Melatonin treatment affects changes in adrenal gene expression of catecholamine biosynthesizing enzymes and norepinephrine transporter in the rat model of chronic-stress-induced depression.

abstract：:Lesion to the posterior parietal cortex in monkeys and humans produces spatial deficits in movement and perception. In recording experiments from area 7a, a cortical subdivision in the posterior parietal cortex in monkeys, we have found neurons whose responses are a function of both the retinal location of visual stim...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Andersen RA,Zipser D

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of oxytocin (OT) on holding current were studied in uterine smooth muscle cells freshly isolated from the longitudinal layer of 18-20 day pregnant rats, using the nystatin method of whole-cell voltage clamp. As we previously reported, the voltage-dependent Ca2+ current (L type) was partially inhibited by O...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Shimamura K,Kusaka M,Sperelakis N

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous study, l-carnitine was shown to have cytoprotective effect against hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced injury in human normal HL7702 hepatocytes. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the protective effect of l-carnitine was associated with the nuclear factor erythroid 2 (NFE2)-related factor 2...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Li J,Zhang Y,Luan H,Chen X,Han Y,Wang C

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The force generated by tracheal spirals and lung parenchymal strips from normal and ovalbumin-sensitized guinea pigs was measured in vitro, after challenge with histamine, carbachol, leukotriene (LT) C4, LTD4, or a prostaglandin endoperoxide analog (U-44069). The responses and sensitivity of airway tissues to the abov...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Saad MH,Burka JF

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Serine, a recently identified gliotransmitter, serves as an endogenous coagonist binding to the glycine site of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. However, it is not clear whether this native ligand is able to bind to and modulate alpha-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA) receptors. In the pre...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gong XQ,Zabek RL,Bai D

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of a program of high intensity training and of a combined program of high intensity training and prolonged submaximal training on adaptations to the vastus lateralis muscle was investigated in two groups of elite athletes. The high intensity training (H) consisted of ice hockey practices and games over a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Daub WD,Green HJ,Houston ME,Thomson JA,Fraser IG,Ranney DA

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various researchers have hypothesized that the thickening of the vascular wall plays an important role in the maintenance of hypertension. Such an alteration can increase the vascular resistance by exerting two effects. A thickened vascular wall could occlude the lumen of the blood vessel and (or) cause the artery to ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lee RM,Smeda JS

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Double-barrelled ion-sensitive microelectrodes were used to measure changes in the intracellular activities of K+, Na+, and Cl- (aKi, aNai, aCli) in neurones of rat sympathetic ganglia and in glial cells of slices from guinea-pig olfactory cortex. In sympathetic neurones, carbachol and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) p...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Grafe P,Ballanyi K

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a polyphenol in green tea, is an effective antioxidant and possesses neuroprotective effects. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and cyclic AMP response element-binding protein (CREB) are crucial for neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity. In this study, we aimed to assess the pr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ding ML,Ma H,Man YG,Lv HY

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of beta-adrenergic blocking agents, timolol and atenolol (1-1000 microM), were studied on rat heart sarcolemmal ATPase and Ca2+ binding activities. Timolol, unlike atenolol, increased both Ca2+-stimulated ATPase and ATP-dependent Ca2+ binding; the maximal effects were seen at 1 microM concentration of timo...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Dzurba A,Ganguly PK,Beamish RE,Dhalla NS

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured the responses to endurance exercise training on body composition and glucose regulation, as well as cardiovascular and liver structure and function in rats fed a high carbohydrate and high fat (HCHF) diet as a model of human metabolic syndrome. Male Wistar rats (9-10 weeks old) were randomly allocated...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Cameron I,Alam MA,Wang J,Brown L

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar spine and mid-radius bone mineral density was measured repeatedly in 48 postmenopausal women who completed 7 years of taking either a 500 mg x day(-1) calcium supplement (n = 22) or calcium supplementation with hormone replacement therapy. The hormone replacement was either a low dose (n = 15) or a moderate dos...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Blake JM,Ryan ED,Beaumont LF,Webber CE

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity of a Hodgkin-Huxley type voltage-dependent inactivation of slow inward Ca current (Isi) was tested in frog heart using a computer simulation. The time course of Isi was calculated during the development of a frog atrial action potential (AP). With a time constant of inactivation (tauf) of 55 ms at a membr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Fischmeister R,Horackova M

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfusion of isolated rat hearts with Na-free medium resulted in an immediate increase in contractile force followed by a decline and complete loss of contractile force within 25 s. The recovery of the contractile force upon reperfusion was only partial if the duration of Na-free perfusions was 10 min or longer. Ca bi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Dhalla NS,Lee SL,Singal PK,Yates JC,Panagia V

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophic scar (HS) results from abnormal wound healing, accompanied by excessive hypercellularity, migration and extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition. Autophagy dysregulation plays crucial roles during HS formation. The overexpressed p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) in injured skin tissue after wound healing be...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Shi W,Wu Y,Bian D

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief summary is given of some of the key points of the individual contributions at this International Brain Research Organization satellite meeting, presenting up-to-date, expert knowledge of energy metabolism, ionic turnover, and cell swelling at the cellular level of the mammalian central nervous system. On the b...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Hertz L,Code WE,Sykova E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of adrenaline on the membrane transport of 3-methylglucose was studied in perifused isolated rat left atria that had been fully arrested. In this preparation a high concentration of adrenaline stimulated and a low one decreased sugar transport. The stimulatory effect was strongly inhibited by the beta-adren...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bihler I,Sawh PC

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies demonstrate the critical role of the extracellular matrix in the organization of parenchymal cells in the heart. Thus, an understanding of the modes of regulation of matrix production by cardiac myofibroblasts is essential. Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) signaling is transduced through the c...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Cunnington RH,Nazari M,Dixon IM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NTPDase is one of the principal enzymes involved in the sequential hydrolysis of ATP. In the present study, the presence and functionality of NTPDase in the mesenteric vein and artery were examined. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) (0.01-1000 pmol) induces a dose-dependent vasodilation in the isolated arterial and venous ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Duval M,Beaudoin AR,Bkaily G,Gendron FP,D' Orléans-Juste P

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This Symposium includes 15 presentations and an editorial review dealing with prorenin activation and function. It comes 20 years after prorenin was first reported in various contexts and attracted attention because of its connection with renin--angiotensin, its high concentration relative to renin in the blood, and i...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Osmond DH,Sealey JE,McKenzie JK

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural and paracrine agents, such as dopamine, epinephrine, and histamine, affect intestinal epithelial function, but it is unclear if these agents act on receptors directly at the enterocyte level. The cellular localization and villus-crypt distribution of adrenergic, dopamine, and histamine receptors within the inte...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Baglole CJ,Davison JS,Meddings JB

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural history of the disease of the dilated strain Bio TO-2 of cardiomyopathic hamsters (CMH) is not totally characterized. We investigated its hemodynamic and histomorphometric characteristics at 140, 180, 220, 260, and 300 days of age. Forty CMH and 40 controls were investigated (8 at each stage). Mean arteria...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Goineau S,Pape D,Guillo P,Ramée MP,Bellissant E

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro coronary artery responsiveness to angiotensin I, angiotensin II, noradrenaline, phenylephrine, BHT 920, and potassium chloride together with functional relaxation to acetylcholine was investigated in dogs with pacing-induced heart failure treated with enalapril (oral administration of 10 mg.day-1) for a mean ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Forster C,Larosa G,Armstrong PW

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past few years, a number of cases of tendon injuries associated with statin therapy have been reported. In this study, we assessed whether statins can affect the extracellular matrix (ECM) of the deep digital flexor tendon (DDFT) and patellar tendon (PT). Wistar rats were assigned to groups treated with atorv...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Oliveira LP,Vieira CP,Marques PP,Pimentel ER

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanol (0.3 g/kg) was administered intravenously to adult, male rats at 3 h or at 1 and 3 h after gastric intubation of 7 mg/kg calcium carbimide (CC). For animals administered CC and two ethanol doses, blood ethanol concentration was similar for the two doses; however, blood acetaldehyde concentration was significan...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Loomis CW,Brien JF

更新日期：1984-05-01 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：:Increased expression of DNA methyltransferase-1 (DNMT1) associates with the progression of many human diseases. Because DNMT1 induces cell proliferation, drugs that inhibit DNMT1 have been used to treat proliferative diseases. Because these drugs are nonspecific inhibitors of DNMT1, subsidiary events or the compensato...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Boosani CS,Gunasekar P,Block M,Jiang W,Zhang Z,Radwan MM,Agrawal DK

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volume overload is a common phenomenon in patients with chronic kidney disease that is associated with cardiovascular risk factors. However, its contribution to the development of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in those patients is not fully understood. Thus, the present work investigated the effect of salt-induced v...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Mahmoud MM,Shamseldeen AM,Rashed LA,Fares AE,Shamaa A,Gharib DM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In urethane-anaesthetized rats, ion-selective microelectrodes recorded changes in extracellular K+ and Ca2+ concentrations (delta[K+]omicron and delta[Ca2+]omicron) in pyramidal layers of the hippocampus (mostly in area CA1), which were evoked by fimbrial-commissural stimulation. [K+]omicron increased linearly with fr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Krnjević K,Morris ME,Reiffenstein RJ

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we characterized the receptor(s) that mediates non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) contractions of isolated guinea pig cervical trachea, using CP-99,994, a selective neurokinin (NK1) receptor antagonist, and SR-48,968, a selective neurokinin (NK2) receptor antagonist. The activity of these two a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Charette L,Foulon D,Rodger IW,Jones TR

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00