BACKGROUND An emerging concept is that a neuronal isoform of nitric oxide synthase (NOS1) may regulate myocardial contractility. However, a role for NOS1-derived nitric oxide (NO) in heart failure (HF) has not been defined. METHODS AND RESULTS Using a model of myocardial infarction-induced HF, we demonstrated that cardiac NOS1 expression and activity increased in HF rats (P<0.05 and P<0.001 v...

After myocardial infarction (MI), there is progressive left ventricular (LV) remodeling and impaired exercise capacity. We tested the hypothesis that LV remodeling results in structural and functional changes that determine exercise impairment post-MI. Rats underwent coronary artery ligation (n = 12) or sham (n = 11) surgery followed by serial exercise tests and echocardiography for 16 wk post-...

Ovariectomized Sprague-Dawley (SD) and Wistar rats are widely used as animal models for postmenopausal osteoporosis. This study aimed to investigate differences in the long-term effects of ovariectomy on these two breeds of rats. 6-month-old SD and Wistar rats underwent sham operation (Ssham and Wsham) or bilateral ovariectomy (Sovx and Wovx). Body weight, absolute fat, fifth and sixth lumber v...

BACKGROUND Endothelium-derived nitric oxide (NO) selectively enhances myocardial relaxation and may benefit diastolic function. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is characterized by abnormal myocardial relaxation and endothelial dysfunction. We investigated endothelium-dependent regulation of LV relaxation in moderate pressure-overload LVH induced by aortic banding in guinea pigs. METHODS AN...

Sayyid Ajjal is the ancestor of many Muslims in areas all across China. And one of his descendants is the famous Navigator of Ming Dynasty, Zheng He, who led the largest armada in the world of 15th century. The origin of Sayyid Ajjal's family remains unclear although many studies have been done on this topic of Muslim history. In this paper, we studied the Y chromosomes of his present descendan...

osting by E Abstract Recently, Behiry et al. (in press) [8] have introduced a discretized version of the Adomian decomposition method, namely ‘‘Discrete Adomian Decomposition Method (DADM)’’, for solving nonlinear Fredholm integral equations. In this paper, we extent Behiry et al.’s idea on the wellknown homotopy analysis method, and introduce ‘‘Discrete homotopy analysis method (DHAM)’’. The o...

While converging evidence implicates the right inferior parietal lobule in audiovisual integration, its role has not been fully elucidated by direct manipulation of cortical activity. Replicating and extending an experiment initially reported by Kamke et al. (2012), we employed the sound-induced flash illusion, in which a single visual flash, when accompanied by two auditory tones, is mispercei...