240 - IN VITRO MODEL OF VASCULAR CALCIFICATION IN RAT AORTIC SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS
R Essalihi, M Servant, MD McKee, P Moreau
Montreal, Quebec

241 - HYDROGEN PEROXIDE INCREASES VASCULAR CONTRACTILITY IN SHR: ROLE OF L-TYPE AND T-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNELS
F Tabet, C Savoia, EL Schiffrin, RM Touyz
Montreal, Quebec

242 - RESISTANCE ARTERIES OF ANG II-INFUSED OSTEOPETROTIC MICE SHOW REDUCED IMPAIRMENT OF ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION, OXIDATIVE STRESS AND VASCULAR REMODELING
C De Ciuceis, F Amiri, DH Endemann, RM Touyz, EL Schiffrin
Montreal, Quebec

243 - CHANGES IN ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTIVITY OF MESENTERIC BLOOD VESSELS IN SALT HYPERTENSIVE RATS
K Parai, R Tabrizchi
St John’s, Newfoundland

244 - REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES ARE INVOLVED IN ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT CONTRACTION OF RAT RENAL ARTERY TO ACETYLCHOLINE
YJ Gao, RM Lee
Hamilton, Ontario

245 - THE EFFECT OF N-ACETYLCYSTEINE ON CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY TO DOBUTAMINE IN RATS WITH STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES
X Cheng, Z Xia, JM Leo, CC Pang
Vancouver, British Columbia

246 - DOES PERIVASCULAR ADIPOSE TISSUE MODULATE VASCULAR TONE IN HUMAN INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY?
YJ Gao, ZH Zeng, K Teoh, RM Lee, L Abouzahr, I Cybulsky, A Lamy, L Semelhago
Hamilton, Ontario

247 - PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO NICOTINE ALTERS THE PROPERTY OF PERIVASCULAR ADIPOSE TISSUE IN MODULATING BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION IN THE OFFSPRINGS
YJ Gao, AC Holloway, ZH Zeng, GE Lim, JJ Petrik, WG Foster, RM Lee
Hamilton, Ontario

248 - COMBINED AT1 AND AT2 BLOCKADE INCREASE VASCULAR STIFFNESS AND MODULATE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX AND MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES IN RESISTANCE ARTERIES FROM ANG II- IINFUSED RATS
P Brassard, F Amiri, EL Schiffrin
Montreal, Quebec