INVITED REVIEW:

Gregory R. Ferrier and Susan E. Howlett

Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling: role of membrane potential in regulation of contraction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1928-H1944. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

EDITORIAL:

Michael Simons

Therapeutic coronary angiogenesis: a fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1923-H1927. [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

Rainer Schulz, Heiner Post, Till Neumann, Petra Gres, Hartmut Lüss, and Gerd Heusch

Progressive loss of perfusion-contraction matching during sustained moderate ischemia in pigs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1945-H1953. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Keith A. Collins, Claudia E. Korcarz, Sanjeev G. Shroff, James E. Bednarz, Richard C. Fentzke, Hua Lin, Jeffrey M. Leiden, and Roberto M. Lang

Accuracy of echocardiographic estimates of left ventricular mass in mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1954-H1962. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Scott A. Gabel, Robert E. London, Colin D. Funk, Charles Steenbergen, and Elizabeth Murphy

Leukocyte-type 12-lipoxygenase-deficient mice show impaired ischemic preconditioning-induced cardioprotection
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1963-H1969. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cherry Ballard-Croft, D. Jean White, David L. Maass, Dixie Peters Hybki, and Jureta W. Horton

Role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in cardiac myocyte secretion of the inflammatory cytokine TNF-
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1970-H1981. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. Ben Ami, G. Barshtein, D. Zeltser, Y. Goldberg, I. Shapira, A. Roth, G. Keren, H. Miller, V. Prochorov, A. Eldor, S. Berliner, and S. Yedgar

Parameters of red blood cell aggregation as correlates of the inflammatory state
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1982-H1988. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fuhua Chen, Karsten Spicher, Meisheng Jiang, Lutz Birnbaumer, and Glenn T. Wetzel

Lack of muscarinic regulation of Ca²⁺ channels in G_i2 gene knockout mouse hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1989-H1995. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kathleen P. O'Hagan, Kara A. Skogg, and Jennifer B. Stevenson

AT₁ receptor block does not affect arterial baroreflex during pregnancy in rabbits
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1996-H2005. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David J. Christini, Jeff Walden, and Jay M. Edelberg

Direct biologically based biosensing of dynamic physiological function
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2006-H2010. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert M. Bryan Jr., Sean P. Marrelli, Marie L. Steenberg, Lisa A. Schildmeyer, and T. David Johnson

Effects of luminal shear stress on cerebral arteries and arterioles
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2011-H2022. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Johnny E. Brian Jr., Frank M. Faraci, and Steven A. Moore

COX-2-dependent delayed dilatation of cerebral arterioles in response to bradykinin
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2023-H2029. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ulrike Kreutzer, Yousry Mekhamer, Youngran Chung, and Thomas Jue

Oxygen supply and oxidative phosphorylation limitation in rat myocardium in situ
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2030-H2037. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Franck Potet, John D. Scott, Raha Mohammad-Panah, Denis Escande, and Isabelle Baró

AKAP proteins anchor cAMP-dependent protein kinase to KvLQT1/IsK channel complex
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2038-H2045. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Markus Meyer, Susanne U. Trost, Wolfgang F. Bluhm, Harm J. Knot, Eric Swanson, and Wolfgang H. Dillmann

Impaired sarcoplasmic reticulum function leads to contractile dysfunction and cardiac hypertrophy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2046-H2052. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kenneth R. Laurita and Ashish Singal

Mapping action potentials and calcium transients simultaneously from the intact heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2053-H2060. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Michael Foley, Richard M. McAllister, and Eileen M. Hasser

Thyroid status influences baroreflex function and autonomic contributions to arterial pressure and heart rate
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2061-H2068. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L. P. Thompson and C. P. Weiner

Pregnancy enhances G protein activation and nitric oxide release from uterine arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2069-H2075. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Francesco Migliavacca, Giancarlo Pennati, Gabriele Dubini, Roberto Fumero, Riccardo Pietrabissa, Gonzalo Urcelay, Edward L. Bove, Tain-Yen Hsia, and Marc R. de Leval

Modeling of the Norwood circulation: effects of shunt size, vascular resistances, and heart rate
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2076-H2086. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Dong Sun, An Huang, Sansar Sharma, Akos Koller, and Gabor Kaley

Endothelial microtubule disruption blocks flow-dependent dilation of arterioles
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2087-H2093. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

B. Chandrasekar, J. F. Nelson, J. T. Colston, and G. L. Freeman

Calorie restriction attenuates inflammatory responses to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2094-H2102. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sander Verheule, Marjan J. A. van Kempen, Sjoerd Postma, Martin B. Rook, and Habo J. Jongsma

Gap junctions in the rabbit sinoatrial node
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2103-H2115. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter J. Zeller, Thomas C. Skalak, Ana M. Ponce, and Richard J. Price

In vivo chemotactic properties and spatial expression of PDGF in developing mesenteric microvascular networks
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2116-H2125. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yefim Manevich, Abu Al-Mehdi, Vladimir Muzykantov, and Aron B. Fisher

Oxidative burst and NO generation as initial response to ischemia in flow-adapted endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2126-H2135. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paulo José Ferreira Tucci, Neif Murad, Clever Land Rossi, Roberto Janzon Nogueira, and Orlando Santana Jr.

Heart rate modulates the slow enhancement of contraction due to sudden left ventricular dilation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2136-H2143. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zhi-Wei Yang, Jun Wang, Tao Zheng, Bella T. Altura, and Burton M. Altura

Importance of PKC and PI3Ks in ethanol-induced contraction of cerebral arterial smooth muscle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2144-H2152. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shawn G. Hayes and Marc P. Kaufman

Gadolinium attenuates exercise pressor reflex in cats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2153-H2161. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ronney B. Panerai, Suzanne L. Dawson, Penelope J. Eames, and John F. Potter

Cerebral blood flow velocity response to induced and spontaneous sudden changes in arterial blood pressure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2162-H2174. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rainer Schulz, Petra Gres, and Gerd Heusch

Role of endogenous opioids in ischemic preconditioning but not in short-term hibernation in pigs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2175-H2181. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andreas Dendorfer, Sebastian Wolfrum, Marc Wagemann, Fatimunnisa Qadri, and Peter Dominiak

Pathways of bradykinin degradation in blood and plasma of normotensive and hypertensive rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2182-H2188. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jan G. Van Emous, Carmen L. A. M. Vleggeert-Lankamp, Marcel G. J. Nederhoff, Tom J. C. Ruigrok, and Cees J. A. Van Echteld

Postischemic Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase reactivation is delayed in the absence of glycolytic ATP in isolated rat hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2189-H2195. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David S. Weber and Julian H. Lombard

Angiotensin II AT₁ receptors preserve vasodilator reactivity in skeletal muscle resistance arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2196-H2202. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paavo Korge, Joshua I. Goldhaber, and James N. Weiss

Phenylarsine oxide induces mitochondrial permeability transition, hypercontracture, and cardiac cell death
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2203-H2213. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Risa Korenaga, Kimiko Yamamoto, Norihiko Ohura, Takaaki Sokabe, Akira Kamiya, and Joji Ando

Sp1-mediated downregulation of P2X₄ receptor gene transcription in endothelial cells exposed to shear stress
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2214-H2221. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

T. Arts, K. D. Costa, J. W. Covell, and A. D. McCulloch

Relating myocardial laminar architecture to shear strain and muscle fiber orientation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2222-H2229. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James A. Pawelczyk, Julie H. Zuckerman, C. Gunnar Blomqvist, and Benjamin D. Levine

Regulation of muscle sympathetic nerve activity after bed rest deconditioning
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2230-H2239. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xinping Yue and Robert J. Tomanek

Effects of VEGF₁₆₅ and VEGF₁₂₁ on vasculogenesis and angiogenesis in cultured embryonic quail hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2240-H2247. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Torbjørn Omland, Wendy Johnson, Mary Beth Gordon, and Mark A. Creager

Endothelial function during stimulation of renin-angiotensin system by low-sodium diet in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2248-H2254. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alp Sener and Francine G. Smith

Nitric oxide modulates arterial baroreflex control of heart rate in conscious lambs in an age-dependent manner
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2255-H2263. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brian B. Roman, David L. Geenen, Michael Leitges, and Peter M. Buttrick

PKC- is not necessary for cardiac hypertrophy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2264-H2270. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Brennan Harris and Joseph W. Starnes

Effects of body temperature during exercise training on myocardial adaptations
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2271-H2280. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshiaki Kadokami, Charles F. McTiernan, Toru Kubota, Carole S. Frye, George S. Bounoutas, Paul D. Robbins, Simon C. Watkins, and Arthur M. Feldman

Effects of soluble TNF receptor treatment on lipopolysaccharide-induced myocardial cytokine expression
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2281-H2291. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Guang-Wu Wang, Zhanxiang Zhou, Jon B. Klein, and Y. James Kang

Inhibition of hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced apoptosis in metallothionein-overexpressing cardiomyocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2292-H2299. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P. Tozzi, D. Hayoz, C. Oedman, I. Mallabiabarrena, and L. K. Von Segesser

Systolic axial artery length reduction: an overlooked phenomenon in vivo
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2300-H2305. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Makoto Katoh, Kensuke Egashira, Chu Kataoka, Makoto Usui, Masamichi Koyanagi, Shiro Kitamoto, Yasushi Ohmachi, Akira Takeshita, and Hiroshi Narita

Regression by ACE inhibition of arteriosclerotic changes induced by chronic blockade of NO synthesis in rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2306-H2312. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zhongyi Chen, Chu Chang Chua, Ye-Shih Ho, Ronald C. Hamdy, and Balvin H. L. Chua

Overexpression of Bcl-2 attenuates apoptosis and protects against myocardial I/R injury in transgenic mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2313-H2320. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lianguo Wang, Gennady Cherednichenko, Lisa Hernandez, Jessica Halow, S. Albert Camacho, Vincent Figueredo, and Saul Schaefer

Preconditioning limits mitochondrial Ca²⁺ during ischemia in rat hearts: role of K_ATP channels
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2321-H2328. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Al C. Ngai, Ellicia F. Coyne, Joseph R. Meno, G. Alexander West, and H. Richard Winn

Receptor subtypes mediating adenosine-induced dilation of cerebral arterioles
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2329-H2335. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Fumihiko Yasuma and Jun-Ichiro Hayano

Augmentation of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in response to progressive hypercapnia in conscious dogs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2336-H2341. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Asmàa Bouayad, Hiroki Kajino, Nahid Waleh, Jean-Claude Fouron, Gregor Andelfinger, Daya R. Varma, Amanda Skoll, Alejandro Vazquez, Fernand Gobeil Jr, Ronald I. Clyman, and Sylvain Chemtob

Characterization of PGE₂ receptors in fetal and newborn lamb ductus arteriosus
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2342-H2349. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thomas Stumpe, Ulrich K. M. Decking, and Jürgen Schrader

Nitric oxide reduces energy supply by direct action on the respiratory chain in isolated cardiomyocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2350-H2356. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael Cho, Thomas K. Hunt, and M. Zamirul Hussain

Hydrogen peroxide stimulates macrophage vascular endothelial growth factor release
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2357-H2363. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shin Takuma, Kotaro Suehiro, Carol Cardinale, Takeshi Hozumi, Hideaki Yano, Juichiro Shimizu, Samantha Mullis-Jansson, Robert Sciacca, Jie Wang, Daniel Burkhoff, Marco R. Di Tullio, and Shunichi Homma

Anesthetic inhibition in ischemic and nonischemic murine heart: comparison with conscious echocardiographic approach
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2364-H2370. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jianhua Li and Jeffrey T. Potts

NO formation in nucleus tractus solitarii attenuates pressor response evoked by skeletal muscle afferents
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2371-H2379. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrea K. Hinschen, Roselyn B. Rose'Meyer, and John P. Headrick

Age-related changes in adenosine-mediated relaxation of coronary and aortic smooth muscle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2380-H2389. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS:

R. G. Querry, S. A. Smith, M. Strømstad, K. Ide, N. H. Secher, and P. B. Raven

Anatomical and functional characteristics of carotid sinus stimulation in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2390-H2398. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

RAPID COMMUNICATION:

Joseph R. H. Mauban, Christine Lamont, C. William Balke, and W. Gil Wier

Adrenergic stimulation of rat resistance arteries affects Ca²⁺ sparks, Ca²⁺ waves, and Ca²⁺ oscillations
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2399-H2405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplemental Videos]  

Ramzi A. Ockaili, Peeyush Bhargava, and Rakesh C. Kukreja

Chemical preconditioning with 3-nitropropionic acid in hearts: role of mitochondrial K_ATP channel
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H2406-H2411. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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