Abstract：
:Calcium ions are versatile and universal biological signaling factors that regulate numerous cellular processes ranging from cell fertilization, to neuronal plasticity that underlies learning and memory, to cell death. For these functions to be properly executed, calcium signaling requires precise regulation, and failure of this regulation may tip the scales from a signal for life to a signal for death. Disruptions in calcium channel function can generate complex multi-system disorders collectively referred to as "calciumopathies" that can target essentially any cell type or organ. In this review, we focus on the multifaceted involvement of calcium signaling in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and summarize the various therapeutic options currently available to combat this disease. Detailing the series of disappointing AD clinical trial results on cognitive outcomes, we emphasize the urgency to design alternative therapeutic strategies if synaptic and memory functions are to be preserved. One such approach is to target early calcium channelopathies centrally linked to AD pathogenesis.
journal_name
Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Chakroborty S,Stutzmann GEdoi
10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.11.012subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-09-15 00:00:00pages
83-95eissn
0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
S0014-2999(13)00883-2journal_volume
739pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:The aim of this study was to elucidate the possible mechanism of the potentiating action of metal ions (Cu2+, Hg2+, Ag+ and SeO3(2-)) on the ryanodine-induced contracture of the mouse diaphragm. The ryanodine contracture in the quiescent muscle could be augmented by either electrical stimulation or pretreatment with h...
journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(94)90443-x
更新日期：1994-01-04 00:00:00
abstract：:We recently observed that the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)(1A) receptor antagonist N-[2-[4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl]ethyl]-N-(2-pyridinyl)-cycloh exanecarboxamide (WAY 100635) enhanced antipsychotic-induced catalepsy, which we hypothesized to be due to a blockade of tonic 5-HT(1A) receptor activation. Here, we ex...
journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0014-2999(00)00178-3
更新日期：2000-04-28 00:00:00
abstract：:Galantamine is a reversible inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase and an allosteric-potentiating ligand of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. It is used for treating mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. Interestingly, QT interval prolongation on the electrocardiogram (ECG), malignant ventricular arrhythmias and synco...
journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.02.002
更新日期：2012-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(83)90007-9
更新日期：1983-03-25 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.01.069
更新日期：2013-09-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0014-2999(97)01537-9
更新日期：1998-01-19 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejphar.2003.09.034
更新日期：2003-11-28 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.03.027
更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(87)90074-4
更新日期：1987-10-27 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(88)90305-6
更新日期：1988-02-09 00:00:00
abstract：:This study was undertaken to define some of the cellular mechanisms of action of serotonin on cerebral vascular muscle. Application of serotonin to cat basilar artery resulted in a dose dependent depolarization and contraction beginning at 10(-8) M. The correlation coefficient relating the degree of force development ...
journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(83)90034-1
更新日期：1983-09-16 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0014-2999(97)00184-2
更新日期：1997-07-23 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(91)90351-p
更新日期：1991-08-29 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.03.029
更新日期：2016-06-05 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(96)00092-1
更新日期：1996-05-23 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.08.011
更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(94)90532-0
更新日期：1994-09-22 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0014-2999(02)02924-2
更新日期：2003-01-24 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(85)90375-9
更新日期：1985-08-27 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejphar.2019.172542
更新日期：2019-09-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0014-2999(97)89682-3
更新日期：1997-05-26 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(81)90392-7
更新日期：1981-04-24 00:00:00
abstract：:Berberine, which is a major constituent of the rhizome of Coptidis japonica (CJ), inhibits IL-8 production in colonic epithelial cells and improves 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis in mice. In our preliminary studies, berberine inhibited lipid peroxidation in liposomes prepared from l-α-phosp...
journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.08.046
更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(96)00336-6
更新日期：1996-08-08 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(86)90341-9
更新日期：1986-09-23 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.09.075
更新日期：2014-01-05 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(95)00861-6
更新日期：1996-04-04 00:00:00
abstract：:Prazosin is believed to have an antihypertensive action due to a selective blockade of alpha-adrenoceptors on vascular smooth muscle. Using an in vitro autoradiographic technique specific binding of [3H]prazosin to the abdominal aorta and renal artery in the rat has been shown. The binding of [3H]prazosin to arterial ...
journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(82)90380-6
更新日期：1982-02-19 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(88)90690-5
更新日期：1988-06-22 00:00:00
abstract：:Our previous research showed that ATP and adenosine 5'-O-2-thiodiphosphate (ADPbetaS) induce contractile effects in the longitudinal muscle of mouse distal colon via activation of P2Y receptors which are not P2Y(1) or P2Y(12) subtypes. This study investigated the nature of the P2Y receptor subtype(s) and the mechanism...
journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.07.057
更新日期：2008-10-24 00:00:00
