Firth, T. A., G. M. Mawe, and M. T. Nelson. Pharmacology and modulation of KATP channels by protein kinase C and phosphatases in gallbladder smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 278: C1031–C1037, 2000.—ATP-sensitive K1 (KATP) channels exhibit pharmacological diversity, which is critical for the development of novel therapeutic agents. We have characterized KATP channels in gallbladder smoot...

Ooi, Henry, Elaine Cadogan, Michèle Sweeney, Katherine Howell, R. G. O’Regan, and Paul McLoughlin. Chronic hypercapnia inhibits hypoxic pulmonary vascular remodeling. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 278: H331–H338, 2000.—Chronic hypercapnia is commonly found in patients with severe hypoxic lung disease and is associated with a greater elevation of pulmonary arterial pressure than that due ...

[Full Text] [Abstract] , March 1, 2001; 280 (3): R796-806. Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol M. Grosell, J. C. McGeer and C. M. Wood trout Plasma copper clearance and biliary copper excretion are stimulated in copper-acclimated [PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , January 1, 2003; 206 (1): 11-23. J. Exp. Biol. N. R. Bury, P. A. Walker and C. N. Glover Nutritive metal uptake in teleo...

A. J. LEWIS,1,2 T. J. WESTER,3 D. G. BURRIN,3 AND M. J. DAUNCEY1 1Babraham Institute, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT, United Kingdom; 2Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0908; and 3United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texa...

STEPHEN A. KATZ,1,2 JOHN A. OPSAHL,3 SHANE E. WERNSING,3 LYNN M. FORBIS,2 JULINE SMITH,4 AND LOIS J. HELLER4 Departments of 1Physiology and 3Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455; 2Division of Nephrology, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis 55415; and 4Department of Medical and Molecular Physiology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Duluth, Minnes...

Di Maso, Nick A., Vincent J. Caiozzo, and Kenneth M. Baldwin. Single-fiber myosin heavy chain polymorphism during postnatal development: modulation by hypothyroidism. Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 278: R1099–R1106, 2000.—The primary objective of this study was to follow the developmental time course of myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform transitions in single fibers of the roden...

Gebber, Gerard L., Sheng Zhong, Craig Lewis, and Susan M. Barman. Defenselike patterns of spinal sympathetic outflow involving the 10-Hz and cardiac-related rhythms. Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 278: R1616–R1626, 2000.—Frequencyand time-domain analyses were used to compare the effects of stimulation of the defense region of the midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG) on the 10-Hz...

Jonassen, Thomas E. N., Dominique Promeneur, Sten Christensen, Jørgen S. Petersen, and Søren Nielsen. Decreased vasopressin-mediated renal water reabsorption in rats with chronic aldosterone-receptor blockade. Am. J. Physiol. Renal Physiol. 278: F246–F256, 2000.—Previous studies have suggested that mineralocorticoids are needed for a normal action of vasopressin on collecting duct osmotic water...

Brand, Paul H., Nianning Qi, Patricia J. Metting, and Steven L. Britton. A self-powered constant infusion device for use in unrestrained rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 278: H2157–H2162, 2000.—We developed a device that delivers fluid through a catheter at a constant rate and can be used in conscious animals to solve a variety of problems. For example, this device can be used for deliveri...

Guo, Zhi-Ling, and John C. Longhurst. Role of cAMP in activation of ischemically sensitive abdominal visceral afferents. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 278: H843–H852, 2000.—A number of metabolites produced during abdominal ischemia can stimulate and/or sensitize visceral afferents. The precise mechanisms whereby these metabolites act are uncertain. Other studies have shown that the adeny...