EDITORIALS:

Pontus B. Persson

Where we stand: American Journal of Physiology—Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 2006
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R489-R490, 2006. First published June 15, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00420.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

INVITED REVIEWS:

William A. Pryor, Kendall N. Houk, Christopher S. Foote, Jon M. Fukuto, Louis J. Ignarro, Giuseppe L. Squadrito, and Kelvin J. A. Davies

Free radical biology and medicine: it's a gas, man!
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R491-R511, 2006. First published April 20, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00614.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Pontus B. Persson

In Focus  Temperature control: from molecular insights, regulation in king penguins and diving seals, to studies in humans
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R512-R514, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00315.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eckhart Simon

Editorial Focus  Ion channel proteins in neuronal temperature transduction: from inferences to testable theories of deep-body thermosensitivity
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R515-R517, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00239.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Wechselberger, Chadwick L. Wright, Georgia A. Bishop, and Jack A. Boulant

Ionic channels and conductance-based models for hypothalamic neuronal thermosensitivity
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R518-R529, 2006. First published May 11, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00039.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miklós Székely

Editorial Focus  Orexins, energy balance, temperature, sleep-wake cycle
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R530-R532, 2006. First published March 23, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00179.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takatoshi Mochizuki, Elizabeth B. Klerman, Takeshi Sakurai, and Thomas E. Scammell

Elevated body temperature during sleep in orexin knockout mice
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R533-R540, 2006. First published March 23, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00887.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dan Ni, Qihai Gu, Hong-Zhen Hu, Na Gao, Michael X. Zhu, and Lu-Yuan Lee

Thermal sensitivity of isolated vagal pulmonary sensory neurons: role of transient receptor potential vanilloid receptors
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R541-R550, 2006. First published March 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00016.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ingrid Wernstedt, Amanda Edgley, Anna Berndtsson, Jenny Fäldt, Göran Bergström, Ville Wallenius, and John-Olov Jansson

Reduced stress- and cold-induced increase in energy expenditure in interleukin-6-deficient mice
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R551-R557, 2006. First published February 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00514.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chanran K. Ganta, Bryan G. Helwig, Frank Blecha, Roman R. Ganta, Richard Cober, Sujatha Parimi, Timothy I. Musch, Richard J. Fels, and Michael J. Kenney

Hypothermia-enhanced splenic cytokine gene expression is independent of the sympathetic nervous system
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R558-R565, 2006. First published February 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00846.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ariel Shabtay and Zeev Arad

Reciprocal activation of HSF1 and HSF3 in brain and blood tissues: is redundancy developmentally related?
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R566-R572, 2006. First published February 23, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00685.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bryan G. Helwig, Sujatha Parimi, Chanran K. Ganta, Richard Cober, Richard J. Fels, and Michael J. Kenney

Aging alters regulation of visceral sympathetic nerve responses to acute hypothermia
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R573-R579, 2006. First published February 23, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00903.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Glen P. Kenny, Ollie Jay, Wytek M. Zaleski, Mark L. Reardon, Ronald J. Sigal, W. Shane Journeay, and Francis D. Reardon

Postexercise hypotension causes a prolonged perturbation in esophageal and active muscle temperature recovery
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R580-R588, 2006. First published March 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00918.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Youichirou Ootsuka and Robin M. McAllen

Comparison between two rat sympathetic pathways activated in cold defense
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R589-R595, 2006. First published April 6, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00850.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregg R. McCord, Jean-Luc Cracowski, and Christopher T. Minson

Prostanoids contribute to cutaneous active vasodilation in humans
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R596-R602, 2006. First published February 16, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00710.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura H. R. Leite, Ana Cristina R. Lacerda, Umeko Marubayashi, and Cândido C. Coimbra

Central angiotensin AT₁-receptor blockade affects thermoregulation and running performance in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R603-R607, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00038.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander Schmidt, Frank Alard, and Yves Handrich

Changes in body temperatures in king penguins at sea: the result of fine adjustments in peripheral heat loss?
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R608-R618, 2006. First published April 20, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00826.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ken Aoki, Dan P. Stephens, Kun Zhao, Wojciech A. Kosiba, and John M. Johnson

Modification of cutaneous vasodilator response to heat stress by daytime exogenous melatonin administration
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R619-R624, 2006. First published May 11, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00117.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. J. Widmer, J. E. Laurinec, M. F. Young, G. A. Laine, and C. M. Quick

Local heat produces a shear-mediated biphasic response in the thermoregulatory microcirculation of the Pallid bat wing
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R625-R632, 2006. First published May 4, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00929.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

APPETITE, OBESITY, DIGESTION, AND METABOLISM:

Elinor L. Sullivan, Frank H. Koegler, and Judy L. Cameron

Individual differences in physical activity are closely associated with changes in body weight in adult female rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R633-R642, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00069.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander Tups, Michael Helwig, Sigrid Stöhr, Perry Barrett, Julian G. Mercer, and Martin Klingenspor

Photoperiodic regulation of insulin receptor mRNA and intracellular insulin signaling in the arcuate nucleus of the Siberian hamster, Phodopus sungorus
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R643-R650, 2006. First published April 6, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00807.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Kijima, Tomio Shingai, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Yuka Kajii, Shin-ichi Fukushima, Yo Taguchi, Tadashi Noda, and Yoshiaki Yamada

Nitric oxide modulates elicitation of reflex swallowing from the pharynx in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R651-R656, 2006. First published April 6, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00646.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernadette Félix, André Jean, and Claude Roman

Leptin inhibits swallowing in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R657-R663, 2006. First published March 30, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00560.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuel Ferreria, Jr., Niaz Sahibzada, Joseph G. Verbalis, Richard A. Gillis, Gerlinda E. Hermann, Erdmann Seeliger, Mechthild Ladwig, and H. Wolfgang Reinhardt

Letter to the Editor  Comments on: "Esophageal-gastric relaxation reflex in rat: dual control of peripheral nitrergic and cholinergic transmission"
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R854-R855, 2006. First published May 11, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00221.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

INFLAMMATION AND CYTOKINES:

Laura Canesi, Caterina Ciacci, Lucia Cecilia Lorusso, Michele Betti, Tiziana Guarnieri, Simona Tavolari, and Gabriella Gallo

Immunomodulation by 17-estradiol in bivalve hemocytes
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R664-R673, 2006. First published April 6, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00139.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paola Costelli, Maurizio Muscaritoli, Maurizio Bossola, Fabio Penna, Patrizia Reffo, Andrea Bonetto, Silvia Busquets, Gabriella Bonelli, Francisco J. Lopez-Soriano, Giovanni Battista Doglietto, Josep M. Argilés, Francesco M. Baccino, and Filippo Rossi Fanelli

IGF-1 is downregulated in experimental cancer cachexia
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R674-R683, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00104.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen A. Munger, Roland C. Blantz, and Mark J. Lortie

Acute renal response to LPS: impaired arginine production and inducible nitric oxide synthase activity
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R684-R691, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00873.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Jennifer LaBerge, Susan E. Malley, Katarina Zvarova, and Margaret A. Vizzard

Expression of corticotropin-releasing factor and CRF receptors in micturition pathways after cyclophosphamide-induced cystitis
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R692-R703, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00086.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roy W. R. Dudley, Maya Khairallah, Shawn Mohammed, Larry Lands, Christine Des Rosiers, and Basil J. Petrof

Dynamic responses of the glutathione system to acute oxidative stress in dystrophic mouse (mdx) muscles
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R704-R710, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00031.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROHUMORAL CONTROL OF CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION:

Erik Sandblom and Michael Axelsson

Adrenergic control of venous capacitance during moderate hypoxia in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): role of neural and circulating catecholamines
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R711-R718, 2006. First published June 1, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00893.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kayla D. Rowe, Julie A. Schwartz, Lance L. Lomax, and Mark M. Knuepfer

Central angiotensin II receptors mediate hemodynamic response variability to stressors
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R719-R727, 2006. First published April 6, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00825.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroto Ohata, Suyi Cao, and Raymond C. Koehler

Contribution of adenosine A_2A and A_2B receptors and heme oxygenase to AMPA-induced dilation of pial arterioles in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R728-R735, 2006. First published April 6, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00757.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Léa Emonnot, Charles Bakhos, Bruno Chapuis, Valérie Oréa, Christian Barrès, and Claude Julien

Role of purinergic cotransmission in the sympathetic control of arterial pressure variability in conscious rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R736-R741, 2006. First published March 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00088.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martha L. Blair and Deanne Mickelsen

Activation of lateral parabrachial nucleus neurons restores blood pressure and sympathetic vasomotor drive after hypotensive hemorrhage
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R742-R750, 2006. First published March 30, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00049.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher J. Madden, Sean D. Stocker, and Alan F. Sved

Attenuation of homeostatic responses to hypotension and glucoprivation after destruction of catecholaminergic rostral ventrolateral medulla neurons
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R751-R759, 2006. First published April 20, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00800.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alfonso Mate, Anna Barfull, Ángeles M. Hermosa, Lucía Gómez-Amores, Carmen M. Vázquez, and Joana M. Planas

Regulation of sodium-glucose cotransporter SGLT1 in the intestine of hypertensive rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R760-R767, 2006. First published May 11, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00524.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PREGNANCY:

Judith N. Gorski, Ambrose A. Dunn-Meynell, Thomas G. Hartman, and Barry E. Levin

Postnatal environment overrides genetic and prenatal factors influencing offspring obesity and insulin resistance
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R768-R778, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00138.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicole Wagner, Kay-Dietrich Wagner, Holger Scholz, Karin M. Kirschner, and Andreas Schedl

Intermediate filament protein nestin is expressed in developing kidney and heart and might be regulated by the Wilms' tumor suppressor Wt1
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R779-R787, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00219.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathryn M. Canniff, Marta S. Smith, D. Brooks Lacy, Phillip E. Williams, and Mary Courtney Moore

Glucagon secretion and autonomic signaling during hypoglycemia in late pregnancy
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R788-R795, 2006. First published March 23, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00125.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Korami Dembele, Xing-Hai Yao, Li Chen, and B. L. Grégoire Nyomba

Intrauterine ethanol exposure results in hypothalamic oxidative stress and neuroendocrine alterations in adult rat offspring
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R796-R802, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00633.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ENVIRONMENTAL, EXERCISE AND RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY:

Kari K. Kalliokoski, Henning Langberg, Ann Kathrine Ryberg, Celena Scheede-Bergdahl, Simon Doessing, Andreas Kjær, Michael Kjær, and Robert Boushel

Nitric oxide and prostaglandins influence local skeletal muscle blood flow during exercise in humans: coupling between local substrate uptake and blood flow
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R803-R809, 2006. First published March 23, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00808.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

COMPARATIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY:

José L. Soengas, Sergio Polakof, Xi Chen, Susana Sangiao-Alvarellos, and Thomas W. Moon

Glucokinase and hexokinase expression and activities in rainbow trout tissues: changes with food deprivation and refeeding
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R810-R821, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00115.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SLEEP AND TEMPERATURE REGULATION:

Namni Goel

An arousing, musically enhanced bird song stimulus mediates circadian rhythm phase advances in dim light
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R822-R827, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00550.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

WATER AND ELECTROLYTE HOMEOSTASIS:

Susan W. Nicolson

Editorial Focus  Water management in nectar-feeding birds
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R828-R829, 2006. First published May 4, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00288.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bradley Hartman Bakken and Pablo Sabat

Gastrointestinal and renal responses to water intake in the green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephanoides), a South American hummingbird
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R830-R836, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00137.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guiming Liu and Firouz Daneshgari

Temporal diabetes- and diuresis-induced remodeling of the urinary bladder in the rat
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R837-R843, 2006. First published March 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00917.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael G. Janech, Wayne R. Fitzgibbon, Mark W. Nowak, Donald H. Miller, Richard V. Paul, and David W. Ploth

Cloning and functional characterization of a second urea transporter from the kidney of the Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R844-R853, 2006. First published April 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00739.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Louise B. Weschler and Martina Heer

Letter to the Editor  UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS IS INGESTED SODIUM RENDERED OSMOTICALLY INACTIVE?
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R856-R857, 2006. First published April 20, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00135.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRIGENDA:

Corrigenda
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291: R860-R860, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00358.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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