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

The American Physiological Society

• Inactivation of the calcium current is involved in overdrive suppression of rabbit sinoatrial node cells. Watanabe, Ei-Ichi, Haruo Honjo, Mark R. Boyett, Itsuo Kodama, and Junji Toyama. Departments of Circulation and Humoral Regulation, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464 -01, Japan, Department of Physiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK APStracts 3:0212H, 1996.
• Re-loading of ca2+ depleted sarcoplasmic reticulum during rest in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes. Terracciano, Cesare M. N., and Kenneth T. Macleod. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Cardiac Medicine, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, U.K. APStracts 3:0213H, 1996.
• Frequency characteristics of baroreflex responses to electrical stimulation of aortic depressor and carotid sinus nerves in rats. Fan, Wei, Patrick J. Reynolds, and Michael C. Andresen. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201-3098 APStracts 3:0214H, 1996.
• Influence of acute phase proteins on erythrocyte aggregation. Weng, Xiaoduan, Guy Cloutier, Raymond Beaulieu, and Ghislaine O. Roederer. Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, 110 Avenue des Pins Ouest, Montr[acute]eal, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada, H2W 1R7, Division of Oncology and Hematology, H[circumflex]otel-Dieu of Montreal Hospital, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada, Laboratory of Hyperlipidemia and Atherosclerosis, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Qu[acute]ebec, Canada APStracts 3:0215H, 1996.
• Effects of leukocyte-capillary plugging in skeletal muscle ischemia/reperfusion injury. Harris, Anthony G., and Thomas C. Skalak. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 APStracts 3:0216H, 1996.
• Neuropeptide y reduces macromolecule permeability of coronary endothelial monolayers. Noll, T., A. Hempel, H. M. Piper. Physiologisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universit[umlaut]at, Aulweg 129, D-35392 Giessen, Germany APStracts 3:0217H, 1996.
• Pulmonary vascular pressure effects by endothelin-1 in normoxia and chronic hypoxia, a longitudinal study. Tjen-A-Looi, S., R. Ekman, J. Osborn, I. Keith. Department of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Department of Physiology, University of Minnesota APStracts 3:0218H, 1996.
• Coronary vascular and endothelial reactivity changes in transgenic mice overexpressing atrial natriuretic factor. Ku, David D., Lingling Guo, Jun Dai, Cory G. Acuff, and Mark E. Steinhelper. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 APStracts 3:0219H, 1996.
• The ca2+ sensitizer org 30029 reverses acidosis- and bdm-induced contractile depression in canine myocardium. Watanabe, Akira, Hitonobu Tomoike, and Masao Endoh. Department of Pharmacology and The First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-23, Japan APStracts 3:0220H, 1996.
• Nitric oxide synthase inhibition modulates n-methyl-d-aspartate- induced changes in cerebral blood flow and eeg activity. Pelligrino, Dale A., Robert L. Gay Iii, Verna L. Baughman, and Qiong Wang. Dept. of Anesthesiology, Univ. of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA APStracts 3:0221H, 1996.
• Neurally mediated cardiac effects of forskolin in conscious dogs. Iwase, Mitsunori, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, You-Tang Shen, Richard P. Shannon, Naoki Sato, Pallab K. Ganguly, Toshiko Eki, Dorothy E. Vatner, and Stephen F. Vatner. Departments of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 and _The New England Regional Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA 01772 APStracts 3:0222H, 1996.
• Temporal evaluation of left ventricular remodeling and function in rats with chronic volume overload. Brower, Gregory L., Jeffrey R. Henegar, Joseph S. Janicki. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA APStracts 3:0223H, 1996.
• Erythrocyte flux in capillary networks during maturation: implications for oxygen delivery. Berg, Bradley R., and Ingrid H. Sarelius. Department of Biophysics, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642 APStracts 3:0224H, 1996.
• Calcium entry through conductive pathway modulates receptor -mediated increase in microvessel permeability. He, P., X. Zhang, and F. E. Curry. Department of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 APStracts 3:0225H, 1996.
• Participation of galanin in baroreflex inhibition of heart rate by hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in the rat. Chen, Ying-Ling, Samuel H. H. Chan, and Julie Y. H. Chan. Institute of Physiology and Center for Neuroscience, National Yang -Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan and Department of Medical Research, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taipei 11217, Taiwan, Republic of China APStracts 3:0226H, 1996.
• Characterization of the effects of histamine on porcine tracheobronchial lymph vessels. Reeder, Laurie B., Vincent J. Defilippi, and Mark K. Ferguson. From the Department of Surgery and the Section of Thoracic Surgery, Division of the Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 APStracts 3:0227H, 1996.
• Nitric oxide synthase activity in brain and endothelium: relation to hypercapnic rise of cerebral blood flow in rats. Fabricius, Martin, Inger Rubin, Magnus Bundgaard, and Martin Lauritzen. Department of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Copenhagen, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark APStracts 3:0228H, 1996.
• Developmental changes in ne-induced contraction, [alpha]1 -adrenergic receptors, and ins(1,4,5)p3 responses in cerebral arteries. Longo, Lawrence D., Nobumi Ueno, Yu Zhao, William J. Pearce, and Lubo Zhang. Center for Perinatal Biology, Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350 APStracts 3:0229H, 1996.
• Activation of human platelets by inhibition of surface protein phosphorylation: role for ecto-protein kinase in platelet homeostasis+. Babinska, Anna, Yigal H. Ehrlich, and Elizabeth Kornecki. State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, New York and the CSI/IBR Center for Developmental Neuroscience, CUNY at CSI, Staten Island, New York APStracts 3:0230H, 1996.
• Control of arteriovenous anastomoses in rabbit ear model of digital perfusion. Pollock, David C., Zhongyu Li, L. Andrew Koman, E. Stanley Gordon, Thomas L. Smith. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157 APStracts 3:0231H, 1996.
• Low po2 inhibits calcium channel activity in arterial smooth muscle cells. Franco-Obreg[grave]un, Alfredo, and Jos[umlaut]a L[grave]upez-Barneo. Departamento de Fisiologaea M[umlaut]adica y Biofaesica, Facultad de Medicina, Avenida S[cedilla]cnchez Pizju[cedilla]cn, 4, E-41009 Seville (Spain) APStracts 3:0232H, 1996.
• Heat shock protein induction inhibits inducible nitric oxide synthase mrna expression and attenuates hypotension in endotoxin -challenged rats. Hauser, Gabriel J., Emmanuel K. Dayao, Karla Wasserloos, Bruce R. Pitt, and Hector R. Wong. Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Georgetown University Children's Medical Center, and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15217, and Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229 APStracts 3:0233H, 1996.
• Nitric oxide dependent opposite effects of somatostatin on arterial and venous caliber in situ. Szentiv[acute]anyi, N[acute]aty[acute]as, Gy[diaeresis]orgy L. N[acute]adasy, L[acute]aszl[acute]o D[acute]ezsi, G[acute]eza M[acute]ozes, Tivadar Tulassay, E. Monos. Clinical Research Department - 2nd Institute of Physiology, 2nd Institute of Pathology, and 1st Clinic of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary APStracts 3:0234H, 1996.
• Exogenous nitric oxide inhibits basal no release from vascular endothelium in vitro and in vivo. Irenbaum;, Jakob Vinten-Johansen. Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107 -5004 APStracts 3:0235H, 1996.
• Attenuation of postischemic reperfusion injury is related to prevention of mitochondrial ca2+ overload in rat hearts. Miyamae, Masami, S. Albert Camacho, Michael W. Weiner, and Vincent M. Figueredo. Department of Medicine (Cardiology), San Francisco General Hospital and Magnetic Resonance Unit, Department Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94110 APStracts 3:0236H, 1996.
• Validation of portal blood flow measurement by transit-time ultrasound flow probes on the portal vein of conscious rats. D'almeida, Mark S., St[acute]ephane Cailmail, and Didier Lebrec. Laboratoire d'H[acute]emodynamique Splanchnique, Unit[acute]e de Recherches de Physiopathologie H[acute]epatique, Institut National de la Sant[acute]e et de la Recherche M[acute]edicale, U-24, H[circumflex]opital Beaujon, 92118 Clichy, France APStracts 3:0237H, 1996.
• Neural influences on the renal response to acute volume expansion in rats with heart failure. Patel, Kaushik P., Ping L. Zhang, and Pamela K. Carmines. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-4575 APStracts 3:0238H, 1996.
• Redistribution of intracellular calcium stores following [beta] -adrenergic stimulation of rat tail artery smooth muscle cells. Miyashita, Yoshiyuki, Steven J. Sollott, Linda Cheng, James L. Kinsella, Eio Koh, Edward G. Lakatta, and Jeffrey P. Froehlich. Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224 APStracts 3:0239H, 1996.
• Atp-sensitive potassium channels in cultured arterial segments. Kleppisch, Thomas, Barbara Winter, and Mark T. Nelson. Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont, 55A South Park Drive, Colchester, VT 05446-2500 APStracts 3:0240H, 1996.
• Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase augments myocardial contractile responses to [beta]-adrenergic stimulation. Keaney, John F., Joshua M. Hare, Jean-Luc Balligand, Joseph Loscalzo, Thomas W. Smith, and Wilson S. Colucci. Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, Brockton/West Roxbury VA Medical Center, West Roxbury, MA, 02132; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115 APStracts 3:0241H, 1996.
• Rapid mast cell activation causes polymorphonuclear leukocyte dependent and independent permeability alterations in postcapillary venules. Kubes, Paul, and Jeffrey P. Gaboury. Immunology Research Group, University of Calgary Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1 APStracts 3:0242H, 1996.
• Permeability-related changes revealed at endothelial cell borders in inflamed venules by lectin binding. Thurston, Gavin, Peter Baluk, Akira Hirata, and Donald M. McDonald. Department of Anatomy and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0452, Phone: 415 -476-2118, Fax: 415-476-4845 APStracts 3:0243H, 1996.
• Neural influences on the renal response to acute volume expansion in rats with heart failure. Patel, Kaushik P., Ping L. Zhang, and Pamela K. Carmines. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-4575 APStracts 3:0244H, 1996.
• The cellular basis for burn-mediated cardiac dysfunction in adult rabbits. Horton, Jureta W. Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX APStracts 3:0245H, 1996.
• Comparison of linear and nonlinear formulations of the three -element windkessel model. Fogliardi, Roberto, Marco Di Donfrancesco, and Roberto Burattini. Department of Electronics and Automatica, University of Ancona, 60131 Ancona, Italy, Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6520 APStracts 3:0246H, 1996.
• Erythrocyte flow and elasticity of microvessels, evaluated by marginal cell-free layer and flow resistance . Maeda, Nobuji, Yoji Suzuki, Junya Tanaka, and Norihiko Tateishi. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Ehime University, Shigenobu, Onsen-gun, Ehime 791-02, Japan APStracts 3:0247H, 1996.
• C-fos expression in the medulla induced by static muscle contraction in cats. Li, Jianhua, Gregory A. Hand, Jeffrey T. Potts, L. Britt Wilson, and Jere H. Mitchell. Moss Heart Center and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235-9034 APStracts 3:0248H, 1996.
• Firing properties of identified parasympathetic cardiac neurons in the nucleus ambiguus recorded with perforated patch clamp techniques. Mendelowitz, D. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Tennessee, 894 Union Ave., Memphis, TN 38163 APStracts 3:0249H, 1996.
• Velocity differences between l-selectin and p-selectin dependent neutrophil rolling in venules of the mouse cremaster muscle in vivo. Jung, Unsu, Daniel C. Bullard, Thomas F. Tedder, Klaus Ley. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine and Howard Hughs Medical Institute, Houston, TX 77030, Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 APStracts 3:0250H, 1996.
• Intracellular protons in ventricular myocytes from diabetic rats. Xu, Zhi, Kaushik P. Patel, George J. Rozanski. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-4575 APStracts 3:0251H, 1996.
• Arginase activity in endothelial cells: inhibition by g -hydroxyarginine during high-output nitric oxide production. Buga, Georgette M., Rajan Singh, Shehla Pervin, Norma E. Rogers, Debra A. Schmitz, Christopher P. Jenkinson, Stephen D. Cederbaum, and Louis J. Ignarro. Departments of Molecular Pharmacology, Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology, UCLA School of Medicine, Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, California 90095 APStracts 3:0252H, 1996.
• Mechanisms of cerebral vasodilation by superoxide hydrogen peroxide and peroxynitrite. Wei, Enoch P., Hermes A. Kontos, Joseph S. Beckman. Department of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298 and Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233 APStracts 3:0253H, 1996.