Chronic inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase by URB597 produces differential effects on cardiac performance in normotensive and hypertensive rats.

abstract：:1. Dopamine is assumed to affect the ovary function after its conversion into noradrenaline (NA). 2. To study this bovine luteal slices from 11-14 days of the oestrous cycle were preincubated for 24 h to recover beta-receptors and next they were incubated for 1, 2 or 4 h with (a) different doses of dopamine; (b) dopam...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kotwica J,Skarzynski D,Bogacki M,Miszkiel G

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The brain cytoprotective effects of a putative calcium-associated protein kinase inhibitor, HA1077, as well as a calcium entry blocker nicardipine were evaluated in models of cerebral ischaemia in Mongolian gerbils. Morphological changes characterizing delayed neuronal death of selectively vulnerable CA1 pyramidal ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Asano T,Ikegaki I,Satoh S,Mochizuki D,Hidaka H,Suzuki Y,Shibuya M,Sugita K

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To investigate the underlying mechanism for the angiotensin II-induced desensitization of the contractile response during the prolonged stimulation of the vascular smooth muscle, we determined the effects of angiotensin-II on (1) cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and tension using fura-2-loaded medial strips o...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ushio-Fukai M,Yamamoto H,Toyofuku K,Nishimura J,Hirano K,Kanaide H

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of endogenous and exogenous acidic amino acids on the binding of [3H]-MK-801, a selective, non-competitive antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, has been investigated in rat cerebral cortex crude synaptic membranes (CSM). Removal of endogenous glutamate and aspartate from CSM by repeated w...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Foster AC,Wong EH

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Increased level of very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) is a key feature of the metabolic syndrome and is associated with cardiovascular diseases. PPAR-δ agonists play a protective role in lipid metabolism and vascular function. In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of PPAR-δ in the upta...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Fang X,Fang L,Liu A,Wang X,Zhao B,Wang N

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to develop a technique to measure blood flow in the mouse ear and to investigate the nature of the vasodilator mediator(s) involved in the response to capsaicin. The response to capsaicin, applied topically, was investigated in anaesthetized CD1 or Sv129+C57BL/6 wild-type (+/+) or NK(1) rec...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Grant AD,Gerard NP,Brain SD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ryanodine (1 microM) suppressed or abolished contraction in response to step depolarization in voltage-clamped cells isolated from adult rat ventricular myocardium. The step depolarizations evoked the second inward current, which is carried largely by Ca ions under these conditions, and there was little or no change i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mitchell MR,Powell T,Terrar DA,Twist VW

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We previously demonstrated that cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), an inhibitor of Ca(2+)-ATPase in the sarcoplasmic reticulum, induced rhythmic relaxations of active tension in the endothelium-denuded small arteries of the mesentery and the ear of the rabbit, but that this agent failed to induce rhythmic responses in the e...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Omote M,Mizusawa H

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) is described as a mediator of diverse biological effects, and is known to produce irritation and injury in the lung following inhalation. Recently, H(2)S has been found to cause contraction in the rat urinary bladder via a neurogenic mechanism. Here, we studied whether sodium hydrogen sulfide ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Trevisani M,Patacchini R,Nicoletti P,Gatti R,Gazzieri D,Lissi N,Zagli G,Creminon C,Geppetti P,Harrison S

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The present study examined effects of agonist enzymes and receptor-activating peptides for protease-activated receptors (PARs) on duodenal motility in the rat, and also investigated possible mechanisms underlying the evoked responses. 2 Thrombin at 0.03-0.1 microM and the PAR-1-activating peptide SFLLR-NH2 at 3-100 ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kawabata A,Kuroda R,Nishikawa H,Kawai K

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oestrogens are important sex hormones central to health and disease in both genders that have protective effects on the cardiovascular and metabolic systems. These hormones act in complex ways via both genomic and non-genomic mechanisms. The genomic mechanisms are relatively well characterized, whereas the non-genomic...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nilsson BO,Olde B,Leeb-Lundberg LM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The activation of tachykinin NK(1) receptors in the rat spinal cord produced a transient drop in arterial blood pressure followed by a more prolonged pressor effect which is mediated by the stimulation of the sympatho-adrenal system. This study aims at characterizing the spinal mechanism of that initial hypotension ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Brouillette J,Couture R

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AM-36 is a novel neuroprotective agent incorporating both antioxidant and Na(+) channel blocking actions. In cerebral ischaemia, loss of cellular ion homeostasis due to Na(+) channel activation, together with increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, are thought to contribute to neuronal death. Since neurona...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Callaway JK,Beart PM,Jarrott B,Giardina SF

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscularis mucosa of the distal oesophagus of the opossum contains nerves which release acetylcholine and substance P(SP)-like material on field stimulation. The release of SP-like material appeared to be inhibited by the presence of exogenous muscarinic agonists and potentiated by muscarinic antagonists. Analysis of ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Daniel EE,Jury J,Robotham KH

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dimebolin (latrepirdine), a compound with multiple potential drug targets, is being evaluated in clinical trials for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and preliminary results suggest it can slow the disease process. There is also evidence that dimebolin directly improves aspects of cognition. Here we...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Webster SJ,Wilson CA,Lee CH,Mohler EG,Terry AV Jr,Buccafusco JJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contractile responses of the rabbit isolated coeliac and mesenteric arteries to five agonists (angiotensin, adrenaline, histamine, acetylcholine and 5-hydroxytryptamine), but not to K+, were potentiated by indomethacin (8.4 microM) The potentiation was similar whether indomethacin was added 1 h before or during th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Novelli EL,Oshiro ME,Paiva AC,Paiva TB

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of high (20 mM) concentrations of caffeine were studied on the transmembrane voltage and currents in rat single ventricular myocytes by the whole cell configuration of the patch clamp technique. Rapid application of caffeine released Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum and induced a Ni(2+)-sensitive trans...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Varro A,Hester S,Papp JG

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modulatory effects of protein kinase C (PKC) on the activation of cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) and adenylyl cyclase (AC) have recently been described. Since the signalling cascades associated with these events play critical roles in various functions of macrophages, we set out to investigate the crosstalk be...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lin WW,Chen BC

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Ca currents in rat and mouse sensory dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurones were inhibited by concentrations of (-)-baclofen as low as 1 micron. The proportion of neurones responding to baclofen was low (less than 20%), except in young cultures of neonate rat DRG neurones (3 days in culture), where 86% of the neurones...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Green KA,Cottrell GA

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Combretastatin A-4 3-O-phosphate (CA4P) is in clinical trial as a tumour vascular disrupting agent (VDA) but the cause of blood flow disruption is unclear. We tested the hypothesis that activation of Rho/Rho kinase (ROCK) is fundamental to the effects of this drug in vivo. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Williams LJ,Mukherjee D,Fisher M,Reyes-Aldasoro CC,Akerman S,Kanthou C,Tozer GM

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. This study was designed to assess the molecular and cellular events involved in the up-regulation (and receptor supersensitivity) of brain alpha(2)-adrenoceptors as a result of chronic depletion of noradrenaline (and other monoamines) by reserpine. 2. Chronic reserpine (0.25 mg kg(-1) s.c., every 48 h for 6 - 14 da...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ribas C,Miralles A,Busquets X,García-Sevilla JA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, 'ecstasy') administration to rats produces hyperthermia if they are housed in normal or warm ambient room temperature (Ta) conditions (>or=20 degrees C), but hypothermia when in cool conditions (Ta

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Green AR,O'Shea E,Saadat KS,Elliott JM,Colado MI

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Heat stress (HS) is known to protect against myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury by improving mechanical dysfunction and decreasing necrosis. However, the mechanisms responsible for this form of cardioprotection remain to be elucidated. ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels have been shown to be involved in...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Joyeux M,Godin-Ribuot D,Ribuot C

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Intracellular recordings were made from neurones in vitro in the rat substantia nigra zona compacta and ventral tegmental area; the neurones had the characteristic properties of dopamine-containing cells, and fired action potentials spontaneously. 2. Cocaine (1-10 microM) inhibited spontaneous firing, hyperpolarize...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lacey MG,Mercuri NB,North RA

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:There is major evidence for the strong bi-directional interrelation of parenchymal cell apoptosis and leukocyte accumulation and inflammation in acute liver injury. Therefore, the aim of this in vivo study was to investigate the anti-apoptotic and anti-inflammatory potential of antileukoproteinas...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Eipel C,Kidess E,Abshagen K,Leminh K,Menger MD,Burkhardt H,Vollmar B

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study was designed to investigate tolerance to several pharmacological effects of apomorphine. 2. Changes in blood pressure, heart rate, plasma noradrenaline levels, rectal temperature, respiratory rate and retching plus vomiting were compared after administration of apomorphine (200 micrograms kg-1, i....

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Montastruc JL,Llau ME,Senard JM,Tran MA,Rascol O,Montastruc P

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Halothane has many effects on the resting membrane potential (V(m)) of excitable cells and exerts numerous effects on skeletal muscle one of which is the enhancement of Ca(2+) release by the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) resulting in a sustained contracture. The aim of this study was to analyse the effects of clinical d...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sauviat MP,Frizelle HP,Descorps-Declère A,Mazoit JX

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Vasospasm of arterial conduits used for coronary artery surgery is an important cause of graft failure and is likely to result partly from raised levels of vasoconstrictor substances such as thromboxane A(2) and endothelin-1. Our aim was to find pharmacological agents that could prevent agonist-induced vasospasm. 2...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Batchelor TJ,Sadaba JR,Ishola A,Pacaud P,Munsch CM,Beech DJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Rats with unilateral electrolytic lesions involving both parts of the substantia nigra show dose-related, ipsilateral circling responses to apomorphine which are stable over time. 2 In non-tolerant rats, morphine (up to 10 mg/kg) does not elicit any circling behaviour but as tolerance develops to morphine, initially...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Halliwell JV,Kumar R

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the structure-activity relationship of S-alkyl-L-isothiocitrulline-containing dipeptides towards three partially purified recombinant human nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isozymes, as well as the effects of these compounds on cytokine-induced NO production by human DLD-1 cells. In...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Park JM,Higuchi T,Kikuchi K,Urano Y,Hori H,Nishino T,Aoki J,Inoue K,Nagano T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00