IN FOCUS:

Harald M. Stauss

Heart rate variability
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R927-R931, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00452.2003 [Full Text]  

EDITORIAL FOCUS:

F. Eugene Yates

On the maturation of mathematical modeling of endocrine systems
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R932-R932, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00348.2003 [Full Text]  

Barbara T. Alexander

Intrauterine growth restriction and reduced glomerular number: role of apoptosis
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R933-R934, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00446.2003 [Full Text]  

Jens Hannibal and Jan Fahrenkrug

Circadian rhythm regulation: a central role for the neuropeptide vasoactive intestinal polypeptide
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R935-R936, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00447.2003 [Full Text]  

Hartmut R. Kirchheim

Our fragmentary knowledge of the regulatory functions of ANG II "fragments": are we beginning to see the light?
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R937-R938, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00387.2003 [Full Text]  

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Harry R. Kissileff, Julie C. Carretta, Allan Geliebter, and F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer

Cholecystokinin and stomach distension combine to reduce food intake in humans
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R992-R998, 2003. First published August 14, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00272.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Amy F. MacDonald, Charles J. Billington, and Allen S. Levine

Effects of the opioid antagonist naltrexone on feeding induced by DAMGO in the ventral tegmental area and in the nucleus accumbens shell region in the rat
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R999-R1004, 2003. First published August 7, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00271.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kate L. J. Ellacott, Catherine B. Lawrence, Lynn E. Pritchard, and Simon M. Luckman

Repeated administration of the anorectic factor prolactin-releasing peptide leads to tolerance to its effects on energy homeostasis
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1005-R1010, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00237.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jared Wilsey, Sergei Zolotukhin, Victor Prima, and Philip J. Scarpace

Central leptin gene therapy fails to overcome leptin resistance associated with diet-induced obesity
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1011-R1020, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00193.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carolyn A. Buckley and Jill E. Schneider

Food hoarding is increased by food deprivation and decreased by leptin treatment in Syrian hamsters
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1021-R1029, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00488.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sheng Bi, Benjamin M. Robinson, and Timothy H. Moran

Acute food deprivation and chronic food restriction differentially affect hypothalamic NPY mRNA expression
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1030-R1036, 2003. First published July 3, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00734.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rose C. Mantella, Linda Rinaman, Regis R. Vollmer, and Janet A. Amico

Cholecystokinin and D-fenfluramine inhibit food intake in oxytocin-deficient mice
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1037-R1045, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00383.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Danielle M. Nicklous and Kenny J. Simansky

Neuropeptide FF exerts pro- and anti-opioid actions in the parabrachial nucleus to modulate food intake
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1046-R1054, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00107.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John D. Wilson, Danielle M. Nicklous, Vincent J. Aloyo, and Kenny J. Simansky

An orexigenic role for µ-opioid receptors in the lateral parabrachial nucleus
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1055-R1065, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00108.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

THIRST AND VOLUME, ELECTROLYTE HOMEOSTASIS:

Christian Wamberg, Ronni R. Plovsing, Niels C. F. Sandgaard, and Peter Bie

Effects of different angiotensins during acute, double blockade of the renin system in conscious dogs
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R971-R980, 2003. First published July 17, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00262.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ronni R. Plovsing, Christian Wamberg, Niels C. F. Sandgaard, Jane A. Simonsen, Niels-Henrik Holstein-Rathlou, Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen, and Peter Bie

Effects of truncated angiotensins in humans after double blockade of the renin system
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R981-R991, 2003. First published July 17, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00263.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H. R. De Smet, M. F. Menadue, J. R. Oliver, and P. A. Phillips

Increased thirst and vasopressin secretion after myocardial infarction in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1203-R1211, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00098.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

NEUROHUMORAL CONTROL OF CIRCULATION AND HYPERTENSION:

Daniel M. Keenan and Johannes D. Veldhuis

Cortisol feedback state governs adrenocorticotropin secretory-burst shape, frequency, and mass in a dual-waveform construct: time of day-dependent regulation
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R950-R961, 2003. First published July 3, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00299.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David C. Randall, David R. Brown, A. Scott McGuirt, Gregory W. Thompson, J. Andrew Armour, and Jeffrey L. Ardell

Interactions within the intrinsic cardiac nervous system contribute to chronotropic regulation
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1066-R1075, 2003. First published July 3, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00167.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Makoto Tanaka, Masayoshi Sato, Shino Umehara, and Toshiaki Nishikawa

Influence of menstrual cycle on baroreflex control of heart rate: comparison with male volunteers
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1091-R1097, 2003. First published July 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00162.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kathleen P. O'Hagan and Jennifer A. Alberts

Uterine artery blood flow and renal sympathetic nerve activity during exercise in rabbit pregnancy
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1135-R1144, 2003. First published July 17, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00258.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rakesh C. Arora, René Cardinal, Frank M. Smith, Jeffrey L. Ardell, Louis J. Dell'Italia, and J. Andrew Armour

Intrinsic cardiac nervous system in tachycardia induced heart failure
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1212-R1223, 2003. First published July 31, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00131.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Qing Hui Chen and Glenn M. Toney

Responses to GABA-A receptor blockade in the hypothalamic PVN are attenuated by local AT₁ receptor antagonism
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1231-R1239, 2003. First published July 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00028.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

LOCAL CONTROL OF CIRCULATION:

Jefferson C. Frisbee

Impaired skeletal muscle perfusion in obese Zucker rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1124-R1134, 2003. First published July 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00239.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christopher J. Wingard, Shahid Husain, Jan Williams, and Sharita James

RhoA-Rho kinase mediates synergistic ET-1 and phenylephrine contraction of rat corpus cavernosum
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1145-R1152, 2003. First published July 31, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00329.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

REGULATION IN GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMALS:

Michael M. Chi and Terry L. Powley

c-Kit mutant mouse behavioral phenotype: altered meal patterns and CCK sensitivity but normal daily food intake and body weight
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1170-R1183, 2003. First published June 19, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00015.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

MODEL ORGANISMS AND COMPARATIVE FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS:

Christopher S. Colwell, Stephan Michel, Jason Itri, Williams Rodriguez, J. Tam, Vincent Lelievre, Zhou Hu, X. Liu, and James A. Waschek

Disrupted circadian rhythms in VIP- and PHI-deficient mice
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R939-R949, 2003. First published July 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00200.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

DEVELOPMENT AND TISSUE PLASTICITY:

Tho D. Pham, Nicole K. MacLennan, Christina T. Chiu, Gisella S. Laksana, Jennifer L. Hsu, and Robert H. Lane

Uteroplacental insufficiency increases apoptosis and alters p53 gene methylation in the full-term IUGR rat kidney
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R962-R970, 2003. First published July 17, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00201.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Won Jun Lee, Raymond W. Thompson, Joseph M. McClung, and James A. Carson

Regulation of androgen receptor expression at the onset of functional overload in rat plantaris muscle
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1076-R1085, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00202.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jascha D. Parkington, Adam P. Siebert, Nathan K. LeBrasseur, and Roger A. Fielding

Differential activation of mTOR signaling by contractile activity in skeletal muscle
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1086-R1090, 2003. First published July 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00324.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hershel Raff, Lauren Jacobson, and William E. Cullinan

Elevated corticosterone and inhibition of ACTH responses to CRH and ether in the neonatal rat: effect of hypoxia from birth
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1224-R1230, 2003. First published July 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00259.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

APPETITE, OBESITY AND METABOLISM:

Brian J. Leury, Lance H. Baumgard, Stephanie S. Block, Nthabisheng Segoale, Richard A. Ehrhardt, Robert P. Rhoads, Dale E. Bauman, Alan W. Bell, and Yves R. Boisclair

Effect of insulin and growth hormone on plasma leptin in periparturient dairy cows
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1107-R1115, 2003. First published July 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00320.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Barry E. Levin, Ambrose A. Dunn-Meynell, Julie E. McMinn, Michael Alperovich, Amy Cunningham-Bussel, and Streamson C. Chua, Jr.

A new obesity-prone, glucose-intolerant rat strain (F.DIO)
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1184-R1191, 2003. First published July 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00267.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Min Shi, Allison R. Jones, Mark S. Niedringhaus, Rebecca J. Pearson, Ann M. Biehl, Manuel Ferreira, Jr., Niaz Sahibzada, Joseph G. Verbalis, and Richard A. Gillis

Glucose acts in the CNS to regulate gastric motility during hypoglycemia
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1192-R1202, 2003. First published July 17, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00179.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Barry Drew and Christiaan Leeuwenburgh

Method for measuring ATP production in isolated mitochondria: ATP production in brain and liver mitochondria of Fischer-344 rats with age and caloric restriction
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1259-R1267, 2003. First published July 10, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00264.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

INFLAMMATION, CYTOKINES, AND TEMPERATURE REGULATION:

Megumi Maruyama, Maiko Nishi, Masahiro Konishi, Yuko Takashige, Kei Nagashima, Toshikazu Kiyohara, and Kazuyuki Kanosue

Brain regions expressing Fos during thermoregulatory behavior in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1116-R1123, 2003. First published July 31, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00166.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Robert A. Frost, Gerald J. Nystrom, and Charles H. Lang

Lipopolysaccharide and proinflammatory cytokines stimulate interleukin-6 expression in C2C12 myoblasts: role of the Jun NH₂-terminal kinase
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1153-R1164, 2003. First published July 3, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00164.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jessica B. Buchanan, Elizabeth Peloso, and Evelyn Satinoff

Thermoregulatory and metabolic changes during fever in young and old rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1165-R1169, 2003. First published July 31, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00238.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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

Rogier D. van Anholt, Tom Spanings, William Koven, and Sjoerd E. Wendelaar Bonga

Effects of acetylsalicylic acid treatment on thyroid hormones, prolactins, and the stress response of tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1098-R1106, 2003. First published July 3, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00731.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Leon S. Farhy and Johannes D. Veldhuis

Joint pituitary-hypothalamic and intrahypothalamic autofeedback construct of pulsatile growth hormone secretion
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1240-R1249, 2003. First published July 17, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00086.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

POINT-COUNTERPOINT:

Gavin J. Blake and Paul M. Ridker

C-reactive protein: a surrogate risk marker or mediator of atherothrombosis?
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1250-R1252, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00227.2003 [Full Text]  

Subodh Verma and Edward T. H. Yeh

C-reactive protein and atherothrombosis—Beyond a biomarker: an actual partaker of lesion formation
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1253-R1256, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00170.2003 [Full Text]  

Subodh Verma and Edward T. H. Yeh

Response to G. J. Blake and P. M. Ridker: C-reactive protein: a surrogate risk marker or mediator of atherothrombosis?
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1257-R1257, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00484.2003 [Full Text]  

Gavin J. Blake and Paul M. Ridker

Response to S. Verma and E. T. H. Yeh: C-reactive protein and atherothrombosis—Beyond a biomarker: an actual partaker of lesion formation
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1258-R1258, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00483.2003 [Full Text]  

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