Evidence that the accumulation of 5-hydroxytryptamine in the liver but not in the brain may cause the hypoglycaemia induced by 5-hydroxytryptophan.

abstract：:1. Pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulphonic acid (PPADS), a P2-purinoceptor antagonist, was investigated for its ability to antagonize: (1) P2X-purinoceptor-mediated contractions of the rabbit central ear artery and saphenous artery evoked by either alpha,beta-methylene ATP (alpha,beta-MeATP) or electrical fie...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ziganshin AU,Hoyle CH,Lambrecht G,Mutschler E,Bümert HG,Burnstock G

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes and macrophages provide key targets for the action of novel anti-inflammatory therapeutics targeted at inhibition of PDE4 cAMP-specific phosphodiesterases. PDE4 enzymes provide the dominant cAMP phosphodiesterase activity in U937 human monocytic cells. Differentiation of U937 monocytic cells to a macrophage-...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shepherd MC,Baillie GS,Stirling DI,Houslay MD

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Impaired function of spinal strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors gives rise to chronic pain states and movement disorders. Therefore, increased activity of glycine receptors should help to treat such disorders. Although compounds targeting glycine receptors with a high selectivity are lacking, ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Eckle VS,Grasshoff C,Mirakaj V,O'Neill PM,Berry NG,Leuwer M,Antkowiak B

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Peptides from venomous animals have long been important for understanding pain mechanisms and for the discovery of pain treatments. Here, we hypothesized that Phα1β, a peptide from the venom of the armed spider Phoneutria nigriventer, produces analgesia by blocking the TRPA1 channel. EXPERIMENTA...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tonello R,Fusi C,Materazzi S,Marone IM,De Logu F,Benemei S,Gonçalves MC,Coppi E,Castro-Junior CJ,Gomez MV,Geppetti P,Ferreira J,Nassini R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the procaine-blocked hemisected spinal cord preparation to identify the primary action of amino acids and their antagonists on amphibian mononeurones is described. 2 Apart from an anomalous effect of glycine, the responses of frog spinal motoneurones to amino acids were shown to be similar to those of mamma...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Evans RH,Watkins JC

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening plays a critical role in cardiac reperfusion injury and its prevention is cardioprotective. Tumour cell mitochondria usually have high levels of hexokinase isoform 2 (HK2) bound to their outer mitochondrial membranes (OMM) and HK2 binding to heart mitochondria ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Halestrap AP,Pereira GC,Pasdois P

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Histamine (2-4 micrograms kg-1 i.v.) increased airways resistance (Raw) and decreased dynamic lung compliance (Cdyn) in urethane-anaesthetized guinea-pigs. The effects on Raw were almost abolished by atropine (0.1 mg kg-1 i.v.) and reduced by vagal cooling (11-16 degrees C). 2. Histamine-induced changes in Raw and ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mitchell HW

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of [3H]-iloprost (ZK36374) to NCB-20 membranes revealed a single population of high affinity receptors (KD = 9.55 nM, Bmax = 431 fmol mg-1 protein) and a low affinity, non-saturable binding component. Desensitization of prostacyclin-responsiveness of NCB-20 cells is induced by culture in the presence of th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Leigh PJ,MacDermot J

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The ability of memantine (1-amino-3,5-dimethyladamantane) to antagonize the modulatory effects of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) on phosphoinositide turnover stimulated by muscarinic cholinoceptor- and metabotropic glutamate receptor-agonists has been examined in neonatal rat cerebral cortex slices. 2. Memantine antag...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mistry R,Wilke R,Challiss RA

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Unique among the phospholipids, phosphatidylserine depresses brain energy metabolism when injected intravenously into mice in the form of sonicated liposomes. The possibility that this effect results from a metabolic transformation of phosphatidylserine is examined in this paper. 2. A strong enhancement of the phos...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bigon E,Boarato E,Bruni A,Leon A,Toffano G

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The human, rat, and mouse P2X(7) receptors have been previously characterized, and in this study we report the cloning and pharmacological properties of the guinea pig orthologue. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:A cDNA encoding for the guinea pig P2X(7) receptor was isolated from a guinea pig brain librar...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Fonfria E,Clay WC,Levy DS,Goodwin JA,Roman S,Smith GD,Condreay JP,Michel AD

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. A series of GABAB receptor antagonists were tested against (+/-)-baclofen for activity on the presynaptic GABAB receptor in the rat vas deferens. 2. All the antagonists tested caused a rightward shift in the concentration-response curve to (+/-)-baclofen. 3. pA2 values calculated from full Schild analysis were as f...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hills JM,Larkin MM,Howson W

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of the novel Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange inhibitor KB-R7943, 2-[2-[4-(4-nitrobenzyloxy)phenyl]ethyl]isothiourea methanesulphonate, on the native nicotinic receptors present at the bovine adrenal chromaffin cells, as well as on rat brain alpha(3)beta(4) and alpha(7) nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (A...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pintado AJ,Herrero CJ,García AG,Montiel C

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The prostate function is regulated by androgens and alpha-adrenergic activity. Clinically, antiandrogens and/or alpha(1)-adrenergic antagonists are commonly used to treat symptomatic prostatic hypertrophy. To elucidate the effects of androgen deprivation on prostate contractility via alpha(1)-adrenoceptor, the char...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Homma Y,Hamada K,Nakayama Y,Tsujimoto G,Kawabe K

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In order to assess the role of different ionic currents in hypoxia-induced action potential shortening, we investigated the effects of blockers of voltage-dependent and ATP-sensitive K(+)-channel on the membrane potential of hypoxic rabbit hearts and papillary muscles. The response to blocking of the inward rectifi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ruiz Petrich E,Leblanc N,deLorenzi F,Allard Y,Schanne OF

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Effects of morphine sulphate (1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, 20 and 40 mg/kg i.p.) on locomotor activity of male rats were observed for 8 h after single doses in non-tolerant rats. The lower three doses had only an excitatory effect, whereas the higher three doses caused initial depression followed by a delayed excitatory effec...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Babbini M,Davis WM

更新日期：1972-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We previously reported that substance P and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) synergistically stimulate corneal epithelial wound healing in vitro and in vivo. We wished to identify which portion of the amino acid sequence of substance P might be responsible for this synergism. 2. Corneal epithelial migration was...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nakamura M,Chikama T,Nishida T

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and related substances were examined in guinea-pig ileum longitudinal muscle.2 GABA at doses ranging from 10(-7) M to 3 x 10(-6) M elicited a relaxation while at higher doses (3 x 10(-6) M - 10(-4) M), as previously described, it caused a contraction followed by relaxati...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Giotti A,Luzzi S,Spagnesi S,Zilletti L

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The distribution of sympathetic adrenergic nerves on the rat middle cerebral artery and on the arterioles which originated from it was determined by use of gloxylic histochemistry. 2. Whereas the middle cerebral artery and proximal arterioles arising from this artery received a sympathetic innervation, the distal r...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Edwards FR,Hards D,Hirst GD,Silverberg GD

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In perfused rabbit adrenal glands, colchicine (500 muM) inhibited the catecholamine secretion evoked by acetylcholine (20 mug/ml) but not that evoked by excess potassium (60 mM). Since both stimuli are believed to release catecholamines ultimately by the same secretory process, exocytosis, it is concluded that these i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Douglas WW,Sorimachi M

更新日期：1972-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The cyclic analogue of dopamine, 2-amino-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene (ADTN) was injected into the lateral ventricle or bilaterally into the nucleus accumbens or caudate nucleus of conscious rats and its effect on locomotor activity was investigated. 2. When given intraventricularly, ADTN produced so...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Elkhawad AO,Woodruff GN

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine whether inhibition of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) modulates the stimulated generation of the cytokines, interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-13, from human basophils. This was addressed by evaluating the effects of both nonselective and selective inhibitors of PDEs on...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Eskandari N,Wickramasinghe T,Peachell PT

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Two of the most relevant unmet needs in epilepsy are represented by the development of disease-modifying drugs able to affect epileptogenesis and/or the study of related neuropsychiatric comorbidities. No systematic study has investigated the effects of chronic treatment with antipsychotics or an...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Citraro R,Leo A,De Fazio P,De Sarro G,Russo E

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to assess the interaction of nitrergic neurotransmission within the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) with local glutamatergic and noradrenergic neurotransmission in the control of cardiovascular responses to acute restraint stress in rats. EXPERIMENTAL ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Barretto-de-Souza L,Adami MB,Benini R,Crestani CC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2015/16 provides concise overviews of the key properties of over 1750 human drug targets with their pharmacology, plus links to an open access knowledgebase of drug targets and their ligands (www.guidetopharmacology.org), which provides more detailed views of target and ligand propert...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Alexander SP,Peters JA,Kelly E,Marrion N,Benson HE,Faccenda E,Pawson AJ,Sharman JL,Southan C,Davies JA,CGTP Collaborators.

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Bradykinin has multiple effects on differentiated NG108-15 neuroblastoma x glioma cells: it increases Ins(1,4,5)P3 production and intracellular Ca2+ concentration [Ca2+]i evokes a Ca2+ activated K+ current (IK(Ca)) and inhibits M current (IM). We studied the effect of the aminosteroid U73122 and the antibiotic neom...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hildebrandt JP,Plant TD,Meves H

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. A quantitative in vitro study has been made of the actions of glyceryl trinitrate and sodium nitrite on vascular smooth muscle (dog femoral artery and saphenous vein; rat portal vein); these have been compared with the actions of papaverine, isoprenaline, salbutamol, pentaerythritol tetranitrate and trimetazidine. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mackenzie JE,Parratt JR

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The fate of (15S)-15-methyl prostaglandin E(2) methyl ester and 16,16-dimethyl prostaglandin E(2) in the pulmonary circulation of rat isolated lungs was compared with that of prostaglandin E(2) by means of bioassay.2 Calculated on the basis of height of response of the assay tissues, the inactivation of prostaglandi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bakhle YS,Jancar S,Whittle BJ

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We studied the effect of intracellular angiotensin II (Ang II) and related peptides on rat aortic contraction, whether this effect is pharmacologically distinguishable from that induced by extracellular stimulation, and determined the Ca2+ source involved. 2. Compounds were delivered into the cytoplasm of de-endoth...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Brailoiu E,Filipeanu CM,Tica A,Toma CP,de Zeeuw D,Nelemans SA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of bretylium have been investigated on the content and sub-cellular distribution of noradrenaline in cat spleen and on the overflow of noradrenaline in response to stimulation of the splenic nerve.2. Bretylium, 15 min after its administration, produces a significant depletion of noradrenaline in only th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Abbs ET,Robertson MI

更新日期：1970-04-01 00:00:00