Autonomic and respiratory responses to microinjection of ATP into the intermediate or caudal nucleus tractus solitarius in the working heart-brainstem preparation of the rat.

abstract：:1. This study investigated the effect of atrial natriuretic peptide on renin release from the kidney. The in vitro direct effect was examined in the animal experiment using renal cortical slices of rat, and the in vivo effect was observed in the human infusion study. 2. In the in vitro experiments, alpha-human atrial ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ishimitsu T,Hirata Y,Matsuoka H,Ishii M,Sugimoto T,Kangawa K,Matsuo H

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Atherosclerosis begins with the deposition of cholesterol in arterial tissue that is thought to be derived from circulating lipoproteins. There is considerable evidence implicating low density lipoprotein (LDL) as a primary source of plaque cholesterol and, consequently, there are many articles that deal with vario...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Mamo JC,Yu KC,Elsegood CL,Smith D,Vine D,Gennat HC,Voevodin M,Proctor SD

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The differential identification of the angiotensin AT1A and AT1B receptor subtypes is impaired by the existing>96% homology of both receptors. In the present study, we characterized two polyclonal rabbit peptide antibodies, namely alpha-AT1A and alpha-AT1B, that recognize the C-terminal region of mouse AT1A and AT1...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Hoffmann A,Cool DR

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Chronic electrical stimulation of the carotid sinuses has provided unique insight into the mechanisms that cause sustained reductions in blood pressure during chronic suppression of central sympathetic outflow. 2. Because renal denervation does not abolish the sustained fall in arterial pressure in response to baro...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Iliescu R,Lohmeier TE

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is an aggressive skin malignancy with a high mortality. Astrocyte elevated gene-1 (AEG-1), a downstream target of Ras and c-Myc, has been implicated in the development of multiple tumours, but its role in melanoma remains unclear. In the present study, the role of AEG-1 in melanoma was explored through AEG-1 ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Zhang Y,Peng G,Wang Y,Cui L,Wu W,Wang L,Liu C,Han X

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in rats have shown that neomycin administration attenuates certain types of adrenocortical steroid dependent hypertension, including ACTH hypertension. The effects of oral neomycin on ACTH induced hypertension were examined in conscious sheep. Neomycin has no effect on the blood pressure or metabolic responses...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Tresham J,Coghlan JP,Denton DA,Scoggins BA,Whitworth JA

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In an isolated right atrial preparation, an increase in right atrial pressure (RAP) produces an increase in atrial rate. This rate response is larger and occurs faster when there is background vagal or muscarinic stimulation. 2. We hypothesized that in the latter situation, an increase in RAP antagonizes the effect...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Han S,Wilson SJ,Bolter CP

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. There has been considerable recent interest in the possibility that increased intake of dietary anti-oxidants may protect against cardiovascular disease. This is partly due to the knowledge that oxidative events in vivo may play a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. 2. While dietary anti-oxidants, such as ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Morton LW,Abu-Amsha Caccetta R,Puddey IB,Croft KD

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study compared the binding and functional characteristics of tachykinin NK2 receptors in human detrusor muscle with those in human colon circular muscle. 2. In radioligand binding studies, similar KD values were observed for tachykinin NK2 receptor radioligands [125I]-neurokinin (NK) A, [125I]-[Lys5,Tyr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Warner FJ,Miller RC,Burcher E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The role of cardiac reflexes in baroreflex control mechanisms and the changes that occur in chronic hypertension is reviewed. The rapid resetting properties of the arterial baroreceptors ensures its role in short-term rather than long-term control of blood pressure. 2. In hypertensive humans and animals, the barore...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Head GA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Evidence gathered in recent years has revealed microRNAs (miRNAs) fine-tune gene expression and play an important role in various cellular processes, including cell growth, differentiation, proliferation and apoptosis. 2. The present review summarizes current knowledge of miRNA pathways in the pathogenesis of cance...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Tsai LM,Yu D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Intermittent bursts of activity are a robust feature of the discharges of sympathetic nerves. There are at least two major mechanisms producing such discharges: (i) phasic inputs influencing sympathetic circuits; and (ii) oscillators embedded within sympathetic networks. The functional significance of patterned and...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gilbey MP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of DL-tetrahydropalmatine (DL-THP) on cardio-vascular function and hypothalamic release of monoamines were assessed in rats under urethane anaesthesia. 2. Intravenous administration of DL-THP (1-10 mg/kg) produced hypotension, bradycardia, a decrease in hypothalamic serotonin and noradrenaline release a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lin MT,Chueh FY,Hsieh MT,Chen CF

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P2X7 receptor is a ligand-gated purinergic receptor activated by extracellular ATP. The receptor is highly expressed in immune cells and in the brain, and, upon activation, the P2X7 receptor allows a cation flux, leading to the distinct activation of intracellular signalling pathways as the secretion of pro-inflam...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Guerra Martinez C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of two naturally occurring substances, namely taurine and catechins, on serum cholesterol levels and on the progression of atherosclerotic lesions were evaluated using spontaneously hyperlipidaemic (SHL) mice as an animal model of atherogenesis. 2. Twelve weeks treatment of SHL mice with taurine (1% in ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Matsushima Y,Sekine T,Kondo Y,Sakurai T,Kameo K,Tachibana M,Murakami S

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. This study aimed to characterize the effect of nicorandil (NC) on myocardial stunning and the role of ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channel opening property in its cardioprotective action. 2. In open-chest anaesthetized rabbits, myocardial stunning was induced by 10 min of coronary occlusion followed by 30 min of reperfu...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Iwamoto T,Miura T,Urabe K,Itoya M,Shimamoto K,Iimura O

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-term salt loading and salt restriction in a group of normal pregnant women produced no changes in lying, sitting or standing blood pressures or heart rates. Home blood pressures showed no trend to change over the periods of altered salt intake. Although plasma volume and plasma renin activity changed with altere...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： McEniery PJ,Hunyor SN,Cooper KA,Gallery ED,Gyory AZ,Boyce ES

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aims of the present study were to investigate the pharmacological effects of quercetin on wild-type (WT) and mutant (I502A) human (h) Kv1.5 channel currents (I(kur)) and to identify whether mutation in the S6 segment is critical to activation of I(kur) by quercetin. 2. Experiments were performed on WT and site-...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Yang L,Ma JH,Zhang PH,Zou AR,Tu DN

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-receptor stimulant effects of Sm220Cl, dl-N-(1,1-dimethyl-3-phenylpropyl)-2-hydroxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, and (-)-isoprenaline have been compared in isolated atrial (beta1) and tracheal (beta2) preparations from guinea-pigs and cats. 2. The compounds were also tested for their ability t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Bohmer K,Raper C

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitors and Paf antagonists abrogate hypotension in septic shock. The latter may act by blocking intracellular transduction mechanisms in vascular smooth muscle cells and inflammatory cells. We examined the effect of Paf antagonists on expression of inducible NO synthase. 2. A murine m...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Arthur JF,Shahin S,Dusting GJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Although measuring the rate of firing of multi-unit muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) has provided important information in many aspects of cardiovascular medicine, measuring single-unit vasoconstrictor activity provides a better understanding of the possible mechanisms underlying disturbed sympathetic nervo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lambert E,Dawood T,Schlaich M,Straznicky N,Esler M,Lambert G

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Taurine and homocysteine are metabolites of methionine. Hyperhomocysteinaemia is one of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Although taurine may be a cardiovascular cytoprotective substance, we hypothesized that it may antagonize the effects of homocysteine on myocardial mitochondrial function. 2. We studi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Chang L,Zhao J,Xu J,Jiang W,Tang CS,Qi YF

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate recovery (HRR) describes the rapid deceleration of heart rate after strenuous exercise and is an indicator of parasympathetic tone. A reduction in parasympathetic tone occurs in patients with congestive heart failure, resulting in prolonged HRR. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, such as pyridostigmine, can e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Bharadwaj M,Pope C,Davis M,Katz S,Cook C,Maxwell L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-cystic fibrosis (non-CF) bronchiectasis is a chronic pulmonary disease that can lead to malnutrition. Serum prealbumin and albumin level are related to inflammatory and nutritional status. Thus, we aimed to confirm our hypothesis that low serum albumin and prealbumin level, as well as body mass index (BMI), is cor...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Li L,Li Z,Bi J,Li H,Wang S,Shao C,Song Y

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Emotional stress is one of the aetiologies of cardiac accidents, but the precise mechanisms remain to be elucidated. In the present study we used the immobilization stress model in rats to investigate electrocardiographic (ECG) changes. 2. A rapid elevation of the ST segment at the II, III, aVF and precordial leads...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ueyama T,Yoshida K,Senba E

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Despite the array of sophisticated imaging techniques available for biological applications, none of the standard biomedical techniques adequately provides the capability to measure motion and flow. Those techniques currently in use are particularly lacking in spatial and temporal resolution. 2. Herein, we introduc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Fouras A,Dusting J,Sheridan J,Kawahashi M,Hirahara H,Hourigan K

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Motoneurons (MN) shape motor patterns by transforming inputs into action potential output. This transformation, excitability, is determined by an interaction between synaptic inputs and intrinsic membrane properties. Excitability is not static, but changes over multiple time scales. The purpose of the present paper...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Funk GD,Parkis MA,Selvaratnam SR,Robinson DM,Miles GB,Peebles KC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is an endogenously produced nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor. L-Arginine can be metabolised by NOS and arginase, and arginase is the first step in polyamine production necessary for cellular proliferation. We tested the hypothesis that ADMA would inhibit NOS but not arginase act...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Chen B,Strauch K,Jin Y,Cui H,Nelin LD,Chicoine LG

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Adrenaline can enhance the stimulation-induced release of transmitter noradrenaline in sympathetically innervated tissues by activating prejunctional beta-adrenoceptors. 2. Adrenaline incorporated into sympathetic transmitter stores by neuronal uptake can be subsequently released as a co-transmitter and can then ac...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Majewski H,Tung LH,Rand MJ

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The role of the arterial and cardiac baroreceptors on the arginine vasopressin (AVP) and plasma renin activity (PRA) responses to haemorrhage was studied in conscious rabbits. They were bled at a rate of approximately 3% of their blood volume (BV)/min, both when the autonomic nervous system (ANS) was intact and dur...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Courneya CA,Korner PI,Oliver JR,Woods RL

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00