Pre- and postsynaptic mechanisms involved in tetanic fade induced by pancuronium in the isolated rat muscle.

abstract：:The transketolase activity (TKA) of the white and red blood cells of oral contraceptive users was studied in an unselected sample population. Compared with healthy controls of corresponding age, the white cell TKA in the oral contraceptive groups was lowered in about 30%. The red cell TKA was lowered in about 15% of...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Markkanen T,Himanen P,Peltola O

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GPR61 is an orphan receptor that belongs to Class A of G-protein-coupled receptors. It has been reported that GPR61 has a constitutive activity and couples to Gαs. In the present study, we characterized GPR61 function and ligand binding by experimental and molecular docking studies. We demonstrated that heterologous e...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Kozielewicz P,Grafton G,Sajkowska-Kozielewicz JJ,Barnes NM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of alpha-adrenergic agonists on 45Ca efflux from slices of rat liver were studied and the results compared to earlier studies on the rabbit aorta. Norepinephrine and phenylephrine (PE) cause a stimulation of 45Ca efflux which was due to alpha 1-receptor activation. The mitochondrial uncoupler dinitrophenol...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Lynch CJ,Deth RC

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supplementation of antioxidants such as vitamin E and vitamin C as health promotion food is popular recently. Epidemiological studies supported the beneficial effect of these antioxidants because oxygen free radicals have been linked to the process of diseases and aging. The present study evaluated the effect of alpha...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Huang W,Chan P,Chen Y,Chen C,Liao S,Chin W,Cheng J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of changes in the sodium balance on angiotensin II-induced pressor responses were studied in the pithed rat preparation, which is characterized by a highly activated renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) with high plasma renin and angiotensin II concentrations. The pressor response to angiotensin I...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Knape JT,van Zwieten PA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multidrug resistance (MDR) presents a problem in cancer chemotherapy, and developing new agents to overcome MDR is important. This study intends to investigate the reversal effect of -elemene on MDR in human breast carcinoma MCF-7 and doxorubicin-resistant MCF-7 cells. METHODS:MTT cytotoxicity assays, flow ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Xu HB,Li L,Fu J,Mao XP,Xu LZ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of some ergot derivatives on the electroencephalogram and behavior of laboratory animals (mice, rats, rabbits) have been surveyed. The interference of bromocriptine on the dopaminergic central systems has been studied using behavioral (interference with the effects induced by L-dopa, 5HT, TRF or neurolepti...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Longo VG,Loizzo A

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the myocardial benefit effect and mechanism of paeoniflorin on myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury (MIRI) in rats. METHODS:Hundred SD rats were randomly divided into 5 groups: sham group, model group, Paeoniflorin (15 mg/kg) group, Paeoniflorin (30 mg/kg) group, and Paeoniflorin (60 mg/kg) group....

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Wu F,Ye B,Wu X,Lin X,Li Y,Wu Y,Tong L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the antihypertensive effect of 5-HT1A agonist (buspirone) and 5-HT2B antagonists (SB204741 and SB200646) in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt-induced hypertensive rats. Experiments were divided into two sets: in the first set, sham-operated control and DOCA-treated hypertensive rats received busp...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Shingala JR,Balaraman R

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior studies revealed an apparent bimodal distribution of adrenal xenobiotic-metabolizing activities in outbred guinea pigs. High activities were characteristic of most animals but a minority had very low rates of metabolism. The present studies were done to determine the basis for this distribution. Among the enzyma...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Colby HD,Huang Y,Jiang Q,Voigt JM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a discrete-trial avoidance-escape schedule in rats the interactions of morphine (M), chlorpromazine (C) and Haloperidol (H) were studied. All three drugs given alone or in combination disrupted operant behavior. At low doses C and H potentiated each other's effect, while at high doses antagonism could be observe...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Tarnawa I,Székely JI

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dependence of intestinal absorption of xenobiotics on the blood flow rate increases from blood flow independent to blood flow limited absorption as the absorbability of the substances increases. Since the absorbed substances are mainly drained by the blood flowing through the subepithelial vessels, not only the to...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Winne D

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect and mechanism of action of serotonin (5-HT) were studied in the pulmonary circulation of normal and diabetic rabbits. 5-HT (10, 50 and 100 nmol/l) produced a concentration-dependent increase in rabbit pulmonary arterial tension. Pulmonary arterial rings from diabetic rabbits were more responsive to 5-HT com...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： el-Kashef H

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the properties of the drug interaction between morphine and 5-HT(3) receptor antagonist at the spinal level. The nociceptive state was induced by subcutaneously injecting formalin solution (5%, 50 microl) into the hindpaw of the rats. Intrathecal morphine and m-CPBG (5-HT(3) receptor agonist) dose-dependen...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Yoon MH,Bae HB,Choi JI,Kim SJ,Chung ST,Kim CM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Functional linkages between the cannabinoid CB(1) and the dopaminergic systems have been reported although the observations and the mechanisms hypothesizing their interactions at the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) functionality level are conflicting. METHODS:Administration of a potent cannabinoid ag...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Nguyen VH,Wang H,Verdurand M,Zavitsanou K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the effects of hypercholesterolemia on basal vascular tone and vascular responses to pharmacologic agents in hindquarter resistance vessels. Blood pressure and hindquarter blood flow were measured in conscious rabbits fed a high cholesterol diet (1%) for 17 weeks (HC) compa...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Fitch R,Da Cunha V,Kauser K,Dole W,Parkinson J,Vergona R,Sullivan ME,Wang YX

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of cannabinoid receptor agonists on (45)Ca(2+) uptake in rat brain synaptosomes. A cannabinoid receptor agonist, (R)-(+)-[2,3-dihydro-5-methyl-3-[(4-merpholino)methyl]pyrrolo-[1,2,3-de]-1,4-benzoxazin-6-yl](1-naphthyl)methanone (WIN 55212-2) dose-dependently inhibited (45)Ca(2+) uptake in rat s...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Yoshihara S,Morimoto H,Ohori M,Yamada Y,Abe T,Arisaka O

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the effects of ghrelin against the gastric damage induced by intragastric administration of 0.6 N HCl and the involvement of histamine H₃ receptors (H₃Rs) were investigated in conscious rats with selective H₃R ligands. Intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of ghrelin (40 μg/kg) significantly reduced (...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Adami M,Pozzoli C,Leurs R,Stark H,Coruzzi G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the vascular effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and Exendin-4 in type 2 diabetic rat aortae. Studies were performed in a normal control group (NC) (0.2 ml i.p. saline, n = 10), streptozotocin (STZ)/nicotinamide diabetic control group (DC) (a single dose of 80 mg/kg STZ i.p. injection 15 min aft...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Ozyazgan S,Kutluata N,Afşar S,Ozdaş SB,Akkan AG

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of sammarium (Sm3+) on drug responsiveness of the isolated guinea pig ileum were studied. The lanthanid at the concentration of 2x10(-4) M reduced responsiveness to acetylcholine, histamine and submaximal concentrations of potassium. The maximum response to potassium and the responsiveness to barium remain...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Turrin MA,De Moraes S

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study investigates factors influencing the severity of opiate withdrawal symptoms, focusing on the relationship between methadone dose and withdrawal severity among opiate-dependent in-patients receiving methadone detoxification. METHODS:The sample comprised 48 opiate-dependent patients admitted to a speciali...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Glasper A,Gossop M,de Wet C,Reed L,Bearn J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen radicals have been considered to be important regulatory molecules in Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric ulceration and carcinogenesis. H. pylori-induced inflammation has been shown to be associated with cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in experimental animals and human patients. This study aimed to determi...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Kim H,Seo JY,Kim KH

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Targeting inflammation in patients with coronary artery disease and/or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a matter of debate. Methotrexate (MTX) is one of the most widely used immunosuppressants. Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction Trial (CIRT) recently failed to demonstrate reduced cardiovascular events...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Dannenberg L,Trojovsky K,Ayhan A,Helten C,Zako S,M'Pembele R,Mourikis P,Benkhoff M,Ignatov D,Sarabhai T,Petzold T,Huhn-Wientgen R,Zeus T,Kelm M,Levkau B,Polzin A

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The observations that people infected with HIV suffer not only from an inflammatory stress but also from depleted glutathione levels have led to a general hypothesis that these two are causally related, and that treatment of AIDS should include thiol-replenishment therapy. In particular, inflammatory stimulations are ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Roederer M,Staal FJ,Ela SW,Herzenberg LA,Herzenberg LA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effects of beraprost sodium on the proliferation and oxidative stress of glomerular mesangial cells under high glucose conditions, a rat mesangial cell line (rat mesangial cells; RMCs) was treated with beraprost sodium in the presence of high glucose concentrations. Proliferation rates of mesangial ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Zhang LY,Zou JJ,Liu ZM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a purine precursor, AICAriboside (5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide riboside), on postischemic recovery of myocardial function and adenine nucleotides have been studied in the isolated blood-perfused cat heart. The isolated hearts received either AICAriboside or saline prior to 60 min of global ischemia an...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Mitsos SE,Jolly SR,Lucchesi BR

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulinogenic response to a standard i.v. dose of a sulfonylurea can be markedly augmented in normal, conscious dogs if they are given 30 min earlier a single i.v. dose of dihydroergotamine (DHE). Since the parent substance ergotamine posssed no such amplifying properties, further experiments were conducted to cla...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Sirek A,Sirek OV,Policova Z,Kerekes A

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have indicated that structurally dissimilar serotonin2 (5HT2) antagonists can protect globally ischemic/reperfused reperfused rat hearts. We therefore determined if the 5HT2 antagonist cinanserin can protect the ischemic myocardium in two models of pacing-induced ischemia in anesthetized dogs. In one ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Grover GJ,Parham CS,Youssef S,Ogletree ML

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of once-a day trazodone tablets (Trittico Prolong® 300 mg) in patients with moderate to severe depression in routine clinical practice. METHODS:Men and women ≥18 years old with Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) scores...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Češková E,Šedová M,Kellnerová R,Starobová O

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequent resistance of malignant tumors to chemotherapy documents the fact that numerous patients are uselessly traumatized by highly toxic drugs. Investigations into this resistance have shown that many different mechanisms exist which can abolish the antitumor action of chemotherapeutics. So far, no safe method ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Lippert TH,Ruoff HJ,Volm M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00