1. Dedication

   Legacy Pages: 1 - 1

2. Preface

   • Roland Vetter
   • Ernst-Georg Krause

   EditorialNotes Pages: 2 - 2

3. Excitation-contraction coupling of the developing rat heart

   • Matti Vornanen

   Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 5 - 11

4. Developmental changes of calcium transients and contractility during the cultivation of rat neonatal cardiomyocytes

   • Britta Husse
   • Manfred Wussling

   Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 13 - 21

5. Calcium channels and cation transport ATPases in cardiac hypertrophy induced by aortic constriction in newborn rats

   • Lei Zheng
   • Maurice Wibo
   • Théophile Godfraind

   Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 23 - 29

6. G proteins, adenylyl cyclase and related phosphoproteins in the developing rat heart

   • Sabine Bartel
   • Peter Karczewski
   • Ernst-Georg Krause

   Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 31 - 38

7. Localization of α1,2,3-subunit isoforms of Na,K-ATPase in cultured neonatal and adult rat myocardium: The immunofluorescence and immunocytochemical study

   • Jan Slezak
   • Wolfgang Schulze
   • Gerd Wallukat

   Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 39 - 45

8. Immediate postnatal rat heart development modified by abdominal aortic banding: Analysis of gene expression

   • Gary L. Engelmann
   • Scott E. Campbell
   • Karel Rakusan

   Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 47 - 56

9. Early postnatal changes in sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium transport function in spontaneously hypertensive rats

   • Nicholas Freestone
   • Jaipaul Singh
   • Roland Vetter

   Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 57 - 66

10. Cardiac phosphocreatine deficiency induced by GPA during postnatal development in rat

    • Václav Pelouch
    • František Kolář
    • Valdur A. Saks

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 67 - 76

11. Role of bradykinin in the antihypertr. ophic effects of enalapril in the newborn pig heart

    • Cathy J. Beinlich
    • Christine J. Rissinger
    • Howard E. Morgan

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 77 - 83

12. Regulation of the slow Ca⁺⁺ channels of myocardial cells

    • N. Sperelakis
    • Y. Katsube
    • K. Sumii

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 85 - 98

13. In-vivo phosphorylation of the cardiac L-type calcium channel beta-subunit in response to catecholamines

    • Hannelore Haase
    • Sabine Bartel
    • Ernst-Georg Krause

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 99 - 106

14. Antibodies from Trypanosoma cruzi infected mice recognize the second extracellular loop of the β₁-adrenergic and M2-muscarinic receptors and regulate calcium channels in isolated cardiomyocytes

    • Alfredo Mijares
    • Ludovic Verdot
    • Jorge Argibay

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 107 - 112

15. β₂-Adrenoceptor activation by zinterol causes protein phosphorylation, contractile effects and relaxant effects through a cAMP pathway in human atrium

    • Alberto J. Kaumann
    • Louise Sanders
    • Ernst-Georg Krause

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 113 - 123

16. Early after-depolarisations induced by noradrenaline may be initiated by calcium released from sarcoplasmic reticulum

    • Robert Janiak
    • Bohdan Lewartowski

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 125 - 130

17. Cardiac pump function of the isolated rat heart at two modes of energy deprivation and effect of adrenergic stimulation

    • Valeri I. Kapelko
    • Vladimir L. Lakomkin
    • Oleg I. Pisarenko

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 131 - 136

18. Regulation of β-adrenoceptor properties and the lipid milieu in heart muscle membranes during stress

    • Sigmundur Gudbjamason
    • V. Edda Benediktsdottir

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 137 - 143

19. Heart glycogen content and isoprenaline-induced myocardial lesions

    • Miroslav Mraz
    • Sixtus Hynie

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 145 - 149

20. Role of vascular adrenergic mechanisms in the haemodynamic and PGI₂ stimulating effects of angiotensin in diabetic dogs

    • Mária Zsófía Koltai
    • Ildikó Pósa
    • Gábor Pogátsa

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 151 - 157

21. Localization of α₁-adrenoceptors in rat and human hearts by immunocytochemistry

    • Wolfgang Schulze
    • Michael L. X. Fu

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 159 - 165

22. Inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate mass content in isolated perfused rat heart during alpha-1-adrenoceptor stimulation

    • Sigrid Hanem
    • Mette Enger
    • Jan-Bjørn Osnes

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 167 - 172

23. Interstitial noradrenaline concentration of rat hearts as influenced by cellular catecholamine uptake mechanisms

    • O. O. Obst
    • M. C. J. G. Linssen
    • H. Kammermeier

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 173 - 180

24. Characterization of catecholamine uptake₂ in isolated cardiac myocytes

    • O. O. Obst
    • H. Rose
    • H. Kammermeier

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 181 - 183

25. Effects of anti-peptide antibodies against the second extracellular loop of human M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors on transmembrane potentials and currents in guinea pig ventricular myocytes

    • Rongrui Zhao
    • Wenze Wang
    • Michael L. X. Fu

    Part I: Cardiac Development and Regulation Pages: 185 - 193

26. Molecular aspects of mechanical stress-induced cardiac hypertrophy

    • Tsutomu Yamazaki
    • Issei Komuro
    • Yoshio Yazaki

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 197 - 201

27. Catecholamines and cardiac growth

    • Mahesh P. Gupta
    • Madhu Gupta
    • Radovan Zak

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 203 - 210

28. Hypertrophic responsiveness to β₂-adrenoceptor stimulation on adult ventricular cardiomyocytes

    • Xi Juan Zhou
    • Klaus-Dieter Schlüter
    • Hans Michael Piper

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 211 - 216

29. Reduction of cardiac hypertrophy in TGR(mREN2)27 by angiotensin II receptor blockade

    • Manfred Böhm
    • Andrea Lippoldt
    • Michael Bader

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 217 - 221

30. The effect of insulin-like growth factor-1 on adult rat cardiac contractility

    • Nicholas S. Freestone
    • Samo Ribaric
    • William T. Mason

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 223 - 229

31. Effect of angiotensin II on myocardial collagen gene expression

    • Haisong Ju
    • Ian M. C. Dixon

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 231 - 237

32. Chronic low-dose treatment with enalapril induced cardiac regression of left ventricular hypertrophy

    • Naoki Makino
    • Masahiro Sugano
    • Takashi Yanaga

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 239 - 245

33. Heterotopic heart transplantation alters high-energy phosphate metabolism irrespective of cardiac allograft rejection

    • J. Onno van Dobbenburgh
    • Carina Kasbergen
    • Cees J. A. van Echteld

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 247 - 252

34. Myocardial fibrosis and right ventricular function of heterotopically transplanted hearts in rats treated with cyclosporin

    • František Kolář
    • František Papoušek
    • Borivoj Korecky

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 253 - 260

35. Apoptosis in the heart: when and why?

    • Hans Jürgen Brömme
    • Jürgen Holtz

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 261 - 275

36. Human myocardial Na,K-ATPase concentration in heart failure

    • Henning Bundgaard
    • Keld Kjeldsen

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 277 - 283

37. Decreased expression of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺-pump ATPase in congestive heart failure due to myocardial infarction

    • Angel Zarain-Herzberg
    • Nasir Afzal
    • Naranjan S. Dhalla

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 285 - 290

38. Elucidating molecular mechanisms of septic cardiomyopathy — the cardiomyocyte model

    • Karl Werdan
    • Ursula Müller-Werdan

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 291 - 303

39. Alterations in inotropy, nitric oxide and cyclic GMP synthesis, protein phosphorylation and ADP-ribosylation in the endotoxin-treated rat myocardium and cardiomyocytes

    • Prakash V. Sulakhe
    • Lakshman Sandirasegarane
    • Rahul R. Mainra

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 305 - 318

40. Significance of the adenine nucleotide translocator in the pathogenesis of viral heart disease

    • Heinz-Peter Schultheiss
    • Karsten Schulze
    • Benjamin Franklin

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 319 - 327

41. Differences in response to activation of adenylyl cyclase by various stimulants in human myocardium

    • Sixtus Hynie
    • Věra Klenerová
    • Milan Šamánek

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 329 - 333

42. Circulating antibodies against neonatal cardiac muscarinic acetylcholine receptor in patients with Sjögren's syndrome

    • Enri Borda
    • Juan Jose Camusso
    • Leonor Sterin-Borda

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 335 - 341

43. Characterization of anti-heart M2 muscarinic receptor antibodies — a combined clinical and experimental study

    • Michael L. X. Fu

    Part II: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure Pages: 343 - 347