Annals ofMedical Physiology

Volume: 4 - Number: 35 - November 15, 2004

Outstanding

Enterostatin inhibition of dietary fat intake is dependent on CCK-A receptors

Importance of lipolysis in oral cavity for orosensory detection of fat

Noradrenergic neurons in the rat solitary nucleus participate in the esophageal-gastric relaxation reflex

Maternal DDAVP-induced hyponatremia preserves fetal urine flow during acute fetal hemorrhage

APPETITE, OBESITY AND METABOLISM:

Glucose regulates lipid metabolism in fasting king penguins

Enterostatin inhibition of dietary fat intake is dependent on CCK-A receptors

Effects of peripheral CCK receptor blockade on food intake in rats

Comparative analysis of expression and secretion of placental leptin in mammals

Importance of lipolysis in oral cavity for orosensory detection of fat

Gastric distension induces c-Fos in medullary GLP-1/2-containing neurons

Noradrenergic neurons in the rat solitary nucleus participate in the esophageal-gastric relaxation reflex

Cardiac, renal, and respiratory integrations

NO mediates downregulation of RBF after a prolonged reduction of renal perfusion pressure in SHR

Maternal DDAVP-induced hyponatremia preserves fetal urine flow during acute fetal hemorrhage

High-frequency oscillations of phrenic activity in eupnea and gasping of in situ rat: influence of temperature

Development and tissue plasticity

Influence of swim training on cardiac activity, tissue capillarization, and mitochondrial density in muscle tissue of zebrafish larvae

Constitutive and permissive roles of nitric oxide activity in embryonic ciliary cells

Editorial

Looking back on the last 24 months

Editorial focus

Lactoferrin elicits opioid-mediated antinociception without development of tolerance: central nNOS-1 set off duty?

Adrenergic receptors—studies on rainbow trout reveal ancient evolutionary origins and functions distinct from the thermogenic response

In focus

Endothelin

Inflammation, cytokynes and temperature regulation

Inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase by 7-nitroindazole attenuates acute lung injury in an ovine model

The organum vasculosum laminae terminalis in immune-to-brain febrigenic signaling: a reappraisal of lesion experiments

Activated epidermal growth factor receptor (ErbB1) protects the heart against stress-induced injury in mice

Serum but not myocardial TNF- concentration is increased in pacing-induced heart failure in rabbits

Invited reviews

Vascular NAD(P)H oxidases: specific features, expression, and regulation

Neurohumoral control of circulation and hypertension

Histamine inhibits atrial myocytic ANP release via H2 receptor-cAMP-protein kinase signaling

SNC, sleeps and locomotion

Lactoferrin enhances opioid-mediated analgesia via nitric oxide in the rat spinal cord

Changes in brain glycogen after sleep deprivation vary with genotype

Thirst and volume, electrolyte homeostasis

Urethral closure mechanisms under sneeze-induced stress condition in rats: a new animal model for evaluation of stress urinary incontinence

Investigations on the physiological controls of water and saline intake in C57BL/6 mice