IN FOCUS:

W. A. Cupples

Peptides that regulate food intake
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1370-R1374, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00129.2003 [Full Text]  

EDITORIAL FOCUS:

William A. Cupples

The motivated hypothalamus
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1375-R1375, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00062.2003 [Full Text]  

Heimo Ehmke

Inducing vasoconstriction by activating guanylyl cyclase
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1376-R1377, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00141.2003 [Full Text]  

Andrej A. Romanovsky and Scott R. Petersen

The spleen: another mystery about its function
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1378-R1379, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00135.2003 [Full Text]  

Ole Skøtt

Angiotensin II and control of sodium and water intake in the mouse
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1380-R1381, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00106.2003 [Full Text]  

Kay-Dietrich Wagner and Holger Scholz

The long-lasting impact of postnatal neuropeptide Y
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1382-R1383, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00124.2003 [Full Text]  

INVITED REVIEWS:

Allen W. Cowley, Jr., Takefumi Mori, David Mattson, and Ai-Ping Zou

Role of renal NO production in the regulation of medullary blood flow
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1355-R1369, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00701.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SPECIAL TOPICS:

C. Matson Cannon and R. D. Palmiter

Peptides that Regulate Food Intake: Norepinephrine is not required for reduction of feeding induced by cholecystokinin
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1384-R1388, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00689.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Giuseppe Scalera

Peptides that Regulate Food Intake: Somatostatin alters intake of amino acid-imbalanced diets and taste buds of tongue in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1389-R1398, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00738.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael A. Statnick, Frank C. Tinsley, Brian J. Eastwood, Todd M. Suter, Charles H. Mitch, and Mark L. Heiman

Peptides that Regulate Food Intake: Antagonism of opioid receptors reduces body fat in obese rats by decreasing food intake and stimulating lipid utilization
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1399-R1408, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00632.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrew J. Thorpe, Mary A. Mullett, Chuanfeng Wang, and Catherine M. Kotz

Peptides that Regulate Food Intake: Regional, metabolic, and circadian specificity of lateral hypothalamic orexin A feeding stimulation
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1409-R1417, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00344.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ulrika Smedh and Timothy H. Moran

Peptides that Regulate Food Intake: Separable mechanisms for dorsal hindbrain CART peptide to inhibit gastric emptying and food intake
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1418-R1426, 2003. First published December 5, 2002; 10.1152/ajpregu.00665.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rafael R. Schick, Jens P. Zimmermann, Thomas vorm Walde, and Volker Schusdziarra

Peptides that Regulate Food Intake: Glucagon-like peptide 1-(7-36) amide acts at lateral and medial hypothalamic sites to suppress feeding in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1427-R1435, 2003. First published November 7, 2002; 10.1152/ajpregu.00479.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Huiyuan Zheng, Michele Corkern, Irina Stoyanova, Laurel M. Patterson, Rui Tian, and Hans-Rudolf Berthoud

Peptides that Regulate Food Intake: Appetite-inducing accumbens manipulation activates hypothalamic orexin neurons and inhibits POMC neurons
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1436-R1444, 2003. First published January 23, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00781.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pawel K. Olszewski, Michelle M. Wirth, Timothy J. Shaw, Martha K. Grace, and Allen S. Levine

Peptides that Regulate Food Intake: Effect of peptide histidine isoleucine on consummatory behavior in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1445-R1453, 2003. First published February 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00554.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Katherine E. Wortley, Guo-Qing Chang, Zoya Davydova, and Sarah F. Leibowitz

Peptides that Regulate Food Intake: Orexin gene expression is increased during states of hypertriglyceridemia
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1454-R1465, 2003. First published January 30, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00286.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CARDIAC, RENAL, AND RESPIRATORY INTEGRATION:

Steven C. Hempleman, Thomas P. Adamson, Rowin S. Begay, and Irene C. Solomon

CO₂ transduction in avian intrapulmonary chemoreceptors is critically dependent on transmembrane Na⁺/H⁺ exchange
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1551-R1559, 2003. First published February 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00519.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

THIRST AND VOLUME, ELECTROLYTE HOMEOSTASIS:

Sean D. Stocker, Carrie A. Smith, Celeste M. Kimbrough, Edward M. Stricker, and Alan F. Sved

Elevated dietary salt suppresses renin secretion but not thirst evoked by arterial hypotension in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1521-R1528, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00658.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Neil E. Rowland, Bradley E. Goldstein, and Kimberly L. Robertson

Role of angiotensin in body fluid homeostasis of mice: fluid intake, plasma hormones, and brain Fos
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1586-R1594, 2003. First published February 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00730.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

NEUROHUMORAL CONTROL OF CIRCULATION AND HYPERTENSION:

Toru Kawada, Kazunori Uemura, Koji Kashihara, Yintie Jin, Meihua Li, Can Zheng, Masaru Sugimachi, and Kenji Sunagawa

Uniformity in dynamic baroreflex regulation of left and right cardiac sympathetic nerve activities
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1506-R1512, 2003. First published February 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00736.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter S. Andrew and Susan Kaufman

Guanylyl cyclase mediates ANP-induced vasoconstriction of murine splenic vessels
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1567-R1571, 2003. First published February 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00417.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Susan Kaufman and Jody Levasseur

Effect of portal hypertension on splenic blood flow, intrasplenic extravasation and systemic blood pressure
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1580-R1585, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00516.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John Ciriello and Cleusa V. R. de Oliveira

Cardiac effects of hypocretin-1 in nucleus ambiguus
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1611-R1620, 2003. First published February 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00719.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

LOCAL CONTROL OF CIRCULATION:

Christopher J. Wingard, John A. Johnson, Andre Holmes, and Anita Prikosh

Improved erectile function after Rho-kinase inhibition in a rat castrate model of erectile dysfunction
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1572-R1579, 2003. First published February 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00041.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zoë L. S. Brookes and Susan Kaufman

Myogenic responses and compliance of mesenteric and splenic vasculature in the rat
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1604-R1610, 2003. First published February 27, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00411.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

DEVELOPMENT AND TISSUE PLASTICITY:

Mahasweta Girgenrath and Richard L. Marsh

Season and testosterone affect contractile properties of fast calling muscles in the gray tree frog Hyla chrysoscelis
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1513-R1520, 2003. First published February 20, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00243.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sharla F. Young, Stephen B. Tatter, Nancy K. Valego, Jorge P. Figueroa, Jalonda Thompson, and James C. Rose

The role of hypothalamic input on corticotroph maturation in fetal sheep
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1621-R1630, 2003. First published February 27, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00572.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

APPETITE, OBESITY AND METABOLISM:

S. A. Simon, Lieju Liu, and Robert P. Erickson

Neuropeptides modulate rat chorda tympani responses
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1494-R1505, 2003. First published January 23, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00544.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Amit Varma, Jing He, Lisa Weissfeld, and Sherin U. Devaskar

Postnatal intracerebroventricular exposure to neuropeptide Y causes weight loss in female adult rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1560-R1566, 2003. First published February 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00557.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eric D. Bruder, Dennis L. Ball, Theodore L. Goodfriend, and Hershel Raff

An oxidized metabolite of linoleic acid stimulates corticosterone production by rat adrenal cells
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1631-R1635, 2003. First published April 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00753.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

INFLAMMATION, CYTOKINES, AND TEMPERATURE REGULATION:

Carlos Feleder, Zhonghua Li, Vit Perlik, Allison Evans, and Clark M. Blatteis

The spleen modulates the febrile response of guinea pigs to LPS
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1466-R1476, 2003. First published March 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00378.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jason J. McDougall

Involvement of sympathetic efferents but not capsaicin-sensitive afferents in nociceptin-mediated dual control of rat synovial blood flow
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1477-R1485, 2003. First published February 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00733.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kei Nagashima, Sadamu Nakai, Kenta Matsue, Masahiro Konishi, Mutsumi Tanaka, and Kazuyuki Kanosue

Effects of fasting on thermoregulatory processes and the daily oscillations in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1486-R1493, 2003. First published January 23, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00515.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

W. T. L. Festuccia, R. Guerra-Sá, N. H. Kawashita, M. A. R. Garófalo, E. A. Evangelista, V. Rodrigues, I. C. Kettelhut, and R. H. Migliorini

Expression of glycerokinase in brown adipose tissue is stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1536-R1541, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00764.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Partha S. Sinha, Helgi B. Schiöth, and Jeffrey B. Tatro

Activation of central melanocortin-4 receptor suppresses lipopolysaccharide-induced fever in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1595-R1603, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00581.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

COMPLEX FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, SLEEP AND LOCOMOTION:

Yvan Touitou, Jacques Lambrozo, Françoise Camus, and Henriette Charbuy

Magnetic fields and the melatonin hypothesis: a study of workers chronically exposed to 50-Hz magnetic fields
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1529-R1535, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00280.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Erin K. Baehr, Charmane I. Eastman, William Revelle, Susan H. Losee Olson, Lisa F. Wolfe, and Phyllis C. Zee

Circadian phase-shifting effects of nocturnal exercise in older compared with young adults
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1542-R1550, 2003. First published February 6, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00761.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

CORRIGENDA:

Errata for vol. 284, p. R1019
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 284: R1636-R1636, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00154.2003 [Full Text]  

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