Engeland, W. C., and B. K. Levay-Young. Changes in the glomerulosa cell phenotype during adrenal regeneration in rats. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R1374–R1382, 1999.—In situ hybridization was used to examine cellular differentiation during rat adrenal regeneration, defining zona glomerulosa [cytochrome P-450 aldosterone synthase (P-450aldo) mRNA positive], zo...

Hardt, Stefan E., Armin Just, Raffi Bekeredjian, Wolfgang Kübler, Hartmut R. Kirchheim, and Helmut F. Kuecherer. Aortic pressure-diameter relationship assessed by intravascular ultrasound: experimental validation in dogs. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 45): H1078– H1085, 1999.—Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has emerged as an important diagnostic method for evaluating vessel diameter...

Marples, David, Jørgen Frøkiaer, and Søren Nielsen. Long-term regulation of aquaporins in the kidney. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Renal Physiol. 45): F331–F339, 1999.—The discovery of the aquaporin family of water channels has greatly improved our understanding of how water crosses epithelial cells, particularly in the kidney. The study of the mechanisms involved in the regulation of collecting duct w...

Michaud, David, Hymie Anisman, and Zul Merali. Capsaicin-sensitive fibers are required for the anorexic action of systemic but not central bombesin. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R1617–R1622, 1999.—Bombesin (BN) suppresses food intake in rats whether given centrally or systemically. Although the brain BNsensitive receptors are known to be essential for the anor...

Challet, Etienne, Susan Losee-Olson, and Fred W. Turek. Reduced glucose availability attenuates circadian responses to light in mice. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R1063–R1070, 1999.—To test whether circadian responses to light are modulated by decreased glucose availability, we analyzed photic phase resetting of the circadian rhythm of locomotor activity in mi...

Francis, Noelle,Alain Cohen-Solal, and Damien Logeart. Peripheral muscle ergoreceptors and ventilatory response during exercise recovery in heart failure. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 45): H913–H917, 1999.— Recent studies have suggested that the increased ventilatory response during exercise in patients with chronic heart failure was related to the activation of muscle metaborecept...

Mukkamala, Ramakrishna, Joanne M. Mathias, Thomas J. Mullen, Richard J. Cohen, and Roy Freeman. System identification of closed-loop cardiovascular control mechanisms: diabetic autonomic neuropathy. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R905–R912, 1999.—We applied cardiovascular system identification (CSI) to characterize closed-loop cardiovascular regulation in patien...

McLean, Lee Anne, Shaheen Zia, Fredric A. Gorin, and Peter M. Cala. Cloning and expression of the Na1/H1 exchanger from Amphiuma RBCs: resemblance to mammalian NHE1. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Cell Physiol. 45): C1025– C1037, 1999.—The cDNA encoding the Na1/H1 exchanger (NHE) from Amphiuma erythrocytes was cloned, sequenced, and found to be highly homologous to the human NHE1 isoform (hNHE1), with 79...

Bestle, Morten Heiberg, Niels Vidiendal Olsen, Poul Christensen, Benny Vittrup Jensen, and Peter Bie. Cardiovascular, endocrine, and renal effects of urodilatin in normal humans. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R684–R695, 1999.—Effects of urodilatin (5, 10, 20, and 40 ng·kg21 ·min21) infused over 2 h on separate study days were studied in eight normal subjects wi...

Berin, M. Cecilia, Ping-Chang Yang, LeeAnn Ciok, Susan Waserman, and Mary H. Perdue. Role for IL-4 in macromolecular transport across human intestinal epithelium. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Cell Physiol. 45): 1046–C1052, 1999.—Increased epithelial permeability is associated with intestinal inflammation, but there is little information on factors that regulate barrier function in the absence of or bef...