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

The American Physiological Society

• Exercise training reduces skeletal muscle membrane arachidonate in the obese (fafa) zucker rat. Ayre, Kerry J, Stephen D Phinney, Anna B Tang, Judith S Stern. Department of Biomedical Science, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia; Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, CA 95817; Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA APStracts 5:0312A, 1998.
• Analysis of forced expiratory maneuvers from raised lung volumes in preterm infants. Henschen, Matthias, Janet Stocks, Ah-Fong Hoo and Paul Dixon. 1Portex Anaesthesia, Intensive Therapy & Respiratory Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, Tel: 0171 242 9789 ext 2382, Fax: 0171 829 8634, Email: j.stocks@ich.ucl.ac.uk, 2Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London W2 1PG, UK APStracts 5:0313A, 1998.
• Perinatal exposure to nicotine impairs the ability of newborn rats to autoresuscitate from primary apnea during repeated exposure to hypoxia. Fewell, James E., & Francine G. Smith. Department of Physiology & Biophysics, The University of Calgary, Health Sciences Centre, 3330 Hospital Drive, N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, CANADA APStracts 5:0314A, 1998.
• Cardiovascular and valsalva responses during parabolic flight_r1. Schlegel, Todd T., Edgar W. Benavides, Donald C. Barker, Troy E. Brown, Deborah L. Harm, Suresh J. Desilva and Phillip A. Low. Life Sciences Research Laboratories, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center( and Wyle Laboratories2, Houston, Texas; Albert Einstein Medical Center3, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Autonomic Reflex Laboratory, Mayo Foundation4, Rochester, Minnesota. APStracts 5:0315A, 1998.
• The human ventilatory response to co2 after 8 h of isocapnic/ poikilocapnic hypoxia. Fatemian, Marzieh, and Peter A. Robbins. University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, U.K. APStracts 5:0316A, 1998.
• The ventilatory effects of glial dysfunction in a rat brainstem chemoreceptor region. Erlichman, Joseph S., Aihua Li and Eugene E. Nattie. 1Department of Biology, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335 and 2Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756-0001 APStracts 5:0317A, 1998.
• Effects of airway inflammation on cough response in the guinea pig. Xiang, Anbo, Yoshiyuki Uchida, Akihiro Nomura, Hiroaki Iijima, Fang Dong, Min-Jie Zhang and Shizuo Hasegawa. 1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575 Japan, 2 Doctor Program in Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8573 Japan APStracts 5:0318A, 1998.
• Mri study of regional variations of pharyngeal wall compliance in cats. Brennick, Michael J., Malcolm D. Ogilvie, Susan S. Margulies, Luke Hiller, Warren B. Gefter and Allan I. Pack. Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, Director, Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center APStracts 5:0319A, 1998.
• The distribution of tmdotp5- in rat tissues: tmdotp5- versus coedta- as markers of extracellular tissue space. Sherry@, J. D. Makos@ C. R. Malloy# & A. D., #. @Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, and *Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX APStracts 5:0320A, 1998.
• Quantitation of intracellular [na+] in vivo using tmdotp5- as a nmr shift reagent and extracellular marker. Winter, Patrick M., Viswanathan Seshan, Janice D. Makos, A. Dean Sherry, Craig R. Malloy and Navin Bansal. Mary Nell and Ralph B. Rogers Magnetic Resonance Center, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX1; Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX2; Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX3. APStracts 5:0321A, 1998.
• Magnetic resonance imaging of total body fat . Thomas, E. Louise, Nadeem Saeed, Joseph V. Hajnal, Audrey Brynes, Anthony P. Goldstone, Gary Frost, and Jimmy D. Bell. The Robert Steiner MR Unit, 1Department of Dietetics and 2Endocrine Unit, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS. APStracts 5:0322A, 1998.
• Instrumentation for the remote monitoring of physiological and behavioral variables. Andrews, R. D. Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T_1Z4 APStracts 5:0323A, 1998.
• Pituitary-adrenal-gonadal responses to high intensity resistance exercise overtraining. Kraemer, A. C. Fry W. J., and L. T. Ramsey. 1Human Performance Laboratories, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, 2Center for Sports Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 APStracts 5:0324A, 1998.
• Grip strength changes over 27 years in japanese-american men. Rantanen, T., K. Masaki, D. Foley, G. Izmirlian, L. White, J. M. Guralnik. 1Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 2Honolulu Heart Program, Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii APStracts 5:0325A, 1998.
• Effects of the ovarian cycle on sympathetic neural outflow during static exercise. Ettinger, Steven M., David H. Silber, Kristen S. Gray, Michael B. Smith, Qing X. Yang, Allen R. Kunselman and Lawrence I. Sinoway,. Section of Cardiology1, Department of Radiology2, and Biostatistics Section, Department of Health Evaluation Sciences3, The Pennsylvania State University, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033 and Lebanon Veterans Administration Medical Center4, Lebanon, PA 17042 APStracts 5:0326A, 1998.
• The myth of maximal airway responsiveness in vivo . Brown, Robert H., Wayne Mitzner,. 1Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, 2Department of Environmental Health Sciences/Division of Physiology, 3Department of Radiology, 4Department of Biomedical Engineering APStracts 5:0327A, 1998.
• Characteristics of the infant arousal response. McNamara, Frances, Henning Wulbrand, Bradley T. Thach. Washington University School of Medicine, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics / Newborn Medicine, St. Louis MO., USA 63110 APStracts 5:0328A, 1998.
• Changes in lower limb volume in humans during parabolic flight. Bailliart, Olivier, Andr[acute]e Capderou, Bernard P. Cholley, Christian Kays, Daniel Riviere, Pierre Techoueyres, Jean-Luc Lachaud and Pierre Va_da. 1Services des Explorations Fonctionnelles et d_Anesth[acute]esie -R[acute]eanimation, H[circumflex]opital Lariboisi[grave]ere, 2 rue Ambroise Par[acute]e, 75010 Paris, 2Laboratoire de Physiologie CCML, 133 avenue de la R[acute]esistance, 92350 Le Plessis-Robinson, Universit[acute]e Paris XI and UPRES EA 2397, 3Laboratoire de Physiologie, M[acute]edecine A[acute]erospatiale, Universit[acute]e Bordeaux 2 F 33076 Bordeaux cedex, 4Laboratoire des Adaptations de l_Organisme [grave]a l_Exercice Musculaire, Unit[acute]e de Formation et de Recherche M[acute]edecine Toulouse-Purpan, F 31073 Toulouse cedex. APStracts 5:0329A, 1998.
• Brainstem lesion size determined by dead red_ or conjugation of neurotoxin to fluorescent beads rtn lesion size. Nattie, Eugene E., Joseph S. Erlichman and Aihua Li. 1Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03765, and 2 Department of Biology, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335 APStracts 5:0330A, 1998.
• Two-step, predictive, isometric-force model tested on data from human and rat muscles. Ding, Jun, Stuart A. Binder-Macleod, Anthony S. Wexler, . 1Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomechanics and Movement Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE APStracts 5:0331A, 1998.
• Respiratory changes associated with rapid eye movements in normo- and hypercapnia during sleep. Sch[umlaut]afer, Thorsten, and Marianne E. Schl[umlaut]afke. Dept. of Applied Physiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany APStracts 5:0332A, 1998.
• Voluntary activation of the human diaphragm in health and disease. Sinderby, Christer, ), Jennifer Beck,), Jadranka Spahija,), Jan Weinberg), Alex Grassino). 1)Guy-Bernier Research Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2)Institution of Clinical Neuroscience, University of G[diaeresis]oteborg, G[diaeresis]oteborg, Sweden, 3)Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 4)CHUM, Pavillion Notre Dame, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 5)School of Physical Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 6)Department of Neurology, Huddinge Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden APStracts 5:0333A, 1998.
• Recovery of free adp, pi, and free energy of atp hydrolysis in human skeletal muscle. Wackerhage, Henning, Uwe Hoffmann, Dieter Essfeld, Dieter Leyk, Klaus Mueller and Jochen Zange. 1Department of Physiology, German Sports University, Cologne, Germany, 2Institute of Aerospace Medicine, DLR, Cologne, Germany. APStracts 5:0334A, 1998.
• Diaphragm emg measured by cervical magnetic and electrical phrenic nerve stimulation. Luo(, Ym, Mi Polkey(, Lc Johnson(, Ra Lyall(, Ml Harris(, M Green( and J Moxham(. King_s College( and Royal Brompton Hospitals(, London UK, Respiratory Muscle Laboratory, King_s College School of Medicine & Dentistry, Bessemer Rd, London SE5, 9PJ, UK, Fax +44 171 346 3589, Tel +44 171 346 4493 APStracts 5:0335A, 1998.
• Vo2 slow component for a severe exercise depends on type of exercise and is not correlated with time to fatigue.. Billat, Veronique L., Ruddy Richard, Valerie M. Binsse, Jean P. Koralsztein and Philippe Haouzi. 1Laboratoire Science du Sport, Universit[acute]e Paris 5, 75015 Paris, Institut Coeur Effort Sant[acute]e 75005 Paris ; Centre de M[acute]edecine du Sport CCAS 75010 Paris, 2Laboratoire de Physiologie, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine de Nancy, 54505, Vandoeuvre-l[grave]es-Nancy, France. APStracts 5:0336A, 1998.
• Inhaled nitric oxide prevents left ventricular impairment during endotoxemia.. Ishihara, Satoshi, John A Ward, Osamu Tasaki, Basil A Pruitt, Cleon W Goodwin, David W Mozingo, William G Cioffi. 1US Army Institute of Surgical Research, 2Brook Army Medical Center, 3University of Florida, 4Rhode Island Hospital, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3400 Rawley E Chambers Avenue, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234-5012 APStracts 5:0337A, 1998.
• Influence of group b streptococci on the piglet pulmonary artery response to bradykinin. Whitehurst, Richard M., Rachel Laskey, Ronald N. Goldberg, Donald Herbert, Cornelius Van Breemen. 1 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 2 The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 4 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 3 Department of Radiology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama APStracts 5:0338A, 1998.
• Shortening and [ca2-] dynamics of left ventricular myocytes isolated from exercise trained rats. BPalmer, Bradley M., Anne M. Thayer, Steven M. Snyder, and Russell L. Moore. Department of Kinesiology & The University of Colorado Cardiovascular Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 APStracts 5:0339A, 1998.
• Mechanical advantage of the canine diaphragm. Wilson, Theodore A., Aladin M. Boriek and Joseph R. Rodarte. 1Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455; and 2Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX 77030 APStracts 5:0340A, 1998.
• Is there evidence for an age-related reduction in metabolic rate?. Piers, Leonard S., Mario J. Soares, Leanne M. McCormack, Kerin O'dea. 1Unit of Nutrition & Preventive Medicine, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton Vic 3168, Australia, Telephone: -(61 3) 9550 5510; Facsimile: -(61 3) 9550 5509, e-mail: sunil.piers@med.monash.edu.au, 2Department of Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U 1987, Perth WA 6845, Australia, 3School of Nutrition & Public Health, Deakin University, 336 Glenferrie Road, Malvern VIC 3144, Australia. APStracts 5:0341A, 1998.
• Effect of ventilation distribution on aerosol bolus dispersion and recovery. Brown, James S., Timothy R. Gerrity and William D. Bennett. 1Center for Environmental Medicine and Lung Biology, UNC-CH; 2Clinical Research Branch, Human Studies Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Chapel Hill, NC. APStracts 5:0342A, 1998.
• Effects of pregnancy and chronic hypoxia on contractile responsiveness to [alpha]-adrenergic stimulation. White, Margueritte Mabry, Robert E. McCullough, Rebecca Dyckes, Alastair D. Robertson, Lorna G. Moore,. 1 Women's Health Research Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, 2 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, 3 Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Denver, CO 80217-3364 APStracts 5:0343A, 1998.
• Tumor necrosis factor in ischemia and reperfusion injury in rat lungs. Khimenko, Pavel L., G. J. Bagby#, J. Fuseler_ and Aubrey E. Taylor. * Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688; # Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112; _ Department of Medicine, Louisiana State, University Medical Center, Shreveport, LA. APStracts 5:0344A, 1998.
• Enhanced brain natriuretic peptide response to peak exercise in heart-transplant recipients. Geny, Bernard, Anne Charloux, Eliane Lampert, Jean Lonsdorfer, Pascal Haberey and Fran[cedilla]cois Piquard,. 1Laboratoire des R[acute]egulations Physiologiques et des Rythmes Biologiques chez l_Homme, JE 2105, Institut de Physiologie, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine, Strasbourg, 2Service d_Explorations Fonctionnelles Cardiocirculatoires, Facult[acute]e de M[acute]edecine, Strasbourg, France APStracts 5:0345A, 1998.
• Short-term exercise enhances insulin-stimulated glut4 translocation and glucose transport in adipose cells. Ferrara, Cynthia M., Thomas H. Reynolds, Mary Jane Zarnowski, Joseph T. Brozinick, Jr., and Samuel W. Cushman. Experimental Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition Section, Diabetes Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 APStracts 5:0346A, 1998.
• Limitations to exercise- and maximal insulin-stimulated muscle glucose uptake. Halseth, Amy E., Deanna P. Bracy, and David H. Wasserman. Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN APStracts 5:0347A, 1998.
• The effects of changes in ph and co2 on pulmonary arterial wall tension are not endothelium-dependent.. Sweeney, Mich[grave]ele, David Beddy, Valerie Honner, Bridget Sinnott, Ronan G. O'regan, Paul McLoughlin. 1Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, University College, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland. APStracts 5:0348A, 1998.
• Capillary growth in relation to blood flow and performance in overloaded rat skeletal muscle. Egginton, S., O. Hudlick, M. D. Brown, H. Walter, J. B. Weiss & A. Bate. 1Angiogenesis Research Group, Department of Physiology and 2School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, and 3Wolfson Angiogenesis Unit, Department of Rheumatology, Hope Hospital, Salford, M6 2JR, United Kingdom APStracts 5:0349A, 1998.
• Changes in respiratory control during and after 48 h of isocapnic and poikilocapnic hypoxia in humans.. Tansley, John G., Marzieh Fatemian, Luke S. G. E. Howard, Marc J. Poulin, and Peter A. Robbins. University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, U.K. APStracts 5:0350A, 1998.
• Ambulatory impedance cardiography a feasibility study. McFetridge, Andrew Sherwood Judy, and J. Stanford Hutcheson. 1Biobehavioral Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, 2Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC27599 APStracts 5:0351A, 1998.
• Effects of acetylcholine and nitric oxide on forearm blood flow at rest and after a single muscle contraction. Brock, R. W., M. E. Tschakovsky, J. K. Shoemaker, J. R. Halliwill, M. J. Joyner and R. L. Hughson. Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada, and *Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA APStracts 5:0352A, 1998.
• Mechanism of pyocyanin and 1-hydroxyphenazine induced lung neutrophilia in sheep airways. Lauredo, Isabel T., Juan R. Sabater, Ashfaq Ahmed, Yelena Botvinnikova, and William M. Abraham. Division of Pulmonary Disease, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida 33140 APStracts 5:0353A, 1998.
• Regulation of nitric oxide production in response to skeletal muscle activation. Fujii, Yoshitaka, Yang Guo, and Sabah N. A. Hussain. Critical Care and Respiratory Divisions, Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital and Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada APStracts 5:0354A, 1998.
• Effects of hyperthermia on the contraction and dilatation of rabbit femoral arteries.. Padilla, Jaime, Angel Luis Garc[acute]ia-Villal[acute]on, Nuria Fern[acute]andez, Luis Monge, Bernardino G[acute]omez, and Godofredo Di[acute]eguez. Departamento de Fisiolog[acute]ia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Aut[acute]onoma, 28029 Madrid, Spain and 1Departamento de Biolog[acute]ia, Universidad del Atl[acute]antico, Barranquilla, Colombia. APStracts 5:0355A, 1998.
• Decreases in organ blood flows are associated with increases in sublingual pco2 during hemorrhagic shock. Jin, Xiaohua, Max Harry Weil, Shijie Sun, Wanchun Tang, Joe Bisera, Earl J Mason. Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Palm Springs, CA 92262, The University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033 APStracts 5:0356A, 1998.
• Bronchial vascular contribution to lung lymph flow. Wagner, Elizabeth M., Sandralee Blosser, Wayne Mitzner. Departments of Medicine and Environmental Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland APStracts 5:0357A, 1998.
• Influence of volume dependency and timing of airway occlusions on the hering-breuer reflex in infants. Stocks, Patricia S Rabbette Janet. Portex Anaesthesia, Intensive Therapy and Respiratory Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, Telephone: 0171 242 9789 extn 2382, Fax: 0171 829 8634, E-mail: jstocks@ich.ucl.ac.uk APStracts 5:0358A, 1998.
• Carbohydrate intake during prolonged cycling minimizes effect of glycemic index of pre-exercise meal. Burke, Louise M, Amanda Claassen, John A Hawley, Timothy D Noakes. 1Department of Sports Nutrition, Australian Institute of Sport, 2MRC/UCT Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Cape Town Medical School APStracts 5:0359A, 1998.
• Contribution of vasomotion to vascular resistance: a comparison of arteries from virgin and pregnant rats. Gratton, Robert J., Robin E. Gandley, John F. McCarthy, Walter K. Michaluk, Bryan K. Slinker and Margaret K. McLaughlin,. 1Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and 2Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15213, 3Carnegie Mellon Research Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15230, 4Department of Veterinarian and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 APStracts 5:0360A, 1998.
• Interaction of hyperthyroidism and hindlimb suspension on skeletal myosin heavy chain expression. Haddad, F., A. X. Qin, M. Zeng, S. A. McCue, and K. M. Baldwin. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 APStracts 5:0361A, 1998.
• Effects of intensity of acute resistance exercise on rates of protein synthesis in moderately diabetic rats. Farrell, Peter A., Mark J. Fedele, Thomas C. Vary, Scott R. Kimball and Leonard S. Jefferson. 1Noll Physiological Research Center and Department of Kinesiology, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 and 2Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033 APStracts 5:0362A, 1998.
• Left ventricular dysfunction following rewarming from experimental hypothermia. Tveita, Torkjel, Kirsti Ytrehus, Eivind S. P. Myhre, and Olav Hevr_y. Institute of Medical Biology, University of Troms, N-9037 Troms, Norway APStracts 5:0363A, 1998.
• Novel transitions in myosin isoforms: separate and combined effects of thyroid hormone and mechanical unloading. Caiozzo, Vincent J., Michael J. Baker, and Kenneth M. Baldwin. Departments of Physiology & Biophysics and Orthopaedics, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA APStracts 5:0364A, 1998.
• Alpha1 adrenergic receptor responsiveness in skeletal muscle during dynamic exercise. Buckwalter, John B., Patrick J. Mueller, and Philip S. Clifford. Departments of Anesthesiology and Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin and VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI 53295 APStracts 5:0365A, 1998.
• Muscle quality ii: effects of strength training in 65 - 75 year old men and women. Tracy, B. L., F. M. Ivey, D. Hurlbut, G. F. Martel, J. T. Lemmer, E. L. Siegel, E. J. Metter, J. L. Fozard, J. L. Fleg and B. F. Hurley. Department of Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, *Department of Radiology, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, **National Institute on Aging, Gerontology Research Center, Baltimore, MD 21224 APStracts 5:0366A, 1998.
• Muscle quality i: age-associated differences in arm vs. leg muscle groups. Lynch, N. A., E. J. Metter, R. S. Lindle, J. L. Fozard, J. D. Tobin, T. A. Roy, J. L. Fleg and B. F. Hurley. Department of Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, *National Institute of Aging, Gerontology Research Center, Baltimore, MD 21224 APStracts 5:0367A, 1998.
• "convertase" activity in alveolar surfactant and lamellar bodies in fetal, newborn and adult rabbits. Oulton, Margaret, Elizabeth Edwards, and Kiren Handa. Department of Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Dalhousie University and IWK -Grace Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4N1 APStracts 5:0368A, 1998.
• Effects of resistance training and chromium picolinate on body composition and skeletal muscle in older men.. Campbell, Wayne W., Lyndon J. Joseph, Stephanie L. Davey, Deanna Cyr -Campbell, Richard A. Anderson, William J. Evans . 1 Nutrition, Metabolism, and Exercise Laboratory, Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA, 72205, the Veterans Administration Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Little Rock, AR, USA, 72205, the 2 Noll Physiological Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, 16802, and the 3 USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, MD, USA, 20705. APStracts 5:0369A, 1998.
• Effect of drink composition on voluntary drinking and fluid balance in exercising trained heat-acclimatized boys. Rivera-Brown, Anita M., Randall Guti[acute]errez, Juan Carlos Guti[acute]errez, Walter R. Frontera, Oded Bar-Or, . Center for Sports Health and Exercise Sciences at the Albergue Ol[acute]impico, Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine1; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston2; and The Children's Exercise and Nutrition Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada3. APStracts 5:0370A, 1998.
• Human skeletal muscle hsp70 response to training in highly trained rowers. Liu, Yuefei, Sabine Mayr, Alexandra Opitz-Gress, Claudia Zeller, Werner Lormes, Susanne Baur, Manfred Lehmann and J[umlaut]urgen M. Steinacker. 1Abt. Sport- und Leistungsmedizin, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany APStracts 5:0371A, 1998.
• Prolonged hypoxia increases vascular endothelial growth factor ( vegf) mrna and protein in adult mouse brain. Kuo, Ning-Tsu, David Benhayon, Ronald J. Przybylski, Richard J. Martin and Joseph C. Lamanna,. Departments of Anatomy1, Pediatrics2 and Neurology3, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 APStracts 5:0372A, 1998.
• Effects of lung volume on lung and chest wall mechanics in rats. Hirai, T., K. A. McKeown, R. F. M. Gomes and J. H. T. Bates,. 1Meakins-Christie Laboratories and 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2X 2P2 APStracts 5:0373A, 1998.
• Nitric oxide production and absorption in trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and respiratory bronchioles of humans. Dubois, Arthur B., Patrick M. Kelley, James S. Douglas and Vahid Mohsenin. 1John B. Pierce Laboratory and Yale University, 2John B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, CT 06519 APStracts 5:0374A, 1998.
• Oxidation of an oral 13c-glucose load at rest and prolonged exercise in trained and sedentary subjects. Burelle, Y()., F. P[acute]eronnet(), S. Charpentier(), C. Lavoie(), C. Hillaire-Marcel() and D. Massicotte(). (1) D[acute]epartement de kin[acute]esiologie, Universit[acute]e de Montr[acute]eal, CP 6128 Centre-Ville, Montr[acute]eal, P.Q. Canada H3C 3J7, (2) D[acute]epartement des Sciences de l_activit[acute]e physique, Universit[acute]e du Qu[acute]ebec [grave]a Trois Rivi[grave]eres, CP 500, Trois Rivi[grave]eres, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada, G9A 5H7, (3) D[acute]epartement de kinanthropologie, Universit[acute]e du Qu[acute]ebec [grave]a Montr[acute]eal, CP 8888 Succursale Centre Ville, Montr[acute]eal, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada, H3C 3P8 APStracts 5:0375A, 1998.
• Alveolar epithelial fluid clearance persists in the presence of moderate left atrial hypertension in sheep. Campbell, Andre R., Hans G. Folkesson, Yves Berthiaume, Jolanta Gutkowska, Sotashi Suzuki, and Michael A. Matthay, With The Technical Assistance Of Oscar O. Osorio. Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA., USA and Centre Hospitalier de l_Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada APStracts 5:0376A, 1998.
• Role of muscular factors in the cardiorespiratory responses to static exercise: contribution of reflex mechanisms.. Iellamo, Ferdinando, M. Massaro, G. Raimondi, G. Peruzzi, J. M. Legramante. Dipartimento di Medicina Interna - Cattedra di Fisiopatologia Medica, Universit[grave]a di Roma "Tor Vergata", 00173, Roma, Italy. APStracts 5:0377A, 1998.
• Pulmonary gas exchange analysis using simultaneous deposition of aerosolized and injected microspheres. Altemeier, William A., H. Thomas Robertson, Robb W. Glenny. University of Washington, Departments of Medicine1 and of Physiology and Biophysics2 APStracts 5:0378A, 1998.
• Pulmonary embolization causes hypoxemia by redistributing regional blood flow without changing ventilation. Altemeier, William A., H. Thomas Robertson, Steve McKinney, Robb W. Glenny, . University of Washington, Departments of Medicine1 and of Physiology and Biophysics2 APStracts 5:0379A, 1998.
• Estimating respiratory mechanics in the presence of flow limitation. Bijaoui, Eve, Stephanie A. Tuck, John E. Remmers and Jason H. T. Bates. 1Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H2X 2P2, and 2Department of Medicine, University of Calgary Health Sciences Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada APStracts 5:0380A, 1998.