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Dedication 1
Preface 2
Analysis of responses to human synthetic adrenomedullin and calcitonin gene-related peptides in the hindlimb vascular bed of the cat 5
Effect of short-term treatment with a monoclonal antibody to P-selectin on balloon cathether-induced: Intimal hyperplasia, re-endothelialization, and attenuation of endothelial-dependent relaxation 13
Differential regulation of G-protein expression by vasoactive peptides 21
Endothelin contraction in pig coronary artery: Receptor types and Ca[superscript 2+]-mobilization 29
Activation of the neutrophil and loss of plasma glutathione during Mg-deficiency - modulation by nitric oxide synthase inhibition 35
Velocity of translation of single actin filaments (AF) by myosin heads from antigen-sensitized airway smooth muscle 41
Smooth muscle contractility and protein tyrosine phosphorylation 47
Coronary artery smooth muscle in culture: migration of heterogeneous cell populations from vessel wall 53
An overview of the influence of ACE inhibitors on fetal-placental circulation and perinatal development 61
Differential nature of cross-talk among three G-coupled receptors regulating adenylyl cyclase in rat cardiomyocytes chronically exposed to receptor agonists 75
Reversal of phosphate induced decreases in force by the benzimidazole pyridazinone, UD-CG 212 CL, in myofilaments from human ventricle 83
Expression of fibroblast growth factor receptor-1 in rat heart H9c2 myoblasts increases cell proliferation 89
Identification of an HMG-like protein involved in regulation of Na[superscript +]/H[superscript +] exchanger expression 99
Cytochemical and immuoncytochemical localization of Na,K-ATPase [alpha] subunit isoenzymes in the rat heart 107
Estradiol modulates the sodium pump in the heart sarcolemma 113
Thyroid hormones differentially affect sarcoplasmic reticulum function in rat atria and ventricles 119
Dietary and physiological studies to investigate the relationship between calcium and magnesium signalling in the mammalian myocardium 127
Biological significance of phosphorylation and myristoylation in the regulation of cardiac muscle proteins 135
Contributions of increased efficiency and capacity of protein synthesis to rapid cardiac growth 145
Cell-cycle dependent anti-FGF-2 staining of chicken cardiac myocytes: Movement from chromosomal to cleavage furrow- and midbody-associated sites 153
An endogenous positive inotropic factor (EPIF) from porcine heart: Its effects on sarcoplasmic reticular (SR) Ca[superscript 2+] metabolism 163
Prostaglandins attenuate cardiac contractile dysfunction produced by free radical generation but not by hydrogen peroxide 171
Changes in fatty acid compositions of myocardial lipids in rats with heart failure following myocardial infarction 179
Mechanisms that may be involved in calcium tolerance of the diabetic heart 191
Increases of T-type Ca[superscript 2+] current in heart cells of the cardiomyopathic hamster 199
Myocardial functional preservation during ischemia: Influence of beta blocking agents 205
Phosphorylation by protein kinase C and the responsiveness of Mg[superscript 2+]-ATPase to Ca[superscript 2+] of myofibrils isolated from stunned and non-stunned porcine myocardium 211
Is there a link between impaired glucose metabolism and protein kinase C activity in the diabetic heart? 219
A new technique of coronary artery ligation: Experimental myocardial infarction in rats in vivo with reduced mortality 227
Adriamycin depresses in vivo and in vitro phos-phatidylethanolamine N-Methylation in rat heart sarcolemma 235
A calcium stimulated cysteine protease involved in isoproterenol induced cardiac hypertrophy 241
Early fetal like slow Na[superscript +] current in heart cells of cnsdiomyopathic hamster 249
Na[superscript +]-H[superscript +] exchange inhibition at reperfusion is cardioprotective during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion; [superscript 31]P NMR studies 257
Increased gene expression of plasminogen activators and inhibitors in left ventricular hypertrophy 265
Cardiac hypertrophy: Old concepts, new perspectives 273
Characteristics of the myocardial PM-FABP: Effect of diabetes mellitus 281
Cardiomyopathies and mitochondrial DNA mutations 287
Cardiac depression and cellular injury in hemorrhagic shock and reinfusion: Role of free radicals 291
Ischemic preconditioning is not additive to preservation with hypothermia or crystalloid cardioplegia in the globally ischemic rat heart 303
Regulation of Ca[superscript 2+] homeostasis by glucose metabolism in rat brain 317
Age- and sex-related differences in nuclear lipid content and nucleoside triphosphatase activity in the JCR:LA-cp corpulent rat 327
Studies on hepatic injury and antioxidant enzyme activities in rat subcellular organelles following in vivo ischemia and reperfusion 337
Index to Volume 176 349