ETA receptors are present in human aortic vascular endothelial cells and modulate intracellular calcium.

abstract：:The study was designed to characterize restitution kinetics in atrial repolarization of rabbits and to examine effects of K+ or Ca2+ channel blockers on restitution. Action potentials were recorded from rabbit atrial tissue. Restitution curves of phase I amplitude and action potential duration at 50 and 90% repolariza...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Qi A,Tang C,Yeung-Lai-Wah JA,Kerr CR

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of modulators of Ca-ATPase and alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity on placental calcium and phosphorus transfer were studied using the in situ perfused guinea pig placenta. The diuretics ethacrynic acid and furosemide had no significant effect on placental calcium and phosphorus transfer when injected into ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： McKercher HG,Derewlany LO,Radde IC

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the interrelationship of plasma lipid profile, lipid peroxidation, and erythrocyte antioxidative defense in patients with insulin-dependent (IDDM) and non-insulin-dependent (NIDDM) diabetes mellitus. Plasma levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipid peroxides and the activiti...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Cimbaljević B,Vasilijević A,Cimbaljević S,Buzadzić B,Korać A,Petrović V,Janković A,Korać B

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometritis is one of the main diseases that harms the dairy cow industry. Tanshinone IIA (TIIA), a fat-soluble alkaloid isolated from Salviae miltiorrhizae, has been reported to have potent anti-inflammatory properties. However, the anti-inflammatory effects of TIIA on a mouse model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induc...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lv X,Fu K,Li W,Wang Y,Wang J,Li H,Tian W,Cao R

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-channel recordings from central neurons of the helix snail, Cepaea nemoralis, revealed two types of channels that could be activated by stretch (i.e., by the membrane deformation produced when suction is applied to the patch pipette). One, a K+ channel (58 pS in physiological solution), was evident in excised a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bédard E,Morris CE

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At a critical premature interval, atrial premature beats encounter sinus node refractoriness and are blocked on entering and fail to reset the sinus node, resulting in interpolation of the premature beat. The transition from reset to interpolated response has been used to define the effective refractory period of the ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kerr CR

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Input to the nucleus medianus of the preoptic region has been suggested to be involved in both the drinking and pressor responses elicited by the central administration of angiotensin II. Evidence in support of this suggestion has been gained principally from electrical lesion experiments. This lesion procedure does n...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Jones DL

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for the determination of the specific activity of plasma glycerol is described. Anionic contaminants are first removed from deproteinzed plasma by anionic exchange resins (treated plasma). Glycerol in treated plasma is then quantitatively converted to glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P), which is isolated by column ch...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gauthier C,Layberry R

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal hyperthyroidism in rats induced by daily administration of L-triiodothyronine for 30 days since birth resulted in a significant rise in mobility and the metabolism of brain norepinephrine and dopamine. Whereas administration of lithium carbonate (60 mg/kg ip) to normal rats for 6 days produced no effect on sp...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rastogi RB,Singhal RL

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the possible effects of captopril as a promoter in modulating the oxidant-antioxidant balance in rats with type 1 diabetes, and the influence of protein kinase C (PKC) pathways in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by bradykinin in type 1 diabetic rats. Thi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rodrigues de Araujo G,Granato de Faria K,Lima WG,Pádua Bda C,Rossoni JV Jr,Souza AA,Chianca-Júnior D,Silva ME,Pedrosa ML,Chaves MM,Costa DC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin 1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoconstrictor implicated in the control of blood pressure and renal function. Its effects can be modulated by nitric oxide (NO), which inhibits ET-1 production and action. Recently, we reported that ET-1 production can also be modulated by angiotensin II (AngII) in vivo. To investigat...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： D'Amours M,Lebel M,Grose JH,Larivière R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modification of the mouse interstitial cell testosterone assay by the addition of 1.5 microM forskolin to the incubation medium has improved the sensitivity of this luteinizing hormone bioassay from approximately 100 to 3 pg/tube of NIH rLH RP-2. Luteinizing hormone can be clearly detected in 1 microL of serum from ra...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Debertin WJ,Pomerantz DK

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of pertussis toxin (PT) treatment on the ability of insulin to inhibit lipolysis and to stimulate glucose oxidation in isolated rat adipocytes. In cells maximally modified by PT (100% ADP ribosylation of a 41-kdalton protein in membranes), the ability of insulin to inhibit lipolysis stimulated ei...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Goren HJ,Northup JK,Hollenberg MD

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary flow was recorded from spontaneously beating isolated perfused hearts of rats and guinea pigs. Arachidonic acid (AA), in single bolus doses, produced a fast short lasting coronary constriction followed by a slow developing but persisting vasodilation. These reactions (biphasic type) were characteristic of the...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Talesnik J,Tsoporis JN

更新日期：1984-10-01 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：: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：:In mature (450-600 g) 21 degrees C-acclimated male rats, anaesthetized with urethane, blood flow (measured by the radioactive microsphere technique) to brown adipose tissue (BAT) was determined during the infusion of the beta-adrenoceptor agonist BRL 28410 or noradrenaline bitartrate at doses chosen to give similar in...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Thurlby PL,Ellis RD

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms responsible for microbially induced epithelial apoptosis and increased intestinal permeability remain unclear. This study assessed whether purified bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) increases epithelial apoptosis and permeability and whether these changes are dependent on caspase-3 activation. In nontu...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Chin AC,Flynn AN,Fedwick JP,Buret AG

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II (ANG II) and vasopressin (AVP) are two powerful vasoconstrictors, and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is a potent vasorelaxant. The changes in the density or affinity of binding sites for these agents that may alter target organ responsiveness in hypertension are reviewed. ANG II binding in mesenteric ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Schiffrin EL

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metformin, the first medication that is often prescribed for the treatment of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), was recently found to be neuroprotective. To study the mechanism underlying the neuroprotective effect of metformin, we pre-treated primary spinal cord neurons with 50 µM or 100 µM µM metformin for 2 hours pr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Wang G,Chen S,Shao Z,Li Y,Wang W,Mao L,Li J,Mei X

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The alcohol oxidase membrane technique is available for measurement of ethanol in commercial fluids. In this paper we examined its usefulness for cat and human blood in comparison with gas-liquid chromatography (GLC). The membrane method proved to be simple, reproducible, accurate, and inexpensive. Analysis took 1-2 m...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Greenway CV,Pushka K,Sitar DS,Rogers LK

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous results showed that addition of agonists, such as vasopressin and angiotensin, added to incubation medium with freshly excised rat atria caused marked release of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF). This release was in the form of prohormone rather than active peptide. Since others had difficulty reproducing ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Sonnenberg H,Milojevic S,Yip C,Veress AT

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary vasoconstrictor responses to ergonovine were examined in helical coronary arterial strips of young swine. Both ergonovine and serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) produced dose-dependent contractions of the strips. The distal region (less than 1.00 mm outer diameter) of the circumflex coronary artery was most sens...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rosenberger LB,Griffin MA,Stanton HC

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the physiological and clinical implications of the C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP)/guanylyl cyclase B (GC-B) system in the human vasculature, we have examined gene expressions of CNP and its receptor, GC-B, in human vascular endothelial cells (ECs) and smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and have also compared the e...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Taura D,Nakao K,Nakagawa Y,Kinoshita H,Sone M,Nakao K

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an activator of AMPK, the effect of AICAR on insulin signaling has not been investigated extensively. PI3K-Akt is a critical node involved in the insulin signaling pathway. We observed that concomitant with the activation of AMPK by AICAR, the protein level of PI3K p85α and the insulin-induced phosphorylation of Ak...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Liu J,Ye C,Liu W,Zhao W,Zhang YJ,Zhang H,Ying H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioactively labelled microspheres (15 micron diameter) were used to measure cardiac output (CO) distribution and blood flows in spleen, kidneys, and skeletal muscle before and after normovolemic anemia or polycythemia in anesthetized rats. Hematocrits were changed from 45 to 33% or from 45 to 59% by an exchange tran...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ackermann U,Veress AT

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood volume of anesthetized rats was expanded acutely by 33% with donor blood while a caval snare was gradually tightened so that right atrial pressure (RAP) was prevented from rising (n = 6). In control experiments (n = 5) an aortic snare was used to hold mean arterial blood pressure near the values found in the...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ackermann U,Rudolph JR

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the in vitro effect of corticosterone on insulin binding, uptake of 2-deoxy-D-glucose, glycolysis, and glycogenesis in the soleus and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) of Swiss-Webster mice. In each experiment, one muscle (soleus/EDL) was incubated with corticosterone (0.1, 1, 50, and 100 micrograms/mL) and t...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Tan MH,Bonen A

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief burst of electrical stimuli delivered to the vagus nerve during the cardiac cycle elicits a triphasic cardiac chronotropic response. The cardiac cycle length initially increases, then briefly decreases, and subsequently increases again. We studied the effects of a calcium channel blocking agent, verapamil, on ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Wallick DW,Stuesse SL,Valencic F,Fratianne RB

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myometrial tissues from guinea pigs were quantitatively examined for gap junctions in electron micrographs. Small numbers of gap junctions were present between smooth muscle cells in myometria of pregnant guinea pigs at days 50 and 65 of gestation. The junctions increased in number and size at parturition on day 69 an...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Garfield RE,Daniel EE,Dukes M,Fitzgerald JD

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00