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 ...

Ibe, Basil O., Fred C. Sander, and J. Usha Raj. Platelet-activating factor receptors in lamb lungs are downregulated immediately after birth. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 278: H1168–H1176, 2000.—Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is a phospholipid with diverse biological functions mediated by a G protein-coupled receptor. We determined PAF receptor binding in lung membranes of four groups of p...

Lluel, P., S. Palea, M. Barras, F. Grandadam, D. Heudes, P. Bruneval, B. Corman, and D. J. Martin. Functional and morphological modifications of the urinary bladder in aging female rats. Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 278: R964–R972, 2000.—In female Wistar/Rij rats, 10 and 30 mo old, the micturition profiles in conscious animals, the contractile responses of the isolated urina...

MacFarlane, Niall G., G. Murray Darnley, and Godfrey L. Smith. Cellular basis for contractile dysfunction in the diaphragm from a rabbit infarct model of heart failure. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 278: C739–C746, 2000.—Abnormal respiratory muscle function is thought to contribute to breathlessness and exercise intolerance in heart failure but little is known about possible alterations in the func...