Volume 59, Issue 2, 2010


Contents


Review

Glycotoxines, carbonyl stress and relevance to diabetes and its complications.
Z. Turk (Vuk Vrhovac Univ. Clin. Diabet., Zagreb, Croatia)
Pre-press article

Personal View

Holism and life manifestations: molecular and space-time biology.
J. Křeček
(Inst. Physiol. Acad. Sci. Czech Rep., Prague, Czech Republic)


Original Articles

Physical exercise-induced cardiovascular adjustments are modulated by muscarinic cholinoceptors within the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus.    
S. P. Wanner, J. B. Guimarães, W. Pires, R. B. La Guardia, A. S. Haibara, U. Marubayashi, C. C. Coimbra, N. R. V. Lima
(Exercise Physiol. Lab., Sch. Physical Educ., Physiother., Occup. Therapy, Fed. Univ. Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Pre-press article

Effects of anserine on the renal sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure in urethane-anesthetized rats.
M. Tanida, J. Shen, D. Kubomura, K. Nagai
(Coll. Life Sci., Ritsumeikan Univ., Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan)
Pre-press article

Vasorelaxing action of vasonatrin peptide is associated with activation of large-conductance
Ca2+-activated potassium channels in vascular smooth muscle cells.

J. Yu, M. Zhu, Z. Fu, X. Zhu, Y. Zhao, B. Chen
(Dept. Radiol., Tangdu Hosp., Fourth Military Med. Univ., Xi’an, Shaanxi, China)
Pre-press article

Spinal cord injury blunted effects of endothelin-1 on Ca2+ transients and calcium current in isolated rat cardiomyocytes.
Y.-F. Guo, A.-J. Ren, D.-Y. Chen, W. Yuan, Y. Chen, S.-H. Gou,
L.-S. Jia, W.-J. Yuan, Y. Liu (Dept. Orthoped., Changzheng Hosp., Second Military Med. Univ., Shanghai, China)
Pre-press article

ECG body surface mapping changes in type 1 diabetic patients with and without autonomic neuropathy.
S. Palová, K. Szabo, J. Charvát, J. Slavíček, E. Medová, M. Mlček, O. Kittnar (Inst. Physiol., First Med. Fac., Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic)
Pre-press article

Is maternal progesterone actually independent of the fetal steroids?
M. Hill, A. Pařízek, J. E. Jirásek, M. Jirkovská, M. Velíková, M. Dušková, M. Klímková, A. Pašková, Z. Žižka, A. Germanová, M. Koucký, M. Kalousová, L. Stárka (Inst. Endocrinol., Prague, Czech Republic)
Pre-press article

Glutathione reductase is inhibited by acetaminophen-glutathione conjugate in vitro.
T. Roušar, P. Pařík, O. Kučera, M. Bartoš, Z. Červinková (Dept. Physiol., Fac. Med. Hradec Králové, Charles Univ. Prague, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic)
Pre-press article

Regulation of diurnal variation of cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) activity in healthy subjects.
J. Kovář, M. Leníček, M. Zimolová, L. Vítek, M. Jirsa, J. Piťha (Inst. Clin. Exp. Med., Prague, Czech Republic)
Pre-press article

Integration of the thiol redox status with cytokine response to physical training in professional basketball players.
A. Zembron-Lacny, M. Slowinska-Lisowska, A. Ziemba (Univ. Physic. Educ. Poznan, Fac. Physic. Culture, Gorzow Wlkp.,Dept. Biochem., Gorzow Wlkp., Poland)
Pre-press article

Surface modification of cyclic olefin copolymers for osteochondral defect repair can increase pro-destructive potential of human chondrocytes in vitro.
M. Polanská, H. Hulejová, M. Petrtýl, Z. Bastl, I. Spirovová, Z. Kruliš, Z. Horák, D. Veigl, L. Šenolt (Inst. Rheumatol., First Med. Fac., Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic)
Pre-press article

Orexins activates protein kinase C-mediated Ca2+ signaling in isolated rat primary sensory neurons.
M. Ozcan, A. Ayar, I. Serhatlioglu, E. Alcin, Z. Sahin, H. Kelestimur (Karadeniz Techn. Univ., Fac. Med., Dept. Physiol., Trabzon, Turkey)
Pre-press article

Quetiapine ameliorates anxiety-like behavior and cognitive impairments in stressed rats: implications for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder.
H.-N. Wang, Y. Peng, Q.-R. Tan, Y.-C. Chen, R.-G. Zhang, Y.-T. Qiao, H.-H. Wang, L. Liu, F. Kuang, B.-R. Wang, Z.-J. Zhang (Dept. Psychiat., Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Med. Univ., Xi’an, Shaanxi, China)
Pre-press article

Rebound bursts in GABAergic neurons of the thalamic reticular nucleus in postnatal mice.
X. Wang, G. Yu, X. Hou, J. Zhou, B. Yang, L. Zhang (Dept. Neurol., First Clin. Coll., Harbin Med. Univ., Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)
Pre-press article

Increased expression of erythropoietin receptor in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydro-pyridine-induced Parkinsonian model.
Y. Wu, X. Sun, X. Feng, R. Liu, L. Huang, Y. Shang, Z. Liang, J. Chen, X. Qiao, C. Liu, S. Sun (Dept. Neurol., Union Hosp., Tongji Med. Coll., Huazhong Univ. Sci. Technol., Wuhan, China)
Pre-press article

Substance MCS-18 isolated from Helleborus purpurascens is a potent antagonist of the capsaicin receptor, TRPV1, in rat cultured sensory neurons.
C. Neacsu, C. Ciobanu, I. Barbu, O. Toader, G. Szegli, F. Kerek, A. Babes (Dept. Physiol. Biophys., Fac. Biol., Univ. Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
Pre-press article


Short Communications

Macrophages are novel sites of expression and regulation of retinol binding protein-4 (RBP4).
M. Broch, R. Ramírez, M. T. Auguet, M. J. Alcaide, C. Aguilar, A. Garcia-España, C. Richart (Res. Unit, Univ. Hosp. Tarragona Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain)
Pre-press article

Anticonvulsant action of a new analogue of allopregnanolone in immature rats.
P. Mareš, H. Kubová, A. Kasal (Inst. Physiol., Acad. Sci. Czech Rep., Prague, Czech Republic)
Pre-press article


Proceedings

Proceedings of the Czech and Slovak Physiological Societies (February 9 - 11, 2010, Prague, Czech Republic)

 


This number will be issued in April 2010

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