Beneficial synergistic effects of concurrent treatment with theanine and caffeine against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.

abstract：:The effect of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of the alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists clonidine and B-HT 920 on mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), and plasma concentrations of noradrenaline and adrenaline was examined in conscious unrestrained rats. The injection of 1.0 microgram clonidine signific...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： King KA,Pang CC

更新日期：1988-11-01 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：:In previous studies we have been able to demonstrate tighter metabolic control of muscle metabolism during prolonged steady-state exercise 5 to 6 days after the initiation of training and well before changes in oxidative potential. To examine whether the metabolic adaptations are manifested during the non-steady-state...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Green HJ,Cadefau J,Cussó R,Ball-Burnett M,Jamieson G

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major hallmark of rotator cuff tendinopathies (RCT) is the disorganization of tendon extracellular matrix (ECM) which is due to decrease in the collagen I-to-collagen III ratio. In addition, the pathology of tendon matrisome remains asymptomatic and hypoxia has been identified to be the priming signal to initiate ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Thankam FG,Agrawal DK

更新日期：2020-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of estrogen on the passive characteristics of arteries is not known. We hypothesized that estrogen would increase arterial distensibility as part of its protective effect on the vasculature. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were ovariectomized at 11 weeks of age. One group received a placebo (n = 6), while two ot...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Zhang Y,Davidge ST

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:Vascular smooth muscle tone is regulated primarily by the sarcoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration, which determines the level of myosin phosphorylation. Stimulation of the muscle results in an increase in free [Ca2+], whereupon Ca2+ binds to calmodulin, inducing a conformational change enabling calmodulin to interact wit...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Walsh MP

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult rats treated with high doses of streptozocin became progressively more hyperglycemic during the first month of the diabetic condition. Treatment of these rats with the sulfonylurea glyburide halted, and in some cases, reversed this process in a high percentage of the diabetics. Associated with the glyburide-medi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Mozaffari MS,Wilson GL,Schaffer SW

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of U46619, a thromboxane mimic, on cytosolic Ca2+ concentration and platelet aggregation were determined in human platelets. Cytosolic Ca2+ concentration was determined by Quin-2 fluorescence and platelet aggregation quantitated with an aggregometer. Addition of U46619 (1 x 10(-7) M) to the platelet suspen...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Yun JC,Ohman KP,Gill JR Jr,Keiser H

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of the presynaptic fiber volley (PSFV), the population excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP), and the extracellular pH in the dendritic CA1 layer of rat hippocampal slices were used to evaluate the effects of lactacidosis on central synaptic transmission. Replacement of NaCl with sodium lactate (up to ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Walz W,Harold DE

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural products from plants such as flavonoids are potential drugs to overcome multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer treatments. However, their modes of action are still unclear. In this study, the effects of quercetin on mitochondrial membrane potential (DeltaPsim) change as well as quercetin's ability to induce apop...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kothan S,Dechsupa S,Leger G,Moretti JL,Vergote J,Mankhetkorn S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of xenobiotics, viz., 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (TCBP), sodium phenobarbital (PB), 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-2, 4,6-trimethylpyridine (OX-DDC), and nifedipine, cause a decrease in uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROG-D) activity, accompanied by uroporphyrin accumulation, in chick embryo hepatocytes in culture...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Green-Thompson RP,Kimmett SM,Marks GS

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether the renal responses to atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) are altered in the diabetic state, the diuretic and natriuretic responses to ANF (0.25 microgram.kg-1.min-1, i.v.) were measured in streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic (DIA) rats. Urine flow and sodium excretion were measured before and afte...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Patel KP,Zhang PL

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of 'steady-state' serum levels of anticonvulsant drugs from 221 epileptic patients at a university hospital was conducted. Serum concentrations of phenobarbital, primidone, and diphenylhydantoin were determined by a gas chromatographic method. Sixty-five percent (130) of the patients receiving diphenylhydanto...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Davis HL,Bailey DG,Johnson GE,Wilson TW

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cetamolol, a new beta-adrenoceptor blocker with partial agonist activity and cardioselectivity, was studied in vivo to determine its membrane-stabilizing effects. Comparisons were carried out with atenolol, pindolol, practolol, propranolol, timolol, dexpropranolol, lidocaine, and procaine. The following results indica...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Beaulieu G,Jaramillo J,Cummings JR

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of bosentan, a mixed endothelin receptor A and B subtype antagonist, on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and to explore the influence of the timing of bosentan administration on its cardioprotective effects. Adult rat hearts were perfused by the Langendorf...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Xia Z,Kuo KH,McNeill JH,Ansley DM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tea is perceived as more relaxing than coffee, even though both contain caffeine. L-theanine in tea may account for the difference. Consumed together, caffeine and theanine exert similar cognitive effects to that of caffeine alone, but exert opposite effects on arousal, in that caffeine accentuates and theanine mitiga...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Giles GE,Mahoney CR,Brunyé TT,Taylor HA,Kanarek RB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connexin43 has been recognized as forming gap junctions in Leydig cells. However, previous work has shown that mouse Leydig cells lacking this connexin do not suffer any limitation of their ability to produce testosterone when stimulated with luteinizing hormone. The objective of this study was to identify additional ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Li D,Sekhon P,Barr KJ,Márquez-Rosado L,Lampe PD,Kidder GM

更新日期：2013-02-01 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 development of cardiac hypertrophy was examined in rats given ethanol in a nutritionally adequate, liquid diet mixture, by intubation, in severely intoxicating doses at 8-h intervals for up to 96 h, alone or in combination with prazosin. Other groups of rats received isocalorically paired quantities of maltose-dex...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Adams MA,Hirst M

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our knowledge of the effects of exercise on the heart is limited by the predominant use of rats as an animal model. The rabbit has many advantages over the rat as an animal model to study. However, little work has characterized its capacity to exercise. The purposes of the present study were to determine if the rabbit...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Meng H,Pierce GN

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of varying dietary levels of zinc was evaluated in mice fed T-2 toxin. A semipurified diet was used to produce a low zinc (less than 2 parts per million (ppm], a zinc replete (100 ppm), and a high zinc (2500 ppm) diet. T-2 toxin was added to the three zinc diets at a concentration of 10 ppm. The mice were f...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Chanin BE,Hamilton DL,Hancock DS,Schiefer HB

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of barbiturates on human platelet function are not fully understood. Since we have already revealed the effects and mechanisms of thiopental, thiamylal, and pentobarbital in platelets, the present study attempted to elucidate (i) the effects of other barbiturates on human platelet aggregation, (ii) the und...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Sato M,Hirakata H,Ikeda M,Fukuda K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pertussis toxin (PTX) is a heterohexameric protein, which is divided into subunits A and B. The A-subunit (protomer) possesses adenine diphosphate (ADP) ribosyltransferase activity, and the B-oligomer confers cell surface binding specificity on the toxin. By virtue of the ADP-ribosylation activity in the A-subunit, PT...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Wong WS,Rosoff PM

更新日期：1996-05-01 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：: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：:Tissues from the duodenum and vas deferens of Sprague-Dawley rats were examined of the rat vas deferens and gap junctions. Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 54, 412-416. by electron microscopy after glutaraldehyde fixation and postosmication. Gap junctions (nexuses) were readily demonstrated in the duodenum in both control ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Paton DM,Buckland-Nicks J,Johns A

更新日期：1976-06-01 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：:Spironolactone at 10 mg per kilogram per day was given to control and 'one-kidney-one-clip' hypertensive dogs for 6--7 weeks. Compared with untreated animals the treated animals had a lower arterial water content, a higher arterial, myocardial, and skeletal muscle sodium content, and variable changes in tissue potassi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Constantopoulos G,Gutkowska J,Genest J

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-mitogenic agents currently used to prevent restenosis in drug-eluting stents delay re-endothelialization. Delayed re-endothelialization is now considered as the main cause of late stent thrombosis with drug-eluting stents, which emphasizes the need for new treatments. We have shown that systemic insulin treatment...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Chiang S,Breen DM,Guo J,Mori Y,Giacca A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00