Block by gabapentin of the facilitation of glutamate release from rat trigeminal nucleus following activation of protein kinase C or adenylyl cyclase.

abstract：:Intraperitoneal and intracerebral injections of methyl beta-carboline-3-carboxylate (beta CCM) and intracerebral injections of RO 15-1788 were given to rats. The performance of the rats in the social interaction test was measured to determine if changes in social interaction induced by beta CCM were mediated in part b...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hindley SW,Hobbs A,Paterson IA,Roberts MH

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Voltage-operated calcium channel (VOCC) antagonists are effective antihypertensive and antianginal agents but they also depress myocardial contractility. 2. We compared four L-type calcium channel antagonists, felodipine, nifedipine, amlodipine and verapamil and a relatively T-type selective calcium channel antagon...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sarsero D,Fujiwara T,Molenaar P,Angus JA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Chemokines and their receptors form an intricate interaction and signalling network that plays critical roles in various physiological and pathological cellular processes. The high promiscuity and apparent redundancy of this network makes probing individual chemokine/receptor interactions and fun...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Szpakowska M,Nevins AM,Meyrath M,Rhainds D,D'huys T,Guité-Vinet F,Dupuis N,Gauthier PA,Counson M,Kleist A,St-Onge G,Hanson J,Schols D,Volkman BF,Heveker N,Chevigné A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 We have investigated the effects of loperamide on intracellular Ca(2+) stores and membrane K(+) channels in insulin-secreting hamster insulinoma (HIT-T15) cells. 2 In cell-attached patch-clamp mode, loperamide (3-250 micro M) activated large single-channel currents. The loperamide-activated currents were tentatively...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： He LP,Mears D,Atwater I,Rojas E,Cleemann L

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To investigate the role of long-term stimulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) on the regulation of membrane potential, non-contracting C2C12 myotubes were stimulated for 1-4 days with carbachol (10 microM) and membrane potentials were measured by the intracellular microelectrode technique after wash...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Henning RH,Nelemans SA,van den Akker J,den Hertog A

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligands targeting GPCRs can be categorized according to their intrinsic efficacy to trigger a specific, receptor-mediated response. A ligand endowed with the same level of efficacy as the endogenous agonist can be classified as a full agonist, whereas a compound that displays greater efficacy, that is, higher receptor...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Schrage R,De Min A,Hochheiser K,Kostenis E,Mohr K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine and dimethyl-phenylpiperazinium (DMPP) increased intravesicular pressure and then transiently depressed the spontaneous activity of the urinary bladder in chloralose anaesthetized cats. Adrenaline (5-10 micrograms kg-1), noradrenaline (5-20 micrograms kg-1) and isoprenaline (40-50 micrograms kg-1) which depre...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Koley B,Koley J,Saha JK

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Human lung fibroblasts (HLF) express high levels of the LPA1 receptor, a GPCR that responds to the endogenous lipid mediator, lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). Several molecular species or analogues of LPA exist and have been detected in biological fluids such as serum and plasma. The most widely expr...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sattikar A,Dowling MR,Rosethorne EM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Effects of dopamine and noradrenaline were compared in helically-cut strips of canine cerebral arteries. 2 Dopamine caused a greater maximal contraction than noradrenaline, although the ED50 for noradrenaline was appreciably less. The contraction induced by these amines was reversed to a relaxation by treatment with...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Toda N

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Modulation by nitric oxide (NO) of the ATP-sensitive K+ channel (KATP) current (IK(ATP)) was investigated in single ventricular cells dissociated from guinea-pig hearts. IK(ATP) was induced by 5-amino-N-[2-(2-chlorophenyl)ethyl]-N'-cyano-3-pyridinecarboxamidine+ ++ (KRN4884) and cromakalim. 2. In the whole-cell pat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shinbo A,Iijima T

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The cannabinoid receptor-mediated analgesic effects of 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) are limited by monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL). 4-nitrophenyl 4-[bis (1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl) (hydroxy) methyl] piperidine-1-carboxylate (JZL184) is a potent inhibitor of MAGL in the mouse, though potency is reporte...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Woodhams SG,Wong A,Barrett DA,Bennett AJ,Chapman V,Alexander SP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Metolazone, a new diuretic, was found to be excreted by glomerular filtration and renal tubular secretion.2. The secretory mechanism was antagonized by probenecid but this did not affect the diuretic action of metolazone. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Belair EJ,Cohen AI,Yelnosky J

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Depolarizations were recorded intracellularly in smooth muscle from the taenia of the guinea-pig caecum in response to the iontophoretic application of acetylcholine, carbachol, oxotremorine-M, methylfurmethide, hexyl trimethylammonium and tetramethylammonium (TMA). 2 No differences between the iontophoretic respons...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bolton TB,Clark JP

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is essential for normal placental development although its function is unknown. In this study we examined the effect of HGF on trophoblast cell motility and invasion of fibrin gels and investigated the possible role of nitric oxide (NO) in this process. 2. The human ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cartwright JE,Holden DP,Whitley GS

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Heat-sensitive transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) channels are expressed in various epithelial tissues regulating, among else, barrier functions. Their expression is well established in the distal nephron; however, we have no data about their presence in podocytes. As podocytes are ind...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ambrus L,Kelemen B,Szabó T,Bíró T,Tóth BI

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical ophthalmic formulations of analogues of the endogenous arachidonic acid cyclooxygenase metabolite, PGF2α , are the standard of care treatment for the blinding disease glaucoma. These are the most potent and efficacious medical therapies for lowering intraocular pressure (IOP), the most important risk factor id...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Klimko PG,Sharif NA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of cocaine, 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), reserpine and 17-beta-oestradiol on the sensitivity of the rat anococcygeus muscle to noradrenaline (NA), acetylcholine (ACh) and KCl were investigated.2. Cocaine (10(-5)M) increased the sensitivity of the anococcygeus to NA (100-fold) but not to ACh or KCl.3. 6-O...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gibson A,Pollock D

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The purpose of the present study was to determine the myocardial cytoprotective efficacy of azapropazone (AZA) and its potential site of action on neutrophil infiltration into reperfused/ischaemic myocardium with or without in vivo activation of neutrophils in rabbits. 2. AZA, 100 mg kg-1, was administered i.v. 10 ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mousa SA,Brown R,Thoolen MJ,Smith RD

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is an autacoid that decreases proteoglycan synthesis, increases metalloprotease production by cultured chondrocytes, and can modulate some of the actions of interleukin-1 on cartilage. The objective of the present study was to characterize the subtype of prostaglandin E2 receptor present in ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： de Brum-Fernandes AJ,Morisset S,Bkaily G,Patry C

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-activating factor (Paf) has been proposed as a mediator of the gastrointestinal damage in endotoxic shock. The formation of Paf in rat jejunal tissue, determined following extraction and bioassay on rabbit washed platelets has therefore been correlated with the induction of damage following endotoxin administ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Whittle BJ,Boughton-Smith NK,Hutcheson IR,Esplugues JV,Wallace JL

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endogenous cannabinoid system is involved in numerous physiological and neuropsychological functions. Medications that target this system hold promise for the treatment of a wide variety of disorders. However, as reward is one of the most prominent of these functions, medications that activate this system must be ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Panlilio LV,Justinova Z,Goldberg SR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Inhibitory neurotransmission plays an important role in controlling excitability within nociceptive circuits of the spinal cord dorsal horn. Loss of inhibitory signalling is thought to contribute to the development of pathological pain. Preclinical studies suggest that increasing inhibitory glyci...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Winters BL,Rawling T,Vandenberg RJ,Christie MJ,Bhola RF,Imlach WL

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is believed to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of migraine via activation of CGRP receptors in the trigeminovascular system. The CGRP receptor antagonist, BIBN4096BS, has proven efficacy in the acute treatment of migraine attacks and represents a new therapeutic principle...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Petersen KA,Birk S,Doods H,Edvinsson L,Olesen J

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In circular smooth muscle of the guinea-pig gastric fundus, transmural nerve stimulation evoked a cholinergic excitatory junction potential (e.j.p.), and blockade of the e.j.p. by atropine revealed a non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) inhibitory junction potential (i.j.p.). 2. The amplitude of the e.j.p. was inc...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ohno N,Xue L,Yamamoto Y,Suzuki H

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The goal of this study was to determine if an increase in cytoplasmic calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i), in the absence of additional second messengers derived from membrane phospholipid turnover, is a sufficient signal to induce chloride secretion across monolayers of the human colonic epithelial line, T84. 2. Thaps...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kachintorn U,Vajanaphanich M,Traynor-Kaplan AE,Dharmsathaphorn K,Barrett KE

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Intracerebral microdialysis was used to examine the function of the terminal 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) autoreceptor in the anterior hypothalamus of anaesthetized rats at two points in the light phase of the light-dark cycle. 2. Infusion of the 5-HT1A/1B agonist 5-methoxy-3-(1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-4-pyridyl)-1H-indole ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sayer TJ,Hannon SD,Redfern PH,Martin KF

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) is an endogenous congener of anandamide and potentiates its actions at cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors, and at transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1 (TRPV1) channels. The other endocannabinoid, 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), was recently suggested to act as a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Petrosino S,Schiano Moriello A,Cerrato S,Fusco M,Puigdemont A,De Petrocellis L,Di Marzo V

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human foetal small intestine was shown to contain both alpha- and beta-adrenoceptors with a predominance of beta-adrenoceptors. The tissue examined was obtained from foetuses of gestational age between 8 and 26 weeks. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hart SL,Mir MS

更新日期：1971-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Endotoxin shock is accompanied by an increase in peripheral vascular permeability. It has been postulated that most biological activities of LPS are derived from lipid A moiety. Here we examined the effect of lipid A analogue ONO-4007 in increasing vascular permeability and the possible mediators in mouse skin by a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ishida H,Fujii E,Irie K,Yoshioka T,Muraki T,Ogawa R

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We previously demonstrated that paracetamol has to be metabolised in the brain by fatty acid amide hydrolase enzyme into AM404 (N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenamide) to activate CB1 receptors and TRPV1 channels, which mediate its analgesic effect. However, the brain mechanisms sup...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Barrière DA,Boumezbeur F,Dalmann R,Cadeddu R,Richard D,Pinguet J,Daulhac L,Sarret P,Whittingstall K,Keller M,Mériaux S,Eschalier A,Mallet C

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00