550A, 1998.
• Tomographical description of tennis loaded radius: reciprocal relation between bone size and volumetric bmd. Ashizawa, Noriko, Kiichi Nonaka, Sizuka Michikami, Tomoe Mizuki, Hitoshi Amagai, Kumpei Tokuyama and Masashige Suzuki. Growth Factor Division, National Cancer Center Reseach Institute, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104 APStracts 5:0551A, 1998.
• Evaluation of pulmonary resistance and maximal expiratory flow measurements during exercise in man. Beck, Kenneth C., Ph. D., Robert E. Hyatt, M. D., Panagiotis Mpougas, M. D. and Paul D. Scanlon, M. D. Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN, 55905, 507 -284-3106 (phone), 507-284-1462 (fax) APStracts 5:0552A, 1998.
• Kinetics of absorption atelectasis during anesthesia: a mathematical model. Joyce, C. J., and A. B. Williams. Department of Intensive Care, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 4102 APStracts 5:0553A, 1998.
• Enhanced peripheral chemoreflex function in conscious rabbits with pacing-induced heart failure. Sun, Shu-Yu, W. Wang, I. H. Zucker, and H. D. Schultz. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, 984575 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. 68198-4575 APStracts 5:0554A, 1998.
• Transport of colloidal particles in lymphatics and vasculature after subcutaneous injection. Higuchi, Makoto, Alexander Fokin, Thomas N. Masters, Francis Robicsek and Geert W. Schmid-Sch[diaeresis]onbein. 1Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412 and 2Heineman Medical Research, Charlotte, NC 28235 APStracts 5:0555A, 1998.
• Chronic exposure to nicotine alters endothelium-dependent arteriolar dilatation: effect of superoxide dismutase. Mayhan, William G., and Glenda M. Sharpe. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-4575 APStracts 5:0556A, 1998.
• Role of expiratory flow limitation in determining lung volumes and ventilation during exercise. McClaran, Steven R., Thomas J. Wetter, David F. Pegelow, and Jerome A. Dempsey. John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI APStracts 5:0557A, 1998.
• Pulmonary perfusion is more uniform in prone than in supine position: scintigraphy in healthy humans.. Nyr[acute]en, Sven, Margareta Mure, Hans Jacobsson, Stig A. Larsson and Sten G. E. Lindahl. Departments of Diagnostic Radiology, 1 Anesthesiology and Intensive Care 2 and Hospital Physics,3 Karolinska Hospital and Institute, SE -171 76 Stockholm, Sweden APStracts 5:0558A, 1998.