Gabapentin inhibits excitatory synaptic transmission in the hyperalgesic spinal cord.

abstract：:1. The effects of flecainide alone, mexiletine alone and their combination at the Na+ channel level were studied in guinea-pig papillary muscles. The maximum upstroke velocity (Vmax) was used as an indirect index of the magnitude of the fast inward Na+ current (INa). 2. In muscles driven at 0.02 Hz, neither mexiletine...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Delpón E,Valenzuela C,Tamargo J

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Two-electrode voltage clamp was used to study the effects of adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) and guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP) on voltage-dependent ion channels in salivary gland cells of the leech, Haementeria ghilianii. 2. Intracellular cyclic AMP specifically blocked delayed...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Everill B,Berry MS

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of 1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid (ACPC), a partial agonist at the glycine site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor complex that exhibits neuroprotective, anxiolytic and antidepressant-like actions, was investigated in a functional assay for presynaptic NMDA receptors. 2. NMDA (100 microM) pr...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Clos MV,Garcia Sanz A,Trullas R,Badia A

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. I.C.I. 50172 had marked quinidine-like effects on intracellular cardiac action potentials at concentrations above 20 mg/l. (6.61 x 10(-5)M). The rate of rise and overshoot of the action potential, conduction velocity and contractions were decreased. (-)-Propranolol had similar effects at less than 1/30 this concent...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Papp JG,Williams EM

更新日期：1969-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Functional GABA-gated chloride channels are formed when cRNA encoding the Drosophila melanogaster GABA receptor subunit RDL is injected into the cytoplasm of Xenopus oocytes. Two-electrode voltage-clamp was used to investigate allosteric modulation of GABA-induced currents recorded from the expressed, bicuculline-i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hosie AM,Sattelle DB

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or 'Ecstasy') is a worldwide major drug of abuse known to elicit neurotoxic effects. The mechanisms underlying the neurotoxic effects of MDMA are not clear at present, but the metabolism of dopamine and 5-HT by monoamine oxidase (MAO), as well as the hepati...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Barbosa DJ,Capela JP,Oliveira JM,Silva R,Ferreira LM,Siopa F,Branco PS,Fernandes E,Duarte JA,de Lourdes Bastos M,Carvalho F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the effects of antagonists on the isometric contraction of the human saphenous vein produced by 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). The 5-HT2-antagonist ketanserin (1 microM) had little effect on the lower part of the concentration-response curve to 5-HT, but markedly shifted the upper part of the curve. Yohi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Docherty JR,Hyland L

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Perivascular nerves of the sheep middle cerebral artery show immunoreactivity for both vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). 2. Rings of endothelium-denuded sheep middle cerebral artery precontracted with 5-hydroxytryptamine were relaxed by CGRP (maximum relaxation = 87...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gaw AJ,Aberdeen J,Humphrey PP,Wadsworth RM,Burnstock G

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of adenosine on transepithelial ion transport was investigated in isolated preparations of murine trachea mounted in Ussing chambers. The possible regulation of adenosine receptors in an established model of allergic airway inflammation was also investigated. Mucosally applied adenosine caused increases in ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kornerup KN,Page CP,Moffatt JD

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect on systemic haemodynamics of BQ-123, a selective endothelin A (ETA) receptor antagonist, was investigated in healthy men by giving, on separate occasions, ascending intravenous doses of 100, 300, 1000 and 3000 nmol min(-1) BQ-123, each for 15 min, in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Spratt JC,Goddard J,Patel N,Strachan FE,Rankin AJ,Webb DJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Inhibition of PDE5 improves synaptic plasticity and memory via enhancing cGMP expression, thus activating the cGMP/cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) signalling pathway. This study investigated the effects of a PDE5 inhibitor on scopolamine-induced cognitive dysfunction, using memory-re...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Zhang L,Seo JH,Li H,Nam G,Yang HO

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Inhibitors of histone deacetylase (HDAC) are emerging as a promising class of anti-cancer drugs, but a generic deregulation of transcription in neoplastic cells cannot fully explain their therapeutic effects. In this study we evaluated alternative molecular mechanisms by which HDAC inhibitors cou...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Condorelli F,Gnemmi I,Vallario A,Genazzani AA,Canonico PL

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Inhibition of mechanical activity in longitudinal muscle strips of rabbit duodenum was induced by perivascular and intramural nerve stimulation.2. The effects of perivascular stimulation were abolished by phentolamine + propranolol, guanethidine, reserpine and by tetrodotoxin. The effects of intramural stimulation ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Weston AH

更新日期：1973-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Recent studies have shown that sodium butyrate and other short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) can prevent inflammation in colon diseases. Our aim was to elucidate whether sodium butyrate and SCFAs regulate the inflammatory responses in different neural inflammation models in cell cultures. 2. Inflammatory responses to L...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Huuskonen J,Suuronen T,Nuutinen T,Kyrylenko S,Salminen A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) of rabbits produced ocular inflammation consisting of conjunctival hyperaemia, miosis and protein extravasation into the aqueous humour, reflected by the so-called aqueous flare response (AFR): the maximal reduction in pupil size was 3.8 +/- 0.1 mm (s.e. of mean, n = 16) while the ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wang ZY,Waldeck K,Grundemar L,Håkanson R

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of carboxy-PTIO and hydroxocobalamin were studied on nitrergic transmission in anococcygeus and retractor penis muscles taken during post mortem examination from young male pigs. In both muscles under resting conditions, electrical field stimulation (EFS) caused contractions that were sensitive to tetrodot...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Li CG,Rand MJ

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the mechanism of nicotine-induced hippocampal acetylcholine (ACh) release in awake, freely moving rats was examined using in vivo microdialysis. Systemic administration of nicotine (0.4 mg kg(-1), s.c.) increased the levels of ACh in hippocampal dialysates. The nicotine-induced hippocampal ACh release w...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Reid RT,Lloyd GK,Rao TS

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The electrophysiological effects of prazosin, a highly specific alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist, on transmembrane action potential characteristics were studied in guinea-pig papillary muscles. 2. At concentrations between 10(-6) M and 10(-5) M, prazosin produced a concentration-dependent decrease in the maximum ups...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pérez O,Valenzuela C,Delpón E,Tamargo J

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:During angiogenesis, quiescent endothelial cells (ECs) are activated by various stimuli to form new blood vessels from pre-existing ones in physiological and pathological conditions. Many research groups have shown that hydrogen sulfide (H2 S), the newest member of the gasotransmitter family, act...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Abdollahi Govar A,Törő G,Szaniszlo P,Pavlidou A,Bibli SI,Thanki K,Resto VA,Chao C,Hellmich MR,Szabo C,Papapetropoulos A,Módis K

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Human luteal tissue slices from days 18, 21 and 25 of the menstrual cycle were superfused in vitro with Medium 199 alone or containing cloprostenol (1 microgram/ml). Concentrations of progesterone, oestradiol-17beta and prostaglandins F2alpha and E2 were determined in the superfusate samples. 2 Secretion of steroids...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： McDougall AN,Walker FM,Watson J

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent clinical studies have demonstrated that angiotensin II type 1 (AT(1) ) receptor blockers (ARBs) reduce the onset of stroke, stroke severity and the incidence and progression of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. We can expect that ARBs exert these effects by both AT(1) receptor blockade and angiotensin II type 2...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Horiuchi M,Mogi M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have previously found that human chymase cleaves big endothelins (ETs) at the Tyr31-Gly32 bond and produces 31-amino acid ETs (1-31), without any further degradation products. In this study, we investigated the effect of synthetic ET-1 (1-31) on the proliferation of cultured human coronary artery smooth muscle c...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yoshizumi M,Kim S,Kagami S,Hamaguchi A,Tsuchiya K,Houchi H,Iwao H,Kido H,Tamaki T

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Uniaxial cyclic stretch leads to an upregulation of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 through increases in the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration via the stretch-activated (SA) channel and following nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) activation in human fibroblasts. However, the signaling mechanism as to how the elevated Ca(2+...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Amma H,Naruse K,Ishiguro N,Sokabe M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In the present study we tested the hypothesis that insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) modulates resting chloride conductance (G(Cl)) of rat skeletal muscle by activating a phosphatase and that the chloride channel, based on the activity of phosphorylating-dephosphorylating pathways, has different sensitivity to s...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： De Luca A,Pierno S,Liantonio A,Camerino C,Conte Camerino D

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Inactivation of prostaglandin E2 in the pulmonary circulation of rabbits in vivo was measured by comparing the hypotensive effects of doses given intravenously and intra-arterially. 2 Di-4-phloretin phosphate (DPP) 25-100 mug kg-1 min-1 inhibited the inactivation of prostaglandin E2 in the pulmonary circulation. 3 T...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Crutchley DJ,Piper PJ

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Thermic oedema induced by heating rat paws at 46.5 degrees C was potentiated by local injection of adrenaline, noradrenaline or high doses of isoprenaline. The pro-inflammatory effect of sympathomimetic amines was antagonized by phenoxybenzamine or phentolamine but not by propranolol.2 The subcutaneous space of heat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Green KL

更新日期：1974-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined by elevated mean pulmonary artery pressure following the pathological remodelling of small pulmonary arteries. An increase in right ventricular (RV) afterload results in RV hypertrophy and RV failure. The pathophysiology of PH, and RV remodelling in particular, is not well unders...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Maarman GJ,Schulz R,Sliwa K,Schermuly RT,Lecour S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To determine the role of G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) in the regulation of endogenous secretin receptor responsiveness, we have transiently overexpressed both wild-type (WT) and dominant negative mutant (DNM) GRKs in NG108-15 mouse neuroblastoma x rat glioma hybrid cells and investigated the effects of...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ghadessy RS,Willets JM,Kelly E

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Although botulinum toxin type A (BoNT/A) is approved for chronic migraine treatment, its mechanism of action is still unknown. Dural neurogenic inflammation (DNI) commonly used to investigate migraine pathophysiology can be evoked by trigeminal pain. Here, we investigated the reactivity of crania...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lacković Z,Filipović B,Matak I,Helyes Z

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily, is activated by several compounds, including the thiazolidinediones. In addition to being a therapeutic target for obesity, hypolipidaemia and diabetes, perturbation of PPARgamma signalling is now believed to be...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Seargent JM,Yates EA,Gill JH

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00