Involvement of the nitric oxide/cyclic guanylate monophosphate pathway in the pilocarpine-induced seizure model in mice.

abstract：:In anesthetized rats the glucose release of the kidneys was estimated from the glucose concentrations in the arterial and renal venous plasma, urinary glucose excretion and the total renal plasma flow. Net renal glucose release was found in control experiments. The glucose release of the kidneys decreased with rising ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Greven J,van Eys B,Jacobs W

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of calcium ions (Ca2+) on the adenylyl cyclase activity in purified turkey erythrocyte membranes. Results showed the following: (i) Ca2+ inhibits cAMP accumulation stimulated by isoproterenol (1 micromol/l), NaF + AlCl3 (10 mmol/l + 20 micromol/l) or forskolin (10 micromol/l) in EGTA-washed...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Demirel E,Ugur O,Onaran HO

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequent resistance of malignant tumors to chemotherapy documents the fact that numerous patients are uselessly traumatized by highly toxic drugs. Investigations into this resistance have shown that many different mechanisms exist which can abolish the antitumor action of chemotherapeutics. So far, no safe method ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Lippert TH,Ruoff HJ,Volm M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Functional linkages between the cannabinoid CB(1) and the dopaminergic systems have been reported although the observations and the mechanisms hypothesizing their interactions at the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) functionality level are conflicting. METHODS:Administration of a potent cannabinoid ag...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Nguyen VH,Wang H,Verdurand M,Zavitsanou K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison was made of the anti-ischemic effects of dihydropyridine calcium antagonists in isolated globally ischemic rat hearts. Pretreatment with amlodipine, nifedipine, nitredipine, or nisoldipine reduced reperfusion enzyme (lactate dehydrogenase) release and contracture after 25 min of global ischemia and 30 min...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Grover GJ,Dzwonczyk S,Sleph PG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tests the hypothesis that contractile responses in aortae of hypertensive rats are more dependent on gap junctional communication compared to those from normotensive rats. The experimental approach was pharmacological, using inhibitors of gap junctional activity (heptanol and octanol). Two models of experim...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Leite R,Webb RC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of repeated administration of histamine on lithium-induced state dependency has been investigated. A single-trial step-down inhibitory avoidance task was used to assess memory in adult male NMRI mice. Intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of lithium (10 mg/kg), immediately after training (post-training),...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Zarrindast MR,Parsaei L,Ahmadi S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:It has been demonstrated that dexamethasone-induced hypertension can be prevented by the NADPH oxidase inhibitor apocynin. The effect of dexamethasone on NADPH oxidase, however, is unknown. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of dexamethasone on the gene expression of Nox1, the majo...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Siuda D,Tobias S,Rus A,Xia N,Förstermann U,Li H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasodepressor responses to intravenous injections of arachidonic acid, and the formation of its metabolites, were studied in rats made diabetic 1 or 2 weeks after a 1-dose alloxan treatment. Arachidonic acid dose-dependently decreased the diastolic blood pressure in normal animals, but this hypotensive effect was ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Hui SC,Ogle CW,Wang Z,An Y,Hu YH

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 4-[3,5-bis(trimethylsilyl)benzamido] benzoic acid (TAC-101), one of the synthetic retinoids, on collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) in mice and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in rats was studied. TAC-101 at doses of 5 and 20 mg/kg clearly inhibited the development of CIA in terms of the swe...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Miyagawa N,Homma T,Kagechika H,Shudo K,Nagai H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Targeting inflammation in patients with coronary artery disease and/or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a matter of debate. Methotrexate (MTX) is one of the most widely used immunosuppressants. Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction Trial (CIRT) recently failed to demonstrate reduced cardiovascular events...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Dannenberg L,Trojovsky K,Ayhan A,Helten C,Zako S,M'Pembele R,Mourikis P,Benkhoff M,Ignatov D,Sarabhai T,Petzold T,Huhn-Wientgen R,Zeus T,Kelm M,Levkau B,Polzin A

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A controlled, double-blind study was made of the efficacy and safety of a new hypnotic, zopiclone, on the preoperative night's sleep by a Joint Study Unit Group of the anesthesiology departments in 6 national hospitals. The following results were found: (1) zopiclone 7.5 and 10 mg and nitrazepam 10 mg were significant...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Momose T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zopiclone (ZPC; RP 27,267), which is chemically unrelated to benzodiazepines (BZD), was found to have a similar pharmacological profile and to possess in man hypnotic activity similar to that of some BZD such as nitrazepam. It was, therefore, interesting to study the interaction of ZPC with rat brain receptors and spe...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Blanchard JC,Boireau A,Julou L

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of schisandrin B enantiomer ((+)Sch B and (-)Sch B) treatment on the reduced cellular glutathione (GSH) level and susceptibility to menadione-induced toxicity were investigated and compared in AML12 hepatocytes. (+)Sch B or (-)Sch B treatment at 6.25 micromol/l produced a time-dependent change in cellular GSH ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Chiu PY,Leung HY,Poon MK,Mak DH,Ko KM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal smoking during pregnancy causes reduction of fetal breathing movements, an effect attributed to nicotine in fetal blood. Nicotine is metabolized to cotinine which has a long plasma half-life and exhibits slow clearance across membrane barriers. It is also known to activate placental phospholipase-A2-like enzy...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Sastry BV,Chance MB,Hemontolor ME,Goddijn-Wessel TA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of age on the clearance (CL) of therapeutic proteins has not been explored extensively in pediatric subjects. Recently, resting energy expenditure (REE) has been proposed to link age-dependent CL with developmental changes. Allometric relationship was explored to assess the impact of REE on the CL of therap...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Lee SK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracerebroventricular injection of the cholecystokinin-A receptor antagonist L-364,718, at the doses of 0.5, 5, 10 or 20 micrograms/mouse, while having no effect on pain threshold (hot plate, 51 degrees C), antagonized the analgesic activity of morphine (10 mg/kg i.p.). This effect was obtained with a dose of 10...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Poggioli R,Vergoni AV,Sandrini M,Barbafiera L,Marrama D,Bertolini A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are reports regarding harmful effect of long-term use of beta2-agonist drugs on asthma severity and airway responsiveness. In the present study, the responses of guinea pig trachea with intact and denuded epithelium (groups 1 and 2, n = 10) to methacholine as EC50 were measured in tissues nonincubated or incubat...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Boskabady MH,Aslani MR,Tabatabaei A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The knowledge of molecular mechanisms determining drug pharmacokinetics in pathological states is relevant for the development of new therapeutic approaches. This study was undertaken to evaluate the cortical renal blood flow (cRBF) and the renal protein expression of the organic anion transporters (OAT...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Di Giusto G,Anzai N,Endou H,Torres AM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galactosamine (GalN) administration produces hepatitis-like liver injury in animals. The hepatotoxicity of GalN is attenuated by several interventions, including activation of the reticuloendothelial system (RES). Fructose-1,6-diphosphate (FDP) administration significantly increases the phagocytic activity of the RES ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Markov AK,Farias LA,Bennett WS,Subramony C,Mihas AA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to compare the cardioprotective properties of long-acting calcium channel antagonist pranidipine with amlodipine in rat model of heart failure induced by autoimmune myocarditis. Twenty-eight days after immunization the surviving rats were randomized for the oral administration of low-d...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Veeraveedu PT,Watanabe K,Ma M,Gurusamy N,Palaniyandi SS,Wen J,Prakash P,Wahed MI,Kamal FA,Mito S,Kunisaki M,Kodama M,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aims at investigating the effects of mannitol and dimethylthiourea, known hydroxyl radical scavengers, on lipid peroxidation as an indicative of oxidative damage, NF-kappa B activation and IL-8 production by Helicobacter pylori in gastric epithelial cells. A human gastric epithelial cell line, AGS, t...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Kim H,Seo JY,Kim KH

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of these studies was to evaluate the effects of the peptidoleukotriene (LT) receptor antagonist, ICI 198615, on the vasopressor responses produced by LTC4, LTD4 and LTE4. Conscious, normotensive rats were prepared with arterial and venous catheters for measurement of changes in arterial blood pressure and ...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Smith EF 3rd,Slivjak MJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular relaxant effect of salbutamol and its dependence on the endothelium were studied in the isolated dog coronary artery, precontracted with prostaglandin F2 alpha. Salbutamol induced a concentration-dependent relaxation which was partially inhibited by removal of endothelial cells. Atenolol 10(-6) mol/l, a b...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Bernard F,Jouquey S,Hamon G

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two diazepam derivatives, the N-desmethyl and the 2'-chlor-N-desmethyldiazepam, were compared in rats using behavioral and EEG techniques. Both drugs had depressant effects upon locomotor activity, facilitated behavior suppressed by punishment, increased the number of shocks received by rats in a Sidman avoidance proc...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Babbini M,Gaiardi M,Bartoletti M

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, chronic treatment of atorvastatin was evaluated on isoproterenol-induced myocardial infarction. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (200 +/- 25 g) were randomized into the following four groups: (1) control group, (2) isoproterenol-treated group, (3) atorvastatin-treated group, and (4) isoproterenol- and at...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Trivedi CJ,Balaraman R,Majithiya JB,Bothara SB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of aplastic anemia from chloramphenicol (CAP) remains uncertain. Recent observations suggest that metabolites of CAP generated by intestinal bacteria may play an important role in mediating hematotoxicity from the drug. Thus, it is possible that once in circulation and after passage through the liver,...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Abou-Khalil WH,Yunis AA,Abou-Khalil S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clofibrate treatment decreased drastically the activity of serum postheparin lipoprotein lipase of rats fed with fat-free test diet but had no effect on hepatic lipase. 3 weeks' treatment was followed by a significant fall in serum cholesterol caused by a marked decrease in HDL-cholesterol. Clofibrate decreased in vit...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Strandberg TE,Kuusi T,Tilvis RS,Miettinen TA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulinogenic response to a standard i.v. dose of a sulfonylurea can be markedly augmented in normal, conscious dogs if they are given 30 min earlier a single i.v. dose of dihydroergotamine (DHE). Since the parent substance ergotamine posssed no such amplifying properties, further experiments were conducted to cla...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Sirek A,Sirek OV,Policova Z,Kerekes A

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the bioavailability of a new oromucosal formulation of flurbiprofen 8.75-mg lozenges, developed by Alfa Wassermann S.p.A. (test drug) to that of marketed flurbiprofen 8.75-mg lozenges (Benactiv Gola®, reference drug). METHODS:This was an open, randomised, two-period, crossover, pharmacokinetic (PK) stu...

journal_title：Pharmacology

authors： Matzneller P,Burian A,Martin W,Annoni O,Lauro V,Tacchi R,Brunner M,Zeitlinger M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00