On the mechanism of action of clonidine: effects on single central neurones.

abstract：:N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) has been reported to interact with the GTP-binding Ni-protein; we have examined its effect on adenosine receptor binding in feline cortical membranes and on adenosine-receptor mediated effects on cyclic AMP accumulation in rat hippocampal slices. Treatment of cortical membranes with NEM (100 mic...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Fredholm BB,Lindgren E,Lindström K

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Experiments were designed to determine whether endothelium-dependent relaxing factor(s) released by acetylcholine from the canine femoral artery influences the membrane potential of coronary arterial smooth muscle. 2. The membrane potential was recorded in small canine coronary arteries (internal diameter less than...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Feletou M,Vanhoutte PM

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effects of opioids on synaptic transmission in cat sacral parasympathetic colonic ganglia were studied in vitro, using intracellular electrophysiological techniques. Electrical stimulation of the pelvic nerve evoked fast excitatory postsynaptic potentials (e.p.s.ps), which were blocked by hexamethonium and tetro...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kennedy C,Krier J

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative potencies of a series of substance P analogues have been determined for spasmogenic activity in the guinea-pig ileum in vitro and for the release of 86Rb and alpha-amylase activity from rat parotid gland slices in vitro. Equipotent molar ratios (EMR), relative to substance P, were determined for all the c...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gater PR,Jordan CC,Owen DG

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Sarcoplasmic reticular (SR) Ca(2+) -ATPase (SERCA2a) is central to cardiac electrophysiological and mechanical function. It ensures full diastolic relaxation minimizing delayed after-potentials that would otherwise compromise membrane electrophysiological stability, and optimizes SR Ca(2+) refilling and syst...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Huang CL

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of action of prostacyclin (PGI2) on isolated segments of guinea-pig terminal ileum was studied by recording the changes in isometric tension. In these preparations PGI2 (1 nM-1 microM) caused a concentration-dependent increase in muscle tension. This effect was rapid and short-lasting. PGI2-induced contr...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gaion RM,Trento M

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Both phasic and tonic responses to KCl 160 mM were reduced by Ca2+ deprivation. After 90 min, the phasic response was abolished but 13 +/- 1.5% of the tonic response remained. This resistant component was still present if the Ca2+-free solution contained EGTA 0.1 mM. The tonic response was more resistant to deprivat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hay DW,Wadsworth RM

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease typically more common in males, implicating androgens in progression of both patients and mouse models. Androgen effects are mediated by androgen receptor which is highly expressed in spinal motor neurons and skeletal muscle...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： McLeod VM,Lau CL,Chiam MDF,Rupasinghe TW,Roessner U,Djouma E,Boon WC,Turner BJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Protocatechuic acid (PCA) is plentiful in edible fruits and vegetables and is thus one anti-oxidative component of normal human diets. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in the chemopreventive activity of PCA are poorly understood. Here, we investigated the mechanism(s) underlying the ant...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lin HH,Chen JH,Chou FP,Wang CJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiovascular effects of doxazosin, a quinazoline derivative related to prasozin were investigated and compared to prazosin in the rabbit. Radioligand binding studies using rabbit cerebral membranes showed that both doxazosin and prazosin were roughly equipotent at displacing [3H]-prazosin from specific binding s...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hamilton CA,Reid JL,Vincent J

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the efficiency of the peristaltic reflex, acetylcholine (ACh) output and motor responses to transmural and periarterial nerve stimulation produced by bicuculline and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor desensitization were investigated in the guinea-pig isolated colon. Bicuculline, at concentrations una...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Frigo GM,Galli A,Lecchini S,Marcoli M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent clinical studies have demonstrated that angiotensin II type 1 (AT(1) ) receptor blockers (ARBs) reduce the onset of stroke, stroke severity and the incidence and progression of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. We can expect that ARBs exert these effects by both AT(1) receptor blockade and angiotensin II type 2...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Horiuchi M,Mogi M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of in vivo desensitization to leukotriene B4 (LTB4) on eosinophil infiltration in response to recombinant C5a was examined in guinea-pig skin. 2. LTB4 (10-300 ng) and C5a (1-10 micrograms) caused a dose-dependent increase in the levels of eosinophil peroxidase activity (a measure of eosinophil infiltrati...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pettipher ER,Salter ED,Showell HJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the discovery of the first effective antiviral compound (idoxuridine) in 1959, nucleoside analogues, especially acyclovir (ACV) for the treatment of herpesvirus infections, have dominated antiviral therapy for several decades. However, ACV and similar acyclic nucleosides suffer from low aqueous solubility an...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： De Clercq E,Field HJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have studied the transcellular biosynthesis of bioactive leukotrienes (LTs), generated upon blood cell-vascular wall interactions and their functional consequences, in the spontaneously beating, cell-perfused, heart of the rabbit. Rabbit isolated hearts were perfused under recirculating conditions (50 ml) with 5...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sala A,Rossoni G,Buccellati C,Berti F,Folco G,Maclouf J

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Non-alcoholic hepatic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a manifestation of the metabolic syndrome in the liver and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) represents its advanced stage. R17 derived from bouchardatine, shows benefits in the metabolic syndrome, but has not been tested in the liver. The p...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rao Y,Lu YT,Li C,Song QQ,Xu YH,Xu Z,Hu YT,Yu H,Gao L,Gu LQ,Ye JM,Huang ZS

更新日期：2019-08-01 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

abstract：:Levetiracetam, the alpha-ethyl analogue of the nootropic piracetam, is a widely used antiepileptic drug (AED) that provides protection against partial seizures and is also effective in the treatment of primary generalized seizure syndromes including juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Levetiracetam was discovered in 1992 thr...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rogawski MA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effects of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, 'ecstasy'), i.v., on diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in pithed and pentobarbitone anaesthetized rats. In pithed rats, the non-selective 5-HT receptor antagonist methiothepin (0.1 mg kg(-1)) and the alpha2-adrenoceptor antagonists methoxyidazoxan a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： McDaid J,Docherty JR

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal lung disease where the additional presence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) reduces survival. In particular, the presence of coexistent pulmonary vascular disease in patients with advanced lung parenchymal disease results in worse outcomes than either diagnosis alone. This ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rajagopal K,Bryant AJ,Sahay S,Wareing N,Zhou Y,Pandit LM,Karmouty-Quintana H

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. This study investigated whether (a) cannabinoid CB(1) receptor knockout (CB(1)(-/-)) mice displayed altered gastrointestinal transit and (b) cannabinoid CB(1) and opioid receptors functionally interact in the regulation of gastrointestinal transit. 2. Gastrointestinal transit was assessed by the Whole Gastrointesti...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Carai MA,Colombo G,Gessa GL,Yalamanchili R,Basavarajappa BS,Hungund BL

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Juvenile male rats treated with parachlorophenylalanine showed hair loss round the head and neck extending down the chest and abdomen.2. Treated isolated rats did not have this loss of hair, while untreated animals living in the same cage as treated rats lost their hair. The loss therefore seems to be caused by inc...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shillito EE

更新日期：1970-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance P and substance K (neurokinin A) (dose range: 0.08-80 nmol kg-1) were tested for their effects on gastrointestinal propulsion in the rat. The peptides were given by intraperitoneal injection concurrently with the intragastric administration of a test meal containing charcoal and 51Cr. Examination 3 min after...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Holzer P

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Hepatic encephalopathy is a neuropsychiatric disorder of complex pathogenesis caused by acute or chronic liver failure. We investigated the effects of cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive constituent of Cannabis sativa with anti-inflammatory properties that activates the 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 5...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Avraham Y,Grigoriadis N,Poutahidis T,Vorobiev L,Magen I,Ilan Y,Mechoulam R,Berry E

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The accumulation of (3)H-gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by the isolated rat retina has been measured.2. When retinae were incubated at 37 degrees C in a medium containing (3)H-GABA, tissue:medium ratios of about 25:1 were attained after a 30 min incubation.3. After incubations of 40 min at 37 degrees C, almost all ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Goodchild M,Neal MJ

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Both in mammalian tissues and in transfected cells, only low levels of alpha1D-adrenoceptors are detected in radioligand binding studies. It has been implicated that the comparatively long N-terminal tail of the alpha1D-adrenoceptor is responsible for the inefficient surface expression of the receptor. 2. In the pr...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Petrovska R,Kapa I,Klovins J,Schiöth HB,Uhlén S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Retinoids, through their activation of retinoic acid receptors (RARs) and retinoid X receptors, regulate diverse cellular processes, and pharmacological intervention in their actions has been successful in the treatment of skin disorders and cancers. Despite the many beneficial effects, administr...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yin S,Luo J,Qian A,Yu W,Hu H

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of an additional duplicated alpha-2 adrenoceptor subtype in the zebrafish raises a pesky nomenclature issue, as well as questions about the functions of the alpha-2 adrenoceptors in the zebrafish and how many alpha-2 receptors does an organism really need. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bylund DB

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]-guanfacine (N-amidino-2-(2,6-dichloro 3[3H] phenyl) acetamide hydrochloride; 24.2 Ci/mmol) has been used as a radioligand in homogenates of rat cerebral cortex. Specific binding of [3H]-guanfacine was linear with respect to tissue concentration (2.5-15 mg/ml), saturable and not markedly affected in the pH range 6...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jarrott B,Louis WJ,Summers RJ

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Interstitial lung disease accounts for a group of chronic and progressive disorders associated with severe pulmonary vascular remodelling, peripheral vascular rarefaction and fibrosis, thus limiting lung function. We have previously shown that Akt is necessary for myofibroblast differentiation, a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Abdalla M,Sabbineni H,Prakash R,Ergul A,Fagan SC,Somanath PR

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00