Serial magnetic resonance imaging based assessment of the early effects of an ACE inhibitor on postinfarction left ventricular remodeling in rats.

abstract：:The effects of Bay K8644, a Ca2+ channel agonist, on the mechanical and electrical properties of frog skeletal muscle fibers were investigated. At relatively low concentrations, such as 10(-6) and 10(-5) M, Bay K8644 significantly potentiated the maximum amplitudes of twitch responses, and this effect was not reversed...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Oz M,Frank GB

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In sepsis, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), and multiorgan dysfunction syndrome (MODS), a severe prognostically relevant cardiac autonomic dysfunction exists, as manifested by a strong attenuation of sympathetically and vagally mediated heart rate variability (HRV). The mechanisms underlying this attenu...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Werdan K,Schmidt H,Ebelt H,Zorn-Pauly K,Koidl B,Hoke RS,Heinroth K,Müller-Werdan U

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Crohn's disease (CD) have higher risk for osteoporosis following decreased level of osteocalcin. We hypothesize that active inflammation following Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection results in elevation of undercarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC) and downregulation of active osteocal...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Naser A,Qasem A,Naser SA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in electrical conductivity between smooth muscle cells (SMCs) can alter the spread and effectiveness of electromechanical SMC contraction. We attempted to determine whether alterations in pressure-dependent constriction (PDC) occurring in relation to stroke development within the middle cerebral arteries (...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Smeda JS,King SR

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the administration route, dose, and sampling time on the total urinary excretion of four major benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) metabolites, 3-hydroxyBaP (3-OHBaP), 9-hydroxyBaP 9-hydroxyBaP (9-OHBaP), trans-4,5-dihydrodiolBaP (4,5-diolBaP), and trans-9,10-dihydrodiolBaP (9,10-diolBaP), was studied in male Sprague-D...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bouchard M,Viau C

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearts from rats pretreated either with L-triiodothyronine (T3) or with L-thyroxine (T4) exhibited changed function curve characteristics on the working heart apparatus compared with hearts from vehicle-treated rats. There was no supersensitivity of the hyperthyroid myocardium to the inotropic effect of isoproterenol ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Marriott ML,McNeill JH

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of external potassium Ko and tetraethylammonium on the cellular K content of hypoxic myocardium was investigated. Perfused rabbit hearts were submitted to 60 min hypoxia in medium containing 5 mM K throughout or either low (1.5 mM) or high (10 mM) K during the last 20 min of hypoxia. Paced electrical act...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Leblanc N,Ruiz-Ceretti E,Chartier D

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of lowering the extracellular potassium concentration ([K+]o) on the electrophysiological actions of disopyramide phosphate, a new antiarrhythmic drug. At low [K+]o, therapeutic concentrations of disopyramide phosphate caused significantly less depression of action potential amplitude and maximum...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kus T,Sasyniuk BI

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoprenaline and forskolin both inhibit contractions induced by antigen or by the calcium ionophore A23187 of guinea pig tracheal spirals and parenchymal strips. Antigen-induced airway contraction is considerably more sensitive to the inhibitory effects of isoprenaline than is A23187-induced contraction. In contrast, ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Burka JF

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) on rat brain and blood adrenaline (A), noradrenaline (NA), ammonia (NH3), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and amino acid metabolism prior to and after high pressure oxygen (OHP) induced convulsions have been studied. 6-OHDA reduces GABA and glutamate (Glu) rior to OHP exposure in ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Singh AK,Banister EW

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to evaluate the local antinociceptive actions of fluoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, and the possible involvement of the l-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel pathway in this effect using the formalin test in rats. To elucidate the underlying mechanisms, animals were pre-tre...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ghorbanzadeh B,Mansouri MT,Naghizadeh B,Alboghobeish S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclopia subternata is a medicinal plant commonly used in traditional medicine to relieve pain. In this study, we investigated the antiseptic effects and underlying mechanisms of vicenin-2 and scolymoside, which are 2 active compounds from C. subternata that act against high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1)-mediated septi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lee W,Yoon EK,Kim KM,Park DH,Bae JS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The threshold for electrically induced ventricular fibrillation was determined in anesthetized open-chest dogs, before and after blockade of atrioventricular (A-V) conduction. Without exception, the threshold was significantly elevated after creation of the block. The precise mechanism of this effect is not known at t...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Reynolds AK,Dresel PE

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon monoxide (CO), a vasodilator, has been implicated as an activator of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) to effect smooth muscle relaxation; however, this idea has not received universal support. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the sGC inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-alpha]quinoxalin-1-one...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Hussain AS,Marks GS,Brien JF,Nakatsu K

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tension responses to ramp shortening of varying speed in whole muscle or single fibres from the plateau of an isometric tetanus, revealed at least two distinct phases. There was a fast initial drop in tension followed by a change of slope and a definite inflexion on the tension record. As the velocity of the imposed l...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bressler BH

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to characterize the effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) on the endocrine pancreas in anesthetized dogs. PACAP(1-27) and a PACAP receptor (PAC(1)) blocker, PACAP(6-27), were locally administered to the pancreas. PACAP(1-27) (0.005-5 microg) increased ba...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Yamaguchi N,Minassian TR,Yamaguchi S

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated a direct relationship between the activity of the arachidonic acid cascade in vivo and the extent of cellular damage following several types of experimental injury. Since phospholipase activity has been shown to regulate arachidonic acid availability, we tested the ability of circulatin...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Flynn JT,Henry JM,Perkowski S

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When using microelectrodes for intracellular ion activity studies, some uncertainties such as interference from cytosolic components at the microelectrode, cell damage, and cell contamination may arise. A model, which treats kinetic processes of the loss of carriers from the membrane phase of microelectrodes into the ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Oesch U,Ammann D,Simon W

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of leukotrienes (LTs) have been widely studied in the isolated perfused mammalian heart; however, little is known about the effect or metabolism of LTs in the isolated bullfrog heart. Isolated perfused bullfrog hearts were administered randomized doses of LTC4, LTD4, or LTE4. The cardiac parameters of hear...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Herman RP,Heller RS,Canavan CM,Herman CA

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xerostomia is a self-conscious symptom. High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) promotes pro-inflammatory effects in many diseases. This study aimed to clarify the role of HMGB1 in Sjögren syndrome (SS)-triggered xerostomia. Nonobese diabetic (NOD)/Ltj mice were used to establish an SS-triggered xerostomia model. The result...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Wang D,Zhou M,Wang Y,Sun S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The turnover rate of glucose, the irreversible disposal rate of lactate, and the rate of gluconeogenesis from lactate were calculated by tracer methods in four normal and four alloxan-diabetic dogs under control conditions as well as in chronic, stable metabolic acidosis and alkalosis. Acidosis was produced by feeding...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Hetenyi G Jr,Paradis H,Kucharczyk J

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hydroperoxide compound structurally related to acetylsalicylic acid, 3-hydroperoxy-3-methylphthalide, inhibits both the first and second phases of adenosine diphosphate induced, biphasic, human platelet aggregation. This occurs over the same concentration range (0.05-0.5 mM) that acetylsalicylic acid inhibits second...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Killackey JJ,Killackey BA,Cerskus I,Philp RB

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strips of rabbit thoracic aorta precontracted with phenylephrine relaxed when exposed to selected synthetic peptides derived from the cell attachment domain of fibronectin. The relaxations elicited by both acetylcholine and the hexapeptide Gly-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser-Pro (GRGDSP) were dependent on the presence of an intact en...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Laplante C,St-Pierre S,Beaulieu AD,Marceau F

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smooth muscle cells exhibit phenotypic and mechanical plasticity. During maturation, signalling pathways controlling actin dynamics modulate contractile apparatus-associated gene transcription and contractile apparatus remodelling resulting from length change. Differentiated myocytes accumulate abundant caveolae that ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Halayko AJ,Stelmack GL

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight pure triterpenoid saponin compounds isolated from the root of Polygala senega L., a plant indigenous to the Canadian prairies, were evaluated for their immunological activity in mouse models. The specific antibody responses of the IgG2a subclass increased significantly when isolated P. senega saponins were used ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Katselis GS,Estrada A,Gorecki DK,Barl B

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypocalcaemic action of ethanol (3 g/kg body weight) was investigated in intact, thyroparathyroidectomized and antrectomized rats. It was found that ethanol administered either intraperitoneally or orally reduced plasma calcium concentrations within 30 min and that this response lasted for 8 h. Additional studies ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Krishnamra N,Limlomwongse L

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of L-641,953 (R-8-fluoro-dibenzo[b, f]thiepin-3-carboxylic acid-5-oxide) have been studied on pulmonary and other smooth muscle preparations in vitro and in vivo. When studied in vitro on guinea-pig tracheal chains, L-641,933 produced significant shifts in the dose-response curves to the prostaglandin endo...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Hall RA,Rokach JR,Bélanger P,Bianchi L,Ethier D,Ford-Hutchinson AW,Girard Y,Hamel P,Hamel R,Lord A

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy regulates cellular homeostasis and integrates the cellular pro-survival machinery. We investigated the role of autophagy in the natural history of murine abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). ApoE(-/-) mice were implanted with saline- or angiotensin II (Ang-II)-filled miniosmotic pumps then treated with either t...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ramadan A,Wheatcroft MD,Quan A,Singh KK,Lovren F,Dhingra N,Teoh H,Al-Omran M,Leong-Poi H,Verma S

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress plays a vital role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Chikusetsu saponin V (CsV), the most abundant member of saponins from Panax japonicus (SPJ), has attracted increasing attention for its potential to treat neurodegenerative diseases. However, the mechanisms are unclear. Our study in...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Wan J,Deng L,Zhang C,Yuan Q,Liu J,Dun Y,Zhou Z,Zhao H,Liu C,Yuan D,Wang T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The freezing point and the melting point of myoplasm were measured with two experimental models. In all samples, a supercooled stage was reached by lowering the temperature of the sample to approximately - 7 degrees C, and the freezing of the sample was mechanically induced. The freezing process was associated with a ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Caillé JP

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00