Annals ofMedical Physiology

Volume: 6 - Number: 68 - December 15, 2006

Outstanding

Blood pressure and blood flow variation during postural change from sitting to standing: model development and validation

Blood pressure and hemodynamic responses to an acute sodium load in humans

Brachial artery FMD with 5-minute distal cuff occlusion—a useful pathophysiological test after all!

Flow-mediated dilation

Highlighted topics

Invited Review Excess weight and sleep-disordered breathing

Invited Review Shared genetic risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea and obesity

Prior exposure to hypoxic-induced apnea impairs protective responses of newborn rats in an exposure-dependent fashion: influence of normoxic recovery time

Inactivity, exercise, and visceral fat. STRRIDE: a randomized, controlled study of exercise intensity and amount

Investigational Article

Effectiveness of mask and helmet interfaces to deliver noninvasive ventilation in a human model of resistive breathing

Effects of eccentric exercise on microcirculation and microvascular oxygen pressures in rat spinotrapezius muscle

Blood pressure and blood flow variation during postural change from sitting to standing: model development and validation

Cathodal current-induced vasodilation to single application and the amplified response to repeated application in humans rely on aspirin-sensitive mechanisms

Blood pressure and hemodynamic responses to an acute sodium load in humans

Sympathetic nervous activity decreases during head-down bed rest but not during microgravity

Motor skill training and strength training are associated with different plastic changes in the central nervous system

Point-counterpoint comments

Brachial artery FMD with 5-minute distal cuff occlusion—a useful pathophysiological test after all!

Flow-mediated dilation

Flow-mediated dilation does/does not reflect nitric oxide-mediated endothelial function

Flow-mediated vasodilation partially reflects nitric oxide-mediated endothelial function

Flow-mediated dilatation revisited

In FMD, NO is actually "the middle man"

Flow-mediated vasodilation is mediated by endothelium-derived nitric oxide

Flow-mediated dilation and biological variability

FMD vs. pharmacological approaches for endothelial function