APStracts (ISSN 1080-4757) Vol. 8, 2001

The American Physiological Society

• Alteration of mitochondrial function in a model of chronic ischemia in vivo in rat heart. Boudina, Sihem, Muriel N. Laclau, Liliane Tariosse, Danièle Daret, Gérard Gouverneur, Simone Bonoron-Adèle, Valdur A. Saks, and Pierre Dos Santos. 1«inserm» U441, Athérosclérose and IFR 4, 33600 Pessac; 2Laboratory of Bioenergetics, Université Joseph Fourier, Cedex 9, France; and Laboratory of Bioenergetics, National Institute of Chemical and Biological Physics, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia APStracts 8:0545H, 2001.
• Forebrain renin-angiotensin system has tonic excitatory influence on renal sympathetic nerve activity. Wei, Shun-Guang, and Robert B. Felder. Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 APStracts 8:0546H, 2001.
• Regional cerebral blood flow in cats with cross-linked hemoglobin transfusion during focal cerebral ischemia. Rebel, Annette, John A. Ulatowski, Karena Joung, Enrico Bucci, Richard J. Traystman, and Raymond C. Koehler. 1Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore 21205; and 2Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 APStracts 8:0547H, 2001.
• Effects of sustained ß-adrenergic stimulation on ionic currents of cultured adult guinea pig cardiomyocytes. Zhang, Li-Ming, Zhiguo Wang, and Stanley Nattel. Research Center and Department of Medicine, 1 Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal H1T 1C8, and University of Montreal, Montreal H3C 3J7; and Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics,2 McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada APStracts 8:0548H, 2001.
• Attenuation of neutrophil-mediated myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by a calpain inhibitor. Ikeda, Yasuhiko, Lindon H. Young, and Allan M. Lefer. Department of Physiology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 APStracts 8:0549H, 2001.
• Transmural recording of monophasic action potentials. Zhou, Xiaohong, Jian Huang, and Raymond E. Ideker. Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, and Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Physiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 APStracts 8:0550H, 2001.
• Differential expression of TNF-a, IL-6, and IGF-1 by graded mechanical stress in normal rat myocardium. Palmieri, Emiliano A., Giulio Benincasa, Francesca Di Rella, Cosma Casaburi, Maria G. Monti, Giuseppe De Simone, Lorenzo Chiariotti, Lucio Palombini, Carmelo B. Bruni, Luigi Saccà, and Antonio Cittadini. 1Department of Medicina Clinica, Scienze Cardiovascolari ed Immunologiche, and 2Department of Scienze Biomorfologiche e Funzionali, Sezione di Anatomia Patologica e Citopatologia, and 3Department of Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare "L. Califano," Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II," 80131 Naples; and 4Department of Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica "G. Salvatore," Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Catanzaro "Magna Grecia," 88100 Catanzaro, Italy APStracts 8:0551H, 2001.
• Mouse heart Na+ channels: primary structure and function of two isoforms and alternatively spliced variants. Zimmer, Thomas, Christian Bollensdorff, Volker Haufe, Eckhard Birch-Hirschfeld, and Klaus Benndorf. 1Institute of Physiology II, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07740 Jena; and 2Institute of Virology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07745 Jena, Germany APStracts 8:0552H, 2001.
• Nitric oxide/endothelin-1 interactions after acute ductal constriction in fetal lambs. Bekker, Boaz Ovadia, Janine M., Robert K. Fitzgerald, Alexander Kon, Stephan Thelitz, Michael J. Johengen, Karen Hendricks-Munoz, Rene Gerrets, Stephen M. Black, and Jeffrey R. Fineman. 1Department of Pediatrics and 2Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and 3Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143«hyphen»0106; 4Department of Pediatrics, New York University, New York, New York 10016; and 5Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611 APStracts 8:0553H, 2001.
• Modulation of action potential by [Ca2+]i in modeled rat atrial and guinea pig ventricular myocytes. Han, Chunlei, Pasi Tavi, and Matti Weckström. Division of Biophysics, Department of Physical Sciences, and Department of Physiology, and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland APStracts 8:0554H, 2001.
• Temperature-sensitive intracellular Mg2+ block of L-type Ca2+ channels in cardiac myocytes. Yamaoka, Kaoru, Tsunetsugu Yuki, Kayoko Kawase, Makoto Munemori, and Issei Seyama. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima 734«hyphen»8551, Japan APStracts 8:0555H, 2001.
• l-Arginine protects human heart cells from low-volume anoxia and reoxygenation. Shiono, Noritsugu, Vivek Rao, Richard D. Weisel, Muneyasu Kawasaki, Ren-Ke Li, Donald A. G. Mickle, Paul W. M. Fedak, Laura C. Tumiati, Lawrence Ko, and Subodh Verma. Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4 Canada APStracts 8:0556H, 2001.
• Direct effect of «paco2» on respiratory sinus arrhythmia in conscious humans. Sasano, Nobuko, Alex E. Vesely, Junichiro Hayano, Hiroshi Sasano, Ron Somogyi, David Preiss, Kiyoyuki Miyasaka, Hirotada Katsuya, Steve Iscoe, and Joseph A. Fisher. 1Department of Anesthesia, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4; 2Third Department of Internal Medicine, 3Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan; and 4Department of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada APStracts 8:0557H, 2001.
• Activation of cardiac ryanodine receptors by cardiac glycosides. Sagawa, Toshio, Kazuko Sagawa, James E. Kelly, Robert G. Tsushima, and J. Andrew Wasserstrom. Cardiology Division, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry and the Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611 APStracts 8:0558H, 2001.
• Theoretical analysis of rest and exercise hemodynamics in patients with total cavopulmonary connection. Elisa, Magosso, Cavalcanti Silvio, and Ursino Mauro. Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy APStracts 8:0559H, 2001.
• Effects of amiodarone on wavefront dynamics during ventricular fibrillation in isolated swine right ventricle. Omichi, Chikaya, Shengmei Zhou, Moon-Hyoung Lee, Ajay Naik, Che-Ming Chang, Alan Garfinkel, James N. Weiss, Shien-Fong Lin, Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, and Peng- Sheng Chen. 1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles xxxxx; 2Division of Cardiology, Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Physiological Science and the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, University of California at Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90048-1865; and 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee xxxxx APStracts 8:0560H, 2001.
• Aortic leucine to glutamate pathway: metabolic route and regulation of contractile responses. Schachter, David, and James C. Sang. Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032 APStracts 8:0561H, 2001.
• Load dependence of ventricular performance explained by model of calcium- myofilament interactions. Shimizu, Juichiro, Koji Todaka, and Daniel Burkhoff. Division of Circulatory Physiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032 APStracts 8:0562H, 2001.
• Increased expression of small HSP27 protects canine myocytes from simulated ischemia-reperfusion injury. Vander Heide, Richard S. Departments of Pathology, John D. Dingell Veterans Administration Medical Center and Wayne State University Medical School, Detroit, Michigan 48201 APStracts 8:0563H, 2001.
• l-Arginine protects human heart cells from low-volume anoxia and reoxygenation. Shiono, Noritsugu, Vivek Rao, Richard D. Weisel, Muneyasu Kawasaki, Ren-Ke Li, Donald A. G. Mickle, Paul W. M. Fedak, Laura C. Tumiati, Lawrence Ko, and Subodh Verma. Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4 Canada APStracts 8:0564H, 2001.
• RhoA/Rho kinase and nitric oxide modulate the agonist-induced pulmonary artery diameter response time. Boer, Christa, Peter J. W. van der Linden, Gert Jan Scheffer, Nico Westerhof, Jaap J. de Lange, and Pieter Sipkema. 1Laboratory for Physiology and 2Department of Anesthesiology, Vrije Universiteit University Medical Center, and 3Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam; and 4Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Center, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands APStracts 8:0565H, 2001.
• Increased baroreceptor response in mice deficient in monoamine oxidase A and B. Holschneider, D. P., O. U. Scremin, K. P. Roos, D. R. Chialvo, K. Chen, and J. C. Shih. 1Departments of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, 2Neurology, and 3Cell and Neurobiology, Keck School of Medicine, and 4Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089; 5Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Los Angeles 90073; 6Department of Physiology and 7Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024; and 8Center for Studies in Physics and Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021 APStracts 8:0566H, 2001.
• Increased expression of cardiotrophin-1 during ventricular remodeling in hypertensive rats. Takimoto, Yoshihito, Takeshi Aoyama, Yoshitaka Iwanaga, Toshiaki Izumi, Yasuki Kihara, Diane Pennica, and Shigetake Sasayama. 1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606«hyphen»8507, Japan; and 2Department of Molecular Oncology, Genentech Incorporated, San Francisco, California 94080 APStracts 8:0567H, 2001.
• Acute exercise enhances vasorelaxation by modulating endothelial calcium signaling in rat aortas. Jen, Chauying J., Hung-Pin Chan, and Hsiun-Ing Chen. Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China APStracts 8:0568H, 2001.
• Optimal ventricular rate slowing during atrial fibrillation by feedback-selective AV nodal vagal stimulation. Zhang, Youhua, Kent A. Mowrey, Shaowei Zhuang, Don W. Wallick, Zoran B. Popovic, and Todor N. Mazgalev. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 APStracts 8:0569H, 2001.
• MMP inhibition modulates TNF-a transgenic mouse phenotype early in the development of heart failure. Li, Yun You, Toshiaki Kadokami, Charles F. McTiernan, and Arthur M. Feldman. Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 APStracts 8:0570H, 2001.
• Potassium (BKCa) currents are reduced in microvascular smooth muscle cells from insulin-resistant rats. Dimitropoulou, Christiana, Guichun Han, Allison Miller, Mariela Molero, Leslie Fuchs, Richard E. White, and Gerald O. Carrier. 1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and 2Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912; and 2Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina APStracts 8:0571H, 2001.
• Maternal cardiovascular changes during pregnancy and postpartum in mice. Wong, Alan Y. H., Shathiyah Kulandavelu, Kathie J. Whiteley, Dawei Qu, B. Lowell Langille, and S. Lee Adamson. 1Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, M5G 1X5, and Departments of 2Obstetrics and Gynecology, 3Physiology, and 4Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada APStracts 8:0572H, 2001.
• Pial arteriole dilation during somatosensory stimulation is not mediated by an increase in CSF metabolites. Ngai, Al C., and H. Richard Winn. Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98104 APStracts 8:0573H, 2001.
• Nitric oxide modulates endotoxin-induced platelet-endothelial cell adhesion in intestinal venules. Cerwinka, Wolfgang H., Dianne Cooper, Christian F. Krieglstein, Martin Feelisch, and D. Neil Granger. Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130«hyphen»3932 APStracts 8:0574H, 2001.
• Wine polyphenols improve cardiovascular remodeling and vascular function in NO- deficient hypertension. Bernátová, Iveta, Olga Pechánová, Pavel Babál, Sona Kyselá, Svetoslav Stvrtina, and Ramaroson Andriantsitohaina. 1Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 813 71 Bratislava; 2Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Comenius University, 0000 Bratislava, Slovak Republic; and 3Pharmacologie et Physico-Chimie des Interactions Cellulaires et Moléculaires, Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, UMR «cnrs» 7034, Faculté de Pharmacie, Illkirch, France APStracts 8:0575H, 2001.
• High-cut characteristics of the baroreflex neural arc preserve baroreflex gain against pulsatile pressure. Kawada, Toru, Can Zheng, Yusuke Yanagiya, Kazunori Uemura, Tadayoshi Miyamoto, Masashi Inagaki, Toshiaki Shishido, Masaru Sugimachi, and Kenji Sunagawa. Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka 565«hyphen»8565, Japan APStracts 8:0576H, 2001.
• Cardiac myocyte adenosine A2a receptor activation fails to alter cAMP or contractility: role of receptor localization. Kilpatrick, Eric L., Prakash Narayan, Robert M. Mentzer, Jr., and Robert D. Lasley. Departments of 1Physiology and 2Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 APStracts 8:0577H, 2001.
• Natriuretic peptide gene expression in DOCA-salt hypertension after blockade of type B endothelin receptor. Bianciotti, Liliana G., and Adolfo J. De Bold. University of Ottawa Heart Institute and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1Y 4W7 Ontario, Canada APStracts 8:0578H, 2001.
• Acute protection of ischemic heart by FGF-2: involvement of FGF-2 receptors and protein kinase C. Jiang, Zhi-Sheng, Raymond R. Padua, Haisong Ju, Bradley W. Doble, Yan Jin, Jianming Hao, Peter A. Cattini, Ian M. C. Dixon, and Elissavet Kardami. Departments of Human Anatomy and Cell Sciences and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada R2H 2A6 APStracts 8:0579H, 2001.
• Relation of effective arterial elastance to arterial system properties. Segers, Patrick, Nikos Stergiopulos, and Nico Westerhof. 1Hydraulics Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Technology, Ghent University, B- 9000 Gent, Belgium; 2Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédéralé de Lausanne, Parc Scientifique d'Ecublens, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; and 3Laboratory for Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands APStracts 8:0580H, 2001.
• Biphasic effects of cell volume on excitation-contraction coupling in rabbit ventricular myocytes. Li, Gui-Rong, Min Zhang, Leslie S. Satin, and Clive M. Baumgarten. Departments of 1Physiology, 2Pharmacology and Toxicology, and 3Internal Medicine (Cardiology), Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298 APStracts 8:0581H, 2001.
• Purkinje involvement in arrhythmias after coronary artery reperfusion. Arnar, David O., and James B. Martins. Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City; and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 APStracts 8:0582H, 2001.
• Molecular conformation dictates module formation: example of PKCe and Src tyrosine kinase. Song, Changxu, Thomas M. Vondriska, Guang-Wu Wang, Jon B. Klein, Xinan Cao, Jun Zhang, Y. James Kang, Stanley D'souza, and Peipei Ping. 1Department of Physiology and Biophysics, 2Divisions of Cardiology and Nephrology, Department of Medicine, 3Department of Biochemistry, 4Core Proteomics Laboratory, and 5Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, and 6Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 APStracts 8:0583H, 2001.
• Cellular glutathione peroxidase deficiency and endothelial dysfunction. Forgione, Marc A., Norbert Weiss, Stanley Heydrick, André Cap, Elizabeth S. Klings, Charlene Bierl, Robert T. Eberhardt, Harrison W. Farber, and Joseph Loscalzo. 1Evans Department of Medicine, 2Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Pharmacology, and 3Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118 APStracts 8:0584H, 2001.
• Staphylococcal a-toxin provokes neutrophil-dependent cardiac dysfunction: role of ICAM-1 and cys-leukotrienes. Grandel, Ulrich, Mathias Reutemann, Ladislau Kiss, Michael Buerke, Ludger Fink, Emmanoyil Bournelis, Martina Heep, Werner Seeger, Friedrich Grimminger, and Ulf Sibelius. 1Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, 35392 Giessen; and 2II Department of Internal Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University, 55131 Mainz, Germany APStracts 8:0585H, 2001.
• Influence of vascular dimension on gender difference in flow-dependent dilatation of peripheral conduit arteries. Joannides, Robinson, Agathe Costentin, Michaela Iacob, Patricia Compagnon, Agnès Lahary, and Christian Thuillez. 1Department of Pharmacology and 2Department of Hematology, «inserm» E9920, Institut Fédératif de Recherche Multidisciplinaire Sur les Peptides No. 23, Rouen University Hospital, 76031 Rouen, France APStracts 8:0586H, 2001.
• Role of ADP-ribose in 11,12-EET-induced activation of KCa channels in coronary arterial smooth muscle cells. Li, Pin-Lan, David X. Zhang, Zhi-Dong Ge, and William B. Campbell. Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226 APStracts 8:0587H, 2001.
• Preconditioning blocks cardiocyte apoptosis: role of KATP channels and PKC-e. Liu, Huiping, Hong Yan Zhang, Xiangdong Zhu, Zuohui Shao, and Zhenhai Yao. Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 APStracts 8:0588H, 2001.
• Contribution of laminar myofiber architecture to load-dependent changes in mechanics of LV myocardium. Takayama, Yasuo, Kevin D. Costa, and James W. Covell. Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering, The University of California, San Diego, California 90293 APStracts 8:0589H, 2001.
• H2O2 opens mitochondrial KATP channels and inhibits GABA receptors via protein kinase C-e in cardiomyocytes. Zhang, Hong Yan, Bradley C McPherson, Huiping Liu, Timir S Baman, Peter Rock, and Zhenhai Yao. Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 APStracts 8:0590H, 2001.
• Mechanical alternans and restitution in failing SHHF rat left ventricles. Dumitrescu, Cristian, Prakash Narayan, Igor R. Efimov, Yuanna Cheng, M. Judith Radin, Sylvia A. McCune, and Ruth A. Altschuld. 1The Ohio State University Biophysics Program and Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Columbus, 43210; 2The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Cardiology, Cleveland 44195; 3Department of Food Science and Technology and 4Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 43210 APStracts 8:0591H, 2001.
• TNF-a and myocardial matrix metalloproteinases in heart failure: relationship to LV remodeling. Bradham, William S., Gordon Moe, Katherine A. Wendt, Amelia A. Scott, Andrea Konig, Marina Romanova, George Naik, and Francis G. Spinale. 1Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425; and 2St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada APStracts 8:0592H, 2001.
• Integration of cornea and cardiorespiratory afferents in the nucleus of the solitary tract of the rat. Boscan, Pedro, and Julian F. R. Paton. Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, United Kingdom APStracts 8:0593H, 2001.
• Increased coronary perfusion augments cardiac contractility in rat through stretch- activated ion channels. Lamberts, R. R., M. H. P. Van Rijen, P. Sipkema, P. Fransen, S. U. Sys, and N. Westerhof. 1Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Laboratory for Physiology, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and 2Department of Physiology and Medicine, University of Antwerp, B2020 Antwerp, Belgium APStracts 8:0594H, 2001.
• Role of myocardium and endothelium in coronary vascular smooth muscle responses to hypoxia. Kerkhof, Cornel J. M., Peter J. W. Van Der Linden, and Pieter Sipkema. Laboratory for Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 1081 BT, the Netherlands APStracts 8:0595H, 2001.
• Depressed transient outward potassium current density in catecholamine-depleted rat ventricular myocytes. Mercier, Gilles Bru, Edith Deroubaix, Delphine Rousseau, Alain Coulombe, and Jean- François Renaud. 1Département de Physiologie Cardiovasculaire et Thymique, «cnrs» and Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, 92350 Le Plessis Robinson; and 2Laboratoire des Lipides Membranaires et Fonction Cardiovasculaire, «inra», Faculté de Pharmacie, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France APStracts 8:0596H, 2001.
• Cerebral microvascular changes in permeability and tight junctions induced by hypoxia and reoxygenation. Mark, Karen S., and Thomas P. Davis. University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Tucson, Arizona 85724«hyphen»5050 APStracts 8:0597H, 2001.
• Intramyocardial pressure measurements in the stage 18 embryonic chick heart. Chabert, Steren, and Larry A. Taber. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 APStracts 8:0598H, 2001.
• ?1-receptors increase cAMP and induce abnormal Cai cycling in German shepherd sudden death model. Steinberg, Susan F., Sasha Alcott, Elena Pak, Donglei Hu, Lev Protas, N. Sydney Möise, Richard B. Robinson, and Michael R. Rosen. 1Center for Molecular Therapeutics, Departments of Pharmacology, Medicine and Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York 10032; and Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, New York 14853«hyphen»6401 APStracts 8:0599H, 2001.
• N-methyl-d-aspartate-induced vasodilation is mediated by endothelium-independent nitric oxide release in piglets. Domoki, Ferenc, James V. Perciaccante, Katsuyoshi Shimizu, Michelle Puskar, David W. Busija, and Ferenc Bari. 1Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157«hyphen»1010; and 2Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged H-6720, Hungary. APStracts 8:0600H, 2001.
• Phase I and phase II of short-term mechanical restitution in perfused rat left ventricles. Dumitrescu, Cristian, Prakash Narayan, Yuanna Cheng, Igor R. Efimov, and Ruth A. Altschuld. 1The Ohio State University Biophysics Program and Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Columbus, 43210; 2The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Cardiology, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 APStracts 8:0601H, 2001.