Role of the different calcium sources in the excitation-contraction coupling in crab muscle fibers.

abstract：:We have investigated the influence of dopaminergic agents on the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene in relation with lipid levels in chronic mild stress (CMS). Mice subjected to CMS were treated with simvastatin (10 mg/kg, per os (orally)) along with bromocriptine (2 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rana DG,Patel AK,Joshi CG,Jhala MK,Goyal RK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have demonstrated that chronic intermittent hypobaric hypoxia (CIHH) can reduce blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats and renovascular hypertensive (RVH) rats in which endothelial dysfunction is determined as a critical factor. However, whether CIHH can regulate vasodilation of the aorta in RV...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Fu C,Li N,Yuan Y,Wang R,Chen J,Yang J,Guo Z,Wang S,Zhang Y,Liu Y,Dong J

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:This study was conducted to examine the protective role of crude polysaccharide from brown seaweed Sargassum polycystum against acetaminophen-induced abnormality in blood glucose, serum albumin/globulin ratio, and liver glycogen, lactate, and pyruvate. Liver and renal tissue histology was performed to confirm the effi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Raghavendran HR,Srinivasan P

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold ischemia--warm reperfusion (CI/WR) injury of liver transplantation involves hepatocyte cell death, the nature and underlying mechanisms of which remain unclear. Isolated hepatocytes and isolated perfused livers were used to determine the prevalence of necrosis and apoptosis as well as mitochondrial dysfunction. I...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Duval M,Plin C,Elimadi A,Vallerand D,Tillement JP,Morin D,Haddad PS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of beta-adrenergic blocking agents, timolol and atenolol (1-1000 microM), were studied on rat heart sarcolemmal ATPase and Ca2+ binding activities. Timolol, unlike atenolol, increased both Ca2+-stimulated ATPase and ATP-dependent Ca2+ binding; the maximal effects were seen at 1 microM concentration of timo...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Dzurba A,Ganguly PK,Beamish RE,Dhalla NS

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geniposide (GP) is one of main compounds in Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, with both medicinal and nutritional value. This study was designed to determine, for the first time, how GP from G. jasminoides protects against acute alcohol-induced liver injury, and the underlying mechanisms. Mice were orally administered alcoh...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Wang J,Zhang Y,Liu R,Li X,Cui Y,Qu L

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied during 30 days the effect of a low dose of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (1 mg.kg-1.day-1 in drinking water) in the presence of D- or L-arginine (1 mg.kg-1.day-1 in drinking water) in comparison with D- or L-arginine alone on blood pressure and renal function in conscious uninephrectomized female sp...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Reverte M,Flores O,Gallego B,Lestón A,López-Novoa JM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular spikes were recorded from cell bodies of sympathetic preganglionic neurones in spinal segments T1-T3 of the cat. Each neurone was identified by its antidromic response to electrical stimulation of the sympathetic chain and was found in histological sections to lie within the intermediolateral nucleus. Ph...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Backman SB,Henry JL

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The numbers and sizes of nerve fibres to the dorsal neck muscles, splenius, complexus and biventer cervicis have been examined in the cat. The total number of fibres is unusually high as is the content of sensory fibres (estimated as the loss of fibres after ganglionectomy). The fibre spectra of these sensory nerves h...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Richmond FJ,Anstee GC,Sherwin EA,Abrahams VC

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activators of the slow delayed rectifier K⁺ current (IKs) have been suggested as promising tools for suppressing ventricular arrhythmias due to prolongation of repolarization. Recently, L-364,373 (R-L3) was nominated to activate IKs in myocytes from several species; however, in some studies, it failed to activate IKs....

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Corici C,Kohajda Z,Kristóf A,Horváth A,Virág L,Szél T,Nagy N,Szakonyi Z,Fülöp F,Muntean DM,Varró A,Jost N

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report reviews the research and mentoring career of Richard B. Stein (1940-). In 1962, he completed a B.S. degree in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, and thereafter an M.A. (1964), Ph.D. (1966), and postdoctoral training (1966-68) at the University of Oxford, UK. He subsequently assumed ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Stuart DG

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study developed an animal model of gestational obesity and prediabetes in Sprague Dawley rats using 35% sucrose supplementation (SS). Postprandially, insulin stimulates glucose uptake and nutrient partitioning via insulin-dependent as well as Hepatic Insulin Sensitizing Substance (HISS)-dependent action. HISS is ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lovat NEJ,Legare DJ,Lautt WW

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins are determined to have various pleiotropic effects apart from their lipid-lowering properties. Herein, we investigated the direct effects of atorvastatin on gastric smooth muscle tone. Atorvastatin effectively relaxed isolated rat gastric fundus strips precontracted with acetylcholine, potassium chloride, and ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kaleli-Durman D,Alp-Yıldırım Fİ,Özdemir O,Uydeş-Doğan BS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Space travelers experience anorexia and body weight loss in a microgravity environment, and microgravity-like situations cause changes in hypothalamic activity. Hypothalamic melanocortins play a critical role in the regulation of metabolism. Therefore, we hypothesized that microgravity affects metabolism through alter...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lew PS,Wong D,Yamaguchi T,Leckstrom A,Schwartz J,Dodd JG,Mizuno TM

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:We used the clearance ratio test to determine whether the presence of albumin enhances the uptake of palmitate by hepatocyte monolayers. If uptake is facilitated, then the ratio of palmitate clearance by hepatocytes in the presence of 600 and 300 microM albumin (i.e., Clt600/Clt300) will exceed the square root of the ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Burczynski FJ,Moran JB,Cai ZS

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes mellitus reduces lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity in the heart. The diabetic phenotype of decreased LPL activity in freshly isolated cardiomyocytes persisted after overnight culture (16 h). Total cellular LPL activity was 311+/-56 nmol oleate released x h(-1) x mg(-1) cell protein in diabetic cultured...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ewart HS,Carroll R,Severson DL

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is general agreement about potentiation in dose-response studies, characterized by a left shift of the dose-response curve of A by a fixed dose of B when B is causing no effect by itself (simple situation). When B causes an effect similar to A (complex situation) by binding to different molecular sites, we propo...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Pöch G,Reiffenstein RJ,Köck P,Pancheva SN

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：: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：:In vivo fatty acid synthesis and the pathways of glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) production were investigated in brown adipose tissue (BAT) from rats fed a cafeteria diet for 3 weeks. In spite of BAT activation, the diet promoted an increase in the carcass fatty acid content. Plasma insulin levels were markedly increased i...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Chaves VE,Frasson D,Martins-Santos ME,Navegantes LC,Galban VD,Garófalo MA,Kettelhut IC,Migliorini RH

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:Rats were treated daily with atropine (2.5 mg/kg), imipramine (5 mg/kg), viloxazine (5 mg/kg), or saline for 14 days. Thirty-six hours following the final injection the rats were anaesthetized with urethane and the sensitivity of neurones in the somatosensory cortex to iontophoretically applied acetylcholine (ACh) was...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Jones RS

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of localized distension of the pulmonary vein - left atrial junctions on plasma arginine vasopressin (AVP) have been examined in chloralose anaesthetized dogs. Pulmonary vein distension caused an increase in heart rate and a decrease in plasma AVP concentration. Cooling the vagosympathetic nerves to 10 deg...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Wilson N,Ledsome JR

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noradrenaline spillover from skeletal muscle vascular areas increases during exercise but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Muscle contraction itself causes changes in many factors that could affect noradrenaline spillover. For instance, it has been reported that bradykinin is synthesized in skeletal ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lavoie JL,Béliveau L

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate whether and how triiodothyronine (T3) affects renal function in an experimental model of chronic kidney disease. Twenty-four female rats were divided into the following groups: sham-operated control group (n = 8), 5/6 nephrectomized group (Nx, n = 8), and 5/6 nephrectomized group...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： El Agaty SM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies demonstrate the critical role of the extracellular matrix in the organization of parenchymal cells in the heart. Thus, an understanding of the modes of regulation of matrix production by cardiac myofibroblasts is essential. Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) signaling is transduced through the c...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Cunnington RH,Nazari M,Dixon IM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theanine and caffeine, 2 naturally occurring components in tea, have repeatedly been shown to deliver unique cognitive benefits when consumed in combination. In this study, we assessed the beneficial synergistic effects of concurrent treatment with theanine and caffeine against cerebral damage in rats. Theanine and ca...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Sun L,Tian X,Gou L,Ling X,Wang L,Feng Y,Yin X,Liu Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mesenteric circulation of the rat a myogenic autoregulatory system operates at 0.1-0.15 Hz. Negative admittance phase in the region above 0.2 Hz suggested operation of an arterial baroreflex. The present study was designed to test this interpretation and to identify the neurotransmitter involved. In rats anesth...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Abu-Amarah I,Cupples WA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00