Defying the economists: a decrease in heart rate improves not only cardiac but also endothelial function.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dimebolin (latrepirdine), a compound with multiple potential drug targets, is being evaluated in clinical trials for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and preliminary results suggest it can slow the disease process. There is also evidence that dimebolin directly improves aspects of cognition. Here we...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Webster SJ,Wilson CA,Lee CH,Mohler EG,Terry AV Jr,Buccafusco JJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In cultured endothelial cells of the pig the endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) releasing agent thrombin (2 u ml-1) caused a significant increase in basal levels of both guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP) and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3). This increase was time dependent, with peak leve...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lang D,Lewis MJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The butyrophenone tranquilizer, azaperone, was administered intramuscularly, at dose levels of 0.4 and 0.8 mg/kg, to ponies and its effects on cardiovascular and respiratory functions assessed. 2 Arterial blood pH, CO2 tension (PaCO2) and O2 tension (PaO2) remained relatively constant throughout the course of action...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lees P,Serrano L

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Rho kinase (ROCK) activation is involved in neuroinflammatory processes leading to progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease. Furthermore, ROCK plays a major role in angiogenesis. Neuroinflammation and angiogenesis are mechanisms involved in developing l-DOPA-induced d...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lopez-Lopez A,Labandeira CM,Labandeira-Garcia JL,Muñoz A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The similarity in molecular structure between the histamine H2-agonist dimaprit (3-dimethylamino-propyl-isothiourea) and the endogenous nitric oxide synthase (NOS) substrate L-arginine prompted us to study the effect of dimaprit and some dimaprit analogues on NOS activity. Dimaprit and some of its analogues were te...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Paquay JB,Hoen PA,Voss HP,Bast A,Timmerman H,Haenen GR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 ATP is an important vasoactive mediator, which acts via two receptor classes: P2X and P2Y. Activation of P2X receptors has traditionally been associated with the well-characterised vasoconstrictor properties of ATP. 2 In the current study, we have shown that the P2X(1 & 3) receptor ligand, alpha, beta methylene ATP,...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Harrington LS,Mitchell JA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have investigated an aspect of the regulation of cortical pyramidal neurone activity. Microdialysis was used to assess whether topical application of drugs (in 10 microliter) to fill a burr hole over the frontal cortex, where part of the corticostriatal pathway originates, would change concentrations of the exci...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dijk SN,Francis PT,Stratmann GC,Bowen DM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cerebrovascular remodelling is one of the important risk factors of stroke. The underlying mechanisms are unclear. Integrin β3 and volume-regulated ClC-3 Cl(-) channels have recently been implicated as important contributors to vascular cell proliferation. Therefore, we investigated the role of i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Zeng JW,Wang XG,Ma MM,Lv XF,Liu J,Zhou JG,Guan YY

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The ionic dependence of [(3)H]-metaraminol transport by rabbit ventricular slices was studied.2. Transport was Na(+) dependent. Choline, Li(+), K(+), Rb(+) or Cs(+) could not be substituted for Na(+).3. Transport was K(+) dependent. Rb(+) and Cs(+), but not Li, could be substituted for K(+), their relative potencie...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Paton DM

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Tumour cell-induced platelet aggregation (TCIPA) facilitates cancer cell invasion, angiogenesis and the formation of metastatic foci. TCIPA can be modulated by pharmacological inhibitors of MMP-2 and ADP; however, the COX inhibitor aspirin did not prevent TCIPA. In this study, we have tested the ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Medina C,Harmon S,Inkielewicz I,Santos-Martinez MJ,Jones M,Cantwell P,Bazou D,Ledwidge M,Radomski MW,Gilmer JF

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Memantine and marijuana smoking have been found to inhibit tremor in parkinsonian patients, although the observed effects were relatively weak. The tremorolytic effects of combinations of memantine and cannabinoids have not been studied. Here, we have evaluated the anti-tremor activity of memanti...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ionov ID,Pushinskaya II,Frenkel DD,Gorev NP,Shpilevaya LA

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In mammalian cells, the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin is known as a positive allosteric modulator of the ATP-activated ion channel P2X4 and is used to discriminate between P2X4- and P2X7-mediated cellular responses. In this paper we provide evidence that the reported isoform selectivity of iverm...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nörenberg W,Sobottka H,Hempel C,Plötz T,Fischer W,Schmalzing G,Schaefer M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have studied the ability of some adrenergic neurone blocking agents to inhibit the tracheal relaxant actions of isoprenaline, theophylline and the potassium channel openers (KCOs) BRL 38227, pinacidil and RP 52891. 2. BRL 38227, isoprenaline, pinacidil, RP 52891 and theophylline each caused concentration-depende...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Berry JL,Small RC,Foster RW

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Different 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptor subtypes mediate different behavioural responses. Compounds acting at more than one 5-HT receptor exert behavioural effects which may be the result of response competition or a specific interaction between pathways within the CNS. Therefore the mutual interaction betwee...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Berendsen HH,Broekkamp CL

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Tyrosine kinases have been proposed as regulators of voltage-operated calcium channels. The effects of a range of structurally different inhibitors of protein tyrosine kinases (PTK) were examined on voltage-operated calcium channel currents (I(Ba)) and pp60(c-src) kinase (c-src) activity in vitro. 2. I(Ba) was meas...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wijetunge S,Lymn JS,Hughes AD

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Along with many other mammalian ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, members of the ABCG group are involved in the regulated transport of hydrophobic compounds across cellular membranes. In humans, five ABCG family members have been identified, encoding proteins ranging from 638 to 678 amino acids in length. All f...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kerr ID,Haider AJ,Gelissen IC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common electrical cardiac disorder in clinical practice. The major trigger for AF is focal ectopic activity of unknown origin in sleeves of cardiac muscle that extend into the pulmonary veins. We examined the role of noradrenaline in the genesis of ectopic act...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Maupoil V,Bronquard C,Freslon JL,Cosnay P,Findlay I

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cholecystokinin (CCK) is secreted by intestinal I cells and regulates important metabolic functions. In pancreatic islets, CCK controls beta cell functions primarily through CCK1 receptors, but the signalling pathways downstream of these receptors in pancreatic beta cells are not well defined. E...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ning SL,Zheng WS,Su J,Liang N,Li H,Zhang DL,Liu CH,Dong JH,Zhang ZK,Cui M,Hu QX,Chen CC,Liu CH,Wang C,Pang Q,Chen YX,Yu X,Sun JP

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Antipsychotic drugs may mediate their therapeutic effects not only by preventing the binding of dopamine but also by decreasing the propensity of the dopamine receptor to assume an active R* state. Ligand-mediated activation and blockade of the recombinant human D(2long) receptor was investigated in CHO-K1 cells up...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pauwels PJ,Tardif S,Wurch T,Colpaert FC

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effects of indomethacin and eicosa-5,8,11,14-tetraynoic acid (ETYA) on the contractile response of the transmurally stimulated rabbit portal vein were studied in vitro.2 When the veins were stimulated for 240 pulses at 1 and 2 Hz, the responses were potentiated by indomethacin and ETYA. However, responses to 4 a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Greenberg R

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine enhanced histamine release and prolonged the adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) response in purified rat peritoneal mast cells following immunological challenge. The effect on the cyclic AMP response, which was blocked by 8-phenyltheophylline, probably results from an interaction with A2-purin...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Church MK,Hughes PJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Rat mesenteric (approximately 250 microns) were set up in a single-channel isometric myograph designed to allow with 6 microM fura-2AM for 2 h and simultaneous recordings of neurogenic contraction (force) and intracellular calcium [Ca2+]i were obtained. In other experiments, arteries were loaded with 1 microCi ml-1...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Garcha RS,Hughes AD

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Noradrenaline (0.2 to 20 micrograms) and carbachol (0.1 to 1 microgram) injected into the preoptic/anterior hypothalamic area, evoked dose-dependent falls in core temperature at all sites tested, followed in most experiments by delayed increases that were not dose-related. Muscarine (0.1 to 10 microgram) produced ef...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Poole S,Stephenson JD

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to develop a technique to measure blood flow in the mouse ear and to investigate the nature of the vasodilator mediator(s) involved in the response to capsaicin. The response to capsaicin, applied topically, was investigated in anaesthetized CD1 or Sv129+C57BL/6 wild-type (+/+) or NK(1) rec...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Grant AD,Gerard NP,Brain SD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have investigated pre- and post-junctional responsiveness in vas deferens from wild-type and alpha(2A/D)-adrenoceptor knockout mice. The response to a single stimulus was not significantly different between wild-type and knock-out mice. The isometric contraction to 10 Hz stimulation for 4 s was significantly lar...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cleary L,Vandeputte C,Docherty JR

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We investigated the role of two conserved basic residues in the second transmembrane helix arginine 172 (R172) and lysine 179 (K179) of the VPAC(2) receptor. 2. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) activated VPAC(2) receptors with an EC(50) value of 7 nM, as compared to 150, 190 and 4000 nM at R172L, R172Q and K...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Vertongen P,Solano RM,Perret J,Langer I,Robberecht P,Waelbroeck M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of pinacidil on noradrenaline-induced tone, smooth muscle membrane potential and 42K- and 86Rb-efflux from isolated mesenteric resistance vessels (internal diameter 200 microns) of the rat have been studied. 2. Pinacidil (0.3-10 microM) produced concentration-dependent suppression of noradrenaline-induc...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Videbaek LM,Aalkjaer C,Mulvany MJ

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aims of this study were first, to examine whether deficits in nerve conduction in streptozotocin-diabetic rats could be reversed by a 10% dietary supplement of evening primrose oil. Second, to determine the time-course of reversal, and third, to assess whether the effects could be blocked by the cyclo-oxygenase...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cameron NE,Cotter MA,Dines KC,Robertson S,Cox D

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last five years have witnessed a remarkable resurgence of interest in myocardial reperfusion injury. Reperfusion is absolutely essential to salvage ischaemic myocardium but experimental and clinical studies show that reperfusion-associated injury may mask the full benefits of prompt reperfusion in acute myocardial...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Baxter GF,Burley DS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Certain 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) inhibitors exhibit anti-carcinogenic activities against 5-LO overexpressing tumour types and cultured tumour cells. It has been proposed therefore that 5-LO products significantly contribute to tumour cell proliferation. To date, the relationship between the inhibito...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Fischer AS,Metzner J,Steinbrink SD,Ulrich S,Angioni C,Geisslinger G,Steinhilber D,Maier TJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00