The increase in body weight induced by lack of methyl CpG binding protein-2 is associated with altered leptin signalling in the hypothalamus.

abstract：:Altering [K+]o might have different effects on action potential duration (APD) in myocytes from different regions. Therefore, the effects of [K+]o on regional differences in action potential characteristics were investigated in sub-endocardial, mid-myocardial and sub-epicardial myocytes isolated from the base of guine...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Wan X,Bryant SM,Hart G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidants have been suggested to enhance contractile function in unfatigued muscle. In this study we aimed to determine the effect of oxidants on "chemically skinned" diaphragm muscle fibre bundles. The sarcoplasmic reticulum and contractile proteins were exposed to superoxide anions (O2-) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) ...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Darnley GM,Duke AM,Steele DS,MacFarlane NG

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular actions of insulin are complex, because it can stimulate both nitric oxide-mediated dilatation and endothelin (ET)-1-mediated constriction. We examined vasoreactivity to insulin in isolated feed arteries of the gastrocnemius (GFA) and soleus muscles (SFA) of 32-week-old Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) ...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Jenkins NT,Padilla J,Martin JS,Crissey JM,Thyfault JP,Rector RS,Laughlin MH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the regulatory role of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) on vasopressin (AVP) and aldosterone release in conscious rabbits, ANF was administered systematically at a rate of 15 pmol min-1 (kg body wt)-1 for 15 min in two series of experimental animals in which AVP and/or aldosterone production was stimulated...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Gerstberger R,Schütz H,Luther-Dyroff D,Keil R,Simon E

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? To what extent focal abdominal aortic aneurysmal (AAA) disease is associated with systemic remodelling of the vascular tree remains unknown. The present study examined whether anatomical differences exist between distances of the intervisceral artery origins and ...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Bailey DM,Evans TG,Thomas KG,White RD,Twine CP,Lewis MH,Williams IM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? What factors influence the onset and magnitude of activation of the neck inspiratory muscles during inspiration? What is the main finding and its importance? Recruitment of the sternocleidomastoid and scalene muscles during inspiration, measured by means of surfa...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Washino S,Mankyu H,Kanehisa H,Mayfield DL,Cresswell AG,Yoshitake Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were fed a liquid diet with the aim of decreasing nervous reflex activity in the parotid glands. In rats killed after 21 days on this diet the glands were atrophied and the total amounts of the neuropeptides, substance P, vasoactive intestinal peptide and calcitonin gene-related peptide, were lower than in contro...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Månsson B,Ekman R,Håkanson R,Ekström J

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? We investigated whether 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta-D-ribofuranoside (AICAR) could prevent acute increases in body fat and changes in omental and subcutaneous adipose tissue following the sudden transition from physical activity to physical inactivity. ...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Ruegsegger GN,Sevage JA,Childs TE,Grigsby KB,Booth FW

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the neuronal 5-HT3 receptor antagonist MDL 72222 has been investigated on the reflex tachypnoeic response to pulmonary embolism in pentobarbitone-anaesthetized rabbits. Pre-treatment with MDL 72222 (640 micrograms kg-1, 5 min prior to embolization) significantly attenuated the reflex tachypnoeic response...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Armstrong DJ,Kay IS

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical properties of the vascular smooth muscle from normal and dystrophin-deficient (mdx) mice were examined. Changes in resting and developed tensions in response to stretch were recorded in isolated portal vein. The vascular segments were elongated in 5 % increments of the 'in situ' length (Lr) up to 1.30Lr. Th...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Mancinelli R,Tonali P,Romani R,Tringali A,Vargiu R,AZZENA GB

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic bodies are arterial chemoreceptors presumed to monitor blood O2 content by unknown mechanisms, in contrast to their well-studied carotid body counterparts, which monitor PO2 and /pH. We recently showed that rat aortic body chemoreceptors (type I cells), located at the left vagus-recurrent laryngeal nerve bifurc...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Piskuric NA,Zhang M,Vollmer C,Nurse CA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contractile properties and fibre type composition of slow-twitch soleus muscles from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were compared with those from a control normotensive strain (Wistar-Kyoto, WKY). Male rats aged around 100 days were used, and muscle tension was recorded isometrically in vitro. Tetanic tension w...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Lewis DM,Levi AJ,Brooksby P,Jones JV

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we tested the hypothesis that, compared to young adult rats, senescent rats have a reduced ability to respond to muscle unloading. Unloading of the muscles was induced by hindlimb suspension (HS) of young adult and senescent rats for 21 days. Plantaris muscles from young adult rats had significantly high...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Alway SE,Lowe DA,Chen KD

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of the study? What are the effects of age and fitness on the vascular response to acute inflammation in younger and older adults? What is the main finding and its importance? In older adults, cardiorespiratory fitness level has a differential impact on endothelial function afte...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Schroeder EC,Lane-Cordova AD,Ranadive SM,Baynard T,Fernhall B

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? Non-invasive muscle function tests have not been validated for use in the study of muscle performance in high-fat-fed mice. What is the main finding and its importance? This study shows that grip strength, hang wire and four-limb hanging tests are able to discrim...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Martinez-Huenchullan SF,McLennan SV,Ban LA,Morsch M,Twigg SM,Tam CS

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) leads to chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) during sleep. Obstructive sleep apnoea has been associated with liver injury. Acetaminophen (APAP; known as paracetamol outside the USA) is one of the most commonly used drugs which has known hepatotoxicity. The goal of the present study was to...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Savransky V,Reinke C,Jun J,Bevans-Fonti S,Nanayakkara A,Li J,Myers AC,Torbenson MS,Polotsky VY

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work was undertaken to study the effect of pectin feeding on the expression level, cellular localization and functional activity of monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) in the gastrointestinal tract of rats. The results indicated that MCT1 protein level was significantly increased along the entire length of the g...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Kirat D,Kondo K,Shimada R,Kato S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation was designed to determine the participation of the vagus nerve and muscarinic receptors in the remote ischaemic preconditioning (rIPC) mechanism. New Zealand rabbits were anaesthetized, and the femoral artery was dissected. After 30 min of monitoring, the hearts were isolated and subjected to 30 min...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Donato M,Buchholz B,Rodríguez M,Pérez V,Inserte J,García-Dorado D,Gelpi RJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of muscle fatigue on the mechanical efficiency of muscle work performance were studied in situ, in stretch-shortening cycles that resembled physiological conditions. The experiments were performed on the medial gastrocnemius muscles of seven rats. To calculate efficiency, a simple Hill-type model was used,...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Ettema GJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In anaesthetized cats, reflex respiratory responses were evoked by electrically stimulating proximal ends of cut nerves to gastrocnemius-soleus muscles of the left hindlimb. The direction of these responses, in the excitatory or inhibitory sense, depended on the types of afferent fibres stimulated and on the mode of s...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Decandia M,Orani GP

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, including man, epidemiological and experimental studies have shown that a range of environmental factors acting during critical periods of early development can alter adult phenotype. Hormones have an important role in these epigenetic modifications and can signal the type, severity and duration of the env...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Fowden AL,Forhead AJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether sensitivity to nociceptive stimuli is altered in obese rats using established models of inflammatory pain, and using real-time PCR, profiled alterations in expression of key adipokine and inflammatory mediator mRNA (adiponectin, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β, cyclooxygenase-2,...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Iannitti T,Graham A,Dolan S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? What are the ultrastructural changes of the caecal mucosa and the status of epithelial cellular apoptosis and oxidative reactions in lactating goats after prolonged feeding with a high-concentrate diet? What is the main finding and its importance? High-concentrat...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Tao S,Tian J,Cong R,Sun L,Duanmu Y,Dong H,Ni Y,Zhao R

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? Research has reported that some sensory input, such as auditory and olfactory input, can affect subliminal visual processing. However, it is important to address whether tactile input, another form of elementary sensory input, could influence the interocular riva...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Lang Y,Gao M,Huang Q,Liu Z,Wu L,Tang R

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity is increased during selective activation of the skeletal muscle metaboreflex with postexercise ischaemia (PEI) in young adults. However, to date, there are no data demonstrating this neural interaction between the arterial baroreflex and the muscle metaboreflex in healthy older adult...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Greaney JL,Schwartz CE,Edwards DG,Fadel PJ,Farquhar WB

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) is a cotransmitter with classical transmitters in most nerves in the peripheral and central nervous systems, although the proportions vary between tissues and species and in different developmental and pathophysiological circumstances. There was early evidence that ATP was released toge...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Burnstock G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joint movement was recently shown to stimulate the secretion of the lubricant hyaluronan (HA); also, exercise therapy and intra-articular hyaluronan injections are used to treat moderate osteoarthritis. The present study quantifies the stimulus-response curves for HA secretion in vivo and reports a role of transcripti...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Wann AK,Ingram KR,Coleman PJ,McHale N,Levick JR

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of testosterone (T) in the regulation of cardiovascular function in females is not well understood. Our goal was to examine the effect of T on cardiomyocyte biology by measuring sarcomere shortening/relaxation and intracellular calcium cycling in adult female Sprague-Dawley rats. The rats were divided into th...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Beesley RD,Palmer BM,Casson PR,Toth MJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oscillations in the cardiovascular system have been observed in patients with periodic breathing. It is not clear whether these are driven by primary oscillations in the respiratory system or whether an intrinsic cardiovascular instability is required, as previous studies with subjects performing voluntary periodic br...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Davies LC,Francis DP,Crisafulli A,Concu A,Coats AJ,Piepoli M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrinsic proton buffering power (beta 1) of individual rat hippocampal and neocortical neurones maintained in culture has been investigated using the fluorescent dye 2', 7'-bis(carboxymethyl)-5, 6-(carboxyfluorescein) (BCECF). The steady-state intracellular pH (pH1) was estimated to be 7.03 +/- 0.04 (n = 22) in H...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Amos BJ,Richards CD

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00