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

The American Physiological Society

• Canine intrinsic cardiac neurons involved in cardiac regulation possess nk1-, nk2 - and nk3 - neurokinin receptors. Thompson, G. W., D. B. Hoover, J. L. Ardell and J. A. Armour. 1Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., B3H 4H7, 2Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 37614-0577 and 3Department of Physiology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, 36688-0002 APStracts 5:0315R, 1998.
• L-type ca2+ current and e-c coupling in single atrial myocytes from rainbow trout. Hove-Madsen, Leif, and Lluis Tort. Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola, Barcelona, Spain APStracts 5:0316R, 1998.
• Sex steroids and the initiation of puberty in male african catfish, clarias gariepinus. Cavaco, J. Eduardo B., C[acute]ecile Vilrokx, Vance L. Trudeau, R[umlaut]udiger W. Schulz, and Henk J. Th. Goos. 1- Utrecht University, Faculty of Biology, Department of Experimental Zoology, Research Group for Comparative Endocrinology, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2- University of Aberdeen, Department of Zoology, Tillydrone Avenue, AB24 2TZ, United Kingdom, 3- present address: University of Ottawa, Department of Biology, P.O. Box 450, Stn. A, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada APStracts 5:0317R, 1998.
• Role of skeletal muscle in plasma ion and acid-base regulation after nahco3 and khco3 loading in humans. . Lindinger, Michael I., Larry C. Lands, Preben K. Pedersen, Donald G. Welsh, and George J. F. Heigenhauser. Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON Canada N1G 2W1, 1 Dept. of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 2 Dept. of Sports Science and Physical Education, University of Odense, Odense, Denmark APStracts 5:0318R, 1998.
• Interleukin-1 -induced fever in young and old long-evans rats. Plata-Salam[acute]an, Carlos R., Elizabeth Peloso and Evelyn Satinoff,. 1Department of Biological Sciences, 2Department of Psychology and 3Program in Neuroscience, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716-2590, U.S.A. APStracts 5:0319R, 1998.
• Amiloride sensitive na- channels in pelvic uroepithelium involved in renal sensory receptor activation.. Kopp, Ulla C., Kazumichi Matsushita, Rita D. Sigmund, Lori A. Smith, Shigeru Watanabe, and John B. Stokes. Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA., Short APStracts 5:0320R, 1998.
• Renal medullary interstitial infusion of l-arginine prevents hypertension in dahl salt-sensitive rats. Miyata, Noriyuki, Ai Ping Zou, David L. Mattson, and Allen W. Cowley, Jr. Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI APStracts 5:0321R, 1998.
• Vasoconstrictor actions of atrial natriuretic peptide in the splanchnic circulation of anesthetized dogs. Woods, Robyn L. Baker Medical Research Institute, Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia. APStracts 5:0322R, 1998.
• Respiratory and metabolic functions of carbonic anhydrase in exercised white muscle of trout. Wang, Yuxiang, Raymond P. Henry, Pamela M. Wright, George J. F. Heigenhauser and Chris M. Wood. Department of Biology and Department of Medicine3, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4K1, 2Department of Zoology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849 -5414, U.S.A. APStracts 5:0323R, 1998.
• Characterization of responses to neurokinin a in the isolated perfused guinea pig heart. Hoover, Donald B., Yingzi Chang, and John C. Hancock. Department of Pharmacology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614 APStracts 5:0324R, 1998.
• Atp-sensitive k- channel activation provides transient protection to the anoxic turtle brain. Lutz, Marta P[acute]ek-Scott Peter L. Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 APStracts 5:0325R, 1998.
• The area postrema modulates hypothalamic fos responses to intragastric hypertonic saline in conscious rats. Carlson, Scott H., John P. Collister and John W. Osborn,. University of Minnesota, Departments of Physiology1, Veterinary PathoBiology2 and Animal Science3 APStracts 5:0326R, 1998.
• The effect of repeated stress on body weight and body composition of rats fed low and high fat diets. Harris, Ruth B. S., Jun Zhou#, Bradley D. Youngblood, Igor I. Rybkin, Gennady N. Smagin, Donna H. Ryan. Pennington Biomedical Research Center and #Department of Veterinary Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. APStracts 5:0327R, 1998.
• Crucial role of milk-borne insulin in the development of pancreatic amylase at the onset of weaning in rats . Kinouchi, Toshi, Kyoko Koizumi, Tamotsu Kuwata, and Takaji Yajima. Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Function, Department of Nutritional Research, Nutrition Science Institute, Meiji Milk Products Co., Ltd., 540 Naruda, Odawara 250, Japan APStracts 5:0328R, 1998.
• Pregnancy-induced changes in central response to atrial distention mimicked by progesterone metabolite. Deng, Yiming, and Susan Kaufman. Departments of Physiology and Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2S2 APStracts 5:0329R, 1998.
• Thermogenesis is entirely b3-adrenergically mediated, lso in brown -fat cells isolated from cold-acclimated rats. Zhao, Jin, Barbara Cannon, and Jan Nedergaard. The Wenner-Gren Institute, The Arrhenius Laboratories F3, Stockholm University, S106 91 Stockholm, Sweden APStracts 5:0330R, 1998.
• Arterial baroreceptors control blood pressure and vasopressin responses to hemorrhage in conscious dogs. Thrasher, Terry N., and Lanny C. Keil. Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, N.A.S.A., Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035 APStracts 5:0331R, 1998.
• Sympatho-excitatory neurotransmission of the chemoreflex in the nts of awake rats. Bonagamba, Andr[acute]ea S. Haibara Leni G. H., and Benedito H. Machado . 1 Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; and 2 Department of Physiology, School of Medicine of Ribeir_o Preto, University of S_o Paulo, 14049 -900, Ribeir_o Preto, S_o Paulo, Brazil APStracts 5:0332R, 1998.
• Multiple receptor subtypes mediate the effects of serotonin on rat subfornical organ neurons. Johnson, Karie E. Scrogin Alan Kim, and Herbert A. Schmid. 1Departments of Psychology and Pharmacology and the Cardiovascular Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 and 2the Max-Planck -Institut f_r Physiologische und Klinische Forschung, W.G. Kerckhoff -Institut, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany APStracts 5:0333R, 1998.
• Volume-evoked micturition reflex is mediated by the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray in the anesthetized rat. Matsuura, Shinobu, Gary V. Allen and John W. Downie,. Departments of 1Pharmacology, 2Anatomy and Neurobiology and 3Urology, Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, NS B3H 4H7, Canada APStracts 5:0334R, 1998.
• Dynamics of extracellular fluid volume changes during hyperproteinemia. Manning, R. Davis, Jr. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA APStracts 5:0335R, 1998.
• Compositional correlates of metabolic depression in the mitochondrial membranes of estivating snails. Stuart, J. A., Gillis, T. E. and Ballantyne, J. S. Dept. of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1, Ph: 519-824-4120 X2708, Fax: 519-767-1656, email: jballant@uoguelph.ca APStracts 5:0336R, 1998.
• Antagonism of angiotensin ii type 1 receptors protects the endothelium during the early stages of renal hypertension in rats. Hoshino, Jin, Tetsuya Nakamura, Toshiaki Kurashina, Yuichiro Saito, Hiroyuki Sumino, Zenpei Ono, Hironosuke Sakamoto, Keiko Kowase, and Ryozo Nagai, Tetsuya Nakamura . The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, 371-8511 Japan APStracts 5:0337R, 1998.
• Effect of ovariectomy in heart failure prone (shhf/mcc-facp) rats. Sharkey, Leslie C., Bethany J. Holycross, Sonhee Park, Sylvia A. McCune, Roger Hoversland, and M. Judith Radin. Department of Veterinary Biosciences, #Department of Medical Biochemistry, and _Department of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210; _Department of Anatomy, Indiana University School of Medicine, Fort Wayne, IN 46800 APStracts 5:0338R, 1998.
• Quantification of ca2- uptake in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of trout ventricular myocytes.. Hove-Madsen, Leif, Anna Llach, and Lluis Tort. Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola, Barcelona, Spain APStracts 5:0339R, 1998.
• Photoperiodic responses of four wild-trapped desert rodent species. El-Bakry, Hanan A., Wafaa M. Zahran And, Timothy J. Bartness, . Department of Zoology1, Minia University, Minia, Egypt, Department of Biology2 and Department of Psychology3, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA. APStracts 5:0340R, 1998.
• Regulation of the sympathetic nerve discharge bursting pattern during heat stress. Kenney, Michael J., Dale E. Claassen, Michelle R. Bishop, and Richard J. Fels. Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 APStracts 5:0341R, 1998.
• Potassium fluxes in contracting human skeletal muscle and erythrocytes. Juel, C., Y. Hellsten, B. Saltin. and J. Bangsbo. Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, August Krogh Institute, University of Copenhagen, Carsten Juel, Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, August Krogh Institute, Universitetsparken 13, DK-2100 Denmark, E-mail: cjuel@aki.ku.dk, Telephone: +45 35 32 16 82, Fax +45 35 32 15 67 APStracts 5:0342R, 1998.
• Histologic validation of myocardial microstructure obtained from diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging. Scollan, Df, Alex Holmes, Raimond Winslow and John Forder. 1Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Computational Medicine and Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, and 2Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205 APStracts 5:0343R, 1998.
• Hyperinsulinemia produces cardiac vagal withdrawal and nonuniform sympathetic activation in normal subjects (r0203-8). Borne, Philippe Van De, Martin Hausberg, Robert P. Hoffman, Allyn L. Mark, Erling A. Anderson. Department of Internal Medicine1, Pediatrics2 and Anesthesia3, Cardiovascular and Clinical Research Centers, University of Iowa College of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, IA 52242 APStracts 5:0344R, 1998.
• Role of cholinergic receptors and cholinesterase activity in hemodynamic responses to cocaine in conscious rats. Knuepfer, Mark M., and Qi Gan. Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA 63104 APStracts 5:0345R, 1998.
• Dynamic exercise shiftes the operating point and reduces the gain of the arterial baroreflex in rats. Burger, Heather R., Margaret P. Chandler, David W. Rodenbaugh, and Stephen E. Dicarlo. Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine APStracts 5:0346R, 1998.
• Preoptic recess noradrenergic receptors control modification of baroreflex sensitivity by hypertonicity. Bealer, Steven L. Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN 38163 APStracts 5:0347R, 1998.
• Ovarian steroid regulation of angiotensin ii induced water intake in the rat. Kisley, Lori R., Randall R. Sakai, Li Yun Ma, and Steven J. Fluharty. Departments of Animal Biology, Pharmacology, and the Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6046 APStracts 5:0348R, 1998.
• Drinking and blood pressure during sodium depletion or ang ii infusion in chronic cholestatic rats.. Fitts, Douglas A., Jeannine R. Lane, Elizabeth M. Starbuck, and Chi -Pei Li. Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1525 APStracts 5:0349R, 1998.
• Short- and long-term enalapril affect renal medullary hemodynamics in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.. Adams, Stephen A. W. Dukacz Michael A., and Robert L. Kline. 1Department of Physiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1, 2Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6 APStracts 5:0350R, 1998.