EDITORIALS:

Pontus B. Persson

2003 was a good year for the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R607-R607, 2004; 10.1152/ajpregu.00015.2004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIAL FOCUS:

Pontus B. Persson and John Andrew Armour

Dual vagal cardiac efferent pathways
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R624-R624, 2004; 10.1152/ajpregu.00665.2003 [Full Text] [PDF]  

INVITED REVIEWS:

Gisele Höpfl, Omolara Ogunshola, and Max Gassmann

HIFs and tumors—causes and consequences
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R608-R623, 2004; 10.1152/ajpregu.00538.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CARDIAC, RENAL, AND RESPIRATORY INTEGRATION:

H. A. Shiels, J. M. Blank, A. P. Farrell, and B. A. Block

Electrophysiological properties of the L-type Ca²⁺ current in cardiomyocytes from bluefin tuna and Pacific mackerel
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R659-R668, 2004. First published December 4, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00521.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc Conti, Isabelle M. Renaud, Bruno Poirier, Odile Michel, Marie-France Belair, Chantal Mandet, Patrick Bruneval, Isaac Myara, and Jacques Chevalier

High levels of myocardial antioxidant defense in aging nondiabetic normotensive Zucker obese rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R793-R800, 2004. First published December 11, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00521.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

THIRST AND VOLUME, ELECTROLYTE HOMEOSTASIS:

Christopher Walstead and Kay-Pong Yip

Acute arterial hypertension inhibits proximal tubular fluid reabsorption in normotensive rat but not in SHR
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R726-R733, 2004. First published December 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00352.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daiyi Tang, Tianzheng Yu, and Ali A. Khraibi

Effects of insulin on renal interstitial hydrostatic pressure and natriuretic response to volume expansion in diabetic rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R751-R755, 2004. First published December 4, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00561.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maristela Mitiko Okamoto, Dóris Hissako Sumida, Carla Roberta Oliveira Carvalho, Alessandra Martins Vargas, Joel Cláudio Heimann, Beatriz D'Agord Schaan, and Ubiratan Fabres Machado

Changes in dietary sodium consumption modulate GLUT4 gene expression and early steps of insulin signaling
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R779-R785, 2004. First published December 11, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00396.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROHUMORAL CONTROL OF CIRCULATION AND HYPERTENSION:

Zixi (Jack) Cheng, Hong Zhang, Shang Z. Guo, Robert Wurster, and David Gozal

Differential control over postganglionic neurons in rat cardiac ganglia by NA and DmnX neurons: anatomical evidence
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R625-R633, 2004. First published November 26, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00143.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sean D. Stocker, Kimberly J. Keith, and Glenn M. Toney

Acute inhibition of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus decreases renal sympathetic nerve activity and arterial blood pressure in water-deprived rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R719-R725, 2004. First published December 11, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00494.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven J. Swenson, Robert C. Speth, and James P. Porter

Effect of a perinatal high-salt diet on blood pressure control mechanisms in young Sprague-Dawley rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R764-R770, 2004. First published January 8, 2004; 10.1152/ajpregu.00492.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LOCAL CONTROL OF CIRCULATION:

Ryan A. Dombkowski, Michael J. Russell, and Kenneth R. Olson

Hydrogen sulfide as an endogenous regulator of vascular smooth muscle tone in trout
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R678-R685, 2004; 10.1152/ajpregu.00419.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REGULATION IN GENETICALLY MODIFIED ANIMALS:

Georg Schlieper, Jie-Hoon Kim, Andrei Molojavyi, Christoph Jacoby, Tim Laussmann, Ulrich Flögel, Axel Gödecke, and Jürgen Schrader

Adaptation of the myoglobin knockout mouse to hypoxic stress
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R786-R792, 2004. First published December 4, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00043.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEVELOPMENT AND TISSUE PLASTICITY:

Rebecka Johansson and Katarina Persson

Phenotypic modulation of cultured bladder smooth muscle cells and the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R642-R648, 2004. First published December 4, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00443.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

APPETITE, OBESITY AND METABOLISM:

Namik Kaya, Tiansheng Shen, Shao-gang Lu, Fang-li Zhao, and Scott Herness

A paracrine signaling role for serotonin in rat taste buds: expression and localization of serotonin receptor subtypes
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R649-R658, 2004. First published January 8, 2004; 10.1152/ajpregu.00572.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qinmin Zhang and Michael G. Tordoff

No effect of dietary calcium on body weight of lean and obese mice and rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R669-R677, 2004. First published December 18, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00655.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Petra Kok, Madelon M. Buijs, Simon W. Kok, Inge H. A. P. van Ierssel, Marijke Frölich, Ferdinand Roelfsema, Peter J. Voshol, A. Edo Meinders, and Hanno Pijl

Acipimox enhances spontaneous growth hormone secretion in obese women
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R693-R698, 2004. First published December 11, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00595.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gary A. Wittert, Helen Turnbull, Perdita Hope, John E. Morley, and Michael Horowitz

Leptin prevents obesity induced by a high-fat diet after diet-induced weight loss in the marsupial S. crassicaudata
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R734-R739, 2004; 10.1152/ajpregu.00240.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-Pierre Ruffin, Tiziana Adage, Folkert Kuipers, Jan H. Strubbe, Anton J. W. Scheurink, and Gertjan van Dijk

Feeding and temperature responses to intravenous leptin infusion are differential predictors of obesity in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R756-R763, 2004. First published December 4, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00508.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barry E. Levin and Ambrose A. Dunn-Meynell

Chronic exercise lowers the defended body weight gain and adiposity in diet-induced obese rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R771-R778, 2004. First published December 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00650.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INFLAMMATION, CYTOKINES, AND TEMPERATURE REGULATION:

Jason J. McDougall, A. Kursat Barin, and Chelsea M. McDougall

Loss of vasomotor responsiveness to the µ-opioid receptor ligand endomorphin-1 in adjuvant monoarthritic rat knee joints
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R634-R641, 2004. First published December 11, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00464.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John A. Kellum, Mingchen Song, and Jinyou Li

Lactic and hydrochloric acids induce different patterns of inflammatory response in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R686-R692, 2004. First published December 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00564.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xizhong Cui, Mahtab Moayeri, Yan Li, Xuemei Li, Michael Haley, Yvonne Fitz, Rosaly Correa-Araujo, Steven M. Banks, Stephen H. Leppla, and Peter Q. Eichacker

Lethality during continuous anthrax lethal toxin infusion is associated with circulatory shock but not inflammatory cytokine or nitric oxide release in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R699-R709, 2004. First published January 8, 2004; 10.1152/ajpregu.00593.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles H. Lang, Robert A. Frost, and Thomas C. Vary

Thermal injury impairs cardiac protein synthesis and is associated with alterations in translation initiation
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R740-R750, 2004. First published December 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00661.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Olivier Rampin, Régine Monnerie, Nathalie Jérôme, Kevin McKenna, and Yves Maurin

Spinal control of erection by glutamate in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R710-R718, 2004. First published December 18, 2003; 10.1152/ajpregu.00645.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRIGENDA:

Corrigenda for vol. 286, p. R283
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 286: R801-R801, 2004; 10.1152/ajpregu.00054.2004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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