Non-specific, time-dependent desensitization of the vas deferens and anococcygeus preparations of the rat to alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonists and atropine.

abstract：:1. The irritant fungal terpenoid isovelleral caused protective eye-wiping movements in the rat upon intraocular instillation and showed cross-tachyphylaxis with capsaicin, the pungent principle in hot pepper. 2. Isovelleral induced a dose-dependent calcium uptake by rat dorsal root ganglion neurones cultured in vitro ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Szallasi A,Jonassohn M,Acs G,Bíró T,Acs P,Blumberg PM,Sterner O

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Adenosine has been shown to be responsible for the hyperaemic response of the hepatic artery to portal vein occlusion (the hepatic arterial 'buffer response'). 2. The effect of adenosine receptor blockade and of adenosine uptake inhibition on the hepatic arterial response to portal vein occlusion was investigated i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mathie RT,Alexander B

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Urocortin is a vasodilator peptide related to corticotrophin-releasing factor, which may protect endothelial function during coronary ischemia-reperfusion (I-R). The aim of this study was to study the mechanisms of this protective effect. 2 Hearts from Sprague-Dawley rats were isolated and perfused at constant flow ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： García-Villalón AL,Amezquita YM,Monge L,Fernández N,Climent B,Sánchez A,Diéguez G

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Human big-endothelin-1 (big-ET-1) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) are equipotent as pressor agents and produce a significant change in mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) in anaesthetized guinea-pigs (2 nmol kg-1: peak delta MAP: 23 +/- 6 mmHg and 26 +/- 5 mmHg, respectively). 2. Unlike big-ET-1, big-endothelin-3 (big-ET-3)...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： D'Orléans-Juste P,Télémaque S,Claing A

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two prostaglandin endoperoxide analogues, EP 035 and EP 157, behave as specific thromboxane receptor antagonists on isolated smooth muscle preparations such as rabbit aorta, dog saphenous vein and guinea-pig trachea. However, in human platelet-rich plasma (PRP) they produce an unsurmountable block of aggregation induc...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Armstrong RA,Jones RL,MacDermot J,Wilson NH

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:An innovative chemical approach, named peptide welding technology (PWT), allows the synthesis of multibranched peptides with extraordinary high yield, purity and reproducibility. With this approach, three different tetrabranched derivatives of nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) have been synthesized ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rizzi A,Malfacini D,Cerlesi MC,Ruzza C,Marzola E,Bird MF,Rowbotham DJ,Salvadori S,Guerrini R,Lambert DG,Calo G

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The POZ domain Krüppel-like zinc finger transcription repressor (POK family) contains many important molecules, including RP58, Bcl6 and PLZF. They function as transcription repressors via chromatin remodelling and histone deacetylation and are known to be involved in the development and tumourigenesis of various orga...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Okado H

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the influence of sex on brain structure and function, and in relation, on the susceptibility, prevalence and response to treatment of psychiatric disorders. Most theories and descriptions of the effects of sex on the brain are dominated by an analogy to the curre...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Joel D,Yankelevitch-Yahav R

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Hyperbilirubinaemia and cholestasis are two major forms of liver abnormality. The Chinese herb Yin Chin has been used for thousands of years to treat liver dysfunctions. In mice, this herb and its principal ingredient scoparone were found to accelerate the clearance of bilirubin accompanied by th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yang D,Yang J,Shi D,Deng R,Yan B

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of propranolol, a beta-adrenoceptor blocking agent, has been investigated on gastric acid secretion in pylorus and cardiac-ligated rats. Compared to the control group, propranolol significantly diminished the gastric acid secretion, and inhibited the formation of gastric ulceration. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Danhof IE,Geumei A

更新日期：1972-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Macropinocytosis is involved in many pathologies, including cardiovascular disorders, cancer, allergic diseases, viral and bacterial infections. Unfortunately, the currently available pharmacological inhibitors of macropinocytosis interrupt other endocytic processes and have non-specific endocyto...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lin HP,Singla B,Ghoshal P,Faulkner JL,Cherian-Shaw M,O'Connor PM,She JX,Belin de Chantemele EJ,Csányi G

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In strips of human isolated detrusor muscle, the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptor (5-HT4) that mediates facilitation of neuromuscular cholinergic transmission was further characterized by using 5-HT and a series of ligands known for their 5-HT4 agonist (5-methoxytryptamine: 5-MeOT, cisapride, (R,S)-zacopride, BI...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Candura SM,Messori E,Franceschetti GP,D'Agostino G,Vicini D,Tagliani M,Tonini M

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Steady state fever has been produced in rabbits with a priming injection followed by a sustaining infusion of homologous plasma containing endogenous pyrogen (EP). This fever appears to last as long as the infusion continues.2. Intravenous salicylate given 1 h after the start of the EP infusion produced only a smal...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cranston WI,Luff RH,Rawlins MD,Wright VA

更新日期：1971-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effects of diltiazem on smooth muscle cells of the canine basilar artery were investigated by means of microelectrode, double sucrose gap and isometric tension recording methods. 2 The mean membrane potential of the smooth muscle cells was -49.8 mV and they were electrically quiescent. Diltiazem (over 10(-5) M) ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Fujiwara S,Ito Y,Itoh T,Kuriyama H,Suzuki H

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cholecystokinin (CCK) stimulates the release of amylase and lipase from the normal pancreas. However, it is not clear to what extent this occurs in the early stages of pancreatitis induced by biliary tract obstruction in the rat and whether CCK initiates an inflammatory cascade in this condition....

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Barrett TD,Yan W,Freedman JM,Lagaud GJ,Breitenbucher JG,Shankley NP

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) mediate protective effects on several metabolic disorders. However, the functions of their metabolites in the early stage of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are largely unknown. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Mice were fed a control diet, high-fat diet...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wang C,Liu W,Yao L,Zhang X,Zhang X,Ye C,Jiang H,He J,Zhu Y,Ai D

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The increased proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) after arterial injury contributes greatly to the pathogenesis of neointimal hyperplasia. As a major component of epigenetics, histone methylation plays an important role in several cardiovascular diseases. However, ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Liang J,Li Q,Cai W,Zhang X,Yang B,Li X,Jiang S,Tian S,Zhang K,Song H,Ai D,Zhang X,Wang C,Zhu Y

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Mice pretreated intraperitoneally for 2 days with delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC) at a dose of 20 mg kg-1 day-1 and then challenged intravenously with this drug, 24 h after the second pretreatment, showed a 6 fold tolerance to the hypothermic effect of delta-9-THC. This pretreatment also induced toleranc...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pertwee RG,Stevenson LA,Griffin G

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiovascular actions of cannbinoids are complex. In general they cause vasorelaxation in isolated blood vessels, while in anaesthetised animals they cause multiphasic responses which involve an early bradycardia and long-lasting hypotension. However, in conscious animals, the picture is one of bradycardia follow...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Randall MD,Kendall DA,O'Sullivan S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Experiments were carried out to characterize the receptors mediating the indirect excitatory response to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in the guinea-pig isolated trachea. 2. 5-HT caused concentration-dependent contractions of tracheal strips, and the resulting concentration-response curve was biphasic in nature. The f...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lucchelli A,Santagostino-Barbone MG,Barbieri A,Tonini M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) applied by ionophoresis, pressure ejection and superfusion to myenteric neurones of the guinea-pig ileum were investigated by intracellular recording techniques. Ionophoretic or pressure application of GABA (10 pC-30 nC) caused membrane depolarizations of AH neurones but n...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cherubini E,North RA

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Mitochondria possess their own source of cAMP, that is, soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC). Activation or expression of mitochondrial sAC promotes mitochondrial function. Oestrogen receptor signalling plays an essential role in the regulation of mitochondrial function. Here we aimed to determine whet...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pozdniakova S,Guitart-Mampel M,Garrabou G,Di Benedetto G,Ladilov Y,Regitz-Zagrosek V

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although previous reports have suggested that the sigma 1 (sigma(1)) receptor may be involved in pain sensation, its specific site of action has not been elucidated. The aim of present study was to determine the role of the spinal sigma(1) receptor in formalin-induced pain behavior, spinal cord Fos expression and phos...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kim HW,Kwon YB,Roh DH,Yoon SY,Han HJ,Kim KW,Beitz AJ,Lee JH

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The pharmacological features of rat white adipocyte beta-adrenoceptor subtypes were investigated by saturation and beta-agonist competition studies with [3H]-CGP 12177 and by lipolysis induced by beta-agonists as well as their inhibition by CGP 20712A (selective beta 1-antagonist) and ICI 118551 (selective beta 2-a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Germack R,Starzec AB,Vassy R,Perret GY

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of the metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) antagonist, L-2-amino-3-phosphonopropionate (L-AP3) on phosphoinositide turnover in neonatal rat cerebral cortex slices has been investigated. 2. At concentrations of < or = 300 microM, L-AP3 inhibited total [3H]-inositol phosphate ([3H]-InsPx) and Ins(1,4,...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mistry R,Prabhu G,Godwin M,Challiss RA

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Salmeterol is a potent, selective and long acting beta 2-adrenoceptor agonist. In vitro, salmeterol exerts 'reassertion' relaxation of airways smooth muscle. Reassertion relaxation refers to the capacity of salmeterol to cause repeated functional antagonism of induced contraction when airway smooth muscle is interm...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bergendal A,Lindén A,Skoogh BE,Gerspacher M,Anderson GP,Löfdahl CG

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:delta 9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (delta 9-THC) was injected into the preoptic area of the anterior hypothalamus or into the third or fourth cerebral ventricle of the conscious mouse through a chronically implanted cannula and the effects on body temperature and oxygen consumption rate were measured. At an ambient temperat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Fitton AG,Pertwee RG

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new arylamino-pyridazine gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) derivative, SR 42641, has been tested for its ability to antagonize the actions of GABA on mammalian sensory neurones. SR 42641 and bicuculline reversibly decreased GABAA-induced depolarizations and currents recorded intracellularly from dorsal root ganglion ne...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Desarmenien M,Desaulles E,Feltz P,Hamann M

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Hydrogen sulphide (H(2)S) is a labile, endogenous metabolite of cysteine, with multiple biological roles. The development of sulphide-based therapies for human diseases will benefit from a reliable method of quantifying H(2)S in blood and tissues. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Concentrations of reactive...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wintner EA,Deckwerth TL,Langston W,Bengtsson A,Leviten D,Hill P,Insko MA,Dumpit R,VandenEkart E,Toombs CF,Szabo C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Alcohol exposure in utero may lead to a wide range of long-lasting morphological and behavioural deficiencies known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), associated with a higher risk of later developing neuropsychiatric disorders. However, little is known about the long-term consequences o...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cantacorps L,Montagud-Romero S,Luján MÁ,Valverde O

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00