Triiodothyronine attenuates the progression of renal injury in a rat model of chronic kidney disease.

abstract：:Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is defined as the failure of normal pulmonary vascular relaxation at birth. Hypoxia is known to impede postnatal disassembly of the actin cytoskeleton in pulmonary arterial myocytes, resulting in elevation of smooth muscle α-actin and γ-actin content in elastic a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Fediuk J,Dakshinamurti S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of magnesium (from 1.2 to 7.2 mM) were investigated in isolated perfused rat heart subjected to coronary artery ligation and reperfusion. Increasing magnesium concentrations, of the medium containing 3.00 mM of calcium, induced a significant bradycardia and a protective effect towards reperfusion arrhythmi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bril A,Rochette L

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate under controlled conditions the effects of fentanyl on the rat locus coeruleus catechol oxidation current. Using differential normal pulse voltammetry combined with electrochemically treated carbon fiber electrodes to measure the catechol oxidation current, catecholamine ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Milne B,Quintin L,Gillon JY,Pujol JF

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of fatigue on the membrane conductance of frog sartorius muscle at the resting potential and during an action potential were studied. When muscles were exposed to an extracellular pH of 8.0 the membrane conductance at the resting potential increased during fatigue by about 20% and returned to prefatigue le...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Renaud JM,Mainwood GW

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify the key genes involved in the cardiac hypertrophy (CH) induced by pressure overload. mRNA microarray data sets GSE5500 and GSE18801 were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database, and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were screened using the Limma package; then, fun...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gao J,Li Y,Wang T,Shi Z,Zhang Y,Liu S,Wen P,Ma C

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of naloxone to morphine-dependent rats results in an elevation of tail skin temperature and a fall in core temperature. Previous studies have demonstrated a role of the adrenal gland in the thermal responses that accompany morphine withdrawal in the rat. In the present study, experiments were designed t...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Katovich MJ,Pitman D,Schechtman O

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geraniol, a plant-derived monoterpene, has been extensively studied and showed a wide variety of beneficial effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of geraniol on functional recovery and neuropathic pain in rats with spinal cord injury (SCI). Rats received a clip-compression SCI and we...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lv Y,Zhang L,Li N,Mai N,Zhang Y,Pan S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In hypertension, the relationship between atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and vasopressin (AVP) is not yet clear, although their renal actions are effectively autoregulation. To examine the possible interaction further, the responses to ANP infusion (75 ng x min (-1), i.v.) have been investigated in both hypertensive...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Abu-Amarah I,Balment RJ

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The historical perspective as well as the nature and causes of acid precipitation are presented. The toxicological effects of acid precipitation on lakes, other water bodies, fish, and invertebrate fauna are reviewed. In addition, the effects of this phenomenon on soil productivity and forest growth are examined. It a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rutherford GK

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of one bout of acute exercise on impaired glucose metabolism was studied in obese (480 +/- 20 g), untrained rats, at rest (n = 10) and after 60 min of swimming (n = 5). Using the euglycemic, hyperinsulinemic (10 mU.kg-1 x min-1) clamp, glucose clearance rate increased from 7.6 +/- 0.9 at rest to 9.7 +/- 0.5...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Burstein R,Zissholtz A,Zick-Bachar Y,Epstein Y,Shapiro Y,Karnieli E

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both physical activity and exposure to environmental stressors such as cold, heat, and high altitudes modify various components of immune function: T cell counts, natural killer (NK) cell counts, and cytolytic activity, cytokine secretion, lymphocyte proliferation and immunoglobulin levels. Light physical activity or ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Shephard RJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the protective effects of pomegranate (Punica granatum) juice (PGJ) on oxidative damages in liver tissue and erythrocytes of rats intoxicated by sodium fluoride (NaF). Rats were randomly divided into two groups: group I received standard diet and group II received orally ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bouasla A,Bouasla I,Boumendjel A,Abdennour C,El Feki A,Messarah M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calyx-type synapse of the embryonic chick ciliary ganglion is reviewed as a model of transmitter release from a vertebrate presynaptic nerve terminal. This nerve terminal is extensive in area, enabling the penetration with microelectrodes and the application of patch-clamp techniques. In other respects the calyx s...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Stanley EF

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium deoxycholate (NaDOC) inhibits the intestinal Ca2+ absorption and ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) stimulates it. The aim of this study was to determine whether NaDOC and UDCA produce differential effects on the redox state of duodenal mitochondria altering the Krebs cycle and the electron transport chain (ETC) funct...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Pérez A,Rivoira MA,Rodríguez V,Marchionatti A,Tolosa de Talamoni N

更新日期：2020-07-20 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：:This study investigated the effects of prolonged exercise on muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ cycling properties and the metabolic responses with and without a session of exercise designed to reduce muscle glycogen reserves while on a normal carbohydrate (CHO) diet. Eight untrained males (VO(2peak) = 3.81 +/- 0...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Duhamel TA,Green HJ,Perco JG,Ouyang J

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:The effect of isoproterenol on mean right and left atrial pressures (RAP, LAP) and dimensions (RAD, LAD), and plasma immunoreactive atrial natriuretic factor (IR-ANF) was investigated in anesthetized rabbits. Infusion of isoproterenol (10 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 for 10 min) significantly increased plasma IR-ANF and hear...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： King KA,Wong A,Ledsome JR

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic mechanisms for essential hypertension are unclear despite striking efforts from numerous research teams over several decades. Increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been associated with the development of hypertension and the role of ROS in hypertension has been well documented in recent ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Chang T,Wu L

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The volatile oil (VO), extracted from the stems of Schisandra chinensis Baill. (SCS), was separated and identified by gas chromatography - mass spectrometry. The study was devised to investigate the effects of VO on oxidative stress and cognitive deficits induced by amyloid-β (Aβ(1-42)). Alzheimer's disease (AD) model...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Yang B,Liu B,Liu Y,Han H,Kuang H

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual acuity was measured behaviorally in various groups of cats by using a two-choice discrimination procedure. Cats in group 1 were rendered strabismic soon after birth by sectioning the tendon of the lateral rectus muscle (unilateral esotropia); at adulthood, their visual acuity (VA) was evaluated, after which the...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ptito M,Bouchard P,Lepore F,Quessy S,Di Stefano M,Guillemot JP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of mast cells (MC) due to immunological stimulation causes an immediate and dramatic inflammatory response. We review current evidence indicating that the membrane permeabilities for calcium, chloride, sodium, and potassium have a significant role in the activation of these cells, and in some cases, spe...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Janiszewski J,Huizinga JD,Blennerhassett MG

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:The sodium-hydrogen exchanger (NHE) helps the cell to recover from intracellular acidosis. In this study, we have investigated the effect of HOE 642 (a specific NHE1 blocker) on papillary muscles from rats and guinea pigs during transient acidosis and PKC activation by recording developed force (DF), action potential ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Sundset R,Bertelsen G,Ytrehus K

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When isolated rat adipocytes were incubated with increasing concentrations of levamisole (0.5-5 mM), basal glucose oxidation decreased by almost 50% and insulin-stimulated glucose oxidation decreased by 90%. The decrease in glucose oxidation correlated with an inhibition of glucose transport, since levamisole at 5.0 m...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Basi NS,Thomaskutty KG,Pointer RH

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to determine the effect of eight different combinations of contraction intensity, duration, and rest on the rate of fatigue in vastus lateralis muscle. A single combination consisted of contractions at 30 or 70% maximal voluntary contraction (MVC), held for 3 or 7 s with 3- or 7-s rest intervals. Contr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Dolmage T,Cafarelli E

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired nitric oxide (NO) activity is associated with an increase in blood pressure in rats. Voltage-regulated calcium channels are believed to participate in this hemodynamic event. To further test this hypothesis, we examined the effect of nimodipine and verapamil (calcium antagonists) on the pressor activity of di...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rioux F,St-Pierre M,Harvey N,Moisan S,Burhop KE,Drapeau G

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to examine the possible neuroprotective and antiepileptic effects of metformin (Metf) in a rat model of pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced epilepsy and its possible underlying mechanisms. Forty male albino rats were assigned to 4 groups of equal size: (1) normal control (NC) group, (2) Met...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Hussein AM,Eldosoky M,El-Shafey M,El-Mesery M,Ali AN,Abbas KM,Abulseoud OA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myometrial tissues from guinea pigs were quantitatively examined for gap junctions in electron micrographs. Small numbers of gap junctions were present between smooth muscle cells in myometria of pregnant guinea pigs at days 50 and 65 of gestation. The junctions increased in number and size at parturition on day 69 an...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Garfield RE,Daniel EE,Dukes M,Fitzgerald JD

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most physiological and pathophysiological responses to bradykinin are mediated by G-protein-coupled receptors designated B2 receptors. Discovery of antagonists for these receptors has brought about a revolution in research in the kinin field. The chemistry and development of antagonists for B2 kinin receptors are disc...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Stewart JM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00