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

The American Physiological Society

• Skeletal muscle mass and exercise performance in stable, ambulatory patients with heart failure. Lang, Chim C., Don B. Chomsky, Glenn Rayos, T. K. Yeoh, John R. Wilson. Cardiology Division of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. APStracts 3:0444A, 1996.
• Lisofylline prevents lung leak and phosphatidic acid species formation, but not neutrophil accumulation, in lungs of rats given il-1 intratracheally. Hybertson, Brooks M., Stuart L. Bursten, Jonathan A. Leff, Young M. Lee, Eric K. Jepson, Chris R. Dewitt, John Zagorski, Hyun G. Cho, John E. Repine. The Webb-Waring Institute for Biomedical Research and the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, Cell Therapeutics, Inc., Seattle, Washington, NIH National Institute of Dental Research, Bethesda, Maryland, and Yeungnam University, Kyungsan, Korea APStracts 3:0445A, 1996.
• Lower limb skeletal muscle function after 6 weeks of bedrest. Berg, H. E., L. Larsson, and P. A. Tesch. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden APStracts 3:0446A, 1996.
• Peak force and maximal shortening velocity of soleus fibers after non-weight bearing and resistance exercise. Widrick, Jeffrey J., and Robert H. Fitts. Department of Biology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201 APStracts 3:0447A, 1996.
• Determination of fascicle length and pennation in a contracting human muscle in vivo. Fukunaga, Tetsuo, Yoshiho Ichinose, Masamitsu Ito, Yasuo Kawakami, and Senshi Fukashiro. Department of Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro, Tokyo 153, Japan APStracts 3:0448A, 1996.
• Respiratory function of velopharyngeal constrictor muscles during wakefulness in normal adults. Launois, Sandrine H., Judy Tsui, J. Woodrow Weiss. Charles A. Dana Research Institute and the Harvard-Thorndike Laboratory of Beth Israel Hospital, the Beth Israel Hospital Sleep Disorders Center and the Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Clinical Investigator Training Program: Beth Israel Hospital - Harvard/MIT Health Sciences and Technology, in collaboration with Pfizer Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA APStracts 3:0449A, 1996.
• Effects of surface tension and intraluminal fluid on the mechanics of small airways. Hill, Mark J., Theodore A. Wilson, and Rodney K. Lambert. Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455; and Department of Physics and Biophysics, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand APStracts 3:0450A, 1996.
• Ventilation and metabolism among rat strains. Strohl, Kingman P., Agnes J. Thomas, Pamela St. Jean, Evelyn H. Schlenker, Richard J Koletsky, Nicholas J. Schork. Departments of Medicine, Human Genetics, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, 44106; and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, 57069 APStracts 3:0451A, 1996.
• The modulation of myosin isoform expression by mechanical loading: the role of stimulation frequency. Caiozzo, Vincent J., Michael J. Baker, and Kenneth M. Baldwin. Departments of Orthopaedics and Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717 APStracts 3:0452A, 1996.
• Friction in airway smooth muscle: mechanism, latch and implications in asthma. Fredberg, J. J., K. A. Jones, Madhavi Nathan, S Raboudi, Y. S. Prakash, S. A. Shore, J. P. Butler, G. C. Sieck. Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN APStracts 3:0453A, 1996.
• Phosphorylation of rat muscle acetyl-coa carboxylase by amp -activated protein kinase and protein kinase a. Winder, W. W., H. A. Wilson, D. G. Hardie, B. B. Rasmussen, C. A. Hutber, G. B. Call, R. D. Clayton, L. M. Conley, S. Yoon, and B. Zhou. Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602 and Department of Biochemistry, The University, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland APStracts 3:0454A, 1996.
• Respiratory transfer impedance between 8 and 384 hz in guinea pigs before and after bronchial challenge. Sobh, Jamil F., Craig M. Lilly, Jeffrey M. Drazen, Andrew C. Jackson. Respiratory Research Laboratory, Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, MA. 02215, Combined Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 02115 APStracts 3:0455A, 1996.
• Pulmonary chemoreflexes elicited by intravenous injection of lactic acid in anesthetized rats. Lee, Lu-Yuan, Robert F. Morton, and Jan M. Lundberg. Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0084, U.S.A. and Department of Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Box 60400, S-104 01 Stockholm, Sweden APStracts 3:0456A, 1996.
• Arousal pattern following central and obstructive breathing abnormalities in infants and children. McNamara, Frances, Faiq G. Issa, Colin E. Sullivan. National SIDS Council David Read Paediatric Sleep Disorders Unit, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Camperdown, and Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA APStracts 3:0457A, 1996.
• Airway and alveolar permeability and surface liquid thickness: theory. Widdicombe, John. Dept of Physiology, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, U.K. APStracts 3:0458A, 1996.
• Evidence that nitric oxide increases glucose transport in skeletal muscle. Balon, Thomas W., and Jerry L. Nadler. Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, phone: 818-359-8111 extension 2587, FAX:818-301-8489, E-MAIL: TBALON@smtplink.coh.org APStracts 3:0459A, 1996.
• Analysis of behavior of the respiratory system in sedated - paralyzed morbidly obese patients: effects of flow, volume, and time. Pelosi, P., M. Croci, I. Ravagnan, M. Cerisara, P. Vicardi, A. Lissoni, L. Gattinoni. Istituto di Anestesia e Rianimazione - Universita' di Milano - Ospedale Maggiore, IRCCS, via Francesco Sforza 35, 20122 Milano, Italy APStracts 3:0460A, 1996.
• Contractile properties of clenbuterol-treated mdx muscle are enhanced by low-intensity swimming. Hayes, Alan, and David A. Williams. Muscle and Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia APStracts 3:0461A, 1996.
• Long term facilitation of upper airway muscle activities in vagotomized and vagally intact cats. Mateika, J. H., and R. F. Fregosi. Department of Physiology, The University of Arizona, Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0093 APStracts 3:0462A, 1996.
• Time and order -dependent changes in functional and nitric oxide -mediated dilation during exercise training. Lash, Julia M., and H. Glenn Bohlen. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 APStracts 3:0463A, 1996.
• Nevill's explanation of kleiber's 0.75 mass exponent: a fortuitous artifact of collinearity problems in least squares models. Batterham, Alan M., Keith Tolfrey, and Keith P. George. Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, the Manchester Metropolitan University, Crewe and Alsager Faculty, Hassall Road, Alsager, ST7 2HL, ENGLAND APStracts 3:0464A, 1996.
• Effects of skin cooling with or without hyperpnea of frigid air on airway mechanics in asthmatic and normal subjects. McDonald, James S., Joann Nelson, K. A. Lenner, Melissa L. McLane, and E. R. McFadden, Jr. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland and the Department of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-5067 APStracts 3:0465A, 1996.
• Comparison of energy expenditure elevations following submaximal and supramaximal running. Laforgia, J., R. T. Withers, N. J. Shipp, C. J. Gore. Exercise Physiology Laboratory, School of Education, The Flinders University of South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia, Telephone: (08) 201 2256, Fax: (08) 201 3407 APStracts 3:0466A, 1996.
• Performance of the am 5600 blood pressure monitor: comparison with ambulatory intra-arterial pressure. Omboni, Stefano, Gianfranco Parati, Antonella Groppelli, Luisa Ulian, Giuseppe Mancia. Istituto Scientifico Ospedale S. Luca, Centro Auxologico Italiano, Milano; Cattedra di Medicina Interna, Ospedale S.Gerardo, Monza, Universit degli Studi di Milano and Centro di Fisiologia Clinica e Ipertensione, Ospedale Maggiore di Milano, Milano, Italy APStracts 3:0467A, 1996.
• The effect of pulmonary emphysema on diaphragm capillary geometry. Poole, David C., and Odile Mathieu-Costello. Departments of Kinesiology and Anatomy/Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5602 and Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA. 92093-0623 APStracts 3:0468A, 1996.
• Nociceptive atrophy of the rat soleus muscle induced by bone fracture: a morphometric study. Zachaova, Gisela, Helena Knotkova-Urbancova, Pavel Hnik, and Tomas Soukup. Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, V[acute]ide[grave]osk[acute]a 1083, Prague, Czech Republic APStracts 3:0469A, 1996.
• The protective role of a synthetic sialylated oligosaccharide in sepsis-induced acute lung injury. Ridings, Philip C, Sharon Holloway, Geoffrey L Bloomfield, Ml Phillips, Bernard J Fisher, Charles R Blocher, Harvey J Sugerman, Alpha A Fowler. Departments of Surgery, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, and Cytel Corporation, San Diego, CA APStracts 3:0470A, 1996.
• The innervation pattern of guinea-pig pulmonary vasculature depends on vascular diameter. Haberberger, Rainer, Michael Schemann, Holger Sann, and Wolfgang Kummer. Institut f[umlaut]ur Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Justus-Liebig- Universit[umlaut]at Giessen, Aulweg 123, D-35385 Giessen, Germany, Physiologisches Institut, Tier[umlaut]arztliche Hochschule, Bischofsholer Damm 15 / 102, D-30173 Hannover, Germany APStracts 3:0471A, 1996.
• Effects of chest wall configuration on diaphragm interference pattern emg and compound muscle action potentials. Beck, Jennifer, Christer Sinderby, Lars Lindstr[diaeresis]om, and Alex Grassino. Meakins Christie Laboratories, McGill University, and Notre Dame Hospital, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. H2L 4M1, Spinal Injuries Unit, Sahlgrenska Hospital, University of G[diaeresis]oteborg, G[diaeresis]oteborg, Sweden APStracts 3:0472A, 1996.
• Mechanism of lobar alveolar pressure decline during forced deflation in canine regional emphysema. Mink, S. N. Sections of Respiratory Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E- OZ3, Canada APStracts 3:0473A, 1996.
• Endothelial cytoskeleton and lung capillary integrity - ultrastructural changes in response to botulinum c2 toxin. Ermert, L., H. R. Duncker, H. Br[umlaut]uckner, F. Grimminger, T. Hansen, R. R[diaeresis]ossi, K. Aktories, and W. Seeger. Department of Internal Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, 35385 Giessen, and the Institute of Anatomy and Cellbiology, Justus -Liebig-University, Giessen, 35385 Giessen, and the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of the Saarland, 66421 Homburg, Germany APStracts 3:0474A, 1996.
• Ventilatory response to exercise when breathing co2 or heo2. Babb, T. G. Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 77231 APStracts 3:0475A, 1996.
• Esophageal pco2 as a monitor of perfusion failure during hemorrhagic shock. Sato, Yoji, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang, Shijie Sun, Jianlin Xie, Joe Bisera, Hidehiro Hosaka. The Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Palm Springs, CA, Nihon Kohden Corporation, Tokyo, Japan APStracts 3:0476A, 1996.
• Muscle chemoreflex alters carotid sinus baroreflex response in humans. Papelier, Y., P. Escourrou, F. Helloco, L. B. Rowell. Laboratoire S.T.A.P.S. de l'Universit[theta] Paris-Sud, b[GAMMA]t. 335, 91405 Orsay-cedex, France, Laboratoire de Physiologie, Facult[theta] de M[theta]decine, 94276 Kremlin Bictre France, Department of Physiology and Biophysics - University of Washington School of Medicine, SJ 40, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Tel: (33) 1 69 41 62 87 - Fax: (33) 1 69 41 62 37 APStracts 3:0477A, 1996.
• Instantaneous force-velocity-length relationship in diaphragmatic sarcomere. Coirault, Catherine, Denis Chemla, Jean-Claude Pourny, Francine Lambert, Yves Lecarpentier. INSERM 451-Laboratoire d'Optique Appliqu_e-Ecole Polytechnique, 91125 Palaiseau Cedex and Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Bic_tre, 94275 Le Kremlin -Bic_tre, France APStracts 3:0478A, 1996.
• H 2 o 2 increases sheep tracheal blood flow, permeability and vascular response to luminal capsaicin. Widdicombe, U M Wells S Duneclift & J G. Department of Physiology, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 ORE, United Kingdom APStracts 3:0479A, 1996.
• Effects of unilateral lesions of the retrotrapezoid nucleus (rtn) on breathing in awake rats breathing, rtn lesions, unanesthetized rats. Akilesh, Manjapra R., Matthew Kamper, Aihua Li, Eugene E. Nattie. Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03765 APStracts 3:0480A, 1996.
• Prolongation in expiration evoked from the ventrolateral pons of the adult rat. Jodkowski, Jozef S., Sharon K. Coles, and Thomas E. Dick. Departments of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 -5000 APStracts 3:0481A, 1996.
• Effect of lung inflation in vivo on airways with smooth muscle tone or edema Brown, ]obert H., Wayne Mitzner, Yonca Bulut, Elizabeth M. Wagner. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Radiology, Department of Environmental Health Sciences/Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine APStracts 3:0482A, 1996.
• Putative projection of phrenic afferents to the limbic cortex in man studied with cerebral evoked potentials. Straus, Christian, Marc Zelter, Jean-Philippe Derenne, Bernard Pidoux, Jean-Claude Willer, Thomas Similowski. Laboratoire de Physiopathologie Respiratoire du Service de Pneumologie, Service Central d'Explorations Fonctionnelles Respiratoires, Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles du Syst[grave]eme Nerveux, Groupe Hospitalier Piti[acute]e -Salp[circumflex]etri[grave]ere, Paris, France APStracts 3:0483A, 1996.
• Pulmonary blood flow distribution has a hilar-to-peripheral gradient in awake, prone sheep. Walther, Sten M, Karen B Domino, Robb W Glenny, Nayak L Polissar, and Michael P Hlastala. Departments of Anesthesiology, Physiology and Biophysics, and Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 APStracts 3:0484A, 1996.
• Effect of running intensity on intestinal permeability. Pals, Kay L., Ray-Tai Chang, Alan J. Ryan, and Carl V. Gisolfi. Department of Exercise Science, N414 Field House, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1111 APStracts 3:0485A, 1996.
• Thromboxane a2 mediates increased pulmonary microvascular permeability following intestinal reperfusion . Turnage, Richard H., John L. Lanoue, Kevin M. Kadesky, Yan Meng, Stuart I. Myers. Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX 76235-9031 and Dallas Veterans Administration Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75216, Department of Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140 APStracts 3:0486A, 1996.
• Periodic breathing induced on demand in the awake newborn lamb. Canet, Emmanuel, Jean-Paul Praud, and Michel A. Bureau. Unit[acute]e de Recherche Pulmonaire, D[acute]epartement de P[acute]ediatrie, Universit[acute]e de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke (Qu[acute]ebec) Canada J1H 5N4 APStracts 3:0487A, 1996.
• Effects of caffeine on carotid sinus nerve chemosensory discharge in kittens and cats. Bairam, A., P. De Grandpr, C. Dauphin, F. Marchal. Unit_ de n_onatologie, Centre de recherche, Pavillon Saint-Fran_ois d'Assise, Universit_ Laval, Qu_bec, Canada and Laboratoire de physiologie, Facult_ de M_decine de Nancy, VandIuvre les Nancy, France APStracts 3:0488A, 1996.
• Nitric oxide and [beta]-adrenergic agonist-induced bronchial arterial vasodilation. Charan, Nirmal B., Shane R. Johnson, S. Lakshminarayan, William H. Thompson, Paula Carvalho. Pulmonary Research Laboratory, VA Medical Center, Boise, Idaho 83702 and Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 APStracts 3:0489A, 1996.
• The human ventilatory response to acute hyperoxia during and after 8 h of both isocapnic and poikilocapnic hypoxia. Tansley, J. G., C. Clar, M. E. F. Pedersen, and P. A. Robbins. University of Oxford, Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford OX1 3PT, United Kingdom APStracts 3:0490A, 1996.
• Mortality rate and longevity of food restricted, exercising male rats: a re-evaluation. Holloszy, John O. Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 APStracts 3:0491A, 1996.
• Respective oxidation of lactate and glucose ingested simultaneously during exercise using 13c-labeling. P[acute]eronnet, F., Y. Burelle, D. Massicotte, C. Lavoie, and C. Hillaire-Marcel. D[acute]epartement d'[acute]education physique, Universit[acute]e de Montr[acute]eal, CP 6128 Centre Ville, Montr[acute]eal, P.Q. Canada APStracts 3:0492A, 1996.
• Left ventricular mass, geometry and filling in endurance athletes: association with exercise blood pressure. Karjalainen, Jouko, Matti M[umlaut]antysaari, Matti Viitasalo, and Urho Kujala. Central Military Hospital and Research Institute of Military Medicine, Helsinki, and First Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, and Research Institute for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Helsinki, Finland APStracts 3:0493A, 1996.
• Dry gas hyperpnea-induced bronchoconstriction in the guinea pig is dependent on tachykinin-induced cysteinyl-leukotriene synthesis. Yang, X. X., W. S. Powell, M. Hojo, and J. G. Martin. Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2X 2P2 APStracts 3:0494A, 1996.
• Plasma 2-hydroxy-catecholestrogen responses to short-term submaximal and maximal exercise in untrained women. Cr[acute]ee, Carl De, Peter Ball, B[umlaut]arbel Seidlitz, Gerrit Van Kranenburg, Peter Geurten, Hans A. Keizer. Interuniversity Project on Reproductive Endocrinology in Women and Exercise, Department of Applied and Experimental Reproductive Endocrinology, The Institute for Gyneco-Endocrinological Research, P.O. Box 134, B-3000 Leuven 3, Belgium, Department of Biochemical and Clinical Endocrinology, Medical University of L[umlaut]ubeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-23538 L[umlaut]ubeck, Germany, and _Department of Movement Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Maastricht, P.O. Box 616, NL-6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands APStracts 3:0495A, 1996.
• Effect of chronic resistive loading on hypoxic ventilatory responsiveness. Greenberg, Harly E., Rammohan S. Rao, Anthony L. Sica, Steven M. Scharf. Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and Division of Pediatric Research, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Long Island Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, N.Y. 11040 APStracts 3:0496A, 1996.
• Frequency dependence of forced oscillatory respiratory mechanics in horses with heaves. Young, S. S., D. Tesarowski[acute]a, and L. Viel. Department of Clinical Studies, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 APStracts 3:0497A, 1996.
• Genetic control of differential baseline breathing pattern. Tankersley, Clarke G., Robert S. Fitzgerald, Roy C. Levitt, Wayne A. Mitzner, Susan L. Ewart, and Steven R. Kleeberger. Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Anesthesiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 APStracts 3:0498A, 1996.
• Endogenous nitric oxide decreases xanthine oxidase- mediated neutrophil adherence: role of p-selectin. Terada, Lance S., John E. Repine, Dale Piermattei, Brooks M. Hybertson. Webb-Waring Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Box C322, 4200 E. Ninth Ave., Denver, CO 80262 APStracts 3:0499A, 1996.
• Oxygen availability modulates transmembrane ca2+-flux via second messenger pathways in anoxia-tolerant hepatocytes. Land, S. C., R. H. Sanger, and P. J. S. Smith. Biocurrents Research Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, U.S.A. APStracts 3:0500A, 1996.
• Human respiratory input impedance between 32 and 800 hz measured by interrupter technique and forced oscillations. Frey, Urs, Bela Suki, Richard Kraemer, Andrew C. Jackson. Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 44, Cummington Street, 02215 Boston. MA, and Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Bern, Inselspital, 3010 Berne, Switzerland. APStracts 3:0501A, 1996.
• Blood pressure risk factors in healthy postmenopausal women: physical activity and hormone replacement. Stevenson, Edith T., Kevin P. Davy, Pamela P. Jones, Christopher A. Desouza, and Douglas R. Seals. Departments of Kinesiology and Medicine, (Cardiology and Geriatric Medicine), University of Colorado, Stevenson: Physical Activity, HRT, and Blood Pressure APStracts 3:0502A, 1996.
• Sulfurhexafluoride single breath washouts in short-term versus sustained microgravity. Lauzon, Anne-Marie, G. Kim Prisk, Ann R. Elliott, Sylvia Verbanck, Manuel Paiva, and John B. West. Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, Department of Pneumology Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Universit[theta] Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels 1070, Belgium APStracts 3:0503A, 1996.
• Three-dimensional reconstruction of human diaphragm using spiral computed tomography. Pettiaux, Nicolas, Marie Cassart, Manuel Paiva, and Marc Estenne. Biomedical Physics Laboratory, and the Departments of Radiology and Chest Medicine, Erasme University Hospital, Universit[acute]e Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium APStracts 3:0504A, 1996.
• Esophageal stimulation by hydrochloric acid causes neurogenic inflammation in the airways in guinea pigs. Hamamoto, Junji, Hirotsugu Kohrogi, Osamu Kawano, Hajime Iwagoe, Kazuhiko Fujii, Nahomi Hirata, and Masayuki Ando. First Department of Internal Medicine, and the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860, Japan APStracts 3:0505A, 1996.
• Dew-point hygrometry system for measurement of evaporative water loss in infants. Ariagno, Ronald L., Steven F. Glotzbach[acute]a, Roger B. Baldwin, David M. Rector, Susan M. Bowley[tilde]n, and Robert J. Moffat. Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5119, Program in Human Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2160, Brain Research Institute, Universty of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, 94035-1000, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 -3030 APStracts 3:0506A, 1996.
• Ventilatory effects of specific carotid body hypocapnia and hypoxia in the awake dog . Smith, Curtis A., Craig A. Harms, Kathleen S. Henderson, and Jerome A. Dempsey. The John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 504 N. Walnut Street, Madison, WI 53705-2368 APStracts 3:0507A, 1996.