Trophic effects of chronic bethanechol on pancreas, stomach, and duodenum in rats.

abstract：:Longitudinal muscle of myometrial tissues from immature rats were examined by quantitative thin section electron microscopy for the presence of gap junctions after treatment with estradiol with and without tamoxifen, and cycloheximide for 1-6 days. Gap junctions were present between myometrial cells on days 4, 5, and ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： MacKenzie LW,Garfield RE

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats fed a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixture in a high- or low-iodine diet (HID or LID respectively) for 15 days had thyroid enlargement, low serum thyroxine (T4), and high serum thyrotropin concentrations. Although binding of thyroid hormones to serum proteins was reduced in PCB-fed animals, the free T4 index (r...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bastomsky CH

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the discovery of an inactive, putative renin precursor that could be proteolytically activated, and the proteases involved in vivo, Morris and co-workers directly demonstrated that renin is indeed synthesized as a "pro" form, and from genetic coding sequences they provided the structure of human prorenin. The ge...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Morris BJ,Smith DL

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of beta-adrenergic blocking agents, timolol and atenolol (1-1000 microM), were studied on rat heart sarcolemmal ATPase and Ca2+ binding activities. Timolol, unlike atenolol, increased both Ca2+-stimulated ATPase and ATP-dependent Ca2+ binding; the maximal effects were seen at 1 microM concentration of timo...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Dzurba A,Ganguly PK,Beamish RE,Dhalla NS

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of tissue factor (TF) in tumors reportedly exacerbates the aggressiveness of several types of cancers. The shedding of TF-containing membrane particles is believed to influence the ability of tumors to expand and metastasize, and these microparticles may also be harmful in the onset of disseminated intr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Brousseau C,Morissette G,Fortin JP,Marceau F,Petitclerc E

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ER-α and ER-β agonist 17β-estradiol is reported to attenuate cardiac hypertrophy. Tamoxifen is a selective estrogen receptor modulator. Hence, the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of tamoxifen in myocardial infarction. For this, tamoxifen was administered to Sprague-Dawley rats for 1-14 days, and...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rayabarapu N,Patel BM

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophosphamide (CP) is an antineoplastic drug that induces kidney damage via producing oxidative stress. Carvacrol (CAR) has antioxidative effect and we postulated that it can be protective against CP-induced nephrotoxicity. Six groups (n = 7) of rats (control, 100 mg/kg CP, CP+5 mg/kg CAR, CP+10 mg/kg CAR, 5 mg/kg ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gunes S,Ayhanci A,Sahinturk V,Altay DU,Uyar R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both surface pH (pHs) and intracellular pH (pHi) were measured using single- and double-barreled pH-sensitive microelectrodes in isolated sheep cardiac Purkinje strands, rabbit and cat papillary muscle, and mouse and rat soleus muscle. Superfusion of the preparations with a relatively low buffered solution (containing...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： de Hemptinne A,Marrannes R,Vanheel B

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of estrogen on the passive characteristics of arteries is not known. We hypothesized that estrogen would increase arterial distensibility as part of its protective effect on the vasculature. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were ovariectomized at 11 weeks of age. One group received a placebo (n = 6), while two ot...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Zhang Y,Davidge ST

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanol (0.3 g/kg) was administered intravenously to adult, male rats at 3 h or at 1 and 3 h after gastric intubation of 7 mg/kg calcium carbimide (CC). For animals administered CC and two ethanol doses, blood ethanol concentration was similar for the two doses; however, blood acetaldehyde concentration was significan...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Loomis CW,Brien JF

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using conventional intracellular microelectrode techniques, the membrane potential (Em) of vascular smooth muscle cells in isolated segments of thoracic rat aorta was measured. The influence of exogenous and of endothelium-derived nitric oxide on the Em was assessed, and the involvement of glibenclamide-sensitive chan...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Vanheel B,Van de Voorde J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barbital-sedated, warm-acclimated (WA) or cold-acclimated (CA) rats were infused intravenously with noradrenaline (NA) at doses that elicited graded calorigenic responses. Blood flow (Q) to the various bodies of brown adipose tissue (BAT), the major sites of the NA-induced calorigenesis, was measured with labeled micr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Foster DO,Depocas F,Frydman ML

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the excessive apoptosis of articular chondrocytes contributes to extracellular matrix (ECM) loss and cartilage damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inhibiting chondrocyte apoptosis might be a promising strategy for RA. Aquaporin1 (AQP1) is overexpressed in RA cartilage and synovial tissues, and play a vital pa...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Cai L,Chen WN,Li R,Liu MM,Lei C,Li CM,Qiu YY

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothermia increases the sensitivity of isolated cardiac muscle to stimulation by beta-adrenoceptor agonists. The purpose of this study was to determine pharmacologically whether this supersensitivity is associated with a change in the affinity of agonists for the receptor. The positive inotropic and chronotropic res...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Broadley KJ,McNeill JH

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the cardiac adrenergic neuronal changes induced by diabetes and hypertension by using an analogue of norepinephrine, meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG), and to compare these changes with the contractile state of ventricular papillary muscle. The tissue concentration of norepin...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Herman LM,Dai S,Hartman NG,McNeill JH

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissociated neuronal cultures have become a popular tool to address a number of questions in neurobiology. These culture systems may provide useful paradigms to approach problems related to in vivo neurotoxicity of xenobiotics. The clinical spectra of vinca neurotoxicity and alcohol teratogenesis is reviewed, and some...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Riopelle RJ,Dow KE,Eisenhauer E

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypocalcaemic action of ethanol (3 g/kg body weight) was investigated in intact, thyroparathyroidectomized and antrectomized rats. It was found that ethanol administered either intraperitoneally or orally reduced plasma calcium concentrations within 30 min and that this response lasted for 8 h. Additional studies ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Krishnamra N,Limlomwongse L

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although ATP-MgCl2 enhances the recovery of renal function after ischemia and reperfusion, it is not known whether this agent has any beneficial effects on renal microcirculation and function in a nonheparinized model of trauma and severe hemorrhage. To study this, a midline laparotomy was performed (i.e., trauma indu...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Wang P,Zhou M,Rana MW,Singh G,Ba ZF,Ayala A,Chaudry IH

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian daily (circadian) clock is located in the suprachiasmatic nuclei of the hypothalamus. Clock function can be detected by the measurement of the circadian change in spontaneous firing rate of suprachiasmatic nuclei cells in a brain slice preparation in vitro. We investigated the effects of neuropeptide Y o...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Harrington ME,Schak KM

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Techniques to dissociate different sites or stores important for Ca2+ entry or release in smooth muscle include washouts of 45Ca in cold La3+ -substituted solutions. Scatchard-coordinate plots of Ca2+ uptake, substitution of Sr2+ for Ca2+, and both desaturation and rate coefficient plots. Rabbit aortic smooth muscle i...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Weiss GB,Karaki H,Murakami K

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N,N-Diethyl-2-(1-pyridyl)ethylamine (E-2-P) produced 59 +/- 7% of the maximal response to histamine in guinea pig ileal longitudinal smooth muscle and antagonized the responses of this tissue to histamine. The estimated binding constant of E-2-P for the histamine receptor predicted a binding curve nearly coincident wi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kenakin TP,Cook DA

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo activation of calorigenesis in rat brown adipose tissue (BAT), whether mediated by noradrenaline (NA) released at sympathetic nerve terminals in BAT during cold exposure or by systemically infused NA, is associated with large increases in blood flow (Q) to satisfy the tissue's O2 requirements. The calorigenic ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Foster DO,Depocas F

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual acuity was measured behaviorally in various groups of cats by using a two-choice discrimination procedure. Cats in group 1 were rendered strabismic soon after birth by sectioning the tendon of the lateral rectus muscle (unilateral esotropia); at adulthood, their visual acuity (VA) was evaluated, after which the...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ptito M,Bouchard P,Lepore F,Quessy S,Di Stefano M,Guillemot JP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized a specific binding site for angiotensin II (AngII) in chicken liver membranes. Pseudo-equilibrium studies at 22 degrees C for 30 min have shown that this binding site recognizes AngII with a high affinity (pKD of 8.13 +/- 0.21). The binding sites are saturable and relatively abundant (maximal bin...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bouley R,Gosselin M,Plante H,Servant G,Pérodin J,Arcand M,Guillemette G,Escher E

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A principal step in the process leading to muscle contraction is the intracellular release of Ca2+. We have detected and compared some physical and chemical events that reflect Ca2+ release in contracting frog skeletal muscle cells, described the effects of some agents that are believed to alter intracellular Ca2+ rel...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Taylor SR,Lopez JR,Griffiths PJ,Trube G,Cecchi G

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to determine the effect of eight different combinations of contraction intensity, duration, and rest on the rate of fatigue in vastus lateralis muscle. A single combination consisted of contractions at 30 or 70% maximal voluntary contraction (MVC), held for 3 or 7 s with 3- or 7-s rest intervals. Contr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Dolmage T,Cafarelli E

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac adenosine receptors are coupled to adenylate cyclase inhibition. In the guinea pig heart, the relative agonist potencies observed for adenylate cyclase inhibition were R-N6-phenylisopropyladenosine (R-PIA) = N6-cyclohexyladenosine greater than 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine much greater than S-PIA. In both atr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Leung E,Woodcock EA

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of chemical sympathectomy with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) on blood volume was studied in unanesthetized splenectomized and nonsplenectomized dogs. A significant increase in total blood volume essentially accounted for by a marked plasma volume expansion was found in both groups after 6-OHDA treatment (50 mg...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Porlier GA,Nadeau RA,de Champlain J

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:17 beta-Hydroxy-11 beta(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-17 alpha-(1-propynyl)estra-4, 9-dien-3-one (RU486) inhibited the in vitro development of different stages of mouse preimplantation embryos under study. Two-celled embryos, morulae, and early blastocysts were obtained from B6D2F1 mice. The embryos were grown in Ham F-10 nu...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Juneja SC,Dodson MG

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant relationship was observed between myocardial oxygen extraction and the extravascular mean time transit time. This relationship implies that oxygen extraction by the myocardium is a time-dependent process, and emphasizes the critical link between blood flow and myocardial oxygen consumption. ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Mildenberger RR,L'Abbate A,Zborowska-Sluis DT,Klassen GA

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00