Some factors influencing the release of 5-hydroxyindol-3-ylacetic acid in the forebrain.

abstract：:1 Picrotoxin selectively and reversibly suppressed the inhibitory action of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), but not that of glycine, taurine or beta-alanine, on the frequency of spontaneous spike discharges in guinea-pig cerebellar slices. Strychnine reversibly suppressed the inhibitory action of glycine, taurine or b...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Okamoto K,Quastel JH

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) of rabbits produced ocular inflammation consisting of conjunctival hyperaemia, miosis and protein extravasation into the aqueous humour, reflected by the so-called aqueous flare response (AFR): the maximal reduction in pupil size was 3.8 +/- 0.1 mm (s.e. of mean, n = 16) while the ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wang ZY,Waldeck K,Grundemar L,Håkanson R

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:5alpha,8alpha-Epidioxy-22E-ergosta-6, 22-dien-3beta-ol (ergosterol peroxide) is a major antitumour sterol produced by edible or medicinal mushrooms. However, its molecular mechanism of action has yet to be determined. Here, we examine the anticancer and anti-inflammatory effects of ergosterol per...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kobori M,Yoshida M,Ohnishi-Kameyama M,Shinmoto H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The human prostacyclin receptor (hIP), a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) expressed mainly on platelets and vascular smooth muscle cells, plays important protective roles in the cardiovascular system. We hypothesized that significant insights could be gained into the structure and function of th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Stitham J,Arehart E,Gleim SR,Li N,Douville K,Hwa J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The ability of PD 128907 to activate dopamine receptors in the ventral tegmental area, substantia nigra pars compacta, and striatum was investigated by use of in vitro electrophysiological recording and fast cyclic voltammetry. The affinity of a novel D2 selective antagonist L-741,626 for receptors activated by thi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bowery BJ,Razzaque Z,Emms F,Patel S,Freedman S,Bristow L,Kulagowski J,Seabrook GR

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Acetylcholine mustard (N-2-chloroethyl-N-methyl-2-acetoxyethylamine), a potent muscarinic agonist, binds virtually irreversibly to muscarinic receptors in longitudinal muscle strips from guinea-pig small intesting, as shown by the inhibition of the binding of E13-H]-propylbenzilycholine mustard ([3-H-PrBCM), an aff...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Robinson DA,Taylor JG,Young JM

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol (DHCA), a lignan compound isolated from Cucurbita moschata, has previously been shown to contain anti-adipogenic and antilipogenic effects on 3T3-L1 cells and mouse embryonic fibroblasts. As some of phytochemicals derived from natural plants show anti-inflammatory or an...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lee J,Choi J,Kim S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The goal of this study was to determine if an increase in cytoplasmic calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i), in the absence of additional second messengers derived from membrane phospholipid turnover, is a sufficient signal to induce chloride secretion across monolayers of the human colonic epithelial line, T84. 2. Thaps...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kachintorn U,Vajanaphanich M,Traynor-Kaplan AE,Dharmsathaphorn K,Barrett KE

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Amitriptyline is often prescribed as a first-line treatment for neuropathic pain but its precise mode of analgesic action remains uncertain. Amitriptyline is known to inhibit voltage-dependent ion channels and also to act as an antagonist at ligand-gated ion channels, such as nicotinic acetylchol...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Freysoldt A,Fleckenstein J,Lang PM,Irnich D,Grafe P,Carr RW

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of two isoforms of Rho-kinase (ROCK) and its functional role in the physiological control of smooth muscle contraction in the sheep ureter were investigated. Helical strips of the ureteric smooth muscle were stimulated by electrical field stimulation (EFS, 60 V, 1 mS, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 Hz, for 20 S), KCl (...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Levent A,Büyükafsar K

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine D2-receptors were solubilized from synaptosomal membranes of the bovine caudate nucleus using different detergents. They were labelled with [3H]-spiperone and assayed by polyethylene glycol precipitation. CHAPS was found to be the best solubilizing agent among all detergents used. Optimal conditions for solub...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kidric M,Petrović J,Soskić V,Trajković D

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Catecholamine release from cat adrenal glands perfused at a high rate (4 ml min-1) at 37 degrees C with modified Krebs solutions lacking Ca and containing 1.2 mM K (hyperpolarizing solution) or 118 mM K (depolarizing solution) was triggered by 10-s pulses of Ca (0.5 mM) in the presence of 118 mM K. Hyperpolarized g...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： López MG,Moro MA,Castillo CF,Artalejo CR,García AG

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:N-arachidonyl dopamine (NADA) has been identified as a putative endocannabinoid, but there is little information about which signalling pathways it activates. The purpose of this study was to identify the signalling pathways activated by NADA in vitro. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Human or rat cannabin...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Redmond WJ,Cawston EE,Grimsey NL,Stuart J,Edington AR,Glass M,Connor M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have evaluated the selectivity of ketoprofen and two novel nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, N-[2-(cyclohexyloxy)-4-nitrophenyl]methanesulphonamide (NS-398) and 5-methanesulphonamido-6-(2,4-difluorothiophenyl)-1-indano ne (L-745,337), in inhibiting the cyclo-oxygenase activity of prostaglandin endoperoxide s...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Panara MR,Greco A,Santini G,Sciulli MG,Rotondo MT,Padovano R,di Giamberardino M,Cipollone F,Cuccurullo F,Patrono C

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of pinacidil on noradrenaline-induced tone, smooth muscle membrane potential and 42K- and 86Rb-efflux from isolated mesenteric resistance vessels (internal diameter 200 microns) of the rat have been studied. 2. Pinacidil (0.3-10 microM) produced concentration-dependent suppression of noradrenaline-induc...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Videbaek LM,Aalkjaer C,Mulvany MJ

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The agonist action of the opioid peptide dynorphin A(1-8) on the myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle of the guinea-pig ileum has been characterized. 2. The endogenous opioid peptide dynorphin A(1-8) was rapidly degraded by slices of myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle of the guinea-pig ileum. 3. A product of the ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dixon DM,Traynor JR

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of the putative gap junction uncoupler, 1-heptanol, on the neurogenic and myogenic contractile responses of guinea-pig vas deferens were studied in vitro. 2. Superfusion of 2.0 mM heptanol for 20-30 min produced the following reversible changes in the biphasic neurogenic contractile response (8 trials):...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Venkateswarlu K,Dange SY,Manchanda R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine is one of the two key sulfur-containing amino acids with important functions in redox homeostasis, protein functionality and metabolism. Cysteine is taken up by mammals via their diet and can also be derived from methionine via the transsulfuration pathway. The cellular concentration of cysteine is kept withi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kohl JB,Mellis AT,Schwarz G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We sought to understand why (-)-cannabidiol (CBD) and (-)-cannabidiol-dimethylheptyl (CBD-DMH) exhibit distinct pharmacology, despite near identical structures. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:HEK293A cells expressing either human type 1 cannabinoid (CB1 ) receptors or CB2 receptors were treated with CBD ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tham M,Yilmaz O,Alaverdashvili M,Kelly MEM,Denovan-Wright EM,Laprairie RB

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of synthetic tachykinin selective receptor agonists was studied on the growth of cultured human skin fibroblasts (HF). 2. Human fibroblasts were grown in serum-free conditions in the presence of natural tachykinins (substance P and neurokinin A) and of three synthetic agonists, [beta-Ala4, Sar9, Met(O2)1...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ziche M,Morbidelli L,Pacini M,Dolara P,Maggi CA

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Patients with airway infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa have impaired mucociliary clearance. Pyocyanin is a phenazine pigment produced by P. aeruginosa which is present in the sputum of colonized patients, slows human ciliary beat frequency (CBF) in vitro and slows mucociliary transport in vivo in the guinea-pig. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kanthakumar K,Cundell DR,Johnson M,Wills PJ,Taylor GW,Cole PJ,Wilson R

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Endothelial cell proliferation, migration and adhesion are necessary for the formation of new blood vessels. We reported previously that baicalein strongly inhibited proliferation of rat heart endothelial cells and here we assess effects on migration and adhesion of these cells. EXPERIMENTAL APP...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hsieh YC,Hsieh SJ,Chang YS,Hsueh CM,Hsu SL

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) ramiprilat, the angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist (AT(1)A) candesartan, and the combination of both drugs on infarct size (IS) resulting from regional myocardial ischaemia were studied in pigs. Both ACEI and AT(1)A reduce myocardial IS by a brad...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Weidenbach R,Schulz R,Gres P,Behrends M,Post H,Heusch G

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Drugs targeting brain kappa-opioid receptors produce profound alterations in mood. In the present study we investigated the possible anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects of the kappa-opioid receptor agonist salvinorin A, the main active ingredient of Salvia divinorum, in rats and mice. EX...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Braida D,Capurro V,Zani A,Rubino T,Viganò D,Parolaro D,Sala M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Previous studies had shown that adenosine and adenine nucleotides including adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) caused contraction of the rat colon muscularis mucosae via P1 and P2Y-purinoceptors respectively, and that the stable ATP analogue adenylyl 5'-(beta,gama- methylene)diphosphonate (AMPPCP) had an unexpected di...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bailey SJ,Hickman D,Hourani SM

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The homeostatic control of arterial BP is well understood with changes in BP resulting from changes in cardiac output (CO) and/or total peripheral resistance (TPR). A mechanism-based and quantitative analysis of drug effects on this interrelationship could provide a basis for the prediction of dr...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Snelder N,Ploeger BA,Luttringer O,Rigel DF,Webb RL,Feldman D,Fu F,Beil M,Jin L,Stanski DR,Danhof M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oestrogenic and antioestrogenic activities of a series of substituted derivatives of 1,1,2 triphenylbut-1-ene have been determined using primary cultures of rat pituitary gland cells to monitor prolactin synthesis in vitro. The relative binding affinity of the agonists for the oestrogen receptor was consistent wit...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jordan VC,Koch R,Mittal S,Schneider MR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:High resting heart rate is a predictor for total and cardiovascular mortality independent of other risk factors in patients with coronary artery disease. We tested the hypothesis that a reduction of resting heart rate with the cardiac pacemaker I(f) current inhibitor ivabradine prevents the endot...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Drouin A,Gendron ME,Thorin E,Gillis MA,Mahlberg-Gaudin F,Tardif JC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We have developed a strategy to target the permanently charged lidocaine derivative lidocaine N-ethyl bromide (QX-314) selectively into nociceptive sensory neurons through the large-pore transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V (TRPV1) noxious heat detector channel. This involves c...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Roberson DP,Binshtok AM,Blasl F,Bean BP,Woolf CJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:K(v)11.1 channels are involved in regulating cellular excitability in various tissues including brain, heart and smooth muscle. In these tissues, at least two isoforms, K(v)11.1a and K(v)11.1b, with different kinetics, are expressed. K(v)11.1 activators are potential therapeutic agents, but their...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Larsen AP,Bentzen BH,Grunnet M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00