APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 4, 1997

The American Physiological Society

• Insulinotropic action of (-d-glucose pentaacetate : functional aspects. Malaisse, Willy J., Carmen Sanchez-Soto, M. Elena Larrieta, Marcia Hiriart, Hassan Jijakli, Concepcin Viambres, Mara L. Villanueva -Peacarrillo, Isabel Valverde, Ole Kirk, Marcel M. Kadiata, and Abdullah Sener. Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Brussels Free University, B -1070 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Biophysics, Institute of Cellular Physiology, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de M[theta]xico, Mexico City, DF-04510 Mexico City, Mexico; Fundacin Jimonez Daz, 28040 Madrid, Spain; and Novo Nordisk A/S, DK-2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark APStracts 4:0191E, 1997.
• Adrenomedullin is a potent stimulator of osteoblastic activity in vitro and in vivo. Cornish, Jillian, Karen E Callon, David H Coy, Ning-Yi Jiang, Liqun Xiao, Garth Js Cooper, Ian R Reid. Department of Medicine and School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Peptide Research Laboratories, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, USA. APStracts 4:0192E, 1997.
• Effects of insulin-like growth factor-i on glucose metabolism in rats with liver cirrhosis. Petersen, Kitt Falk, Ralph Jacob, A. Brian West, Robert S. Sherwin, and Gerald I. Shulman. Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT APStracts 4:0193E, 1997.
• Determination of cerebral glucose transport and metabolic kinetics. Zijl, P. C. M. Van, D. Davis, S. M. Eleff, C. T. W. Moonen, R. J. Parker, and J. M. Strong. Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Depts. of Radiology and Anesthesiology, 217 Traylor Building, 720 Rutland Ave, Baltimore, MD 21205.National Institutes of Health, In vivo NMR Research Center, BEIP, NCRR, Bethesda, MD 20892 & Resonance Magnetique des Systemes Biologique, Universite Victor Segalen, F-33076 Bordeaux cedex, France Food and Drug Administration, CDER/ORR, Div. of Clinical Pharmacology, Rockville, MD 20850 APStracts 4:0194E, 1997.