AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology -- Table of Contents (October 1 2008, 295 [4])

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Curt D. Sigmund: AJP: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology: 1 year later....
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1007-R1008, 2008. First published August 20, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90692.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Dawna Salter-Venzon and Alan G. Watts: The role of hypothalamic ingestive behavior controllers in generating dehydration anorexia: a Fos mapping study
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1009-R1019, 2008. First published July 30, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90425.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Martin Williamson and Victor Viau: Selective contributions of the medial preoptic nucleus to testosterone-dependant regulation of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and the HPA axis
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1020-R1030, 2008. First published August 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90389.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard R. Almon, Eric Yang, William Lai, Ioannis P. Androulakis, Svetlana Ghimbovschi, Eric P. Hoffman, William J. Jusko, and Debra C. DuBois: Relationships between circadian rhythms and modulation of gene expression by glucocorticoids in skeletal muscle
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1031-R1047, 2008. First published July 30, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90399.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

APPETITE, OBESITY, AND DIGESTION:

E. Fiona Bailey: A tasty morsel: the role of the dorsal vagal complex in the regulation of food intake and swallowing. Focus on "BDNF/TrkB signaling interacts with GABAergic system to inhibit rhythmic swallowing in the rat," by Bariohay et al.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1048-R1049, 2008. First published August 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90701.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

Bruno Bariohay, Catherine Tardivel, Juliette Pio, André Jean, and Bernadette Félix: BDNF-TrkB signaling interacts with the GABAergic system to inhibit rhythmic swallowing in the rat
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1050-R1059, 2008. First published August 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90407.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S. Sendhil Velan, Nicholas Said, Christopher Durst, Stephanie Frisbee, Jefferson Frisbee, Raymond R. Raylman, M. Albert Thomas, Vazhaikkurichi M. Rajendran, Richard G. Spencer, and Stephen E. Alway: Distinct patterns of fat metabolism in skeletal muscle of normal-weight, overweight, and obese humans
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1060-R1065, 2008. First published July 30, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90367.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pietro Cottone, Valentina Sabino, Luca Steardo, and Eric P. Zorrilla: Intermittent access to preferred food reduces the reinforcing efficacy of chow in rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1066-R1076, 2008. First published July 30, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90309.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures and Tables]

ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM:

Sergio Polakof, Stéphane Panserat, Elisabeth Plagnes-Juan, and José L. Soengas: Altered dietary carbohydrates significantly affect gene expression of the major glucosensing components in Brockmann bodies and hypothalamus of rainbow trout
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1077-R1088, 2008. First published August 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90476.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vipul Periwal, Carson C. Chow, Richard N. Bergman, Madia Ricks, Gloria L. Vega, and Anne E. Sumner: Evaluation of quantitative models of the effect of insulin on lipolysis and glucose disposal
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1089-R1096, 2008. First published August 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90426.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul Trayhurn, Bohan Wang, and I. Stuart Wood: HIF-1 ${alpha}$ protein rather than mRNA as a marker of hypoxia in adipose tissue in obesity: focus on "Inflammation is associated with a decrease of lipogenic factors in omental fat in women," by Poulain-Godefroy et al.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1097-R1097, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90633.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

Odile Poulain-Godefroy and Philippe Froguel: Response to the letter to the editor: "HIF-1 ${alpha}$ protein rather than mRNA as a marker of hypoxia in adipose tissue in obesity," by Trayhurn et al.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1098-R1098, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90722.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

RECEPTORS AND SIGNALING PATHWAYS:

Ferenc Domoki, Béla Kis, Tamás Gáspár, Ferenc Bari, and David W. Busija: Cerebromicrovascular endothelial cells are resistant to L-glutamate
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1099-R1108, 2008. First published July 30, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90430.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

INFLAMMATION, CYTOKINES, NEUROIMMUNE INTERACTIONS:

C. P. Krzyszton, N. L. Sparkman, R. W. Grant, J. B. Buchanan, S. R. Broussard, J. Woods, and R. W. Johnson: Exacerbated fatigue and motor deficits in interleukin-10-deficient mice after peripheral immune stimulation
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1109-R1114, 2008. First published July 23, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90302.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yue Wang, Paul R. Crisostomo, Meijing Wang, Troy A. Markel, Nathan M. Novotny, and Daniel R. Meldrum: TGF- ${alpha}$ increases human mesenchymal stem cell-secreted VEGF by MEK- and PI3-K- but not JNK- or ERK-dependent mechanisms
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1115-R1123, 2008. First published August 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90383.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Troy A. Markel, Paul R. Crisostomo, Meijing Wang, Yue Wang, Tim Lahm, Nathan M. Novotny, Jiangning Tan, and Daniel R. Meldrum: TNFR1 signaling resistance associated with female stem cell cytokine production is independent of TNFR2-mediated pathways
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1124-R1130, 2008. First published August 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90508.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hanneke van der Kleij, Caitlin O'Mahony, Fergus Shanahan, Liam O'Mahony, and John Bienenstock: Protective effects of Lactobacillus reuteri and Bifidobacterium infantis in murine models for colitis do not involve the vagus nerve
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1131-R1137, 2008. First published July 30, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90434.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HEMODYNAMICS AND CARDIORENAL INTEGRATION:

Gang Cheng, Hua Zhang, Xianglei Yang, Eleni Tzima, Karla L. Ewalt, Paul Schimmel, and James E. Faber: Effect of mini-tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase on ischemic angiogenesis, leukocyte recruitment, and vascular permeability
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1138-R1146, 2008. First published August 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90519.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]

NEUROHUMORAL CONTROL OF CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION:

Roger A. L. Dampney: Is the RVLM a key site for sex-related differences in blood pressure regulation? Focus on "Sex differences in angiotensin signaling in bulbospinal neurons in the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla," by Wang et al.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1147-R1148, 2008. First published August 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90695.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

Gang Wang, Teresa A. Milner, Robert C. Speth, Andrea C. Gore, Di Wu, Costantino Iadecola, and Joseph P. Pierce: Sex differences in angiotensin signaling in bulbospinal neurons in the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1149-R1157, 2008. First published August 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90485.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gwendolen E. Haley and Francis W. Flynn: Blockade of NK3R signaling in the PVN decreases vasopressin and oxytocin release and c-Fos expression in the magnocellular neurons in response to hypotension
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1158-R1167, 2008. First published July 23, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90402.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Valdir A. Braga, Melissa A. Burmeister, Ram V. Sharma, and Robin L. Davisson: Cardiovascular responses to peripheral chemoreflex activation and comparison of different methods to evaluate baroreflex gain in conscious mice using telemetry
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1168-R1174, 2008. First published July 30, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90375.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Louis-Philippe Richer, Alain Vinet, Teresa Kus, René Cardinal, Jeffrey L. Ardell, and John Andrew Armour: ${alpha}$ -Adrenoceptor blockade modifies neurally induced atrial arrhythmias
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1175-R1180, 2008. First published August 20, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00840.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Deborah A. Salzer, Philip J. Medeiros, Rosemary Craen, and J. Kevin Shoemaker: Neurogenic-nitric oxide interactions affecting brachial artery mechanics in humans: roles of vessel distensibility vs. diameter
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1181-R1187, 2008. First published August 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90333.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeanie Park, Vito M. Campese, and Holly R. Middlekauff: Exercise pressor reflex in humans with end-stage renal disease
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1188-R1194, 2008. First published August 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90473.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bai-Yan Li, Guo-Fen Qiao, Bin Feng, Rui-Bo Zhao, Yan-Jie Lu, and John H. Schild: Electrophysiological and neuroanatomical evidence of sexual dimorphism in aortic baroreceptor and vagal afferents in rat
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1301-R1310, 2008. First published August 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90401.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PREGNANCY:

Eric D. Bruder, Jennifer K. Taylor, Kimberli J. Kamer, and Hershel Raff: Development of the ACTH and corticosterone response to acute hypoxia in the neonatal rat
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1195-R1203, 2008. First published August 13, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90400.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. L. R. Williams, G. K. Fyfe, C. P. Sibley, P. N. Baker, and S. L. Greenwood: K⁺ channel inhibition modulates the biochemical and morphological differentiation of human placental cytotrophoblast cells in vitro
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1204-R1213, 2008. First published August 13, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00193.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EXERCISE AND RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY:

W. A. Macdonald, O. B. Nielsen, and T. Clausen: Effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide on rat soleus muscle excitability: mechanisms and physiological significance
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1214-R1223, 2008. First published July 23, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00893.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul J. LeBlanc, Matthew Mulligan, AnaMaria Antolic, Laura MacPherson, J. Greig Inglis, Dale Martin, Brian D. Roy, and Sandra J. Peters: Skeletal muscle type comparison of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase activity and isoform expression: effects of obesity and endurance training
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1224-R1230, 2008. First published August 20, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90320.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Russell T. Hepple, Maggie Qin, Hideko Nakamoto, and Sataro Goto: Caloric restriction optimizes the proteasome pathway with aging in rat plantaris muscle: implications for sarcopenia
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1231-R1237, 2008. First published August 13, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90478.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Howard J. Green, Eric Bombardier, Todd A. Duhamel, Riley D. Stewart, A. Ross Tupling, and Jing Ouyang: Metabolic, enzymatic, and transporter responses in human muscle during three consecutive days of exercise and recovery
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1238-R1250, 2008. First published July 23, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00171.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hidehiko Komine, Kanji Matsukawa, Hirotsugu Tsuchimochi, Tomoko Nakamoto, and Jun Murata: Sympathetic cholinergic nerve contributes to increased muscle blood flow at the onset of voluntary static exercise in conscious cats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1251-R1262, 2008. First published August 13, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00076.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Esther E. Dupont-Versteegden, Radhakrishnan Nagarajan, Marjorie L. Beggs, Edward D. Bearden, Pippa M. Simpson, and Charlotte A. Peterson: Identification of cold-shock protein RBM3 as a possible regulator of skeletal muscle size through expression profiling
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1263-R1273, 2008. First published August 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90455.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jonathan Jun, Vladimir Savransky, Ashika Nanayakkara, Shannon Bevans, Jianguo Li, Philip L. Smith, and Vsevolod Y. Polotsky: Intermittent hypoxia has organ-specific effects on oxidative stress
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1274-R1281, 2008. First published August 13, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90346.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

COMPARATIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY:

Luis De Vera, Alejandro Santana, and Julian J. Gonzalez: Nonlinearity and fractality in the variability of cardiac period in the lizard, Gallotia galloti: effects of autonomic blockade
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1282-R1289, 2008. First published August 6, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90391.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M. Casartelli, G. Cermenati, S. Rodighiero, F. Pennacchio, and B. Giordana: A megalin-like receptor is involved in protein endocytosis in the midgut of an insect (Bombyx mori, Lepidoptera)
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1290-R1300, 2008. First published July 16, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00036.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Valeska Reichel, David S. Miller, and Gert Fricker: Texas Red transport across rat and dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) choroid plexus
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1311-R1319, 2008. First published July 23, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90373.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY:

Michiaki Matsumoto, Paul C. Dimayuga, Charles Wang, Jonathan Kirzner, Miha Cercek, Juliana Yano, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Prediman K. Shah, and Bojan Cercek: Exogenous heat shock protein-70 inhibits cigarette smoke-induced intimal thickening
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1320-R1327, 2008. First published August 13, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00624.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]

SLEEP AND BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS:

S. Deurveilher, E. M. Cumyn, T. Peers, B. Rusak, and K. Semba: Estradiol replacement enhances sleep deprivation-induced c-Fos immunoreactivity in forebrain arousal regions of ovariectomized rats
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1328-R1340, 2008. First published August 27, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90576.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

WATER AND ELECTROLYTE HOMEOSTASIS:

Kellysan Powers-Martin, Jacqueline K. Phillip, Vinicia C. Biancardi, and Javier E. Stern: Heterogeneous distribution of basal cyclic guanosine monophosphate within distinct neuronal populations in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1341-R1350, 2008. First published August 13, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00063.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Corrigendum]

CORRIGENDA:

: Corrigendum
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1359-R1359, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.zh6-6523-corr.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1360-R1363, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.zh6-6445-corr.2008 [Full Text] [PDF]

UROGENITAL PHYSIOLOGY:

D. D. Rahn, J. F. Acevedo, and R. A. Word: Effect of vaginal distention on elastic fiber synthesis and matrix degradation in the vaginal wall: potential role in the pathogenesis of pelvic organ prolapse
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R1351-R1358, 2008. First published July 16, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.90447.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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Cover: Effect of ischemia-reperfusion treatment on small intestine in summer vs. interbout arousal hibernating ground squirrels. Representative photomicrograph is a section through small intestine from a sham-treated summer squirrel. Martin SL, Epperson LE, Rose JC, Kurtz CC, Ané C, Carey HV. Proteomic analysis of the winter-protected phenotype of hibernating ground squirrel intestine. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295: R316–R328, 2008. First published April 23, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00418.2007.