Neviere, Remi R., Gediminas Cepinskas, W. Sean Madorin, Nina Hoque, Morris Karmazyn, William J. Sibbald, and Peter R. Kvietys. LPS pretreatment ameliorates peritonitis-induced myocardial inflammation and dysfunction: role of myocytes. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 46): H885–H892, 1999.—Peritonitis induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) produces a systemic inflammatory response...

F. COCEANI,1 Y.-A. LIU,1 E. SEIDLITZ,1 L. KELSEY,1 T. KUWAKI,3 C. ACKERLEY,2 AND M. YANAGISAWA4 1Integrative Biology Programme and 2Division of Pathology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8; 3Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670 Japan; and 4Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of...

Ghai, H. S., and L. T. Buck. Acute reduction in whole cell conductance in anoxic turtle brain. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R887–R893, 1999.—We tested the effect of anoxia, a ‘‘mimic’’ turtle artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) consisting of high Ca21 and Mg21 concentrations and low pH and adenosine perfusions, on whole cell conductance (Gw) in turtle brain ...

Carlson, Christian J., Frank W. Booth, and Scott E. Gordon. Skeletal muscle myostatin mRNA expression is fiber-type specific and increases during hindlimb unloading. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R601–R606, 1999.—Transgenic mice lacking a functional myostatin (MSTN) gene demonstrate greater skeletal muscle mass resulting from muscle fiber hypertrophy and hyperp...

McGoogan, Jennifer M., and Vincent M. Cassone. Circadian regulation of chick electroretinogram: effects of pinealectomy and exogenous melatonin. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R1418–R1427, 1999.—Melatonin is an important component of the avian circadian system. This study investigates the effects of pinealectomy (Pin-X) and melatonin implantation (Mel) on electr...

Thomson, R. Brent, and Peter S. Aronson. Immunolocalization of Ksp-cadherin in the adult and developing rabbit kidney. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Renal Physiol. 46): F146–F156, 1999.—The potential for Ksp-cadherin involvement in either the development or maintenance of the metanephric kidney was assessed by immunocytochemical localization of a monoclonal antibody directed against the rabbit isoform o...

Tavi, Pasi, Mika Laine, Sari Voutilainen, Petri Lehenkari, Olli Vuolteenaho, Heikki Ruskoaho, and Matti Weckström. Potentiation of stretch-induced atrial natriuretic peptide secretion by intracellular acidosis. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 46): H405–H412, 1999.—We sought to investigate whether atrial myocyte contraction and secretion of the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) are affe...

Davis, Lowell E., A. Roger Hohimer, and Mark J. Morton. Myocardial blood flow and coronary reserve in chronically anemic fetal lambs. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R306–R313, 1999.— Chronic fetal anemia produces large compensatory increases in coronary blood flow in the near-term fetal lamb. To determine if increased coronary flow in anemic fetuses is associate...

Davidson, Alec J., and Friedrich K. Stephan. Feedingentrained circadian rhythms in hypophysectomized rats with suprachiasmatic nucleus lesions. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 46): R1376–R1384, 1999.— Several pituitary hormones are important in the regulation of metabolism, and their release appears to be controlled by a circadian clock. Consequently, they may be invo...