Naloxone-reversible peripheral electroanalgesia in intact and spinal rats.

abstract：:In human bronchial rings the thromboxane A2 (TxA2) mimetic, U46619, produced cumulative concentration-related contractions up to a maximum of 141 +/- 23% of the response induced by carbachol or acetylcholine. The geometric mean EC50 value was 3.2 X 10(-8) M (95% confidence interval: 1.2, 8.9 X 10(-8) M) (n = 5). Contr...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Armour CL,Johnson PR,Alfredson ML,Black JL

更新日期：1989-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuroprotective effects of felbamate were tested in a model of incomplete cerebral ischemia and hypoxia in 7-day-old rat pups. Felbamate pretreatment (300 mg/kg) reduced the surface of infarcted cortex following bilateral carotid ligation, by 42-49% compared to saline and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) controls, respect...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Wasterlain CG,Adams LM,Hattori H,Schwartz PH

更新日期：1992-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanomolar concentrations of atropine have been considered up to now to be selective for blockade of muscarinic receptors for acetylcholine. A collateral finding indicated to us that these low concentrations of atropine could also target the neuronal nicotinic receptors. We report here a detailed study on this novel pr...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： González-Rubio JM,García de Diego AM,Egea J,Olivares R,Rojo J,Gandía L,García AG,Hernández-Guijo JM

更新日期：2006-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins are some of the most widely used drugs worldwide, but one of their major side effects is myotoxicity. Using mouse myoblast (C2C12) and human alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines (RH30) in both 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D) cell culture, we investigated the mechanisms of simvastatin's myotoxicity. W...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Emami A,Shojaei S,da Silva Rosa SC,Aghaei M,Samiei E,Vosoughi AR,Kalantari F,Kawalec P,Thliveris J,Sharma P,Zeki AA,Akbari M,Gordon JW,Ghavami S

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Little research has been conducted investigating the long-term impact of opioid exposure during adolescence. These experiments were conducted to determine the behavioral effects of morphine exposure during periadolescence (postnatal days 30-32) versus young adulthood (postnatal days 65-67) on subsequent sensitivity to...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： White DA,Holtzman SG

更新日期：2005-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA clone coding for the guinea pig leukotriene B4 (BLT) receptor has been isolated from a lung cDNA library. The guinea pig BLT receptor has an open reading frame corresponding to 348 amino acids and shares 73% and 70% identity with human and mouse BLT receptors, respectively. Scatchard analysis of membranes prepa...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Boie Y,Stocco R,Sawyer N,Greig GM,Kargman S,Slipetz DM,O'Neill GP,Shimizu T,Yokomizo T,Metters KM,Abramovitz M

更新日期：1999-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of "multimodal" combination analgesic therapies or novel single molecules possessing multiple analgesic targets is becoming increasingly attractive. In previous experiments we showed that a substance P antagonist injected intrathecally potentiated the antinociceptive effects of potent opioid receptor agonist, ...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Bonney IM,Foran SE,Marchand JE,Lipkowski AW,Carr DB

更新日期：2004-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammation and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are the basic pathological feature of proliferative vascular diseases. Tanshinone ⅡA (Tan ⅡA), which is the most abundant fat-soluble element extracted from Salvia miltiorrhiza, has potent protective effects on the cardiovascular system. Howeve...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Qin Y,Zheng B,Yang GS,Zhou J,Yang HJ,Nie ZY,Wang TR,Zhang XH,Zhao HY,Shi JH,Wen JK

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was to investigate the neuroprotective efficacy and mechanism of Forsythoside B. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion for 1 h followed by reperfusion for 23 h. Rats received an intravenous bolus injection of Forsythoside B at 15 min after reperfusion. The result...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Jiang WL,Tian JW,Fu FH,Zhu HB,Hou J

更新日期：2010-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The antithrombotic effect of desethyl KBT-3022, which is the main active metabolite of the new antiplatelet agent, KBT-3022 (ethyl 2-[4,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)thiazol-2-yl] pyrrol-1-ylacetate; a cyclooxygenase inhibitor), was determined using a photochemically induced arterial thrombosis model in the rat femoral artery...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Shimazawa M,Takiguchi Y,Umemura K,Kondo K,Nakashima M

更新日期：1997-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholine is not only a neurotransmitter, but is found in a variety of non-neuronal cells. For example, the enzyme choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), catalyzing acetylcholine synthesis, is expressed by the colonic epithelium of different species. These cells release acetylcholine across the basolateral membrane aft...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Bader S,Klein J,Diener M

更新日期：2014-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurotransmitter serotonin is an evolutionary ancient molecule that has remarkable modulatory effects in almost all central nervous system integrative functions, such as mood, anxiety, stress, aggression, feeding, cognition and sexual behavior. After giving a short outline of the serotonergic system (anatomy, rece...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Olivier B

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies from this laboratory suggested that two subtypes of substance P receptor may exist, based on the observations that substance P and related peptides did not exhibit complete cross-desensitisation on guinea-pig ileum, and that two distinct rank orders of potency of tachykinins were observed in various t...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Watson SP,Sandberg BE,Hanley MR,Iversen LL

更新日期：1983-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition by captopril on the release of a prostacyclin-like substance by bradykinin, angiotensin I and angiotensin II was studied by means of the blood-bathed bioassay technique of Vane. Administration of captopril abolished the release of prostacyclin-like substance induc...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Mullane KM,Moncada S

更新日期：1980-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Global forebrain ischemia results in damage to the pyramids in the CA1 hippocampal subfield, which is particularly vulnerable to excitotoxic processes. Morphological and functional disintegration of this area leads to a cognitive dysfunction and neuropsychiatric disorders. Treatment with N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor ...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Gellért L,Fuzik J,Göblös A,Sárközi K,Marosi M,Kis Z,Farkas T,Szatmári I,Fülöp F,Vécsei L,Toldi J

更新日期：2011-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPAR-α) controls the lipid and glucose metabolism and also affects inflammation, cell proliferation and apoptosis during cardiovascular disease. Raspberry ketone (RK) is a red raspberry (Rubusidaeus, Family-Rosaceae) plant constituent, which activates PPAR-α. This stud...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Khan V,Sharma S,Bhandari U,Sharma N,Rishi V,Haque SE

更新日期：2019-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of ouabain (10(-3) M) on contractile responses of SHR (spontaneously hypertensive rat) and WKY (Wistar-Kyoto rat) aortas and mesenteric arteries was studied. Ouabain addition caused a rapid contraction of aortic strips with a steeper rate of rise and a larger maximal force development in strips from SHR tha...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Morita S,Iwasaki T,Nagai K,Miyata S,Kawai Y

更新日期：1988-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of KF19514 (5-phenyl-3-(3-pyridyl)methyl-3H-imidazo[4,5-c][1,8]naphthyridin-4 (5H)-one) on bronchoconstriction and allergic inflammation in guinea pigs and on tumor necrosis factor-alpha production in mice. KF19514 inhibited phosphodiesterase 4 (IC50 = 0.40 microM) and phosphodiesterase 1 (...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Manabe H,Akuta K,Sejimo H,Kawasaki H,Nukui E,Ichimura M,Kase H,Kawakita T,Suzuki F,Kitamura S,Sato S,Ohmori K

更新日期：1997-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the cardiac and pressor responses to (±)-ephedrine and (-)-ephedrine in pentobarbitone anaesthetized male wistar rats. The tachycardiac responses to (±)- and (-)-ephedrine were similar, but pressor responses to (-)-ephedrine (10 mg/kg) were significantly greater than those to (±)-ephedrine, and fo...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Alsufyani HA,Docherty JR

更新日期：2018-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A new experimental drug pirfenidone (5-methyl-1-phenyl-2-1H-pyridine-2-one) has been reported to have beneficial effects for the treatment of certain fibrotic diseases. Here, we studied the anti-inflammatory activities of pirfenidone by investigating the mechanism of its inhibitory effect on cytokine production. In RA...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Nakazato H,Oku H,Yamane S,Tsuruta Y,Suzuki R

更新日期：2002-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]Zolpidem, a novel hypnotic drug possessing a chemical structure unrelated to that of benzodiazepine (BZD) was employed as a new ligand to determine its binding characteristics to membrane preparations of rat cerebral cortex and cerebellum. In both structures, the imidazopyridine [3H]zolpidem bound with high affini...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Arbilla S,Allen J,Wick A,Langer SZ

更新日期：1986-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Intradermal application of nociceptin was used to investigate its in vivo effect on the inflammatory response in rats. Intradermal nociceptin (5 pmol/site-5 nmol/site) increased vascular permeability in a dose-dependent manner. The increased vascular permeability by nociceptin (5 nmol/site) was dose-dependently inhibi...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Kimura T,Kitaichi K,Hiramatsu K,Yoshida M,Ito Y,Kume H,Yamaki K,Suzuki R,Takagi K

更新日期：2000-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium nitroprusside produced a dose-dependent increase in extracellular levels of cGMP in the cerebellar cortex in vivo. This was independent of nitric oxide synthase activity. The metalloporphyrins zinc-protoporphyrin-IX, tin-protoporphyrin-IX and zinc-deuteroporphyrin-IX,2,4-bis glycol prevented the increase in cGM...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Luo D,Vincent SR

更新日期：1994-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:After prolonged stimulation, the delta-opioid receptor becomes desensitized by regulatory mechanisms such as receptor phosphorylation, internalization and down-regulation. In this study, we demonstrate that morphine treatment causes phosphorylation of S363 in the C-terminus of the human delta-opioid receptor. Morphine...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Navratilova E,Eaton MC,Stropova D,Varga EV,Vanderah TW,Roeske WR,Yamamura HI

更新日期：2005-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Levetiracetam ((S)-alpha-ethyl-2-oxo-pyrrolidine acetamide, ucb L059) is a novel potential antiepileptic agent presently in clinical development with unknown mechanism of action. The finding that its anticonvulsant activity is highly stereoselective (Gower et al., 1992) led us to investigate the presence of specific b...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Noyer M,Gillard M,Matagne A,Hénichart JP,Wülfert E

更新日期：1995-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Wasp venoms contain several active components, among them kinin-related peptides. Like bradykinin and [Thr6]bradykinin, Vespula vulgaris venom caused paw oedema following subplantar injection in anaesthetized rats. The oedema was partly inhibited by the bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist icatibant (Hoe 140); the remain...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Griesbacher T,Althuber P,Zenz M,Rainer I,Griengl S,Lembeck F

更新日期：1998-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid antagonists, naloxone and naltrexone have long been used in clinical practice and research. In addition to their low selectivity, they easily pass through the blood-brain barrier. Quaternization of the amine group in these molecules, (e.g. methylnaltrexone) results in negligible CNS penetration. In addition, zw...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Zádor F,Király K,Váradi A,Balogh M,Fehér Á,Kocsis D,Erdei AI,Lackó E,Zádori ZS,Hosztafi S,Noszál B,Riba P,Benyhe S,Fürst S,Al-Khrasani M

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In cardiac muscle cells both T-and L-type Ca(2+) channels (TTCCs and LTCCs, respectively) are expressed, and the latter are relevant to a process known as excitation-contraction coupling (ECC). Evidence obtained from docking studies suggests that isoindolines derived from α-amino acids bind to the LTCC CaV1.2. In the ...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Santamaria-Herrera MA,Ríos-Pérez EB,de la Rosa JA,García-Castañeda M,Osornio-Garduño DS,Ramos-Mondragón R,Mancilla-Percino T,Avila G

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids inhibit inducible-type NO synthase activity in a variety of cell types. We report here that proteins recovered from the medium of dexamethasone-treated J774 macrophages (1, 10, 100 microg/ml) inhibited lipopolysaccharide-stimulated nitrite generation by 10.0 +/- 3.0%, 32.3 +/- 5.3% and 55.0 +/- 6.0%, r...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： D'Acquisto F,Cicatiello L,Iuvone T,Ialenti A,Ianaro A,Esumi H,Weisz A,Carnuccio R

更新日期：1997-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike classical antipsychotic drugs, clozapine activates the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and induces a specific regional pattern of Fos-protein expression in the rat forebrain. Whether corticosterone plays a role in the clozapine-induced Fos response is the subject of this study. Some rats were adrenalectomize...

journal_title：European journal of pharmacology

authors： Sebens JB,Middelveld RJ,Koch T,Ter Horst GJ,Korf J

更新日期：2001-04-06 00:00:00