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

The American Physiological Society

• Effects of aortic nerve stimulation on discharges of sympathetic neurons innervating rat tail artery and vein. Johnson, Christopher D., and Michael P. Gilbey. Autonomic Neuroscience Institute, Department of Physiology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, U.K. APStracts 5:0222R, 1998.
• Ontogenetic and regional changes in [alpha]-methyl-d-glucoside and l-proline intestinal transport in guinea pig. Juan, M. Em[acute]ilia, M. Carmen Turmo, and Joana M. Planas. Grup de Transport Intestinal. Departament de Fisiologia.Divisi[acute]o IV, Facultat de Farm[grave]acia, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain APStracts 5:0223R, 1998.
• Ontogeny of hyperphagia in the zucker (fa/fa) rat. Kowalski, Timothy J., Andrea M. Ster, and Gerard P. Smith. E.W. Bourne Behavioral Research Laboratory, New York Hospital -Cornell Medical Center, 21 Bloomingdale Rd., White Plains, NY 10605. APStracts 5:0224R, 1998.
• Uncoupling of the autonomic and cardiovascular systems in acute brain injury. Goldstein, Brahm, Daniel Toweill, Susanna Lai, Karen Sonnenthal, Brent Kimberly. Oregon Health Sciences University, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics APStracts 5:0225R, 1998.
• Tissue spaces in rat heart, liver and skeletal muscle in vivo. Cieslar, Julie, Ming-Ta Huangand Geoffrey P. Dobson. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Queensland, Australia 4811 and 1Department of Biochemistry, Chang Gung College of Medicine and Technology, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, Taiwan, ROC APStracts 5:0226R, 1998.
• The role of nitric oxide in adrenal catecholamine secretion in anesthetized dogs. Nagayama, Takahiro, Akio Hosokawa, Makoto Yoshida, Mizue Suzuki -Kusaba, Hiroaki Hisa, Tomohiko Kimura, and Susumu Satoh. 1Department of Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Sendai 980-8578, Japan and 2Department of Dental Pharmacology, The Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Niigata, Hamaura-cho, Niigata 951-8580, Japan. APStracts 5:0227R, 1998.
• N-hydroxyarginine and nitric oxide inhibit caco-2 tumor cell proliferation by distinct mechanisms. Buga, Georgette M., Liu Hua Wei, Philip M. Bauer, Jon M. Fukuto, and Louis J. Ignarro. Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA School of Medicine, 23-120 CHS, Box 951735 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1735 APStracts 5:0228R, 1998.
• Endotoxemia in mice stimulates production of complement c3 and serum amyloid a in mucosa of small intestine. Wang, Quan, Tory A. Meyer, Steven T. Boyce, Jing Jing Wang, Xiaoyan Sun, Greg Tiao, Josef E. Fischer, Per Olof Hasselgren. Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, and the Shriners Hospital for Children, Cincinnati, Ohio. APStracts 5:0229R, 1998.
• Acidic fibroblast growth factor activates adrenomedullary secretion and sympathetic outflow in rats. Matsumoto, Litsuro, Akira Niijima, Yutaka Oomura, Kazuo Sasaki, Katsuhiko Tsuchiya and Tadaomi Aikawa. Department of Physiology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine1and Department of Environmental Physiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University5, Nagasaki 852; Department of Physiology, Niigata University School of Medicine,2 Niigata 951; Institute of Bio-Active Science, Nippon Zoki Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd3. Yashiro, Hyogo 673-14; Division of Bio-Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering4, Toyama University, Toyama 930; Japan. APStracts 5:0230R, 1998.
• Role and mechanism of endothelinb (etb) receptors in mediating et -1-induced vasoconstriction in pig skin. Pang, Cho Y., Christopher R. Forrest, Huai Xu, Jianrong Zhang, Joan E. Lipa, and Peter C. Neligan,. The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute1; and Departments of Surgery2 and Physiology3, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8 APStracts 5:0231R, 1998.
• Role of central catecholaminergic pathways in the actions of endogenous angiotensin ii on sympathetic reflexes.. Gaudet, Elisabeth, Shirley J. Godwin, Geoffrey A. Head. Baker Medical Research Institute, Commercial Road, Prahran 3181, Victoria, Australia APStracts 5:0232R, 1998.
• Leptin does not fully account for the satiety activity of adipose tissue-conditioned medium. Weigle, David S., Amy M. Hutson, Janet M. Kramer, Margaret G. M. Fallon, Joyce M. Lehner, Si Lok and Joseph L. Kuijper. 1Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195 and 2ZymoGenetics Corporation, Seattle, Washington 98102 APStracts 5:0233R, 1998.
• Alteration of renal function of rats following spaceflight. Wade, Charles E., and Emily Morey-Holton,. 1. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, 2. University of California, Davis, CA 95616, 3. University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 APStracts 5:0234R, 1998.
• Treatment of burned rats with insulin-like growth factor i inhibits the catabolic response in skeletal muscle . Fang, Cheng-Hui, Bing-Guo Li, Jing Jing Wang, Josef E. Fischer, Per -Olof Hasselgren. Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, and Shriners Hospital for Children, Cincinnati, Ohio APStracts 5:0235R, 1998.
• Nutrients regulate diamine oxidase release from intestinal mucosa. Wollin, Armin, Xiaolin Wang, and Patrick Tso. Departments of Physiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada; Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, LA, 71130; University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45267. APStracts 5:0236R, 1998.
• Differential arterial baroreflex regulation of renal, lumbar and adrenal sympathetic nerve activity in the rat.. Scislo, Tadeusz J., Robert A. Augustyniak, and Donal S. O'leary. Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201 APStracts 5:0237R, 1998.
• Leptin causes body weight loss in the absence of in vivo activities typical of cytokines of the il-6 family. Agnello, Davide, Cristina Meazza, Christopher G. Rowan, Pia Villa, Pietro Ghezzi, and Giorgio Senaldi,. 1"Mario Negri" Institute for Pharmacological Research, 20157 Milan, Italy; 2Amgen Inc. Thousand Oaks, CA 91320; and 3Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 APStracts 5:0238R, 1998.
• Insulin does not change the intracellular distribution of hexokinase in rat heart. Doenst, Torsten, Qiuying Han, Gary W. Goodwin, Patrick H. Guthrie, Heinrich Taegtmeyer. 1Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030 and 2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. APStracts 5:0239R, 1998.
• Stability of circadian timing with age in syrian hamsters. Davis, Fred C., and N. Viswanathan. Department of Biology, 414 Mugar Life Sciences Building, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 APStracts 5:0240R, 1998.
• Role of small intestine in caloric compensations to oil premeals in rats. Meyer, J. H., M. Hlinka, A. Khatibi, H. E. Raybould, and P. Tso. Departments of Physiology and Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine and the West Los Angeles and Sepulveda Veterans Affairs, Medical Centers, Los Angeles, Ca; and from the Department of Physiology, Louisiana State Medical School, Shrevesport, La. APStracts 5:0241R, 1998.
• Length of intestinal contact on nutrient-driven satiety . Meyer, J. H., Y. Tabrizi, N. Dimaso, M. Hlinka, and H. E. Raybould. Departments of Physiology and Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine and the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, Ca. APStracts 5:0242R, 1998.
• Sufficiency of postprandial plasma levels of islet amyloid polypeptide for suppression of feeding in rats. Arnelo, Urban, Roger Reidelberger&, Thomas E. Adrian, J[diaeresis]orgen Larsson, Johan Permert. Department of Biomedical Sciences1, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68178; Research Service (151)2, Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105; and Arvid Wretlind Laboratory for Metabolic Research3, Department of Surgery, Karolinska Institutet at Huddinge University Hospital, S-14186 Huddinge, Sweden. APStracts 5:0243R, 1998.
• Altered expression of type-2 corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor mrna in the ventromedial hypothalamus by glucocorticoids and starvation. Makino, Shinya, Mitsuru Nishiyama, Koichi Asaba, Philip W. Gold, and Kozo Hashimoto. 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Okoh -cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783, Japan, and # Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. APStracts 5:0244R, 1998.
• Endothelins inhibit the mineralization of osteoblastic mc3t3-e1 cells through the a-type endothelin receptor. Hiruma, Yoshiharu, Atsuto Inoue, Aiko Shiohama, Eri Otsuka, Shigehisa Hirose, Akira Yamaguchi, and Hiromi Hagiwara. 1Research Center for Experimental Biology and 2Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta -cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226, Japan; 3Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Hatanodai, Tokyo 142, Japan APStracts 5:0245R, 1998.
• Poor relationship between arterial [lactate] and leg net release during exercise at 4,300 m altitude.. Brooks, George A., Eugene E. Wolfel, Gail E. Butterfield, Allen Cymerman, Amy C. Roberts, Robert S. Mazzeo, and John T. Reeves. Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720; University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; ARIEM, Natick, MA; and GRECC, Palo Alto VA Medical Center. APStracts 5:0246R, 1998.
• Role of endothelial carbon monoxide in attenuated vasoreactivity following chronic hypoxia. Caudill, Timothy K., Thomas C. Resta, Nancy L. Kanagy, and Benjimen R. Walker. Vascular Physiology Group, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131-5218 APStracts 5:0247R, 1998.
• Differential suppression of upper airway motor activity during carbachol-induced, rem sleep-like atonia. Fenik, Victor, Richard O. Davies, Allan I. Pack and Leszek Kubin,. 1Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine and 2Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 APStracts 5:0248R, 1998.
• Cytokines mediate the protective stimulation of glucocorticoid output during autoimmunity: involvement of il-1. Klusman, Adriana Del Rey Isabel, and Hugo O. Besedovsky. 1 Division of Immunophysiology, Institute of Physiology, Medical Faculty, Deutschhaustrasse 2, D-35037 Marburg, Germany, 2 Division of Neurobiology, Department of Research, Kantonsspital, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland APStracts 5:0249R, 1998.
• Genetic variation in eeg activity during sleep in inbred mice. Franken, Paul, Alain Malafosse, and Mehdi Tafti. Biochemistry & Neurophysiology Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Switzerland. APStracts 5:0250R, 1998.
• Interleukin-4 (il-4) inhibits spontaneous sleep in rabbits. Kushikata, Tetsuya, Jidong Fang, Ying Wang and James M. Krueger. 1Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, 2Department of Physiology, The University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN 38163 APStracts 5:0251R, 1998.
• Inhibitors of alternative pathways of arachidonate metabolism differentially affect fever in mice. Kozak, Wieslaw, Inez Archuleta, Kimberly P. Mayfield, Anna Kozak, Karin Rudolph, Matthew J. Kluger. LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INHALATION TOXICOLOGY LABORATORY, P.O. BOX 5890, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87185 APStracts 5:0252R, 1998.
• Differential regulation of uncoupling protein gene homologs in multiple tissues of hibernating ground squirrels. Boyer, Bert B., Brian M. Barnes, Bradford B. Lowell_ and Danica Grujic_. *Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks Alaska 99775, USA, _Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts 02215, USA APStracts 5:0253R, 1998.
• Contrasting cardiovascular effects following central and peripheral injections of trout galanin in the trout. Le, Jean-Claude, M[umlaut]avel Dominique Mabin Ann M. Hanley+ and J. Michael Conlon+. * Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie (EA 2217), UFR de M[umlaut]adecine, Universit[umlaut]a de Bretagne Occidentale, 29285 Brest Cedex, France, + Regulatory Peptide Center, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, 68178, USA. APStracts 5:0254R, 1998.
• N-acetylcysteine does not affect the lymphocyte proliferation and natural killer cell activity responses to exercise. Nielsen, H. B., N. H. Secher, M. Kappel, and B. K. Pedersen. The Copenhagen Muscle Research Center, Departments of Infectious, Diseases and Anesthesia, University of Copenhagen, Denmark APStracts 5:0255R, 1998.
• The area postrema does not modulate the long-term salt-sensitivity of arterial pressure.. Collister, John P., and John W. Osborn. University of Minnesota, Departments of Veterinary PathoBiology1, Animal Science2 and Physiology2, St. Paul, MN 55108 APStracts 5:0256R, 1998.
• Myostatin expression in porcine tissues: tissue specificity and developmental and postnatal regulation. Ji, Shaoquan, R. L. Losinski, S. G. Cornelius, G. R. Frank, G. M. Willis, D. E. Gerrard, F. F. S. Depreux and M. E. Spurlock, Purina Mills, Inc. St. Louis, Mo and Purdue University, West Lafayette, In . Michael Spurlock, Purina Mills, Inc. Research Center, 100 Danforth Drive, Gray Summit, MO 63039, Telephone: (314) 768-4437, Facsimile: (314) 768-4108, email: mike_spurlock@purina-mills.com APStracts 5:0257R, 1998.
• Angiotensin ii acts at at1 type 1 receptors in the nucleus of the solitary tractnucleus tractus solitarius to attenuate themodulate baroreceptor reflex. Matsumura, Kiyoshi, David B. Averill, and Carlos M. Ferrario. Hypertension Center, Division of Surgical Sciences, The Wake Forest University School of Medicine., Medical Center Boulevard, Winston -Salem, NC 27157-1032 APStracts 5:0258R, 1998.
• Pregnancy-induced changes in rabbit medial collateral ligament vasoregulation. McDougall, Jason J., Ryan W. Giles, Robert C. Bray, and David A. Hart. Joint Injury & Arthritis Research Group, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.T2N 4N1, Canada. APStracts 5:0259R, 1998.
• Sympathetic nerve activity during natural stimulation of the horizontal semicircular canals in humans. Ray, Chester A., Keith M. Hume, and Samuel L. Steele. Autonomic and Cardiovascular Control Laboratory, Department of Exercise Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 APStracts 5:0260R, 1998.
• Gestational obesity accentuates obesity in obesity-prone progeny. Levin, Barry E., and Elizabeth Govek. Neurology Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, East Orange, New Jersey 07018, and Department of Neurosciences, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103 APStracts 5:0261R, 1998.
• Intracellular ph regulation in neurons from chemosensitive and non -chemosensitive areas of the medulla. Ritucci, Nick A., Laura Chambers-Kersh, Jay B. Dean, and Robert W. Putnam. Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435 APStracts 5:0262R, 1998.
• Altered regulation of bladder nerve growth factor and neurally mediated hyperactive voiding. Clemow, David B., William D. Steers, Richard McCarty and Jeremy B. Tuttle, . Departments of Neuroscience1, Urology2 and Psychology3, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908 (USA) APStracts 5:0263R, 1998.
• Gender difference in flow dependent dilation and regulation of shear stress. role of estrogen and nitric oxide. Huang, An, Dong Sun, Akos Koller, and Gabor Kaley. Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595 APStracts 5:0264R, 1998.
• Osmoregulatory control of renal sodium excretion following sodium loading in humans. Andersen, Lars Juel, Peter Norsk#, Lars Bo Johansen#, Poul Christensen, Thomas Engstr_m and Peter Bie. *Department of Medical Physiology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, #Danish Aerospace Medical Centre of Research, Rigshospitalet, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark. APStracts 5:0265R, 1998.
• Responses of mesenteric and renal blood flow dynamics to acute denervation in anesthetized rats.. Abu-Amarah, Isam, David O. Ajikobi, H[acute]el[grave]ene Bachelard, William A. Cupples, Fred C. Salevsky. Lady Davis Institute1 and Div. of Nephrology3, Dept. of Medicine, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Unit[acute]e de Recherche sur l_Hypertension, Centre Hospitalier de l_Universit[acute]e Laval, Qu[acute]ebec2; and Dept. of Anesthesiology, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute4, Montreal, Canada APStracts 5:0266R, 1998.
• Dissimilarity of slow wave activity enhancement by torpor and sleep deprivation in a hibernator.. Strijkstra, Arjen M., and Serge Daan. Zoological Laboratory, BCN, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. APStracts 5:0267R, 1998.
• N-hydroxyarginine and nitric oxide inhibit caco-2 tumor cell proliferation by distinct mechanisms. Buga, Georgette M., Liu Hua Wei, Philip M. Bauer, Jon M. Fukuto, and Louis J. Ignarro. Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA School of Medicine 23-120 CHS, Box 951735 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1735 APStracts 5:0268R, 1998.
• Cholecystokinin actions in the parabrachial nucleus: EFFECTS ON THIRST AND SALT APPETITE. Menani, Jose Vanderlei, and Alan Kim Johnson . Departments of Psychology and Pharmacology and the Cardiovascular Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA and Departamento de Ci[circumflex]encias Fisiol[acute]ogicas, Faculdade de Odontologia, UNESP, Araraquara, SP, Brazil APStracts 5:0269R, 1998.
• Shivering thermogenesis in the pigeon: an electromyographic study on the effects of activity, diurnal factors, and feeding state. Hohtola, Esa, Ross P. Henderson, and Michael E. Rashotte. Florida State University, Program in Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1270, USA APStracts 5:0270R, 1998.
• Adenylyl cyclase activity and glucose release from the liver of the european eel, anguilla anguilla. Fabbri, Elena, Laura Barbin, Antonio Capuzzo, and Carla Biondi. Department of Biology, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy APStracts 5:0271R, 1998.