The force dependence of isometric and concentric potentiation in mouse muscle with and without skeletal myosin light chain kinase.

abstract：:Wound healing is important for longevity. Midkine is a cytokine involved in controlling tissue repair and new tissue development, and in regulating inflammation. We investigated the effect of midkine on wound healing in rats. In total, 108 Wistar albino rats were used: 12 as healthy and diabetic controls; 96 were spli...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Dik B,Baş AL,Yazıhan N

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF), prostacyclin (PGI2), and endothelin-1 (ET-1) was measured from endothelial cells (EC) cultured from either bovine vena cava (BVCEC) or bovine aorta (BAEC). EDRF release was determined by using the superfusion bioassay technique, whereas ET-1 and PGI2 were meas...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： D'Orleans-Juste P,Mitchell JA,Wood EG,Hecker M,Vane JR

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular inflammatory process has been suggested to play a key role in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis, a major complication of diabetes mellitus. Thus, in this study, we attempted to determine whether 2 structurally related flavonoids found in Cyclopia subternata, vicenin-2 and scolymoside, can ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ku SK,Bae JS

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diazinon (DZN) is a common organophosphorus insecticide extensively used for agriculture and veterinary purposes. DZN toxicity is not limited to insects; it also induces harmful effects in mammals and birds. Our experiment evaluated the protective and antioxidant potential of sesame oil (SO) and (or) alpha-lipoic acid...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Abdel-Daim MM,Taha R,Ghazy EW,El-Sayed YS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal penile erectile function is dependent on arterial adequacy, appropriate venous occlusion, neurohumoral factors, and finally the relaxation of penile cavernous trabecular smooth muscle. The present experiments were designed to test whether compounds related to endothelium-derived relaxing factor have a role in p...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Heaton JP

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a spectrum of chronic liver conditions that are characterized by steatosis, inflammation, fibrosis, and liver injury. The global prevalence of NAFLD is rapidly increasing in proportion to the rising incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Because NAFLD is a multifaceted di...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Sid V,Siow YL,O K

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of atorvastatin and carboxymethylated β-glucan (CMG) on the lipoprotein-cholesterol (LP-C) and lipoprotein-triglyceride (LP-TG) fractions and subfractions at the early stage of murine hyperlipidemia, and its pleiotropic anti-inflammatory effects, were studied. Atorvastatin and CMG were administered in ICR ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Korolenko TA,Tuzikov FV,Cherkanova MS,Johnston TP,Tuzikova NA,Loginova VM,Filjushina EE,Kaledin VI

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the anti-depressant effect of hesperidin (Hsp) in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Additionally, the effect of Hsp on hyperglycaemia, oxidative stress, inflammation, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and brain monoamines in diabetic rats was also assessed. The Wistar ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： El-Marasy SA,Abdallah HM,El-Shenawy SM,El-Khatib AS,El-Shabrawy OA,Kenawy SA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In open-chest pentothal-chloralose anesthetized dogs, plasma catecholamine and cyclic AMP levels were evaluated in the aortic and coronary sinus blood, during stimulations of the left ansa subclavia (1, 2, and 4 Hz). Basal aortic and coronary sinus catecholamine levels were respectively 0.373 +/- 0.090 and 0.259 +/- 0...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lavallée M,Laurencin C,de Champlain J,Nadeau RA

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Input to the nucleus medianus of the preoptic region has been suggested to be involved in both the drinking and pressor responses elicited by the central administration of angiotensin II. Evidence in support of this suggestion has been gained principally from electrical lesion experiments. This lesion procedure does n...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Jones DL

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct effects of extrinsic nerve stimulation on coronary artery tone are unclear because of the complications arising from alterations in myocardial dynamics which themselves alter flow. An isolated and perfused nonbeating slab of beef ventricle was utilized in the present experiments to eliminate secondary compl...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kalsner S

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) and CNTF analogs were reported to have hepatoprotective effect and ameliorate hepatic steatosis in db/db or high-fat-diet-fed mice. Because hepatic steatosis and injury are also commonly induced by hepatotoxin, the aim of the present study is to clarify whether CNTF could alleviate h...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Cui MX,Jiang JF,Min GN,Han W,Wu YJ

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon monoxide (CO), a vasodilator, has been implicated as an activator of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) to effect smooth muscle relaxation; however, this idea has not received universal support. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the sGC inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-alpha]quinoxalin-1-one...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Hussain AS,Marks GS,Brien JF,Nakatsu K

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:Using conventional intracellular microelectrode techniques, the membrane potential (Em) of vascular smooth muscle cells in isolated segments of thoracic rat aorta was measured. The influence of exogenous and of endothelium-derived nitric oxide on the Em was assessed, and the involvement of glibenclamide-sensitive chan...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Vanheel B,Van de Voorde J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant relationship was observed between myocardial oxygen extraction and the extravascular mean time transit time. This relationship implies that oxygen extraction by the myocardium is a time-dependent process, and emphasizes the critical link between blood flow and myocardial oxygen consumption. ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Mildenberger RR,L'Abbate A,Zborowska-Sluis DT,Klassen GA

更新日期：1977-06-01 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：:Effects of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) on rat brain and blood adrenaline (A), noradrenaline (NA), ammonia (NH3), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and amino acid metabolism prior to and after high pressure oxygen (OHP) induced convulsions have been studied. 6-OHDA reduces GABA and glutamate (Glu) rior to OHP exposure in ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Singh AK,Banister EW

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was developed to determine a low concentration of ethanol in urine. The detection limit was 0.02 mM ethanol. A mean +/- SD ethanol concentration in urine of 0.21 +/- 0.17 mM was measured in 11 alcoholics after 14 days abstention, a level at least 10 times high...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Tang BK

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rat, prolonged enteral or parenteral alimentation with a high-carbohydrate diet results in hyperinsulinemia, which is substantially greater with the parenteral route. Supplementing the parenteral infusate with porcine gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) to approximate plasma immunoreactive GIP levels achieved ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Baer AR,Dupré J

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are cardiac hormones synthesized in and secreted from the heart. ANP and BNP bind the common receptor guanylyl cyclase-A (GC-A) and possess biological actions. Based on their diuretic, natriuretic, and vasodilating activities, they are now widely us...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Saito Y,Kishimoto I,Nakao K

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat atrium contains a potent natriuretic factor which appears to inhibit the sodium reabsorption in the collecting tubules of the kidneys. We examined the effects of the injection of partially purified atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and synthetic ANF (8-33) into rats with simultaneous infusions of dextrose or apr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Thibault G,Garcia R,Cantin M,Genest J

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delta 9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (20 mg/kg i.p.) and propranolol (20 and 50 mg/kg i.p.) produced marked falls in the rectal temperatures of mice kept at an ambient temperature of 22 degrees C. Propranolol (50 mg/kg i.p.) also decreased the thermogenic activity of brown fat, as measured by a decrease in the level of [3H]GD...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Pertwee RG,Nash K,Trayhurn P

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：:In addition to cytostatic treatment and surgery, the most common cancer treatment is gamma radiation. Despite sophisticated radiological techniques however, in addition to irradiation of the tumor, irradiation of the surrounding healthy tissue also takes place, which results in various side-effects, depending on the a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Slezak J,Kura B,Ravingerová T,Tribulova N,Okruhlicova L,Barancik M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporary block of glycolysis by 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) reversibly suppresses synaptic transmission in the CA1 region of hippocampal slices. Recovery of responses is followed by a sustained potentiation of field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) (2-DG-LTP). To investigate the mechanisms involved in this typ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Zhao YT,Tekkök S,Krnjević K

更新日期：1997-05-01 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 endothelium, although only a single layer of cells lining the vascular and lymphatic systems, contributes in multiple ways to vascular homeostasis. Subsequent to the 1980 report by Robert Furchgott and John Zawadzki, there has been a phenomenal increase in our knowledge concerning the signalling molecules and path...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Triggle CR,Samuel SM,Ravishankar S,Marei I,Arunachalam G,Ding H

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present work was to study the rate of basal luteinizing hormone (LH) glycosylation, discriminating the co-translational (proximal) and the post-translational (distal) glycosylation. The experiments were performed to determine the temporal relationship between the biosynthesis of the peptide chains (...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Pérez GT,Apfelbaum ME

更新日期：1997-07-01 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