Cui, Jian, Satoshi Iwase, Tadaaki Mano, and Hiroki Kitazawa. Responses of sympathetic outflow to skin during caloric stimulation in humans. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R738–R744, 1999.—We previously showed that caloric vestibular stimulation elicits increases in sympathetic outflow to muscle (MSNA) in humans. The present study was conducted to determine the e...

Hayward, Linda F., and Robert B. Felder. Electrophysiological properties of rat lateral parabrachial neurons in vitro. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R696–R706, 1999.—Anatomical studies have demonstrated that the lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPBN) is composed of at least seven separate subnuclei distinguished by cell morphology, spatial clustering, and afferent...

Laboratory-bred females of Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from the insectarium, Unit of Medical Entomology, Institute for Medical Research were used in the experiment. The late third stage of the F0 larvae which survived the high selection pressure of malathion, permethrin and temephos were reared and colonies were established from adults that emerged. Cx. quinquefas...

Bewick, N. L., C. Fernandes, A. D. Pitt, H. H. Rasmussen, and D. W. Whalley. Mechanisms of Na1-K1 pump regulation in cardiac myocytes during hyposmolar swelling. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Cell Physiol. 45): C1091–C1099, 1999.—We have previously demonstrated that the sarcolemmal Na1-K1 pump current (Ip) in cardiac myocytes is stimulated by cell swelling induced by exposure to hyposmolar solutions. Ho...

Braam, Branko. Renal endothelial and macula densa NOS: integrated response to changes in extracellular fluid volume. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R1551–R1561, 1999.—If, only 20 years ago, anyone had postulated that the absence of nitric oxide gas (NO) would lead to severe hypertension and destruction of the vascular bed of the kidney within weeks, it is not un...

Kriston, Tünde, Rocco C. Venuto, Christine Baylis, and György Losonczy. Hemodynamic and renal effects of U-46619, a TXA2/PGH2 analog, in late-pregnant rats. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R831–R837, 1999.—The vasoconstrictor effects of pressor agents are attenuated during pregnancy. Thromboxane A2 (TXA2) is produced in great quantities during hypertension in pre...

ROSLYN M. LONDON,2 SAMMY L. EBER,1,2 SANDHYA S. VISWESWARIAH,4 WILLIAM J. KRAUSE,3 AND LEONARD R. FORTE1,2 1Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital and Departments of 2Pharmacology, and 3Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Missouri University, Columbia, Missouri 65212; and 4Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalo...

Huang, Qin-Heng, Victor J. Hruby, and Jeffrey B. Tatro. Role of central melanocortins in endotoxin-induced anorexia. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R864–R871, 1999.—Inflammation and microbial infection produce symptoms, including fever, anorexia, and hypoactivity, that are thought to be mediated by endogenous proinflammatory cytokines. Melanocortins are known to...

Stricklett, Peter K., Raoul D. Nelson, and Donald E. Kohan. The Cre/loxP system and gene targeting in the kidney. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Renal Physiol. 45): F651–F657, 1999.—The Cre/loxP and Flp/FRT systems mediate site-specific DNA recombination and are being increasingly utilized to study gene function in vivo. These systems allow targeted gene disruption in a single cell type in vivo, thereby ...

Ikezaki, Hiroyuki, Manisha Patel, Hayat Önyüksel, Syed R. Akhter, Xiao-pei Gao, and Israel Rubinstein. Exogenous calmodulin potentiates vasodilation elicited by phospholipid-associated VIP in vivo. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R1359–R1365, 1999.—The purpose of this study was to determine whether exogenous calmodulin potentiates vasoactive intestinal peptide (V...