Effect of chronic excess iodine intake on thyroid function and oxidative stress in hypothyroid rats.

abstract：:Methimazole was previously shown to protect rats, mice, and (or) dogs against cisplatin-, cephaloridine-, 2-bromohydro-quinone-, and S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine-induced nephrotoxicity. In this study, methimazole effects on gentamicin (GM) induced nephrotoxicity were examined. Rats given GM (40 mg/kg) twice daily ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Elfarra AA,Duescher RJ,Sausen PJ,O'Hara TM,Cooley AJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local microinjections of harmaline evoked sustained rhythmic activity in the inferior olive of decerebrate cats. Harmaline appears to exert its action within restricted areas of the inferior olivary complex: the caudal halves of the dorsal and medial accessory nuclei. Since the highly synchronized activity generated b...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： De Montigny C,Lamarre Y

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raloxifene (RLX), a selective oestrogen receptor modulator, has oestrogen-agonist effects on bone, lipoproteins, and homocysteine and oestrogen-antagonist activity in the breast and uterus, positioning it as a potential drug for long-term prevention of coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women. To further evaluat...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Boudjeltia KZ,Durez P,Oberweis D,Guillaume M,Remacle C,Cauchie P,Vanhaeverbeek M,Brohée D,Ducobu J,Gregoir C

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bicuculline methochloride (BMC), applied by microiontophoresis, tends to depolarize spinal motoneurons and lower their input resistance. With approximately equal iontophoretic currents of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and BMC, there is an almost equal chance of observing no change, a potentiation, or a depression of ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Krnjević K,Puil E,Werman R

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major functional alpha1-adrenoceptor in the rat aorta is of the alpha1Dsubtype and that in the caudal artery is of the alpha1A subtype. In the present study, the participation of protein kinase C (PKC) and Rho kinase (RhoK) in contractile responses to stimulation of the alpha1-adrenoceptors in these two arteries w...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Mueed I,Bains P,Zhang L,Macleod KM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of ionizing radiation on jejunal blood flow was investigated in rats receiving whole-body exposure to 10 Gy gamma-radiation. Irradiation resulted in increased myeloperoxidase activity, indicative of neutrophil infiltration, and prostaglandin E2 synthesis by 2 h post-irradiation, but had no effect on leukotr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： MacNaughton WK,Prud'homme-Lalonde L

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muramyl peptides derived from bacterial peptidoglycan are detected intracellularly by Nod1 and Nod2, 2 members of the newly characterized nod-like receptor (NLR) family of pattern recognition molecules. In the absence of bacterial invasion into the host cytosolic compartment, it remains unclear whether muramyl peptide...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ismair MG,Vavricka SR,Kullak-Ublick GA,Fried M,Mengin-Lecreulx D,Girardin SE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lysosomal protease cathepsin D increased markedly in brown adipocytes during differentiation in primary cultures. Differentiated cells had 20 times the amount of immunoreactive cathepsin D found in preadipocytes. Cathepsin D mRNA, as estimated by relative RT-PCR, was also present in higher amounts in differentiate...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Moazed B,Desautels M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigates the antidiabetogenic effects of Murraya koenigii (L.) Spr. and Ocimum tenuflorum L. on streptozotocin-induced diabetic Swiss mice. Treatment with extracts of M. koenigii (chloroform; MKC) and O. tenuflorum (aqueous; OTA) resulted in proper glucose utilization with an increase in liver gl...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Dusane MB,Joshi BN

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of iron-loaded transferrin in xanthine-xanthine oxidase (X-XO) induced cardiac injury in isolated perfused rat hearts was examined. X (2 mM) - XO (10 U/L) perfusion resulted in contractile failure, a rise in resting tension, an increase in lipid peroxidation, and myocardial cell damage. The addition of transf...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Tiede R,Sareen S,Singal PK

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In older Aplysia, the central nervous system (CNS) (abdominal ganglion) exerts suppressive and facilitatory control over the peripheral nervous system (PNS) which initially mediates the gill withdrawal reflex and its subsequent habituation evoked by tactile stimulation of the siphon. In young animals, both the suppres...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lukowiak K

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione, a cysteine-containing tripeptide, is the most abundant nonprotein thiol in mammalian cells. Glutathione plays an important role in the detoxification of xenobiotic compounds and in the antioxidation of reactive oxygen species and free radicals. Because of its multiple functions in various tissues and its ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bray TM,Taylor CG

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using labelled microspheres, the effect of norepinephrine (NE) infusions (15 microgram and 30 microgram/min) on coronary blood flow and its intramyocardial distribution during ischemia was studied. The results reported here show that in the ischemic myocardium, the ratio of endocardial to epicardial flow was 0.67. Thi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Dumont L,Lelorier J

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar spine and mid-radius bone mineral density was measured repeatedly in 48 postmenopausal women who completed 7 years of taking either a 500 mg x day(-1) calcium supplement (n = 22) or calcium supplementation with hormone replacement therapy. The hormone replacement was either a low dose (n = 15) or a moderate dos...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Blake JM,Ryan ED,Beaumont LF,Webber CE

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:Lesion to the posterior parietal cortex in monkeys and humans produces spatial deficits in movement and perception. In recording experiments from area 7a, a cortical subdivision in the posterior parietal cortex in monkeys, we have found neurons whose responses are a function of both the retinal location of visual stim...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Andersen RA,Zipser D

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calyx-type synapse of the embryonic chick ciliary ganglion is reviewed as a model of transmitter release from a vertebrate presynaptic nerve terminal. This nerve terminal is extensive in area, enabling the penetration with microelectrodes and the application of patch-clamp techniques. In other respects the calyx s...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Stanley EF

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy-deprivation contractures were investigated in unloaded rat ventricular myocytes. Application of 2 mM cyanide in the presence of 10 mM 2-deoxyglucose (metabolic blockade) led to a rapid shortening "contracture" (maximum speed 1.5 +/- 0.2% control cell length/s). Cells shortened to a constant length of 69 +/- 1.6...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Nichols CG,Lederer WJ

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophosphamide (CP) is an antineoplastic drug that induces kidney damage via producing oxidative stress. Carvacrol (CAR) has antioxidative effect and we postulated that it can be protective against CP-induced nephrotoxicity. Six groups (n = 7) of rats (control, 100 mg/kg CP, CP+5 mg/kg CAR, CP+10 mg/kg CAR, 5 mg/kg ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gunes S,Ayhanci A,Sahinturk V,Altay DU,Uyar R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium-activated chloride channels (ClCa) are ligand-gated anion channels as they have been shown to be activated by a rise in intracellular Ca2+ concentration in various cell types including cardiac, skeletal and vascular smooth muscle cells, endothelial and epithelial cells, as well as neurons. Because ClCa channel...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Leblanc N,Ledoux J,Saleh S,Sanguinetti A,Angermann J,O'Driscoll K,Britton F,Perrino BA,Greenwood IA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats received a daily injection of 2, 6, or 12 mg kg-1 bethanechol for 7 or 14 days. Pancreatic weight and content of protein, amylase, and chymotrypsinogen were increased in a dose and time dependent fashion by bethanechol. After 14 days of treatment with the highest dose, pancreatic weight and total pancreatic DNA c...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Morisset J,Jolicoeur L,Caussignac Y,Solomon TE

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1 and 7 days of life, the newborn rabbit heart shifts from predominantly using carbohydrates to predominantly using fatty acids as an energy substrate. We therefore used isolated working hearts from 1- or 7-day-old rabbits to determine the effects of fatty acids on myocardial glucose use and the ability of hea...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lopaschuk GD,Spafford MA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many functions of the brain and the sympathetic adrenal system are influenced by those amino acids that exert precursor control over neurotransmitter synthesis. One of the functions affected is regulation of blood pressure. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to describe how food proteins and amino acids affect t...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Anderson GH

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most physiological and pathophysiological responses to bradykinin are mediated by G-protein-coupled receptors designated B2 receptors. Discovery of antagonists for these receptors has brought about a revolution in research in the kinin field. The chemistry and development of antagonists for B2 kinin receptors are disc...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Stewart JM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF), prostacyclin (PGI2), and endothelin-1 (ET-1) was measured from endothelial cells (EC) cultured from either bovine vena cava (BVCEC) or bovine aorta (BAEC). EDRF release was determined by using the superfusion bioassay technique, whereas ET-1 and PGI2 were meas...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： D'Orleans-Juste P,Mitchell JA,Wood EG,Hecker M,Vane JR

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of hemorrhagic shock, hypoxemia, and anoxia on the levels of adenine and pyridine nucleotides of liver and kidney was assessed. ATP levels in liver and kidney of animals in shock or animals subjected to 7 min of anoxia decreased by 85 and 73%, respectively. Under hypoxic conditions (arterial PO2 AT 18 MMHg)...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Chaudry IH,Sayeed MM,Baue AE

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological action of alpha bungarotoxin in the central nervous system of the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus was investigated. Two types of effects were produced by the toxin. The predominant effect was an inhibition of spontaneous activity. However, in some instances alpha bungarotoxin caused a stimulation o...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Thomas W,Townsel JG

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge on alpha-adrenoceptors has expanded enormously in the last decade, mostly as a result of in vitro and in vivo animal experiments. In the face of considerable species differences we have tested several of the newly developed concepts on alpha-adrenoceptors in the circulation of the human forearm. In this ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： van Brummelen P,Jie K,Timmermans PB,van Zwieten PA

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the potential of shikonin as an anticancer agent against liver cancer and an in vitro human hepatoma cancer model system. The HepG2 cell line was the hepatoma cancer model in the present study. The inhibitory effect of shikonin on the growth of HepG2 cells was measured by MTT assay. To explore ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Yingkun N,Lvsong Z,Huimin Y

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrical activity of the duodenum and proximal jejunum was studied in conscious healthy dogs implanted with unipolar silver electrodes. A computerized method was used for the calculation of the mean frequency of the slow wave for each consecutive minute of the electromyographic signal. A "slow wave frequency com...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Pousse A,Mendel C,Aprahamian M,Kachelhoffer J,Balboni G,Plas A

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00