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

The American Physiological Society

• Central v1 avp receptors are involved in cardiovascular adaptation to hypovolemia in wky but not in shr rats. Budzikowski, Adam, Piotr Paczwa, and Ewa Szczepaska-Sadowska. Department of Clinical and Applied Physiology, Warsaw Medical Academy, Poland APStracts 3:0077H, 1996.
• Influence of gabaergic mechanisms on baroreceptor inputs to the nucleus tractus solitarii of rats. Ruggeri, Piero, Carla E. Cogo, Viviana Picchio, Claudio Molinari, Rosa Ermirio, and Franco R. Calaresu. Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, Facolt di Medicina e Chirurgia, Universit di Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy, Department of Physiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1 APStracts 3:0078H, 1996.
• Power spectral analysis for autonomic influences in heart rate and blood pressure variability in fetal lambs. Kimura, Yoshitaka, Kunihiro Okamura,takanori Watanabe,jun Murotsuki, Taku Suzuki, Masahiro Yano, and Akira Yajima. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aobaku, Sendai 980-77, Japan APStracts 3:0079H, 1996.
• Captopril prevents vascular and fibrotic changes but not cardiac hypertrophy in aortic-banded rats. Regan, Christopher P., Peter G. Anderson, Sanford P. Bishop, Kathleen H. Berecek. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 APStracts 3:0080H, 1996.
• Early collateral and microvascular adaptations to intestinal artery occlusion in the rat. Unthank, Joseph L., J. Craig Nixon, Harold M. Burkhart, Steven W. Fath, and Michael C. Dalsing. Departments of Surgery, and Physiology and Biophysics, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202 APStracts 3:0081H, 1996.
• Nf-mb and gtp cyclohydrolase regulate cytokine-induced nitric oxide production by cardiac myocytes. Oddis, Carmine V., Mitchell S. Finkel. Departments of Pathology, Surgery, Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213 APStracts 3:0082H, 1996.
• Valsalva's maneuver revisited: a quantitative method yielding insights into human autonomic control. Smith, Michael L., Larry A. Beightol, Janice M. Fritsch Yelle, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, Thomas R. Porter, and Dwain L. Eckberg. Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Hunter Holmes McGuire Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23249 APStracts 3:0083H, 1996.
• Effects of tumor necrosis factor-a on [ca2+]i and contractility in isolated adult ventricular rabbit myocytes. Goldhaber, Joshua I., Kevin H. Kim, Paul D. Natterson, Tracy Lawrence, Phil Yang, and James N. Weiss. Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095 APStracts 3:0084H, 1996.
• Local and conducted vasomotor responses in isolated rat cerebral arterioles. Dietrich, Hans H., Yasukazu Kajita, and Ralph G. Dacey. Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110 APStracts 3:0085H, 1996.
• The direct in vivo effects of nitric oxide on the coronary circulation. Chambers, Jeffrey W., Gregory S. Voss, Jason R. Snider, Susan M. Meyer, Julie L. Cartland, and Robert F. Wilson. Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota APStracts 3:0086H, 1996.
• Acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors dilate arterioles of skeletal muscle through a no-dependent mechanism. Wu, H. Mac, Yuan Yuan, Maureen McCarthy, and Harris J. Granger. Microcirculation Research Institute and Departments of Medical Physiology and Surgery, Texas A & M University Health Science Center, 1901 South First Street, Building 4, Temple, TX 76504 APStracts 3:0087H, 1996.
• Calcium- and phorbol ester-dependent calponin phosphorylation in homogenates of swine carotid artery. Rokolya, Anik[acute]o, Michael P. Walsh, and Robert S. Moreland. Bockus Research Institute, Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19146 USA, and Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1 Canada APStracts 3:0088H, 1996.
• Heme oxygenase substrates acutely lower blood pressure in hypertensive rats. Johnson, Robert A., Manuel Lavesa, Katie Deseyn, Matthew J. Scholer, and Alberto Nasjletti. Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595 APStracts 3:0089H, 1996.
• Phenylephrine suppresses outward k+ currents in rat atrial myocytes. Wagoner, David R. Van, Margaret Kirian, and Michelle Lamorgese. Department of Molecular Cardiology, Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195 -5069 APStracts 3:0090H, 1996.
• The neural arc of the baroreflex optimizes dynamic arterial pressure regulation in achieving both stability and quickness. Ikeda, Yasuhiro, Toru Kawada, Masaru Sugimachi, Osamu Kawaguchi, Toshiaki Shishido, Takayuki Sato, Hiroshi Miyano, Wataru Matsuura, Joe Alexander, Jr., and Kenji Sunagawa. Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565, JAPAN, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235 APStracts 3:0091H, 1996.
• Positive inotropic agent emd 53998 weakens nucleotide and phosphate binding to cross-bridges in skinned porcine myocardium. Zhao, Yan, and Masataka Kawai. Department of Anatomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa city, IA 52242 APStracts 3:0092H, 1996.
• Effects of calponin on force generation by single smooth muscle cells. Horowitz, Arie, Odille Cl[acute]ement-Chomienne, Michael P. Walsh, Terence Tao, Hideaki Katsuyama, and Kathleen G. Morgan. Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Hospital, and Program in Smooth Muscle Research, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215; Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston, MA 02114; Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine; Smooth Muscle Research Group and Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada APStracts 3:0093H, 1996.
• Hyperkalemia alters endothelium-dependent relaxation through non -nitric oxide mechanism in porcine coronary arteries: a new mechanism for coronary dysfunction. He, Guo-Wei, Cheng-Qin Yang, Wolfgang Graier, Jan-An Yang. Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, The Grantham Hospital, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, The Albert Starr Academic Center for Cardiac Surgery, St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., University of Graz, Austria APStracts 3:0094H, 1996.
• Estimated functional diameter of alveolar septal microvessels in zone i . Conhaim, Robert L., and Lance A. Rodenkirch. Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin APStracts 3:0095H, 1996.
• Preconditioning is not abolished by the delayed rectifier k+ blocker dofetilide. Grover, Gary J., Albert J. D'alonzo, Steven Dzwonczyk, Charles S. Parham, and Raymond B. Darbenzio. Department of Pharmacology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, P.O Box 4000, Princeton, N.J. 08543-4000 APStracts 3:0096H, 1996.
• Chronic [alpha]1 adrenergic blockade stimulates terminal and arcade arteriolar development. Price, Richard J., and Thomas C. Skalak. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908 APStracts 3:0097H, 1996.
• Communication between the tyrosine kinase pathway and the myosin light chain kinase pathway of vascular smooth muscle activation. Jin, Najia, Rafat A. Siddiqui, Denis English, Rodney A. Rhoades. Department of Physiology/Biophysics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, and the Bone Marrow Transplantation Laboratory, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202 APStracts 3:0098H, 1996.
• Frequency response characteristic of sympathetic mediated vasomotor waves in conscious rats. Stauss, Harald M., and Kevin C. Kregel. Department of Exercise Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 APStracts 3:0099H, 1996.
• Adenosine a2-receptor activation inhibits neutrophil-mediated injury to coronary endothelium by attenuating superoxide radical generation and adherence. Zhao, Zhi-Qing, Hiroki Sato, Mark W. Williams, Adolfo Z. Fernandez, Jakob Vinten-Johansen. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1906 APStracts 3:0100H, 1996.
• Measurement of regional myocardial blood flow in rats by unlabeled microspheres and coulter channelyzer. Wang, Xuejun, Faqian Li, Suleman Said, Joseph M. Capasso, and A. Martin Gerdes. Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069-2390 APStracts 3:0101H, 1996.
• The role of parabrachial nucleus in baroreflex mediated coronary vasoconstriction. Gutterman, David D., Angie Goodson. VA Medical Center and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa APStracts 3:0102H, 1996.
• Oxygen modulates [alpha]1b-adrenergic receptor gene expression by arterial but not venous vascular smooth muscle. Eckhart, Andrea D., Zhiming Zhu, William J. Arendshorst, and James E. Faber. Department of Physiology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7545 APStracts 3:0103H, 1996.
• Vascular endothelial growth factor administration in chronic myocardial ischemia. Harada, Kazumasa, Menachem Friedman, John J. Lopez, Steven Y. Wang, Jian Li, Pottumarthi V. Prasad, Justin D. Pearlman, Elazer R. Edelman, Frank W. Sellke, and Michael Simons. Vascular Biology Unit, Charles A. Dana Research Institute and Harvard-Thorndike Laboratory, the Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Department of Surgery, and Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, and Program in Health, Science and Technology. MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 APStracts 3:0104H, 1996.
• Limitation of cardiac output by a coronary [alpha]1-constrictor tone during exercise in dogs. Kim, Song-Jung, Geoffrey Kline, and Patricia A. Gwirtz. Department of Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107-2699 APStracts 3:0105H, 1996.
• Identification and characteristics of the delayed rectifier k+ current in fetal mouse ventricular myocytes. Wang, L., and H. J. Duff. Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada APStracts 3:0106H, 1996.
• Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate alters sr ca2+ atpase gene expression in cultured neonatal rat heart cells. Qi, Ming, Jos[acute]e W. M. Bassani, Donald M. Bers, and Allen M. Samarel. The Cardiovascular Institute and the Departments of Physiology and Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois 60153 APStracts 3:0107H, 1996.
• Right ventricular contractile protein function in rats with left ventricular myocardial infarction. Tombe, Pieter P. De, Thomas Wannenburg, Dongsheng Fan, William C. Little. Section on Cardiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1045 APStracts 3:0108H, 1996.
• Contribution of the na-ca exchange to the action potential of human atrial myocytes. B[acute]enardeau, Agn[grave]es, St[acute]ephane N. Hatem, Catherine R[umlaut]ucker-Martin, Bruno Le Grand, Lo[diaeresis]ic Mac[acute]e, Patrice Dervanian, Jean-Jacques Mercadier, and Edouard Coraboeuf. Laboratoire de Cardiologie Mol[acute]eculaire et Cellulaire, Universit[acute]e de Paris XI-CNRS URA 1159, H[circumflex]opital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France, Centre de Recherche Pierre Fabre, Division des Maladies Cardiovasculaires, Castres, France APStracts 3:0109H, 1996.
• Regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression by cyclosporin a in bovine aortic endothelial cells. L[acute]opez-Ongil, S., M. Saura, D. Rodr[acute]iguez-Puyol, M. Rodr[acute]iguez-Puyol, S. Lamas. Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology and Medicine, Alcal[acute]a de Henares University, Nephrology Section, Hospital Pr[acute]incipe de Asturias and Centro de Investigaciones Biol[acute]ogicas, C.S.I.C., Madrid, Spain APStracts 3:0110H, 1996.
• Perfusion induced changes in oxygen consumption and cardiac contractility (gregg effect) are mediated through different mechanisms. Dijkman, Marieke A., Johannes W. Heslinga, Pieter Sipkema, Nico Westerhof. Laboratory for Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research. ICaR-VU, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands APStracts 3:0111H, 1996.
• Effects of adenosine and protein kinase c stimulation on mechanical properties of rat cardiac myocytes. Lester, J. W., K. F. Gannaway, R. A. Reardon, L. D. Koon, and P. A. Hofmann. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis APStracts 3:0112H, 1996.
• Blocking l-selectin function attenuates reperfusion injury following hemorrhagic shock in rabbits. Ramamoorthy, Chandra, Sam R. Sharar, John M. Harlan, Thomas F. Tedder, Robert K. Winn. Departments of Anesthesiology, Medicine, Surgery, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104 and Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27706 APStracts 3:0113H, 1996.
• Increased activity of vascular angiotensin converting enzyme related to atherosclerotic lesions in hyperlipidemic rabbits. Mitani, Hironobu, Tsutomu Bandoh, Masaaki Kimura, Tetsuya Totsuka, and Shigehiro Hayashi. Department of Pharmacology, Sandoz Tsukuba Research Institute, APStracts 3:0114H, 1996.
• Preconditioning prevents chronic reperfusion - induced coronary endothelial dysfunction in rats. Kaeffer, Nathalie, Vincent Richard, Arnaud Fran[cedilla]cois, Francoise Lallemand, Jean-Paul Henry, and Christian Thuillez. Department of Pharmacology, (Groupe vaisseaux - c_ur - m[acute]edicaments, Institut F[acute]ed[acute]eratif de Recherches n degrees 23 - "peptides") and Pathology, Rouen University Medical School and Rouen University Hospital, 76031 Rouen, France APStracts 3:0115H, 1996.
• Coronary hyperperfusion augments myocardial oxygen consumption . Ishibashi, Yutaka, Jianyi Zhang, Dirk J. Duncker, Christopher Klassen, Todd Pavek, Robert J. Bache. Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Current address: Laboratory for Experimental Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 Dr, Rotterdam, The Netherlands APStracts 3:0116H, 1996.
• Expression of phagocyte nadph oxidase components in human endothelial cells. Jonesa, Simon A., Valerie B. O'donnell, Jonathan D. Wooda, Jonathan. P. Broughton, Eleanor. J. Hughes & Owen. T. G. Jones. Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, U.K., Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bern, CH-3012, Switzerland APStracts 3:0117H, 1996.
• Systemic vascular effects during acute rejection of lung allografts. Scherst[acute]en, Henrik, Henry D. Tazelaar, Alexander R. J. Cale, Virginia M. Miller, Christopher G. A. McGregor. Departments of Surgery, Pathology, Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota APStracts 3:0118H, 1996.
• A model of the action potential and underlying membrane currents in a rabbit atrial cell . Lindblad, D. S., C. R. Murphey, J. W. Clark, W. R. Giles. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251-1892, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77550, Departments of Medical Physiology and Medicine, University of Calgary Medical School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1 APStracts 3:0119H, 1996.
• Coarse graining spectral analysis of heart rate and blood pressure variability in patients with autonomic failure. Blaber, A. P., R. L. Bondar, R. Freeman. Centre for Advanced Technology Education, Ryerson Polytechnic University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5B 2K3, Department of Neurology, Deaconess Hospital, 110 Francis St., and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02215 APStracts 3:0120H, 1996.
• Brain angiotensin ii tonically modulates the sympathetic baroreflex in the rabbit ventrolateral medulla. Saigusa, Takeshi, Masami Iriki, and Jun Arita. Department of Physiology, Yamanashi Medical University, Tamaho, Nakakoma, Yamanashi 409-38, JAPAN APStracts 3:0121H, 1996.
• Chronic exercise decreases adrenergic agonists-induced vasoconstriction in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Chen, Hsiun-Ing, and I-Ping Chiang. Department of Physiology, National Cheng-Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan 701, Republic of China APStracts 3:0122H, 1996.
• Cardiorespiratory and tissue oxygen dose response to rat endotoxemia . Rosser, D. M., R. P. Stidwill, D. Jacobson, and M Singer. Bloomsbury Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School, 2nd Floor, Rayne Institute Building, University Street, London WC1E 6JJ, UK APStracts 3:0123H, 1996.