A new endogenous anxiolytic agent: L-pyroglutamic acid.

abstract：:In the present study, we analysed the effects of leptin on rabbit aorta and the mechanisms underlying these effects. Leptin (10(-12)-10(-9) m) induced concentration-dependent relaxation in intact rabbit aorta rings precontracted with phenylephrine (10(-6) m). Removal of endothelium abolished the effects of leptin. Pre...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Sahin AS,Bariskaner H

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined 15 patients previously resistant to conventional antihistamines, in which doxepin at doses in the range of 50-75 mg/day was shown to be effective in treatment of chronic urticaria and without significant adverse side effects. However, some controversy remains about its mechanism of action in...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Figueiredo A,Ribeiro CA,Gonçalo M,Almeida L,Poiares-Baptista A,Teixeira F

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 6 additional observations of a drug/hormone assay interaction between serum testosterone and phenylbutazone intake. This interaction had been described previously only once. We discuss its potential mechanisms, based upon our experimental findings, and its clinical implications. ...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Uzzan B,Dumont-Fischer D,Lahlou N,Bihan H,Boissier MC,Alvarez JC,Perret GY,Cohen R

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During ischemia, large amounts of catecholamine are released to the myocardium from the sympathetic nerve endings in the heart. It has not been clearly shown whether the released catecholamine has detrimental or beneficial effects on postischemic myocardial contractile function. The aim of the present study was to inv...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Ishiguro Y,Morgan JP

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High glutathione (GSH) level and elevated gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gammaGT) activity are hallmarks of tumor cells. Toxicity of drugs and radiation to the cells is largely dependent on the level of thiols. In the present studies, we attempted to inhibit gammaGT activity in human hepatoblastoma (HepG2) cells to ex...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Kwiecień I,Rokita H,Lorenc-Koci E,Sokolowska M,Włodek L

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although nisoxetine has been shown to elicit cutaneous (peripheral) anesthesia, spinal (central) anesthesia with nisoxetine was not exposed. The aim of this study was to examine spinal anesthesia of nisoxetine and its influence on the antinociceptive action of mepivacaine. We compared nisoxetine with an established lo...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Leung YM,Chu CC,Kuo CS,Chen YW,Hung CH,Wang JJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to their direct effects on cardiac contractility, a number of positive inotropic agents also induce, through direct peripheral vasodilation, a reduction in afterload which is of major importance in their beneficial effects in the treatment of congestive heart failure. However, the induced increase in cardi...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Gosgnach M,Gérard JL,Berdeaux A,Giudicelli JF

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event, such as an acute myocardial infarction (MI), is not limited to the acute management phase; patients face an elevated risk of residual atherothrombotic events that commonly requires chronic management for months or even years. Significant advances have been made in ...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Atar D,Bode C,Stuerzenbecher A,Verheugt FW

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of Na+, Ca2+, and various K+ currents to the shape of the cardiac action potential is outlined based on the relation between electrophysiological properties and structure of channel molecules. These currents have also been found in human ventricular myocytes, where the most prominent K+ current is a t...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Ravens U,Wettwer E,Ohler A,Amos GJ,Mewes T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II AT1 receptor blockade (AT1-) has been shown to prolong survival in post-myocardial infarction (MI) heart failure in rats. In this study, we investigated whether an early AT1-induced improvement in coronary vasodilatation reserve (CVR) might be involved in this beneficial effect. Wistar rats with MI were...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Gervais M,Richer C,Fornes P,De Gasparo M,Giudicelli JF

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the diseases of the stomach and duodenum, peptic ulcer has been the one with a significant clinical impact. The pathophysiology of peptic ulcer has centred on an imbalance between aggressive and protective factors. The discovery of Helicobacter pylori as a cause of peptic ulcer has changed our approach gre...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Sivri B

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc is the authoritative metal which is present in our body, and reactive zinc metal is crucial for neuronal signaling and is largely distributed within presynaptic vesicles. Zinc also plays an important role in synaptic function. At cellular level, zinc is a modulator of synaptic activity and neuronal plasticity in ...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Prakash A,Bharti K,Majeed AB

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate biochemical and antioxidant parameters in alloxan-resistant (ALR) and alloxan-susceptible (ALS) rats. Diabetes was induced in 60-day-old male Wistar rats by a single intraperitonial injection of alloxan (AL, 150 mg/kg). Ten days after induction, a group of rats showed a signifi...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Behr GA,da Silva EG,Ferreira AR,Cerski CT,Dal-Pizzol F,Moreira JC

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain (NP) is difficult to treat and is associated with a decline in quality of life. NP aetiologies are numerous and a number of pathologies display neuropathic characteristics. Of the various N-methyl-d-aspartate antagonists that are alternatives to be recommended in first-line NP treatment, memantine has...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Pickering G,Morel V

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this review is to comment the results described in the literature concerning the possible pharmacodynamic mechanisms involved in the improvement of quality of life of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors that is just a working hypothesis. These drugs, widely used in the treatment of hypertension, preven...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Govantes C,Marín J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In this study, we investigated the effects of lipoic acid (LA) in the hippocampus oxidative stress caused by pilocarpine-induced seizures in adult rats. Wistar rats were treated with 0.9% saline (i.p., control group), LA (10mg/kg, i.p., LA group), ubiquinone [20mg/kg, i.p., ubiquinone (UQ) group], pilocarpin...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： de Freitas RM,Feng D,Jordán J

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain ageing affects numerous cerebral metabolic pathways such as cerebral glucose consumption or protein synthesis rate. The pharmacological effect of a mixed D1-D2 dopaminergic agonist, piribedil, on this last metabolism is reported. Cerebral Protein Synthesis Rate (CPSR) was measured by the [35S]L-methionine autora...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Bustany P,Trenque T,Crambes O,Moulin M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacoepidemiological studies have reported an excess of mortality with selegiline, a MAO B inhibitor used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. The mechanism of this putative adverse effect remains unknown but an interaction with the sympathetic nervous system was suggested. The aim of the present study was to i...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Pelat M,Verwaerde P,Tran MA,Berlan M,Senard JM,Montastruc JL

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a new transdermal delivery system for clonidine (M-5041T) on hypotensive effect, urine volume, plasma renin activity (PRA) and antidiuretic hormone (ADH) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) were compared to the effects of the continuous infusion of clonidine. Both M-5041T (1.5 and 4.5 mg/kg) and t...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Naruse T,Ishida T,Ishii R,Tagawa T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple standard software packages for population pharmacokinetics (PK) modeling are currently available. These programs may significantly vary in the algorithms used for modeling plasma concentrations as a function of time course. We compared the population PK parameters obtained by using two standard software packa...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Finkelstein Y,Nava-Ocampo AA,Schechter T,Grant R,St Pierre E,Goldman R,Walker S,Koren G

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Ketotifen and disodium cromoglycate were investigated on human and rabbit platelet activation. Ketotifen inhibited dose-dependently human and rabbit platelet aggregation. The paf-acether pathway was the most markedly influenced by Ketotifen in human and rabbit platelets (IC50 = 38.8 +/- 7.7 microM and 7...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Devillier P,Arnoux B,Lalau Keraly C,Landes A,Marsac J,Benveniste J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the incidence of hospital admissions related to adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in France and the frequency of preventable ADRs in France, a prospective study was conducted among a representative randomly selected sample of medical wards in public hospitals between December 2006 and June 2007; all patients adm...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Bénard-Laribière A,Miremont-Salamé G,Pérault-Pochat MC,Noize P,Haramburu F,EMIR Study Group on behalf of the French network of pharmacovigilance centres.

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclo-oxygenase (COX) has been reported to play a significant role in neurodegeneration and other brain-related disorders. Recent studies have reported that COX plays a significant role in the pathophysiology of brain-related disorders and COX-2 inhibitors could be useful drug therapy in neurodegenerative disorders. T...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Dhir A,Naidu PS,Kulkarni SK

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalidomide, a well-known immunomodulatory compound, has an anti-angiogenic activity, which may be utilized for the treatment of angiogenesis-related diseases such as hemangioendothelioma. The aim of the present study was to investigate both the antitumor role of thalidomide on hemangioendothelioma and the underlying ...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Guo L,Wan Z,Xu B,Ren L,Liu H,Song N,Liu L

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood digestive disorders are a common occurrence and are sometimes unexplained. Maternal medication during the development of the foetus' digestive system may contribute to the increase in childhood digestive disorders, especially with drugs acting on the cholinergic system. This study investigated the associatio...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Benevent J,Hurault-Delarue C,Araujo M,Montastruc F,Montastruc JL,Lacroix I,Damase-Michel C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, the major enzyme systems involved in vivo in the oxidative metabolism of xenobiotic amines in humans are discussed, i.e. the monooxygenases [cytochrome P450 system (CYPs) and flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMOs)] and the amine oxidases (AOs). Concerning the metabolism of xenobiotic amines (drugs in ...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Strolin Benedetti M,Tipton KF,Whomsley R

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent reports have described the antiarrhythmic effects of a single high oral dose of amiodarone but clinical electrophysiologic effects have not been reported. The present study was performed to assess electrophysiologic effects in 12 patients. After baseline electrophysiologic studies (EPS) patients were ad...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Deharo JC,Durand A,Macaluso G,Malaterre H,Le Tallec L,Panagides D,Bory M,Djiane P

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-Binding Cassette transporters such as ABCG2 confer resistance to various anticancer drugs including irinotecan and its active metabolite, SN38. Early quantitative evaluation of efflux transporter inhibitors-cytotoxic combination requires quantitative drug-disease models. A proof-of-concept study has been carried o...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Sostelly A,Payen L,Guitton J,Di Pietro A,Falson P,Honorat M,Boumendjel A,Gèze A,Freyer G,Tod M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haloperidol (HP), an antipsychotic drug, is N-dealkylated by cytochrome P450 (CYP) to 4-fluorobenzoylpropionic acid (FBPA). The purpose of this study was to identify whether CYP3A metabolizes HP to FBPA in hepatic microsomes of rats and to investigate whether an inhibitor or an inducer of CYP3A affects HP pharmacokine...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： Watanabe M,Tateishi T,Asoh M,Nakura H,Tanaka M,Kumai T,Kobayashi S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method has been proposed for extracting numerical data when only graphical results are presented. Reports with both graphical and tabular data were identified and the graphs were electronically scanned. The coordinates of each point were read using the cross-hair facility of Adobe Photoshop 7.0. To improve the preci...

journal_title：Fundamental & clinical pharmacology

authors： de Oliveira IR,Santos-Jesus R,Po AL,Poolsup N

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00