Annals ofMedical Physiology

Volume: 7 - Number: 75 - July 15, 2007

Outstanding

Skeletal muscle dysfunction in chronic renal failure: effects of exercise

Protection against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity by a carbon monoxide-releasing molecule

Osmolarity-induced renin secretion from kidneys: evidence for readily releasable renin pools

Point-Counterpoint: Heat-induced membrane depolarization of hypothalamic neurons: a putative/an unlikely mechanism of central thermosensitivity

Appetite, obesity, digestion and metabolism

Point-Counterpoint: Heat-induced membrane depolarization of hypothalamic neurons: a putative/an unlikely mechanism of central thermosensitivity

Call for papers

Remodeling of astrocytes, a prerequisite for synapse turnover in the adult brain? Insights from the oxytocin system of the hypothalamus

IL-1 directly excites isolated rat supraoptic neurons via upregulation of the osmosensory cation current

Autofeedback effects of progressively rising oxytocin concentrations on supraoptic oxytocin neuronal activity in slices from lactating rats

Inhibition of thirst when dehydrated rats drink water or saline

Nitric oxide modulation of ETB receptor-induced vasopressin release by rat and mouse hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal explants

Expression of the long form of the prolactin receptor in magnocellular oxytocin neurons is associated with specific prolactin regulation of oxytocin neurons

Vasopressin induces depolarization and state-dependent firing patterns in rat thalamic paraventricular nucleus neurons in vitro

Studies of oxytocin and vasopressin gene expression in the rat hypothalamus using exon- and intron-specific probes

Agonist and hypertonic saline-induced trafficking of the NK3-receptors on vasopressin neurons within the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

Differential effects of water and saline intake on water deprivation-induced c-Fos staining in the rat

Kupffer cell-generated PGE2 triggers the febrile response of guinea pigs to intravenously injected LPS

Editorial focus

Carbon monoxide: from silent killer to potential remedy

Protection against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity by a carbon monoxide-releasing molecule

A different vision of the osmolar regulation of renin secretion

Osmolarity-induced renin secretion from kidneys: evidence for readily releasable renin pools

Invited review

Skeletal muscle dysfunction in chronic renal failure: effects of exercise

Role of the JAK/STAT signaling pathway in diabetic nephropathy

Renal autoregulation: new perspectives regarding the protective and regulatory roles of the underlying mechanisms

Translational physiology

Brief exposure to exogenous testosterone increases death signaling and adversely affects myocardial function after ischemia