Motor response of the human isolated small intestine and urinary bladder to porcine neuromedin U-8.

abstract：:The effects of several anticonvulsant drugs on sodium-dependent high affinity choline uptake (HACU) in mouse hippocampal synaptosomes was investigated. HACU was measured in vitro after in vivo administration of the drug to mice. HACU was inhibited by drugs which have in common the ability to facilitate gamma-aminobuty...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Miller JA,Richter JA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effects of presynaptic alpha-adrenoceptor blockade on both the efflux of 3H-transmitter and on the magnitude of the effector response were measured simultaneously in a smooth muscle preparation which responds to field stimulation with noradrenergic beta-receptor-mediated relaxation. 2 In the presence of atropine...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kalsner S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The responses of excitatory junctions on locust skeletal muscle fibres to iontophoretically applied L-glutamic acid and DL-ibotenic acid, a rigidly extended analogue of glutamate, were recorded by means of intracellular microelectrodes.2 Iontophoresis of L-glutamate to junctional sites produced transient depolarizat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Clark RB,Gration KA,Usherwood PN

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. A method is presented which enables the dissociation constant (KI) of a competitive, pseudo-irreversible or non-competitive antagonist-receptor complex to be estimated without knowledge of agonist concentrations. 2. The technique has been tested using sets of concentration-response data which simulated these variou...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mackay D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The histamine H4 receptor is widely expressed in cells of immune origin and has been shown to play a role in a variety of inflammatory processes mediated by histamine. In this report, we describe the in vitro and in vivo anti-inflammatory properties of a potent histamine H4 receptor antagonist, A...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Strakhova MI,Cuff CA,Manelli AM,Carr TL,Witte DG,Baranowski JL,Vortherms TA,Miller TR,Rundell L,McPherson MJ,Adair RM,Brito AA,Bettencourt BM,Yao BB,Wetter JM,Marsh KC,Liu H,Cowart MD,Brioni JD,Esbenshade TA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (AM) has two known receptors formed by the calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CL) and receptor activity-modifying protein (RAMP) 2 or 3: we report the effects of the antagonist fragments of human AM and CGRP (AM22-52 and CGRP8-37) in inhibiting AM at human (h), rat (r) and mixed species CL/RAMP2 and CL/...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hay DL,Howitt SG,Conner AC,Schindler M,Smith DM,Poyner DR

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The rectum isolated from the fowl was perfused with Tyrode solution via the caudal mesenteric artery. Noradrenaline and adrenaline were biologically or fluorimetrically assayed in perfusates collected before and during stimulation of Remak's nerve or of the periarterial nerves.2 Perfusates collected during nerve sti...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Komori S,Ohashi H,Okada T,Takewaki T

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Hydrogen sulphide (H(2) S) is gaining acceptance as a gaseous signal molecule. However, mechanisms regarding signal termination are not understood. We used stigmatellin and antimycin A, inhibitors of sulphide quinone reductase (SQR), to test the hypothesis that the catabolism of H(2) S involves S...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Linden DR,Furne J,Stoltz GJ,Abdel-Rehim MS,Levitt MD,Szurszewski JH

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of the potassium channel openers, NIP-121 and cromakalim, on agonist-induced relaxation of the guinea-pig isolated trachea was investigated and the results were compared with those in the epithelium-denuded trachea. 2. Tracheal strips were incubated with a potassium channel opener or vehicle for 30 min i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shikada K,Tanaka S

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was confirmed that morphine administration in vivo produced a selective decrease in the calcium content of synaptosomal fractions prepared from rat cerebral cortices. This effect was prevented by naloxone. 2 After morphine or naloxone, there were no changes in the sodium, potassium and magnesium contents of any of ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cardenas HL,Ross DH

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) mediate protective effects on several metabolic disorders. However, the functions of their metabolites in the early stage of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are largely unknown. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Mice were fed a control diet, high-fat diet...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wang C,Liu W,Yao L,Zhang X,Zhang X,Ye C,Jiang H,He J,Zhu Y,Ai D

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Steady state fever has been produced in rabbits with a priming injection followed by a sustaining infusion of homologous plasma containing endogenous pyrogen (EP). This fever appears to last as long as the infusion continues.2. Intravenous salicylate given 1 h after the start of the EP infusion produced only a smal...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cranston WI,Luff RH,Rawlins MD,Wright VA

更新日期：1971-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The ability of the putative, selective post-junctional alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonist, SK&F 104078 to antagonize the effects of structurally-diverse agonists at pre-junctional alpha 2-adrenoceptors in the guinea-pig ileum and rat vas deferens in vitro and in the rat heart in vivo, and at post-junctional alpha 2-ad...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Akers I,Coates J,Drew GM,Sullivan AT

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. U937 cells are a continuous line of human cells of committed monocytic origin which serve as a useful model for studying human monocytic function. The present study investigated the effect of platelet-activating factor (Paf) on intracellular free calcium ion concentration ([Ca2+]i) in U937 cells using the calcium f...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ward SG,Westwick J

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Primary porcine hepatocytes and enterocytes were isolated and cultured in Williams' E medium for up to 10 days to investigate potential organ differences in the metabolism of the immunosuppressive compound tacrolimus (FK 506) and of two investigational drugs (KC11346 and KC12291). Using LC-MS (FK506) and HPLC-FL (K...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bader A,Hansen T,Kirchner G,Allmeling C,Haverich A,Borlak JT

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Orexins have been demonstrated to play important roles in many physiological processes. However, it is not known how orexin A affects the activity of the hypoglossal motoneuron (HMN) and genioglossus (GG) muscle. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:GG muscle electromyograms (GG-EMG) were recorded in anaesthet...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Zhang GH,Liu ZL,Zhang BJ,Geng WY,Song NN,Zhou W,Cao YX,Li SQ,Huang ZL,Shen LL

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The beneficial effect of 5-HT6 receptor antagonism in cognition remains controversial. This study has been undertaken to reassess the cognition enhancing properties of acute vs subchronic treatment with the selective 5-HT6 receptor antagonist SB-271046 in unimpaired rats, as well as against scopo...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Marcos B,Chuang TT,Gil-Bea FJ,Ramirez MJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The endocannabinoid system and the cannabinoid CB(1) receptor have been identified in human sperm, and it is well known that endocannabinoids have pronounced adverse effects on male and female reproduction. In order to elucidate further the pathophysiological role of the endocannabinoid system in...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Aquila S,Guido C,Santoro A,Gazzerro P,Laezza C,Baffa MF,Andò S,Bifulco M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To determine the possible role of Ca(2+)-activated K+ (KCa) channels in the regulation of resting tone of arteries from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), the effects of agents which interact with these channels on tension and 86Rb efflux were compared in endothelium-denuded strips of carotid, femoral and mesen...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Asano M,Masuzawa-Ito K,Matsuda T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) binding site densities and constrictor activities were compared in airway smooth muscle preparations of human, guinea-pig, rat and mouse. 2. The mean contractile response to 0.3 microM ET-1 (measured as the % maximum response to 10 microM carbachol, % Cmax +/- s.e.mean) and the mean concentratio...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Henry PJ,Rigby PJ,Self GJ,Preuss JM,Goldie RG

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the discovery of the first effective antiviral compound (idoxuridine) in 1959, nucleoside analogues, especially acyclovir (ACV) for the treatment of herpesvirus infections, have dominated antiviral therapy for several decades. However, ACV and similar acyclic nucleosides suffer from low aqueous solubility an...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： De Clercq E,Field HJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The interactions between N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) were investigated in striatal slices, by utilizing intracellular recordings, both in current- and voltage-clamp mode. 2. Bath-application (50 microM) or focal application of NMDA induced a transient membrane depolariz...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pisani A,Calabresi P,Centonze D,Bernardi G

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Sarcolemmal membranes were isolated from normal and from denervated muscles and the specific binding of [125I]-alpha-bungarotoxin to the membranes was determined. 2. Cytosol prepared from either slow (soleus) or fast (extensor digitorum longus) muscle increased the toxin binding. Similar effects were seen with cyto...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Harborne AJ,Smith ME

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Gallium (Ga) has been shown to be effective in the treatment of disorders associated with accelerated bone loss, including cancer-related hypercalcemia and Paget's disease. These clinical applications suggest that Ga could reduce bone resorption. However, few studies have studied the effects of G...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Verron E,Masson M,Khoshniat S,Duplomb L,Wittrant Y,Baud'huin M,Badran Z,Bujoli B,Janvier P,Scimeca JC,Bouler JM,Guicheux J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AM-36 is a novel neuroprotective agent incorporating both antioxidant and Na(+) channel blocking actions. In cerebral ischaemia, loss of cellular ion homeostasis due to Na(+) channel activation, together with increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, are thought to contribute to neuronal death. Since neurona...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Callaway JK,Beart PM,Jarrott B,Giardina SF

更新日期：2001-04-01 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. 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：:By examination of compound action potentials in the saphenous nerve of the anaesthetized rat it has been shown that capsaicin causes a rapid, dose-dependent, failure of conduction in many C-fibres when applied directly to the nerve. A large reduction in C-fibre conduction occurs with concentrations as low as 110 micro...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Baranowski R,Lynn B,Pini A

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Heparin is known to possess a range of activities, other than effects on blood coagulation, many of which are anti-inflammatory. Effects with potential anti-inflammatory applications include the inhibition of elastase release from neutrophils, as well as the adhesion of these cells to vascular en...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lever R,Lo WT,Faraidoun M,Amin V,Brown RA,Gallagher J,Page CP

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The selectivity and specificity of RX 781094 [2-(2-(1,4 benzodioxanyl))2-imidazoline HCl] for alpha-adrenoceptors have been examined in peripheral tissues. 2 In isolated tissue experiments RX 781094 was a competitive antagonist at prejunctional alpha 2-adrenoceptors situated on the sympathetic nerve terminals of the...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Doxey JC,Roach AG,Smith CF

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00