Activity of botulinum toxin type A in cranial dura: implications for treatment of migraine and other headaches.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The effects of systemic treatment with indomethacin-loaded nanocapsules (IndOH-NC) were compared with those of free indomethacin (IndOH) in rat models of acute and chronic oedema. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:The following models of inflammation were employed: carrageenan-induced acute oedema (measured...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bernardi A,Zilberstein AC,Jäger E,Campos MM,Morrone FB,Calixto JB,Pohlmann AR,Guterres SS,Battastini AM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Voltage-operated sodium channels constitute major target sites for local anaesthetic-like action. The clinical use of local anaesthetics is still limited by severe side effects, in particular, arrhythmias and convulsions. These side effects render the search for new local anaesthetics a matter of...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Haeseler G,Karst M,Foadi N,Gudehus S,Roeder A,Hecker H,Dengler R,Leuwer M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We aimed to determine whether nitric oxide (NO) and/or the endothelium is involved in cholinergic neurogenic vasodilatation in the rat isolated hindquarters. 2. The abdominal aorta was cannulated for perfusion of the rat hindquarters with Krebs bicarbonate solution containing phenylephrine, to induce basal constric...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Loke KE,Sobey CG,Dusting GJ,Woodman OL

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Dilatation of cerebral and dural arteries causes a throbbing, migraine-like pain, indicating that these structures are involved in migraine. Clinical trials suggest that adenosine 5'-triphosphate-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channel opening may cause migraine by dilatating intracranial arteries, inclu...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ploug KB,Boni LJ,Baun M,Hay-Schmidt A,Olesen J,Jansen-Olesen I

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The interactions between two K+ channel openers, cromakalim and SR 44866 (infused i.v. at equihypotensive doses), and the sympathetic nervous system at the systemic and regional (mesentery, kidney, hindlimb) vascular levels were investigated in the pithed spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) by use of the pulsed Do...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Richer C,Mulder P,Doussau MP,Gautier P,Giudicelli JF

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We have developed a strategy to target the permanently charged lidocaine derivative lidocaine N-ethyl bromide (QX-314) selectively into nociceptive sensory neurons through the large-pore transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V (TRPV1) noxious heat detector channel. This involves c...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Roberson DP,Binshtok AM,Blasl F,Bean BP,Woolf CJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Although the stoichiometry of the major synaptic αβγ subunit-containing GABAA receptors has consensus support for 2α:2β:1γ, a clear view of the stoichiometry of extrasynaptic receptors containing δ subunits has remained elusive. Here we examine the subunit stoichiometry of recombinant α4β3δ recep...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Patel B,Mortensen M,Smart TG

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Changes in cutaneous water loss were followed by continuously monitoring total body weight loss.2. Sweating was induced in normal subjects by raising the environmental temperature or by subjecting them to the emotional stress of mental arithmetic.3. Propranolol in a dosage of 0.15 mg/kg body weight intravenously ha...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Allen JA,Jenkinson DJ,Roddie IC

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endogenous concentrations of p- and m-hydroxyphenylacetic acid in the mouse caudate nucleus were determined by a gas chromatographic or a gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric technique and the concentrations were about 30 and 11 ng g-1 respectively. The subcutaneous administration of (+)-butaclamol (1 mg kg-1), ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Juorio AV,McQuade PS

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Benzofurans are newly used psychoactive substances, but their pharmacology is unknown. The aim of the present study was to pharmacologically characterize benzofurans in vitro. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:We assessed the effects of the benzofurans 5-APB, 5-APDB, 6-APB, 6-APDB, 4-APB, 7-APB, 5-EAPB and ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rickli A,Kopf S,Hoener MC,Liechti ME

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Transient receptor potential melastatin 3 (TRPM3) proteins form non-selective but calcium-permeable membrane channels, rapidly activated by extracellular application of the steroid pregnenolone sulphate and the dihydropyridine nifedipine. Our aim was to characterize the steroid binding site by an...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Drews A,Mohr F,Rizun O,Wagner TF,Dembla S,Rudolph S,Lambert S,Konrad M,Philipp SE,Behrendt M,Marchais-Oberwinkler S,Covey DF,Oberwinkler J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neonate has an unusual capacity for survival and the possibility exists that mechanisms for controlling stress responses may differ in the developing animal. In adults both endogenous and exogenous opioids can modulate the corticosterone responses to stress. We have studied this effect in neonatal rats and found t...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bailey CC,Kitchen I

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In vivo microdialysis in halothane-anaesthetized rats and synaptosomal [3H]-noradrenaline uptake studies in vitro were used to evaluate the effects of imidazole (medetomidine) and imidazoline (clonidine and UK 14,304) alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists on extraneuronal levels of noradrenaline in the frontal cortex. 2. L...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dalley JW,Stanford SC

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue MacMillan and McCarron in 2010 demonstrated that the phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor U-73122 can potently inhibit Ca(2+) release from isolated smooth muscle cells independent of its effect on PLC. Their data suggest that the PLC inhibitor can block the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase pu...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hollywood MA,Sergeant GP,Thornbury KD,McHale NG

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The responses of the smooth muscle of the capsule and blood vessels of the isolated, blood-perfused spleen of the dog to angiotensin, oxytocin and vasopressin have been investigated and compared to the actions of the catecholamines, adrenaline and noradrenaline.2 Increasing doses of each of the three polypeptides ca...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Davies BN,Withrington PG

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The actions of 5-methoxytryptamine (5-MeOT), N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), 5-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (bufotenine, 5-HODMT) and 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeODMT), and their interactions with 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), acetylcholine, (-)-noradrenaline, and glutamate were studied by microiontophoresis...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bradley PB,Briggs I

更新日期：1974-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Metformin, a small molecule, antihyperglycaemic agent, is a well-known activator of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and protects against cardiac fibrosis. However, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. TGFβ1 is a key cytokine mediating cardiac fibrosis. Here, we investigated the effects o...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chen R,Feng Y,Wu J,Song Y,Li H,Shen Q,Li D,Zhang J,Lu Z,Xiao H,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic inflammatory responses contribute to the symptoms of a number of diseases including atopic dermatitis, asthma and rhinitis. Cationic proteins are released from inflammatory cells and levels are known to be raised in disease states. Using an in vivo model of acute inflammation, we investigated the characterist...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jones H,Paul W,Page CP

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last five years have witnessed a remarkable resurgence of interest in myocardial reperfusion injury. Reperfusion is absolutely essential to salvage ischaemic myocardium but experimental and clinical studies show that reperfusion-associated injury may mask the full benefits of prompt reperfusion in acute myocardial...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Baxter GF,Burley DS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Microinjection of peptide YY (PYY, 7-46 pmol) into the dorsal vagal complex (DVC) stimulated gastric acid secretion in urethane-anaesthetized rats. Using a variety of neuropeptide Y (NPY) and PYY derivatives, we characterized the pharmacological profile of the receptor mediating the acid secretory response to PYY. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yang H,Li WP,Reeve JR Jr,Rivier J,Taché Y

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The relative potencies of muscarinic agonists on bovine tracheal smooth muscle were unchanged as a consequence of aging and were carbachol greater than oxotremorine greater than muscarine greater than pilocarpine greater than McNeil A-343. 2. During aging, the potencies of carbachol, oxotremorine, McNeil A-343 and ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wills M,Douglas JS

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The ability of PD 128907 to activate dopamine receptors in the ventral tegmental area, substantia nigra pars compacta, and striatum was investigated by use of in vitro electrophysiological recording and fast cyclic voltammetry. The affinity of a novel D2 selective antagonist L-741,626 for receptors activated by thi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bowery BJ,Razzaque Z,Emms F,Patel S,Freedman S,Bristow L,Kulagowski J,Seabrook GR

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, hydrogen sulfide (H2 S) was exclusively viewed a toxic gas and an environmental hazard, with its toxicity primarily attributed to the inhibition of mitochondrial Complex IV, resulting in a shutdown of mitochondrial electron transport and cellular ATP generation. Work over the last decade established mu...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Szabo C,Ransy C,Módis K,Andriamihaja M,Murghes B,Coletta C,Olah G,Yanagi K,Bouillaud F

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of vasoactive substances on mean circulatory filling pressure (MCFP), an index of total body venous tone, were determined in conscious rats. Cumulative doses of saline (0.9% w/v NaCl solution), methoxamine (alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonist), B-HT920 (alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist) noradrenaline and vasopressin,...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pang CC,Tabrizchi R

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of some chloride channel antagonists were studied on the calcium-activated chloride current (ICl(Ca)) in smooth muscle cells from the rabbit portal vein with the perforated patch technique. 2. 4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid (SITS) and 4,4'-diisothiocyanato-stilbene-2,2'-disu...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hogg RC,Wang Q,Large WA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its long-standing reputation as a foul smelling and toxic gas that is associated with the decay of biological matter,hydrogen sulphide (H2S) has emerged as an important regulator of cardiovascular homoeostasis. H2S promotes a number of cellular signals that regulate metabolism, cardiac function and cell surviv...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lefer DJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Antidepressant drugs are known to inhibit some changes evoked by glucocorticoids, as well as a hyperactivity of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, often observed in depression. 2. The aim of present study was to investigate effects of various antidepressant drugs on the glucocorticoid-mediated gene transcri...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Budziszewska B,Jaworska-Feil L,Kajta M,Lasoń W

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Protection against 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP+) neurotoxicity by two nitric oxide-related compounds, N omega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NOARG) and L-arginine, was studied in the corpus striatum by means of two MPP+ perfusions separated by 24 h. Dopamine extracellular output after the second MPP+ (1, 5 and 10 mM)...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Santiago M,Machado A,Cano J

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) Increased oxidative stress plays a significant role in the etiology of cardiovascular disease. Lipid peroxidation, initiated in the presence of hydroxy radicals resulting in the production of malondialdehyde, directly produces oxidative stress. This study was designed to examine the direct impact of malondialdehyd...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Folden DV,Gupta A,Sharma AC,Li SY,Saari JT,Ren J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. N-methyl-gamma-aminobutyrate (N-methylGABA), N-methylglycine, N-methyltaurine and N-methylbeta-alanine diminished the frequency of spontaneous spike discharges in guinea-pig cerebellar slices. Usually a weak excitatory effect preceded the inhibition. 2. The inhibitory effects of N-methylGABA and N-methylbeta-alanin...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Okamoto K,Quastel JH

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00