APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 3, 1996

The American Physiological Society

• Ghrh activates a nonselective cation current in human gh-secreting adenoma cells. Takano, Koji, Tsukasa Takei, Akira Teramoto, and Naohide Yamashita. Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, 3-28-6 Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112, Japan, Department of Neurosurgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo 112, Japan APStracts 3:0024E, 1996.
• Effects of somatostatin on pulsatile insulin secretion; selective inhibition of insulin burst mass. Prksen, Niels, Stephen R. Munn, Jeffery L. Steers, Johannes D. Veldhuis, Peter C. Butler. Endocrine Research Unit, and Division of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905; Department of Medicine and NSF Center for Biological Timing, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA, 22908 APStracts 3:0025E, 1996.
• The impact of early growth retardation on glucoregulatory control and insulin action in mature rats. Holness, Mark J. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K. APStracts 3:0026E, 1996.
• Fasting and decreased b-cell sensitivity: important role for fatty acid-induced inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase activity. Zhou, Yun-Ping, David A. Priestman, Philip J. Randle, and Valdemar E. Grill. Department of Molecular Medicine, The Endocrine & Diabetes Unit, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Hospital, S-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden, Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Radcliffe Infirmary, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6HE, UK, Department of Medicine, Endocrine section, University of Trondheim, N-7006 Trondheim, Norway APStracts 3:0027E, 1996.
• Fetal substrate uptake during increased ovine fetal cortisol concentration. Ross, J., Milley. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132 APStracts 3:0028E, 1996.
• Kinetic analysis of receptor-mediated endocytosis of g-csf derivative, nartograstim, in rat bone marrow cells. Kuwabara, Takashi, Satoshi Kobayashi, and Yuichi Sugiyama. Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Shimotogari, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka 411, Japan, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan APStracts 3:0029E, 1996.
• Eliminating metabolic disturbances caused by portacaval shunting in rats by restoring normal pattern of blood flow to the liver. Hawkins, Paul A., Mary R. Dejoseph, and Richard A. Hawkins. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Finch University of Health Sciences/ The Chicago Medical School, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064-3095 APStracts 3:0030E, 1996.
• Osteocytic expression of mrna for c-fos and igf-i: an immediate -early gene response to an osteogenic stimulus. Lean, Jenny M, Alan G Mackay, Jade Wm Chow, and Timothy J Chambers. Department of Histopathology, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 ORE, UK APStracts 3:0031E, 1996.
• Reciprocal glut-1 and glut-4 expression and glucose transport in denervated muscles. Handberg, A., L. A. Megeney, K. J. A. McCullagh, L. Kayser, X-X. Han, A. Bonen. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY, PANUM INSTITUTE, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, DEPARTMENT OF KINESIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA APStracts 3:0032E, 1996.
• Paracrine stimulation of preadipocyte-enriched cell cultures by mature adipocytes. Considine, Robert V., Mark R. Nyce, Luz Marina Morales, Susan A. Magosin, Madhur K. Sinha, Thomas L. Bauer, Ernest L. Rosato, James Colberg, and Jose F. Caro. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, and Department of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 APStracts 3:0033E, 1996.
• Glucose-induced phosphoinositide hydrolysis: a requirement for gtp in calcium-induced phospholipase c activation in pancreatic islets. Vadakekalam, Jacob, Mary E. Rabaglia, Qing-Hui Chen, and Stewart A. Metz. Department of Medicine and Section of Endocrinology, University of Wisconsin and William S. Middleton Veteran's Administration Hospital, Madison, WI 53792 APStracts 3:0034E, 1996.
• T3 potentiates the adrenergic stimulation of type ii 5' deiodinase activity in cultured rat brown adipocytes. Hernandez, A., and M. J. Obregon. Unidad de Endocrinolog[acute]ia Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biom[acute]edicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient[acute]ificas (C.S.I.C.), Madrid, Spain APStracts 3:0035E, 1996.
• Somatostatin infusion suppresses gh secretory burst frequency and mass in normal men. Calabresi, Emanuela, Eiji Ishikawa, Laura Bartolini, Giuseppe Delitala, Giuseppe Fanciulli, Osvaldo Oliva, Johannes D Veldhuis, and Mario Serio. Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Endocrine Unit, University of Florence, Italy, Department of Biochemistry Medical College of Miyazaki, Japan, Department of Hematology and Endocrinology, Endocrine Unit, University of Sassari, Italy, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Science Foundation Center for Biological Timing, Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia APStracts 3:0036E, 1996.
• Effect of aldosterone on renal potassium conservation in the rat. Ornt, Daniel B., Karen J. Radke, John D. Scandling,. Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14642, School of Nursing, and Department of Physiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14642, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14642 APStracts 3:0037E, 1996.