The association of caveolae, actin, and the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex: a role in smooth muscle phenotype and function?

abstract：:Hedysarum polybotrys polysaccharide (HPS) is the principal active fraction responsible for the antidiabetic properties of this species. The aim of this study was to determine the antidiabetic properties of 4 purified fractions of different molecular weight range HPSs (HPS1, HPS2, HPS3, HPS4). HPS3 was selected for exa...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Hu F,Li X,Zhao L,Feng S,Wang C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence for a beneficial effect of ginseng on cardiac pathology. Here, we determined whether North American ginseng can modulate the deleterious effects of the β-adrenoceptor agonist isoproterenol on cardiac hypertrophy and function using in vitro and in vivo approaches. Isoproterenol was administ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Tang X,Gan XT,Rajapurohitam V,Huang CX,Xue J,Lui EM,Karmazyn M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of small doses of somatostatin (SRIF) (0.01 and 0.1 microgram) into the neostriatal complex of unrestrained, freely moving rats induced general behavioral excitation associated with a variety of stereotyped movements, tremors, and a reduction of rapid eye movements (REM) and deep slow wave sleep (SW...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rezek M,Havlicek V,Leybin L,Pinsky C,Kroeger EA,Hughes KR,Friesen H

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are important differences in pain arising from deep tissues in comparison to cutaneous pain. These differences can be partially explained by the unique organization of nociceptive systems activated by stimulation of muscle, joint, or viscera. Recent evidence also indicates that stimulation of deep tissues can pr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Dubner R

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allicin, the active substance of garlic, exerts a broad spectrum of pharmacological activities and is considered to have potential therapeutic applications. The present study was designed to investigate the possible beneficial effects of allicin against oxidative stress, inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction in hy...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： El-Sheakh AR,Ghoneim HA,Suddek GM,Ammar ESM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore the possibility of identifying clusters of children's games based on estimated energy expenditures and (or) intensity when performed in a guided active play format. The study also investigated whether the identified active play game clusters were repeatable when the games were perf...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Belcastro AN,Morrison KS,Hicks E,Matta H

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ER-α and ER-β agonist 17β-estradiol is reported to attenuate cardiac hypertrophy. Tamoxifen is a selective estrogen receptor modulator. Hence, the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of tamoxifen in myocardial infarction. For this, tamoxifen was administered to Sprague-Dawley rats for 1-14 days, and...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rayabarapu N,Patel BM

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of the sympathetic innervation in the regulation of 5'-deiodinase activity in the interscapular brown adipose tissue (BAT) of the Djungarian hamster was studied. Interscapular BAT of Djungarian hamsters was either unilaterally or bilaterally denervated, and thereafter the animals were maintained at ther...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Meywirth A,Redlin U,Steinlechner S,Heldmaier G,Reiter RJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY), one of the most abundant peptides in rat and human brains, appears to act in the hypothalamus to stimulate feeding. It was first suggested that the NPY Y1 receptor (Y1R) was involved in feeding stimulated by NPY. More recently a novel NPY receptor subtype (Y5R) was identified in rat and human as ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Duhault J,Boulanger M,Chamorro S,Boutin JA,Della Zuana O,Douillet E,Fauchère JL,Félétou M,Germain M,Husson B,Vega AM,Renard P,Tisserand F

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief summary is given of some of the key points of the individual contributions at this International Brain Research Organization satellite meeting, presenting up-to-date, expert knowledge of energy metabolism, ionic turnover, and cell swelling at the cellular level of the mammalian central nervous system. On the b...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Hertz L,Code WE,Sykova E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise is a powerful therapy for preventing the onset of and slowing the progression of cardiovascular disease. Increased shear stress during exercise improves vascular homeostasis by both decreasing reactive oxygen species and increasing nitric oxide bioavailability in the endothelium. While these observations are ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Durand MJ,Gutterman DD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disruption to glucose homeostasis upon glucocorticoid (GC) treatment in adult male rats has not been fully characterized in older rats or in females. Thus, we evaluated the age- and gender-related changes in glucose homeostasis in GC-treated rats. We injected male and female rats at 3 months and 12 months of age w...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： dos Santos C,Ferreira FB,Gonçalves-Neto LM,Taboga SR,Boschero AC,Rafacho A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In assessing the role that atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) might have in the homeostasis of fluid volume and blood pressure, it is important to define the physiological and pathophysiological conditions that determine its release into the circulation. There is substantial evidence that ANP is released through atrial ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rankin AJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations of the ionic constituents of solutions perfused through the tissue of the posterior hypothalamic region in conscious cats elicited changes in body temperatures. Increasing the (Ca2+) to (Na+) ratio of the perfusion solution elicited falls in body temperature which were accompanied by changes in posture and...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Jones DL,Veale WL,Cooper KE

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitation-contraction coupling in crab muscle fibers was studied in voltage-clamp conditions. Extracellular calcium is essential for the mechanical activity. Two calcium influxes induced by membrane depolarization contribute to tension development: one is the inward calcium current responsible for the phasic tension,...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Mounier Y,Goblet C

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the kidney and colon secrete bicarbonate and transport water and electrolytes. The respective contributions of these two organs to acid-base and electrolyte balance in normal man has thus been studied in eight healthy male volunteers who underwent simultaneous renal clearance studies, and colonic perfusion with a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Crepeau R,Romeder JM,Devroede G,Plante GE

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess development changes in kinetic properties of the cardiac sodium current, whole-cell voltage-clamp experiments were conducted using 3-, 10-, and 17-day-old embryonic chick ventricular heart cells. Experimental data were quantified according to the Hodgkin-Huxley model. While the Na current density, as examine...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Sada H,Ban T,Fujita T,Ebina Y,Sperelakis N

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anesthetized dogs were prepared for the measurement of compliance of the inferior vena cava by placement of a catheter for pressure measurement and a pair of ultrasonic dimension transducers for the measurement of transverse diameter. Measurements of compliance were made in a control state, after the induction of carb...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Biro GP

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial toxins are widespread in the environment as well as in the digestive system of humans and animals. Toxin from Gram-negative bacteria (endotoxin or lipopolysaccharide; LPS) has a life-long programming effect on reproduction in rats, but the mediators have not been well-documented, so we investigated the effec...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ozgocer T,Yildiz S,Elbe H,Vardi N

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphocreatine (PCr) and intracellular pH changes were monitored by 31P-NMR spectroscopy in isolated, arterially perfused cat biceps and soleus muscles, while the pH of the CO2-bicarbonate buffered perfusate was decreased from 7.1-7.4 to 6.4-6.7 by increasing the CO2 in the equilibrating gas from 5 to up to 70%. In b...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Meyer RA,Adams GR,Fisher MJ,Dillon PF,Krisanda JM,Brown TR,Kushmerick MJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the present study was to assess the effects of a restricted feeding schedule (RFS) on postischemic contractile recovery in relation to triacylglycerol (TAG), glycogen, and ATP content. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) activity, reduced/oxidized glutathione ratio (GSH/GSSG), and thiobarbituric acid...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Jaitovich MM,Varela A,Sbarbati C,Hermann R,Torresín ME,Savino EA,Marina Prendes MG

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolongation of bradykinin half-life following kininase inhibition has been proposed as the reason for the potentiation of kinin effects. We have reassessed this assumption by using three different isolated smooth muscle preparations and simultaneously studying the inhibition of kininase activity and the potentiation ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Schaffel R,Rodrigues MS,Assreuy J

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals treated with nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors exhibit marked hypersensitivity to the blood pressure lowering effects of exogenous nitric oxide (NO) donors. We used this model as a sensitive index to evaluate the relative importance of reduced biotransformation of glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) to NO in the de...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ratz JD,Adams MA,Bennett BM

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a polyphenol in green tea, is an effective antioxidant and possesses neuroprotective effects. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and cyclic AMP response element-binding protein (CREB) are crucial for neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity. In this study, we aimed to assess the pr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ding ML,Ma H,Man YG,Lv HY

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of isoproterenol and forskolin on tension, cyclic AMP levels, and cyclic AMP dependent protein kinase activity were compared in helical strips of bovine coronary artery. Elevation of cyclic AMP and activation of the protein kinase appeared to be well correlated with relaxation of potassium-contracted arter...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Vegesna RV,Diamond J

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When isolated rat adipocytes were incubated with increasing concentrations of levamisole (0.5-5 mM), basal glucose oxidation decreased by almost 50% and insulin-stimulated glucose oxidation decreased by 90%. The decrease in glucose oxidation correlated with an inhibition of glucose transport, since levamisole at 5.0 m...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Basi NS,Thomaskutty KG,Pointer RH

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of the presynaptic fiber volley (PSFV), the population excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP), and the extracellular pH in the dendritic CA1 layer of rat hippocampal slices were used to evaluate the effects of lactacidosis on central synaptic transmission. Replacement of NaCl with sodium lactate (up to ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Walz W,Harold DE

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An account is given of the current state of knowledge of the contributions of the cerebellum and the forelimb motor cortex (MC) to the neural control of walking movements in the cat. The main emphasis is on information obtained by recording from single MC and cerebellar neurones in chronically instrumented cats engage...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Armstrong DM,Marple-Horvat DE

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple and complex cells of visual areas of cats may be reliably classified according to the modulatory index (MI) of their responses. This investigation is aimed at analysing the MI in area 18 when a small region (about 200-400 microm in diameter) of area 17 was inactivated with a microinjection of GABA, in anestheti...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Chabli A,Fortin S,Shumikhina S,Molotchinikoff S

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The area postrema (AP) is one of the circumventricular organs of the brain and as such it is highly vascular and lacks the normal blood-brain barrier. Anatomical tracing studies have demonstrated afferent projections to AP originating from the paraventricular nucleus, lateral parabrachial nucleus (l-PBN), nucleus trac...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ferguson AV

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00