LSS is a degenerative condition prevalent in the general population 50 years of age and older, and decompressive surgery for LSS is now the most commonly performed spinal surgery in patients age 65 years and over.6,8 The reported success rates of decompressive surgery vary, reflecting the poor scientific quality of the clinical literature, which consists mostly of uncontrolled, nonrandomized, s...

Graham, T. E., V. Sgro, D. Friars, and M. J. Gibala. Glutamate ingestion: the plasma and muscle free amino acid pools of resting humans. Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. 278: E83–E89, 2000.—Monosodium glutamate (MSG) ingestion is known to increase plasma glutamate concentration, and MSG infusion stimulates insulin secretion. We investigated the impact of MSG ingestion on both the plasma and i...

Stephenson, Richard, Ravi M. Mohan, James Duffin, and Tim M. Jarsky. Circadian rhythms in the chemoreflex control of breathing. Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 278: R282–R286, 2000.—Mechanisms underlying the circadian rhythm in lung ventilation were investigated. Ten healthy male subjects were studied for 36 h using a constant routine protocol to minimize potentially confo...

Boudreau-Larivière, Céline, David J. Parry, and Bernard J. Jasmin. Myotubes originating from single fast and slow satellite cells display similar patterns of AChE expression. Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 278: R140–R148, 2000.—Slowand fast-contracting skeletal muscles of both rats and mice display significant differences in their patterns of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) e...

Participants will study with eight Yeats scholars from the United States, Ireland, Canada and Great Britain. In addition to O'Shea, author of two books on Yeats, they are Daniel Albright of Harvard University, author of "The Myth Against Myth: A Study of Yeats's Imagination in Old Age"; Brian Arkins of the National University of Ireland, Galway, author of a book on Greek and Roman themes in Yea...

Dupuit, F., D. Gaillard, J. Hinnrasky, E. Mongodin, S. de Bentzmann, E. Copreni, and E. Puchelle. Differentiated and functional human airway epithelium regeneration in tracheal xenografts. Am. J. Physiol. Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol. 278: L165–L176, 2000.—To investigate the regeneration process of a well-differentiated and functional human airway epithelium, we adapted an in vivo xenograft model in...

Randich, Alan, William J. Tyler, James E. Cox, Stephen T. Meller, Gary R. Kelm, and Satinder S. Bharaj. Responses of celiac and cervical vagal afferents to infusions of lipids in the jejunum or ileum of the rat. Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 278: R34–R43, 2000.— Multiunit celiac and single-unit cervical recordings of vagal afferents were performed before and during infus...

NAZZARENO BALLATORI,1 JAMES F. REBBEOR,1 GREGORY C. CONNOLLY,1 DAVID J. SEWARD,2 BENJAMIN E. LENTH,3 JOHN H. HENSON,4 PAZHANI SUNDARAM,5 AND JAMES L. BOYER5 1Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School Medicine, Rochester, New York 14642; 2Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267; 3Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459; 4Department of Biology, Di...

Vink, Hans, and Brian R. Duling. Capillary endothelial surface layer selectively reduces plasma solute distribution volume. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 278: H285– H289, 2000.—We previously reported that a 0.4to 0.5-μmthick endothelial surface layer confines Dextran 70 (70 kDa) to the central core of hamster cremaster muscle capillaries. In the present study we used a variety of plasma ...