Scislo, Tadeusz J., and Donal S. O’Leary. Differential role of ionotropic glutamatergic mechanisms in responses to NTS P2x and A2a receptor stimulation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 278: H2057–H2068, 2000.—Activation of ATP P2x receptors in the subpostremal nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) via microinjection of a,b-methylene ATP (a,b-MeATP) elicits fast initial depressor and sympathoinhibitor...

Rector, D. M., C. A. Richard, R. J. Staba, and R. M. Harper. Sleep states alter ventral medullary surface responses to blood pressure challenges. Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 278: R1090–R1098, 2000.— Ventral medullary surface (VMS) activity declines during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, suggesting a potential for reduced VMS responsiveness to blood pressure challenges durin...

Muniyappa, Ranganath, Rui Xu, Jeffrey L. Ram, and James R. Sowers. Inhibition of Rho protein stimulates iNOS expression in rat vascular smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 278: H1762–H1768, 2000.— Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) is upregulated in arterial injury and plays a role in regulating VSMC proliferation and restenosis. Infl...

Hines, Tina, and William A. Herzer. Effect of cardiac receptor stimulation on renal vascular resistance in the pregnant rat. Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 278: R171–R178, 2000.—Stimulation of cardiac receptors (CR) evokes blunted reflex reductions in mean arterial pressure (MAP) in pregnant compared with virgin rats. Because CR-mediated sympathoinhibition has preferentia...

Cox, Blair E., Carrie E. Williams, and Charles R. Rosenfeld. Angiotensin II indirectly vasoconstricts the ovine uterine circulation. Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 278: R337–R344, 2000.— The uterine vasculature of women and sheep predominantly expresses type 2 ANG II receptors that do not mediate vasoconstriction. Although systemic ANG II infusions increase uterine vascul...

Rowland, Neil E., Jonathan D. Roth, Megan R. McMullen, Aashish Patel, and Anna T. Cespedes. Dexfenfluramine and norfenfluramine: comparison of mechanism of action in feeding and brain Fos-ir studies. Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 278: R390–R399, 2000.—Dexfenfluramine (dF) and dexnorfenfluramine (dNF), its metabolite, are anorectic agents that release serotonin (5-HT) and...

Karlon, William J., Andrew D. McCulloch, James W. Covell, John J. Hunter, and Jeffrey H. Omens. Regional dysfunction correlates with myofiber disarray in transgenic mice with ventricular expression of ras. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 278: H898–H906, 2000.—A hallmark of certain cardiac diseases such as familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is focal myofiber disarray. Regional ventricular...

Plevral multikistik mezotelyal proliferasyon çok nadir bir serozal patolojidir. Bu yazıda dispne ve göğüs ağrısı şikayetiyle acil servise başvuran ve hemotoraksla prezente plevral multikistik mezotelyal proliferasyon olgusunu paylaşmak istedik. Literatürde plevral multikistik mezotelyal proliferasyon tanımlanan bir olgu bildirilmiştir. Plevral multikistik mezotelyal proliferasyon nadir bir beni...

Wong, Norman L. M., Bonita P. H. Wong, and Joseph K. C. Tsui. Vasopressin regulates endothelin-B receptor in rat inner medullary collecting duct. Am. J. Physiol. Renal Physiol. 278: F369–F374, 2000.—Previous studies have shown that endothelin (ET) antagonizes the actions of arginine vasopressin (AVP) in the renal collecting ducts. On the other hand, the effects of AVP on ET function within the ...

Pinna, G. D., R. Maestri, A. Mortara, and M. T. La Rovere. Cardiorespiratory interactions during periodic breathing in awake chronic heart failure patients. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 278: H932–H941, 2000.—We applied spectral techniques to the analysis of cardiorespiratory signals [instantaneous lung volume (ILV), instantaneous tidal volume (ITV), arterial O2 saturation (SaO2) at the ...