Annals ofMedical Physiology

Volume: 5 - Number: 41 - June 15, 2005

Outstanding

Inactivation of the DMH selectively inhibits the ACTH and corticosterone responses to hypoglycemia

Stimulation of NPY Y2 receptors by PYY3-36 reveals divergent cardiovascular effects of endogenous NPY in rats on different dietary regimens

Adrenergic vascular responsiveness to sympathetic nerve activity is intact after head-down bed rest in humans

Skin surface cooling improves orthostatic tolerance in normothermic individuals

APPETITE, OBESITY AND METABOLISM:

Oral sucrose stimulation increases accumbens dopamine in the rat

Agouti-related protein increases food hoarding more than food intake in Siberian hamsters

Palmitate movement across red and white muscle membranes of rainbow trout

Development and tissue plasticity

Late-gestation betamethasone enhances coronary artery responsiveness to angiotensin II in fetal sheep

Maturation of the homeothermic response of heart rate to altered ambient temperature in developing chick hatchlings (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Editorial focus

Dopamine and food reward: back to the elements

Regulation of body fat content?

What do "eating peptides" really control? Potent stimulation of food acquisition by AgRP

Persistent photoperiodic effects on immunological responsiveness: shedding light on immunity

Linkage between insulin and the free radical theory of aging

The vestibular system and cardiovascular responses to altered gravity

Of fish, fat, and fuel: fatty acid transport in trout muscle

INVITED REVIEWS

What sets the long-term level of sympathetic nerve activity: is there a role for arterial baroreceptors?

Neurohumoral control of circulation and hypertension

Roles of baroreflex and vestibulosympathetic reflex in controlling arterial blood pressure during gravitational stress in conscious rats

Inactivation of the DMH selectively inhibits the ACTH and corticosterone responses to hypoglycemia

Stimulation of NPY Y2 receptors by PYY3-36 reveals divergent cardiovascular effects of endogenous NPY in rats on different dietary regimens

Adrenergic vascular responsiveness to sympathetic nerve activity is intact after head-down bed rest in humans

Skin surface cooling improves orthostatic tolerance in normothermic individuals

Innovative Methodology Comparison of various techniques used to estimate spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity (the EuroBaVar study)

REGULATION IN GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMALS

Dbh(-/-) mice are hypotensive, have altered circadian rhythms, and have abnormal responses to dieting and stress

THIRST AND VOLUME, ELECTROLYTE HOMEOSTASIS

Influence of dietary NaCl on L-arginine transport in the renal medulla