Effect of 6-hydroxydopamine and alpha-methyltyrosine on brown adipose tissue of infant rats.

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：:We characterized the innervation of isolated circular and longitudinal-oriented muscle strips from the nulliparous rabbit uterus and cervix by field stimulation (FS). FS with increasing frequency (2.5-50 pps) and voltage (2.5-70 V) caused graded increases in isometric contraction with no relaxation or inhibition of sp...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bulat R,Kannan MS,Garfield RE

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) is a protective component of mitochondrial DNA and a regulator of calcium and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, the mechanism remains unclear. In heart failure, TFAM is significantly decreased and cardiomyocyte instability ensues. TFAM inhibits nuclear facto...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kunkel GH,Chaturvedi P,Thelian N,Nair R,Tyagi SC

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra- and extra-cellular concentrations of calcium were measured in hippocampal neurons of areas CA1 and CA3 during 8 min ischaemia and short-term (up to 60 min) recovery. During an ischaemic insult, [Ca2+]i increased progressively and [Ca2+]e decreased. There were large interneuronal differences, although, in genera...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Erecińska M,Silver IA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The responses of the circular muscle of canine colon to stimulation of intrinsic nerves and to the probable mediators of these nerves were studied in vivo. In vivo studies were carried out using close intra-arterial injections and local field stimulation of proximal, mid-, and distal colon while recording circumferent...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gonda T,Daniel EE,Kostolanska F,Oki M,Fox JE

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular mechanisms by which exercise exerts cardiovascular benefits are poorly understood. Exercise-induced increase of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) phosphorylation through the protein kinase Akt has been shown to be a key mechanism underlying the beneficial effect of exercise in coronary artery disease patients. ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Pellegrin M,Miguet-Alfonsi C,Berthelot A,Mazzolai L,Laurant P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in force and stiffness during contractions of mouse extensor digitorum longus and soleus muscles were measured over a range of extracellular pH from 6.4 to 7.4. Muscle stiffness was measured using small amplitude (less than 0.1% of muscle length), high frequency (1.5 kHz) oscillations in length. Twitch force w...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Renaud JM,Stein RB,Gordon T

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

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：:We compared the determinants of spontaneous activity in explanted neonatal (2-day-old) rat ventricle cells and in reaggregates derived from 15-day-old chick embryos. We studied the beating rate with an optical recording method and the underlying electrical activity with glass microelectrodes using the K current blocke...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Schanne OF,Boutin L,Derosiers J

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal penile erectile function is dependent on arterial adequacy, appropriate venous occlusion, neurohumoral factors, and finally the relaxation of penile cavernous trabecular smooth muscle. The present experiments were designed to test whether compounds related to endothelium-derived relaxing factor have a role in p...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Heaton JP

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine if tonic beta-adrenergic control of plasma renin activity (PRA) during dietary sodium restriction is due to stimulation of renal beta-adrenoceptors, extrarenal beta-adrenoceptors, or both. Experiments were performed in six conscious resting uninephrectomized dogs with chronically i...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Blair ML,Gengo FM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluctuations in the concentrations of cortisol and progesterone in fetal plasma, maternal plasma, and amniotic and allantoic fluids were measured in samples taken at 10-min intervals over a 90-min period from three groups of sheep sampled at different times during late pregnancy. During the last 30 days of gestation t...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Challis JR,Patrick JE,Cross J,Workewych J,Manchester E,Power S

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myopenia or muscle wasting due to ageing, chronic disease, and various medical interventions has been associated with increased mortality, morbidity, and poorer physical function. Attempts through nutrient and exercise interventions have been made to prevent this deterioration. In addition, while a measure of lean bod...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： McDonald C,Bauer J,Capra S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we characterized the receptor(s) that mediates non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) contractions of isolated guinea pig cervical trachea, using CP-99,994, a selective neurokinin (NK1) receptor antagonist, and SR-48,968, a selective neurokinin (NK2) receptor antagonist. The activity of these two a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Charette L,Foulon D,Rodger IW,Jones TR

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP formation from ATP was stimulated by unpurified and partially purified soluble hepatic guanylate cyclase in the presence of nitric oxide (NO) or compounds containing a nitroso moiety such as nitroprusside, N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), nitrosyl ferroheme, and S-nitrosothiols. Cyclic AMP format...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： McNamara DB,Kadowitz PJ,Hyman AL,Ignarro LJ

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate under controlled conditions the effects of fentanyl on the rat locus coeruleus catechol oxidation current. Using differential normal pulse voltammetry combined with electrochemically treated carbon fiber electrodes to measure the catechol oxidation current, catecholamine ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Milne B,Quintin L,Gillon JY,Pujol JF

更新日期：1989-05-01 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 causes of reduced levels of omega-3 and omega-6 highly unsaturated fatty acids ("HUFA deficiency") in heart failure remain unresolved. HUFA profiles were examined in the serum of 331 patients with failing versus nonfailing heart disease. Arachidonic acid was positively correlated (P < 0.001) with eicosapentaenoic ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rupp H,Rupp TP,Alter P,Maisch B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in calcium metabolism and calcium-regulating hormones have been described in essential hypertension. However, the mechanisms that mediate these responses are unknown. In previous studies, using the genetically spontaneously hypertensive rat and the mineralocorticoid-salt (DOC-salt) hypertensive rat model, ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Wimalawansa SJ,Supowit SC,DiPette DJ

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methimazole was previously shown to protect rats, mice, and (or) dogs against cisplatin-, cephaloridine-, 2-bromohydro-quinone-, and S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine-induced nephrotoxicity. In this study, methimazole effects on gentamicin (GM) induced nephrotoxicity were examined. Rats given GM (40 mg/kg) twice daily ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Elfarra AA,Duescher RJ,Sausen PJ,O'Hara TM,Cooley AJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of pinaverium was electrophysiologically characterized and compared with the established L-type calcium channel blockers diltiazem, D600, and nitrendipine on canine colonic circular smooth muscle. Effects were studied on the electrical activity of the smooth muscle cells, in particular the spontaneously occ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Malysz J,Farraway LA,Christen MO,Huizinga JD

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we have compared the effect of intravenous infusion of a calcium channel blocker, nifedipine (1.0 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 for 20 min), with that of isoproterenol (0.1 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 for 20 min) on the hemodynamic parameters and the vascular response of different locations and tissue layers of...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Prokopiw I,Dinda PK,Beck IT

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geraniol, a plant-derived monoterpene, has been extensively studied and showed a wide variety of beneficial effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of geraniol on functional recovery and neuropathic pain in rats with spinal cord injury (SCI). Rats received a clip-compression SCI and we...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lv Y,Zhang L,Li N,Mai N,Zhang Y,Pan S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the glycogen depletion technique, we have examined utilization of specific fibre types during prolonged submaximal exercise to investigate the recruitment pattern employed by the central nervous system to sustain force generation in the face of a progressive glycogen depletion. Six male subjects (Vo2 max, 52.8 +...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Green HJ,Smith D,Murphy P,Fraser I

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is defined as the failure of normal pulmonary vascular relaxation at birth. Hypoxia is known to impede postnatal disassembly of the actin cytoskeleton in pulmonary arterial myocytes, resulting in elevation of smooth muscle α-actin and γ-actin content in elastic a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Fediuk J,Dakshinamurti S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of amino acid transport by angiotensin II (AII) and cyclic AMP (cAMP) was assessed in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells, using a nonmetabolizable amino acid, alpha-[3H]aminoisobutyric acid (AIB). An exposure time in excess of 2 h was required for AII to elicit a stimulatory response, the magnitude o...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： McCumbee WD,Hickey VL,Lloyd LL,Mangiarua EI

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lesion to the posterior parietal cortex in monkeys and humans produces spatial deficits in movement and perception. In recording experiments from area 7a, a cortical subdivision in the posterior parietal cortex in monkeys, we have found neurons whose responses are a function of both the retinal location of visual stim...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Andersen RA,Zipser D

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma and serum of healthy subjects apparently contain a precursor form of renin, or 'prorenin,' which can be activated by the ice-cold temperature at which samples are customarily handled for prolonged periods in laboratories and blood banks. The effect of such prior cryoactivation for 9 days at 4 degrees C is to in...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Osmond DH,Cooper RM

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a novel antianginal agent, molsidomine (N-ethoxycarbonyl-3-morpholinosydnonimine) (SIN-10) and its metabolites, 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1) and N-nitroso-N-morpholinoaminoacetonitrile (SIN-1A) on isolated dog blood vessels were investigated. SIN-1 and SIN-1A elicited a concentration-dependent relaxat...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Muramatsu I,Fujii K,Sakakibara Y,Fujiwara M

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of magnesium (from 1.2 to 7.2 mM) were investigated in isolated perfused rat heart subjected to coronary artery ligation and reperfusion. Increasing magnesium concentrations, of the medium containing 3.00 mM of calcium, induced a significant bradycardia and a protective effect towards reperfusion arrhythmi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Bril A,Rochette L

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00