Annals ofMedical Physiology

Volume: 4 - Number: 33 - September 15, 2004

Outstanding

Effect of PDE5 inhibition on coronary hemodynamics in pacing-induced heart failure

Effect of hyperglycemia and fatty acid oxidation inhibition during aerobic conditions and demand-induced ischemia

Reactive oxygen species modulate coronary wall shear stress and endothelial function during hyperglycemia

Clinical implications of apoptosis in hypertensive heart disease

Articles

Functional evidence that vascular endothelial growth factor may act as an autocrine factor on human podocytes

Renal fluid and electrolyte handling in BKCa-1/ mice

Effect of PDE5 inhibition on coronary hemodynamics in pacing-induced heart failure

Effect of hyperglycemia and fatty acid oxidation inhibition during aerobic conditions and demand-induced ischemia

Mechanisms of the protective action of diethyldithiocarbamate-iron complex on acute cardiac allograft rejection

Reactive oxygen species modulate coronary wall shear stress and endothelial function during hyperglycemia

Estrogen and testosterone have opposing effects on chronic cardiac remodeling and function in mice with myocardial infarction

Microinjection of a cannabinoid receptor antagonist into the NTS increases baroreflex duration in dogs

Effects of nitric oxide on red blood cell deformability

Respiratory sinus arrhythmia is associated with efficiency of pulmonary gas exchange in healthy humans

B-type natriuretic peptide limits infarct size in rat isolated hearts via KATP channel opening

Effect of blockade of endogenous angiotensin II on baroreflex function in conscious diabetic rats

TGF-1 attenuates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury via inhibition of upregulation of MMP-1

Protective effect of melatonin on myocardial infarction

Single-beat estimation of right ventricular end-systolic pressure-volume relationship

Adenosine receptors mediate glutamate-evoked arteriolar dilation in the rat cerebral cortex

Involvement of sympathetic nerve activity in skin blood flow oscillations in humans

High agonist-independent clearance of rabbit kinin B1 receptors in cultured cells

Increased nitric oxide production following chronic hypoxia contributes to attenuated systemic vasoconstriction

In vivo visualization of subendocardial arteriolar response in renovascular hypertensive hearts

Effects of nicotine and dietary salt on a learned blood pressure response in Dahl-S rats

Impact of estrogen replacement on ventricular myocyte contractile function and protein kinase B/Akt activation

Phasic contractions of the rat portal vein depend on intracellular Ca2+ release stimulated by depolarization

Effects of heart isolation, voltage-sensitive dye, and electromechanical uncoupling agents on ventricular fibrillation

E-Tmod capping of actin filaments at the slow-growing end is required to establish mouse embryonic circulation

Degradation of -actin filaments in venous smooth muscle cells in response to mechanical stretch

Branching tree model with fractal vascular resistance explains fractal perfusion heterogeneity

Fractal and periodic heart rate dynamics in fetal sheep: comparison of conventional and new measures based on fractal analysis

Isoflurane activates rat mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K+ channels reconstituted in lipid bilayers

Special medical editorials

Clinical implications of apoptosis in hypertensive heart disease

Translacional physiology

Evidence for association of coronary sinus levels of hepatocyte growth factor and collateralization in human coronary disease