INVITED REVIEWS:

Ding An and Brian Rodrigues

Role of changes in cardiac metabolism in development of diabetic cardiomyopathy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1489-H1506, 2006. First published June 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00278.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barry W. Allen and Claude A. Piantadosi

How do red blood cells cause hypoxic vasodilation? The SNO-hemoglobin paradigm
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1507-H1512, 2006. First published June 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00310.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

Christopher Call, Shaojie Han, John E. Speich, Thomas J. Eddinger, and Paul H. Ratz

Resistance to pressure-induced dilatation in femoral but not saphenous artery: physiological role of latch?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1513-H1520, 2006. First published May 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00086.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

Lasse E. Rasmussen, Paul M. Vanhoutte, Boye L. Jensen, and Ole Skøtt

Continuous flow augments reactivity of rabbit carotid artery by reducing bioavailability of NO despite an increase in release of EDHF
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1521-H1528, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00027.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paola Belluardo, Alessandro Cataliotti, Lorena Bonaiuto, Eliana Giuffrè, Egle Maugeri, Paola Noto, Giovanna Orlando, Giuseppa Raspa, Brigida Piazza, Luciano Babuin, Horng H. Chen, Fernando L. Martin, Paul M. McKie, Denise M. Heublein, John C. Burnett, Jr., and Lorenzo S. Malatino

Lack of activation of molecular forms of the BNP system in human grade 1 hypertension and relationship to cardiac hypertrophy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1529-H1535, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00107.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Bertuglia, F. M. Veronese, and G. Pasut

Polyethylene glycol and a novel developed polyethylene glycol-nitric oxide normalize arteriolar response and oxidative stress in ischemia-reperfusion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1536-H1544, 2006. First published February 17, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01114.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jyothish B. Pillai, Madhu Gupta, Senthilkumar B. Rajamohan, Roberto Lang, Jai Raman, and Mahesh P. Gupta

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1-deficient mice are protected from angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1545-H1553, 2006. First published April 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01124.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mikhail A. Sovershaev, Elena M. Egorina, Thomas V. Andreasen, Anne K. Jonassen, and Kirsti Ytrehus

Preconditioning by 17-estradiol in isolated rat heart depends on PI3-K/PKB pathway, PKC, and ROS
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1554-H1562, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01171.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jian-Xiong Chen, Heng Zeng, Mayme L Lawrence, Timothy S. Blackwell, and Barbara Meyrick

Angiopoietin-1-induced angiogenesis is modulated by endothelial NADPH oxidase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1563-H1572, 2006. First published May 5, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01081.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joost Lumens, Tammo Delhaas, Theo Arts, Brett R. Cowan, and Alistair A. Young

Impaired subendocardial contractile myofiber function in asymptomatic aged humans, as detected using MRI
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1573-H1579, 2006. First published May 5, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00074.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthijs J. Faber, Michiel Dalinghaus, Inge M. Lankhuizen, Paul Steendijk, Wim C. Hop, Regien G. Schoemaker, Dirk J. Duncker, Jos M. J. Lamers, and Willem A. Helbing

Right and left ventricular function after chronic pulmonary artery banding in rats assessed with biventricular pressure-volume loops
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1580-H1586, 2006. First published May 5, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00286.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

André P. Lourenço, Roberto Roncon-Albuquerque, Jr., Carmen Brás-Silva, Bernardo Faria, Joris Wieland, Tiago Henriques-Coelho, Jorge Correia-Pinto, and Adelino F. Leite-Moreira

Myocardial dysfunction and neurohumoral activation without remodeling in left ventricle of monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertensive rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1587-H1594, 2006. First published May 5, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01004.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. J. M. Juffermans, P. A. Dijkmans, R. J. P. Musters, C. A. Visser, and O. Kamp

Transient permeabilization of cell membranes by ultrasound-exposed microbubbles is related to formation of hydrogen peroxide
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1595-H1601, 2006. First published April 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01120.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Hugues Parmentier, Chunxiang Zhang, Anne Estes, Susan Schaefer, and Kafait U. Malik

Essential role of PKC- in normal and angiotensin II-accelerated neointimal growth after vascular injury
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1602-H1613, 2006. First published May 5, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01363.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ghayath Baroudi, Yongxia Qu, Omar Ramadan, Mohamed Chahine, and Mohamed Boutjdir

Protein kinase C activation inhibits Ca_v1.3 calcium channel at NH₂-terminal serine 81 phosphorylation site
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1614-H1622, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00095.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robin H. Shutt, Gregory R. Ferrier, and Susan E. Howlett

Increases in diastolic [Ca²⁺] can contribute to positive inotropy in guinea pig ventricular myocytes in the absence of changes in amplitudes of Ca²⁺ transients
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1623-H1634, 2006. First published May 12, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01245.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rania Harfouche and Sabah N. A. Hussain

Signaling and regulation of endothelial cell survival by angiopoietin-2
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1635-H1645, 2006. First published May 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01318.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Sedmera, Andy Wessels, Thomas C. Trusk, Robert P. Thompson, Kenneth W. Hewett, and Robert G. Gourdie

Changes in activation sequence of embryonic chick atria correlate with developing myocardial architecture
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1646-H1652, 2006. First published May 5, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01007.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Videos]  

Yu Chen, Ivo Amende, Thomas G. Hampton, Yinke Yang, Qingen Ke, Jiang-Yong Min, Yong-Fu Xiao, and James P. Morgan

Vascular endothelial growth factor promotes cardiomyocyte differentiation of embryonic stem cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1653-H1658, 2006. First published May 12, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00363.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maricela Reyes, Mark E. Steinhelper, Jorge A. Alvarez, Daniel Escobedo, John Pearce, Jonathan W. Valvano, Brad H. Pollock, Chia-Ling Wei, Anil Kottam, David Altman, Steven Bailey, Sharon Thomsen, Shuko Lee, James T. Colston, Jung Hwan Oh, Gregory L. Freeman, and Marc D. Feldman

Impact of physiological variables and genetic background on myocardial frequency-resistivity relations in the intact beating murine heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1659-H1669, 2006. First published May 12, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00609.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas A. Syme, A. Kurt Gamperl, Marvin H. Braun, and David R. Jones

Wave reflection effects in the central circulation of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis): what the heart sees
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1670-H1678, 2006. First published May 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00097.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johnson Haynes, Jr., Boniface Obiako, Judy A. King, Raymond B. Hester, and Solomon Ofori-Acquah

Activated neutrophil-mediated sickle red blood cell adhesion to lung vascular endothelium: role of phosphatidylserine-exposed sickle red blood cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1679-H1685, 2006. First published May 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00256.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eduard I. Dedkov, Wei Zheng, and Robert J. Tomanek

Compensatory growth of coronary arterioles in postinfarcted heart: regional differences in DNA synthesis and growth factor/receptor expression patterns
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1686-H1693, 2006. First published May 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00307.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna Csiszar, Kira Smith, Nazar Labinskyy, Zsuzsanna Orosz, Aracelie Rivera, and Zoltan Ungvari

Resveratrol attenuates TNF--induced activation of coronary arterial endothelial cells: role of NF-B inhibition
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1694-H1699, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00340.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joan M. Greve, Andrea S. Les, Beverly T. Tang, Mary T. Draney Blomme, Nathan M. Wilson, Ronald L. Dalman, Norbert J. Pelc, and Charles A. Taylor

Allometric scaling of wall shear stress from mice to humans: quantification using cine phase-contrast MRI and computational fluid dynamics
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1700-H1708, 2006. First published May 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00274.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gefeng Li, Imtiaz S. Ali, and R. William Currie

Insulin induces myocardial protection and Hsp70 localization to plasma membranes in rat hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1709-H1721, 2006. First published May 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00201.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sabzali Javadov, Daniel M. Purdham, Asad Zeidan, and Morris Karmazyn

NHE-1 inhibition improves cardiac mitochondrial function through regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis during postinfarction remodeling
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1722-H1730, 2006. First published May 5, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00159.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jan-Willem Lankhaar, Nico Westerhof, Theo J. C. Faes, Koen M. J. Marques, J. Tim Marcus, Piet E. Postmus, and Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf

Quantification of right ventricular afterload in patients with and without pulmonary hypertension
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1731-H1737, 2006. First published May 12, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00336.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jiawei Chen and Jawahar L. Mehta

Angiotensin II-mediated oxidative stress and procollagen-1 expression in cardiac fibroblasts: blockade by pravastatin and pioglitazone
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1738-H1745, 2006. First published May 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00341.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason N. Peart and Garrett J. Gross

Cardioprotective effects of acute and chronic opioid treatment are mediated via different signaling pathways
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1746-H1753, 2006. First published May 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00233.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio Curcio, Takahisa Noma, Sathyamangla V. Naga Prasad, Matthew J. Wolf, Anthony Lemaire, Cinzia Perrino, Lan Mao, and Howard A. Rockman

Competitive displacement of phosphoinositide 3-kinase from -adrenergic receptor kinase-1 improves postinfarction adverse myocardial remodeling
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1754-H1760, 2006. First published May 12, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01199.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Terumi Sakurai and Naohito Terui

Effects of sympathetically induced vasomotion on tissue-capillary fluid exchange
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1761-H1767, 2006. First published May 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00280.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplmental Videos]  

C. T. Paul Krediet, Johannes J. van Lieshout, Lysander W. J. Bogert, Rogier V. Immink, Yu-Sok Kim, and Wouter Wieling

Leg crossing improves orthostatic tolerance in healthy subjects: a placebo-controlled crossover study
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1768-H1772, 2006. First published May 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00287.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Damien Logeart, Laurent Vinet, Thierry Ragot, Michèle Heimburger, Liliane Louedec, Jean-Baptiste Michel, Brigitte Escoubet, and Jean-Jacques Mercadier

Percutaneous intracoronary delivery of SERCA gene increases myocardial function: a tissue Doppler imaging echocardiographic study
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1773-H1779, 2006. First published June 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00411.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine L. Oltman, Laura L. Richou, Eric P. Davidson, Lawrence J. Coppey, Donald D. Lund, and Mark A. Yorek

Progression of coronary and mesenteric vascular dysfunction in Zucker obese and Zucker diabetic fatty rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1780-H1787, 2006. First published May 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01297.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott S. Billecke, Laura A. Kitzmiller, Joseph J. Northrup, Steven E. Whitesall, Masumi Kimoto, Alia V. Hinz, and Louis G. D'Alecy

Contribution of whole blood to the control of plasma asymmetrical dimethylarginine
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1788-H1796, 2006. First published April 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00066.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cheri L. McGowan, Andrew S. Levy, Philip J. Millar, Juan C. Guzman, Carlos A. Morillo, Neil McCartney, and Maureen J. MacDonald

Acute vascular responses to isometric handgrip exercise and effects of training in persons medicated for hypertension
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1797-H1802, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01113.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beatriz M. R. Carvalho, Rosana A. Bassani, Kleber G. Franchini, and José W. M. Bassani

Enhanced calcium mobilization in rat ventricular myocytes during the onset of pressure overload-induced hypertrophy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1803-H1813, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01345.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudia Kusmic, Guido Lazzerini, Flavio Coceani, Renata Barsacchi, Antonio L'Abbate, and Gianmario Sambuceti

Paradoxical coronary microcirculatory constriction during ischemia: a synergic function for nitric oxide and endothelin
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1814-H1821, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00220.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bi-Hua Tan, Carmen R. Valdivia, Chunhua Song, and Jonathan C. Makielski

Partial expression defect for the SCN5A missense mutation G1406R depends on splice variant background Q1077 and rescue by mexiletine
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1822-H1828, 2006. First published April 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00101.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kimimasa Tobita, Li J. Liu, Andrzej M. Janczewski, Joseph P. Tinney, Jill M. Nonemaker, Serena Augustine, Donna B. Stolz, Sanjeev G. Shroff, and Bradley B. Keller

Engineered early embryonic cardiac tissue retains proliferative and contractile properties of developing embryonic myocardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1829-H1837, 2006. First published April 14, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00205.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Movies]  

Maria Alejandra Alfonso-Jaume, Marina R. Bergman, Rajeev Mahimkar, Sunfa Cheng, Zhu Q. Jin, Joel S. Karliner, and David H. Lovett

Cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury induces matrix metalloproteinase-2 expression through the AP-1 components FosB and JunB
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1838-H1846, 2006. First published May 12, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00026.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerrie P. Farman, John S. Walker, Pieter P. de Tombe, and Thomas C. Irving

Impact of osmotic compression on sarcomere structure and myofilament calcium sensitivity of isolated rat myocardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1847-H1855, 2006. First published June 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01237.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shahar Lavi, Diana Gaitini, Victor Milloul, and Giris Jacob

Impaired cerebral CO₂ vasoreactivity: association with endothelial dysfunction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1856-H1861, 2006. First published June 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00014.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Stachowska-Pietka, J. Waniewski, M. F. Flessner, and B. Lindholm

Distributed model of peritoneal fluid absorption
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1862-H1874, 2006. First published May 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01320.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Ray Morrison, Bunyen Teng, Peter J. Oldenburg, Laxmansa C. Katwa, Jurgen B. Schnermann, and S. Jamal Mustafa

Effects of targeted deletion of A₁ adenosine receptors on postischemic cardiac function and expression of adenosine receptor subtypes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1875-H1882, 2006. First published May 5, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00158.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jagdip S. Jaswal, Manoj Gandhi, Barry A. Finegan, Jason R. B. Dyck, and Alexander S. Clanachan

Effects of adenosine on myocardial glucose and palmitate metabolism after transient ischemia: role of 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1883-H1892, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01147.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alamgir M. N. Kabir, James E. Clark, Masaya Tanno, Xuebin Cao, John S. Hothersall, Semjidmaa Dashnyam, Diana A. Gorog, Mohamed Bellahcene, Michael J. Shattock, and Michael S. Marber

Cardioprotection initiated by reactive oxygen species is dependent on activation of PKC
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1893-H1899, 2006. First published May 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00798.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xinsheng Zhu, Huailong Zhao, Amanda R. Graveline, Emmanuel S. Buys, Ulrich Schmidt, Kenneth D. Bloch, Anthony Rosenzweig, and Wei Chao

MyD88 and NOS2 are essential for Toll-like receptor 4-mediated survival effect in cardiomyocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1900-H1909, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00112.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tuanzhu Ha, Fang Hua, Daniel Grant, Yeling Xia, Jing Ma, Xiang Gao, Jim Kelley, David L. Williams, John Kalbfleisch, I. William Browder, Race L. Kao, and Chuanfu Li

Glucan phosphate attenuates cardiac dysfunction and inhibits cardiac MIF expression and apoptosis in septic mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1910-H1918, 2006. First published June 9, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01264.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer L. Lucitti, Richard Visconti, Jacqueline Novak, and Bradley B. Keller

Increased arterial load alters aortic structural and functional properties during embryogenesis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1919-H1926, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01061.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ji Li, David L. Coven, Edward J. Miller, Xiaoyue Hu, Martin E. Young, David Carling, Albert J. Sinusas, and Lawrence H. Young

Activation of AMPK - and -isoform complexes in the intact ischemic rat heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1927-H1934, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00251.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew W. Kay, Gregory P. Walcott, James D. Gladden, Sharon B. Melnick, and Jack M. Rogers

Lifetimes of epicardial rotors in panoramic optical maps of fibrillating swine ventricles
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1935-H1941, 2006. First published April 21, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00276.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Videos and Table]  

David Jegger, Rafaela da Silva, Xavier Jeanrenaud, Mohammad Nasratullah, Hendrik Tevaearai, Ludwig K. von Segesser, Patrick Segers, Virginie Gaillard, Jeffrey Atkinson, Isabelle Lartaud, and Nikolaos Stergiopulo

Ventricular-arterial coupling in a rat model of reduced arterial compliance provoked by hypervitaminosis D and nicotine
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1942-H1951, 2006. First published May 12, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00091.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin D. Jarvis, Miriam T. Rademaker, Leigh J. Ellmers, Margaret J. Currie, Judith L. McKenzie, Barry R. Palmer, Christopher M. Frampton, A. Mark Richards, and Vicky A. Cameron

Comparison of infarct-derived and control ovine cardiac myofibroblasts in culture: response to cytokines and natriuretic peptide receptor expression profiles
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1952-H1958, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00764.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shawn M. Crump, Robert N. Correll, Elizabeth A. Schroder, William C. Lester, Brian S. Finlin, Douglas A. Andres, and Jonathan Satin

L-type calcium channel -subunit and protein kinase inhibitors modulate Rem-mediated regulation of current
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1959-H1971, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00956.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhihe Li, Jing Ying Ma, Irene Kerr, Sarvajit Chakravarty, Sundeep Dugar, George Schreiner, and Andrew A. Protter

Selective inhibition of p38 MAPK improves cardiac function and reduces myocardial apoptosis in rat model of myocardial injury
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1972-H1977, 2006. First published June 2, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00043.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olaia Colinas, Mónica Gallego, Raúl Setién, José Ramón López-López, M. Teresa Pérez-García, and Oscar Casis

Differential modulation of Kv4.2 and Kv4.3 channels by calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in rat cardiac myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1978-H1987, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01373.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonas Hink, Stephen R. Thom, Ulf Simonsen, Inger Rubin, and Erik Jansen

Vascular reactivity and endothelial NOS activity in rat thoracic aorta during and after hyperbaric oxygen exposure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1988-H1998, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00145.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Sacerdoti, Massimo Bolognesi, Marco Di Pascoli, Angelo Gatta, John C. McGiff, Michal Laniado Schwartzman, and Nader G. Abraham

Rat mesenteric arterial dilator response to 11,12-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid is mediated by activating heme oxygenase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H1999-H2002, 2006. First published June 23, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00082.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY:

Lachlan M. McDowall and Roger A. L. Dampney

Calculation of threshold and saturation points of sigmoidal baroreflex function curves
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2003-H2007, 2006. First published May 19, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00219.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Rogier V. Immink, Niels H. Secher, and Johannes J. van Lieshout

Cerebral Autoregulation and CO₂ Responsiveness of the Brain
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2018-H2018, 2006. First published April 28, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00390.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. K. Bergersen, T.W. Hartgill, and J. Pirhonen

REPLY
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2019-H2019, 2006. First published May 5, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00415.2006 [Full Text] [PDF]  

REPORTS:

Karin Przyklenk, Michelle Maynard, and Peter Whittaker

First molecular evidence that inositol trisphosphate signaling contributes to infarct size reduction with preconditioning
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2008-H2012, 2006. First published May 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00313.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guan-Ying Wang, Diana T. McCloskey, Sally Turcato, Philip M. Swigart, Paul C. Simpson, and Anthony J. Baker

Contrasting inotropic responses to ₁-adrenergic receptor stimulation in left versus right ventricular myocardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291: H2013-H2017, 2006. First published May 26, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00167.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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