Inhibitory innervation of colonic smooth muscle cells and interstitial cells of Cajal.

abstract：:Fluctuations in the concentrations of cortisol and progesterone in fetal plasma, maternal plasma, and amniotic and allantoic fluids were measured in samples taken at 10-min intervals over a 90-min period from three groups of sheep sampled at different times during late pregnancy. During the last 30 days of gestation t...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Challis JR,Patrick JE,Cross J,Workewych J,Manchester E,Power S

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine and specific H1- and H2-receptor agonists and antagonists in conjunction with phentolamine and (or) reserpine pretreatment were used to characterize histamine receptor(s) in the seminal vesicle of rat and guinea pig. Stimulation of H1 receptors produced a contraction whereas that of H2 receptors inhibited th...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： MacIntosh CM,Vohra MM

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work suggested that sulfhydryl groups and disulfide bridges have important functions in opioid binding to the delta opioid receptor. The question regarding which cysteines are essential for ligand binding was approached by replacement of cysteine residues in the cloned delta opioid receptor using site-directe...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ehrlich GK,Andria ML,Zheng X,Kieffer B,Gioannini TL,Hiller JM,Rosenkranz JE,Veksler BM,Zukin RS,Simon EJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endothelin receptors in rabbit isolated rings of saphenous artery and saphenous vein have been characterized using endothelin-1, endothelin-2, endothelin-3, sarafotoxin S6c, and BQ123. Although artery rings were more sensitive than those from vein to the contractile action of phenylephrine, endothelin-1 was about ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Auguet M,Delaflotte S,Chabrier PE,Braquet P

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were done for indentification and localization of certain structural changes at different levels of jejunal villus of the hamster during positive and negative water transport across the intestine in vivo and in vitro. Positive transport occurred when the mucosal surface of the intestine was bathed (in vitr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Melligott TF,Beck IT,Dinda PK,Thompson S

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methionine sulfoximine (MSO) is a rare amino acid. It occurs in nature or as a by-product of some forms of food processing. A notable example of the latter was a former method for bleaching wheat flour, using nitrogen trichloride, the "agene process," in use for most of the first 50 years of this century. "Agenized" f...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Shaw CA,Bains JS,Pasqualotto BA,Curry K

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the gastroprotective effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) against indomethacin-induced gastric ulcer in rats. Ulceration was induced by a single oral administration of indomethacin (30 mg/kg). 50 male albino rats were allocated into 5 equal groups: control group received normal saline orally, indo...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Soliman NA,Zineldeen DH,Katary MA,Ali DA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gemcitabine, a nucleoside analogue for treating lung cancer, is clinically administered as an intravenous infusion. To achieve better patient compliance and more direct effect on the lung, we explored a new gemcitabine pulmonary delivery route and evaluated the pharmacokinetics and acute lung injury aspects in animals...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Min R,Li T,Du J,Zhang Y,Guo J,Lu WL

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether the effects of FK506-binding protein dissociation from sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) release channels on excitation-contraction (EC) coupling changed when SR Ca(2+) reuptake and (or) the trans-sarcolemmal Ca(2+) extrusion were altered. The steady-state twitch Ca(2+) transient (CaT), ce...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Yoshihara S,Satoh H,Saotome M,Katoh H,Terada H,Watanabe H,Hayashi H

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglial inflammation, involved in the occurrence and development of sepsis-associated encephalopathy, exhibits upregulation of proinflammatory cytokine and proinflammatory enzyme expression, leading to inflammation-induced neuronal cell apoptosis. TIR domain containing adaptor molecule-2 (TICAM-2) participates in l...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Zhao Y,Yang X,Meng F,Li W

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The guanylin family of peptides has 3 subclasses of peptides containing either 3 intramolecular disulfide bonds found in bacterial heat-stable enterotoxins (ST), or 2 disulfides observed in guanylin and uroguanylin, or a single disulfide exemplified by lymphoguanylin. These peptides bind to and activate cell-surface r...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Fonteles MC,do Nascimento NR

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated a 40% increase in myocardial blood flow (MBF) during hypercapnia but no significant decrease of MBF during hypocapnia. The present study was undertaken to evaluate if epinephrine infusion, which increases both myocardial oxygen consumption (MVo2) and myocardial performance, might influe...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Wexels JC,Myhre ES,Mjøs OD

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin sensitivity and resistance were examined in vivo in uremic rats by using tracer methods which permit the assessment of "non-steady-state" glucose kinetics. By relating the changes in the rates of glucose output by the liver (Ra), uptake by tissues (Rd), and metabolic clearance (MCR) to immunoreactive glucagon ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Perez G,Carteni G,Ungaro B,Saccà L

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing literature provides an equivocal picture of the behavior of mitochondrial synthesis during the time course of cardiac hypertrophy. Therefore, we examined the effect of cardiac hypertrophy on mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (CYTOX) activity, the content of CYTOX subunit VIc mRNA, and the expression of molec...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Nishio ML,Ornatsky OI,Craig EE,Hood DA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the protective effects of pomegranate (Punica granatum) juice (PGJ) on oxidative damages in liver tissue and erythrocytes of rats intoxicated by sodium fluoride (NaF). Rats were randomly divided into two groups: group I received standard diet and group II received orally ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bouasla A,Bouasla I,Boumendjel A,Abdennour C,El Feki A,Messarah M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of endogenous and exogenous diacylglycerol (DG) was studied in SM-3 cells derived from rabbit aortic smooth muscle to determine the biochemical step(s) responsible for degrading DG second messengers. Incubation of growth-arrested SM-3 cells with [3H]myristate for 2 h resulted in selective labelling of c...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Migas I,Chuang M,Sasaki Y,Severson DL

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of xanthine--xanthine oxidase produced oxygen radicals were studied in hypertrophied rat hearts in a Langendorff preparation. Heart hypertrophy was produced by banding of the abdominal aorta for 6 weeks. This resulted in a 22% increase in ventricle/body weight ratio compared with that of sham-operated controls...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gupta M,Gameiro A,Singal PK

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioavailabilities of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) and of salicylic acid were studied in male Wistar rats after acute and chronic administration of a Capsicum annuum extract, containing 100 mg of capsaicin per gram. With a single administration of 100 mg/kg of the extract, aspirin blood levels remained unchanged,...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Cruz L,Castañeda-Hernández G,Navarrete A

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The world-wide increase in cancer incidence imposes a corresponding significant increase in the use of chemotherapeutic agents. Nephrotoxicity is a side effect frequently encountered with cyclophosphamide (CP), which is also well-known to cause acute and chronic lung toxicities. The current study focuses on the evalua...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Said E,Elkashef WF,Abdelaziz RR

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mesenteric vascular bed preparation of control and pinealectomized (PX) male Wistar rats was used to examine vascular reactivity to two concentrations each of norepinephrine, serotonin, angiotensin, and potassium. Vasoconstrictor responses to 50- and 100-ng injections of norepinephrine and 0.5- and 1.0-microgram i...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Cunnane SC,Manku MS,Oka M,Horrobin DF

更新日期：1980-03-01 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：:Cardiac dysfunction due to ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) is associated with marked changes in membrane function and subsequent Ca2+-handling abnormalities in cardiomyocytes. The membrane abnormalities in hearts subjected to I/R arise primarily from oxidative stress as a consequence of increased formation of reactive oxyg...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Tappia PS,Asemu G,Rodriguez-Leyva D

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence of four different culture media: 20% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 5% FBS, 5% FBS supplemented with 10 mg x L(-1) linoleic acid (18:2(n-6)) or alpha-linolenic acid (18:3(n-3)) on alpha-linolenic acid apical uptake in clone TC7 of human intestinal Caco-2 cell line. Neither cellular viability n...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Tranchant T,Besson P,Hoinard C,Pinault M,Alessandri JM,Delarue J,Couet C,Goré J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II (AngII) plays an important role in the regulation of vascular smooth muscle function. However, little is known about AngII and its receptors AT1 (AT1R) and AT2 (AT2R) and their modulation of intracellular calcium in vascular endothelial cells (VECs) in general and more particularly of human origin. Usin...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kamal M,Jacques D,Bkaily G

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remote ischemia-reperfusion detrimentally affects myocardial function by initially interfering with the rate of contraction. We investigated the usefulness of isoproterenol versus external electrical pacing in attenuating secondary functional damage of isolated Wistar rat atria. Atrial strips (n = 10/group) were bathe...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ben-Abraham R,Shapira I,Szold A,Weinbroum AA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in electrical potential difference and sodium-potassium ATPase activity of rectal mucosa in dogs were examined before and after jejunal-ileal bypass surgery. The potential difference in the postoperative period was significantly higher (P less than 0.05) than the preoperative value. The potential difference in...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Grahame GR,Shoenut JP,Takeo S,Sharma GP

更新日期：1983-05-01 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：:Changes in metabolic characteristics of the liver and jejunal epithelia as a result of feeding the beta-agonist albuterol to chickens for 3 and 6 weeks were studied. Feeding albuterol resulted in a change in weights of the liver and small intestines. Chickens fed albuterol for 6 weeks had greater levels of plasma none...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rompala RE,Darre MJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholine (ACh)-mediated vagal transmission as well as nonneuronal ACh release are considered cardioprotective in pathological situations with increased sympathetic drive such as ischemia-reperfusion and cardiac remodeling. ACh action is terminated by hydrolysis by the cholinesterases (ChEs), acetylcholinesterase,...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kilianova Z,Ciznarova N,Szmicsekova K,Slobodova L,Hrabovska A

更新日期：2020-07-01 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