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

The American Physiological Society

• Impaired autoregulation of renal blood flow in the fawn-hooded rat. Dokkum, Richard P. E. Van, Magdalena Alonso-Galicia, Abraham P. Provoost, Howard J. Jacob and Richard J. Roman. 1Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, WI 53226, USA1, and 2Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus University Medical School, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands2 APStracts 5:0351R, 1998.
• Evidence supporting involvement of leukotrienes in lps-induced hypothermia in mice. Paul, Lada, Vadim Fraifeld, and Jacob Kaplanski. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel APStracts 5:0352R, 1998.
• Sepsis is associated with increased mrna levels for the 14 kda ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (e214k) in skeletal muscle. Hobler, Scott C., Jing Jing Wang, Arthur B. Williams, Francesco, Melandri, Xiaoyan Sun, Josef E. Fischer, and Per-Olof Hasselgren. Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, Shriners Burns Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio and ProScript, Inc.1, Cambridge, Massachusetts APStracts 5:0353R, 1998.
• Influence of photoperiod on immune cell functions in the male siberian hamster. Yellon, Steven M., Omar Fagoaga and Sandra Nehlsen-Cannarella, . Center for Perinatal Biology1, Departments of Pathology3 and Physiology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Immunology Center2, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92350 APStracts 5:0354R, 1998.
• Oxidized amino acids in the urine of aging rats: potential markers for assessing oxidative stress in vivo. Leeuwenburgh, Christiaan, Polly A. Hansen, John O. Holloszy, Jay W. Heinecke. *Department of Internal Medicine and 1Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 APStracts 5:0355R, 1998.
• Arcuate npy neurons and energy homeostasis in diet-induced obese and resistant rats. Levin, Barry E. Neurology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, East Orange 07018, and Department of Neurosciences, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103 APStracts 5:0356R, 1998.
• An antipyretic role for interleukin-10 in lps fever in mice. Leon, Lisa R., Wieslaw Kozak, Karin Rudolph, and Matthew J. Kluger. Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, P.O. Box 5890, Albuquerque, NM 87185 APStracts 5:0357R, 1998.
• Leptin deficiency enhances sensitivity to endotoxin-induced lethality. Faggioni, Raffaella, Giamila Fantuzzi, Cem Gabay_, Arthur Moser, Charles A. Dinarello, Kenneth R. Feingold and Carl Grunfeld. *Metabolism Section, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94121; **Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, 80262; _Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, APStracts 5:0358R, 1998.
• C-fos induction in spinal cord neurons after renal arterial or venous occlusion. Rosas-Arellano, M. Patricia, L. Pastor Solano-Flores, and John Ciriello. Department of Physiology, Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1 APStracts 5:0359R, 1998.
• Thirst and salt appetite elicited by hypovolemia in rats with chronic lesions of nucleus tractus solitarius. Schreihofer, Ann M., Brett K. Anderson, Jennifer C. Schiltz, Ling Xu, Alan F. Sved, and Edward M. Stricker. Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 APStracts 5:0360R, 1998.
• Light masking of circadian rhythms of heat production, heat loss, and body temperature in squirrel monkeys. Robinson, Edward L., and Charles A. Fuller. Section of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, California 95616-8519 APStracts 5:0361R, 1998.
• Regulation of arginase isoforms i and ii by il-4 in cultured murine peritoneal macrophages. Louis, Claudine A., Vino Mody, William L. Henry, Jr., Jonathan S. Reichner, and Jorge E. Albina. Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI 02903 APStracts 5:0362R, 1998.
• Neural substrate for an integrated metabolic control of feeding behavior. Horn, Charles C., Aleymayehu Addis and Mark I. Friedman. 1Department of Psychology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA; 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA APStracts 5:0363R, 1998.
• Leptin acts in the rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus to induce gastric mucosal damage. Smith, Pauline M., Veronique Mollaret, and Alastair V. Ferguson. Department of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. K7L 3N6 APStracts 5:0364R, 1998.
• The role of nitric oxide and cgmp in human septic serum-induced depression of cardiac myocyte contractility. Kumar, Anand, Rupinder Brar, Peter Wang, Linda Dee, Greg Skorupa, Fadi Khadour, Richard Schulz and Joseph E. Parrillo. Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Rush -Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, 60612, *Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada APStracts 5:0365R, 1998.
• Episodic hypoxia enhances late hypoxic ventilation in the developing rat: putative role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Gozal, David, and Evelyne Gozal. Constance S. Kaufman Pediatric Pulmonary Research Laboratory, Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112. APStracts 5:0366R, 1998.
• Cardiovascular and renal effects of adrenomedullin in rats with heart failure. Nagaya, Noritoshi, Toshio Nishikimi, Takeshi Horio, Fumiki Yoshihara, Akio Kanazawa, Hisayuki Matsuo, Kenji Kangawa, Ph. D. Department of Internal Medicine and *Research Institute, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan APStracts 5:0367R, 1998.
• Circadian rhythms and depression: effects of exercise in an animal model. Solberg, Leah C., Teresa H. Horton, Fred W. Turek. Northwestern University, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Evanston, IL 60208 APStracts 5:0368R, 1998.
• Regulation of fiber size, oxidative potential and capillarization in human vastus lateralis by resistance exercise. Green, H., C. Goreham, H. Ouyang, M. Ball-Burnett, and D. Ranney. Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario Can. N2L 3G1 APStracts 5:0369R, 1998.
• Role of nitric oxide in modulating renal function and arterial pressure during chronic aldosterone excess. Granger, Joey P., Salah Kassab, Jacqueline Novak, Jane F. Reckelhoff, Brett Tucker, and M. Todd Miller. Department of Physiology and Biophysics and The Center for Excellence in Cardiovascular-Renal Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39216-4505 APStracts 5:0370R, 1998.
• Upregulation of m-creatine kinase and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase : two markers of muscle disuse. Cros, Nathalie, Jacky Muller, Sophie Bouju, Genevi[grave]eve Pi[acute]etu, Chantal Jacquet, Jean J. L[acute]eger, Jean -Fran[cedilla]cois Marini and Claude A. Dechesne. 1INSERM U 300, Facult[acute]e Pharmacie, Avenue Charles Flahault, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, France, 2 Universit[acute]e de Nice, CNRS UMR 6548, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice cedex 02, France, 3 CNRS UPR 420, 19 rue Guy Mocquet, 94800 Villejuif, France APStracts 5:0371R, 1998.
• Stimulation of intestinal glucoreceptors in rats increases pancreatic islet blood flow through vagal mechanisms. Carlsson, Per-Ola, Masanori Iwase and Leif Jansson. Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden, * Present address: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. APStracts 5:0372R, 1998.
• Contribution of lungs to desipramine-induced changes in whole body catecholamine kinetics in newborn lambs. Smolich, Joseph J., Helen S. Cox, and Murray D. Esler. 1 Institute of Reproduction and Development and 2 Centre for Heart and Chest Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia; 3 Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Victoria, 3181, Australia APStracts 5:0373R, 1998.
• Age, splanchnic vasoconstriction, and heat stress during tilting. Minson, Christopher T., Stacey L. Wladkowski, James A. Pawelczyk, and W. Larry Kenney. Noll Physiological Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-6900, phone: (814) 865-1672, FAX: 865-4602 APStracts 5:0374R, 1998.
• Cardiovascular responses to prolonged reduced uterine blood flow are altered following bilateral sectioning of the carotid sinus and vagus nerves. Stein, P., S. E. White, J. Homan, M. A. Hanson and A. D. Bocking. Departments of Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, MRC Group in Fetal and Neonatal Health and Development, Lawson Research Institute, University of Western Ontario1 and Departments of Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University College, London, United Kingdom2 APStracts 5:0375R, 1998.
• Evaluation of luteinizing hormone (lh) secretory dynamics during the rat proestrous lh surge. Hoeger, Kathleen M., Lisa A. Kolp, Frank J. Strobl, Johannes D. Veldhuis. 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 668, Rochester, NY 14642, 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (LAK, JDV) and Internal Medicine (JDV), NSF Center for Biological Timing (JDV), University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, 3Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI 53792 APStracts 5:0376R, 1998.
• Effect of behavioral stress on coronary artery relaxation altered with aging in borderline hypertensive rat. Giulumian, Ararat D., Shawn G. Clark, and Leslie C. Fuchs. Vascular Biology Center and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912 APStracts 5:0377R, 1998.
• Effect of endurance exercise on myosin heavy chain gene regulation in human skeletal muscle. O_neill, D. Sean, Donghai Zheng, Wade K. Anderson, G. Lynis Dohm and Joseph A. Houmard. Human Performance Laboratory, Department of Exercise and Sport Science and Department of Biochemistry*, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 APStracts 5:0378R, 1998.
• Neutralization of tumor necrosis factor does not influence endotoxin-induced changes in thyroid hormone metabolism in man. Poll, Tom Van Der, Erik Endert, Susette M. Coyle, Jan M. Agosti and Stephen F. Lowry. (1) Cornell University Medical College, Laboratory of Surgical Metabolism, Department of Surgery, New York, NY; Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Internal Medicine (2) and Laboratory of Endocrinology (3), Amsterdam, the Netherlands; (4) Immunex Co., Seattle, CA. APStracts 5:0379R, 1998.
• Ca2+ induced ca2+ release involved in positive inotropic effect mediated by cgrp in ventricular myocytes. Huang, Ming-He, Paul R. Knight Iii, Joseph L. Izzo, Jr. Departments of Medicine* and Anesthesiology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14209 APStracts 5:0380R, 1998.
• Ampa receptor activation of area postrema neurons. Hay, Meredith, and Kathy A. Lindsley. Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65251 APStracts 5:0381R, 1998.
• Hormonal regulation of leptin expression in broiler chickens. Ashwell, Christopher M., Susan M. Czerwinski, Donna M. Brocht, and John P. McMurtry. Growth Biology Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 10300 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, Maryland 20705 APStracts 5:0382R, 1998.