Faro, Constance J., Roger D. Reidelberger, and Jeffrey M. Palmer. Suppression of food intake is linked to enteric inflammation in nematode-infected rats. Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 278: R118– R124, 2000.—Our aim was to investigate the cause-effect relationship between intestinal inflammation induced by infection with enteric stages of Trichinella spiralis and decrease...

Gupta, Gaurav, Li She, Xiao-Hui Ma, Xiao-Man Yang, Meizhu Hu, Jane A. Cases, Patricia Vuguin, Luciano Rossetti, and Nir Barzilai. Aging does not contribute to the decline in insulin action on storage of muscle glycogen in rats. Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 278: R111–R117, 2000.—Increase in fat mass (FM) and changes in body composition may account for the age-associated ...

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Bluhm, Wolfgang F., Evangelia G. Kranias, Wolfgang H. Dillmann, and Markus Meyer. Phospholamban: a major determinant of the cardiac force-frequency relationship. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 278: H249–H255, 2000.—The cardiac force-frequency relationship has been known for over a century, yet its mechanisms have eluded thorough understanding. We investigated the hypothesis that phosphola...

Hulme, J. T., and C. H. Orchard Effect of acidosis on transient outward potassium current in isolated rat ventricular myocytes. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 278: H50–H59, 2000.—The effect of acidosis on the transient outward K1 current (Ito) of rat ventricular myocytes has been investigated using the perforated patch-clamp technique. When the holding potential was 280 mV, depolarizing p...

Lee, Sook Jeong, Sung Zoo Kim, Xun Cui, Suhn Hee Kim, Kyung Sun Lee, Yu Jeong Chung, and Kyung Woo Cho. C-type natriuretic peptide inhibits ANP secretion and atrial dynamics in perfused atria: NPR-B-cGMP signaling. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 278: H208–H221, 2000.— The purpose of the present experiments was to define the role of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) in the regulation of atr...

Mercer, Julian G., Kim M. Moar, Alexander W. Ross, Nigel Hoggard, and Peter J. Morgan. Photoperiod regulates arcuate nucleus POMC, AGRP, and leptin receptor mRNA in Siberian hamster hypothalamus. Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 278: R271–R281, 2000.—Siberian hamsters decreased body weight by 30% during 18 wk in short day (SD) vs. long day (LD) controls. Subsequent imposed ...

Halm, Dan R., and Susan Troutman Halm. Secretagogue response of goblet cells and columnar cells in human colonic crypts. Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. 278: C212–C233, 2000.—Crypts of Lieberkühn were isolated from human colon, and differential interference contrast microscopy distinguished goblet and columnar cells. Activation with carbachol (CCh, 100 μM) or histamine (10 μM) released contents f...

It is a chilly overcast day in St Louis, much like it was 100 years ago today. I am standing near the corner of Grand Avenue and Olive Street, looking east toward the Mississippi River. In that direction, if not for the building across the street blocking the view, I would be able to see many places that are important to the history of orthodontics. When he first came to town in November of 189...

Nagatomo, Yoshitatsu, Blase A. Carabello, Mytsi L. Coker, Paul J. McDermott, Shintaro Nemoto, Masayoshi Hamawaki, and Francis G. Spinale. Differential effects of pressure or volume overload on myocardial MMP levels and inhibitory control. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 278: H151–H161, 2000.—Left ventricular (LV) pressure (PO) or volume (VO) overload is accompanied by myocardial remodeling...