Prevention by the 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, ondansetron, of morphine-dependence and tolerance in the rat.

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：:1. The effects of acetylcholine (ACh) on membrane potential, relaxation and cyclic GMP levels were compared to the NO donor L-nitrosocysteine (Cys-NO) in segments of guinea-pig coronary artery. 2. ACh and Cys-NO produced concentration-dependent relaxations of muscles contracted with the H1 receptor agonist, 2-(2-amino...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Eckman DM,Weinert JS,Buxton IL,Keef KD

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common electrical cardiac disorder in clinical practice. The major trigger for AF is focal ectopic activity of unknown origin in sleeves of cardiac muscle that extend into the pulmonary veins. We examined the role of noradrenaline in the genesis of ectopic act...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Maupoil V,Bronquard C,Freslon JL,Cosnay P,Findlay I

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The rate of gastric emptying was measured directly in 14 convalescent hospital patients and paracetamol absorption was studied following an oral dose of 1.5 g.2. Rapid gastric emptying was associated with the early appearance of high peak plasma paracetamol concentrations whereas peak concentrations were low and oc...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Heading RC,Nimmo J,Prescott LF,Tothill P

更新日期：1973-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of intravenous administration of two alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) antagonists were studied on responses of single neurones to iontophoretically applied excitatory amino acids. The tests were performed on spinal neurones in alpha-chloralose anaesthetized, spinalized rat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chizh BA,Cumberbatch MJ,Headley PM

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effects of isoprenaline, propranolol and phosphodiesterase inhibitors on (3)H-transmitter overflow elicited by low frequency nerve stimulation were determined in the isolated perfused spleen of the cat.2 (-)-Isoprenaline (0.14, 1.4, and 14 nM) produced a concentration-dependent increase in [(3)H]-transmitter ove...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Celuch SM,Dubocovich ML,Lander SZ

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Poly(2-vinylpyridine 1-oxide) counteracts the pathogenic effects normally produced when quartz is injected into or inhaled by animals and the cytotoxic effects when quartz is added to macrophage cultures. The protective action of this polymer has been attributed variously to the formation of an adsorbed layer on th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Holt PF,Lindsay H,Beck EG

更新日期：1970-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The variation with clock-hour in the behaviour of naive rats in a Y-maze has been recorded.2. The number of entries recorded was highest during the light period while the number of faecal boluses was highest during the dark period. Rearing showed a biphasic periodicity.3. The responses to LSD, mescaline and ampheta...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Davies JA,Redfern PH

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The calcium sensitivity of force production of cardiac muscle fibres is altered by certain drugs. The sites of action of three such compounds (pimobendan, sulmazole, isomazole) within the myofibril have been investigated. Calmodulin antagonists, perhexilene and bepridil, which have been shown to alter the calcium d...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Smith SJ,England PJ

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The concentrations of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA) and noradrenaline (NA) in homogenized rat brains were determined after intraperitoneal injection of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-naphthylamine (THN).2. THN caused a decrease in the concentration of brain 5-HIAA without altering its 5-HT co...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bruinvels J

更新日期：1971-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (AM) has two known receptors formed by the calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CL) and receptor activity-modifying protein (RAMP) 2 or 3: we report the effects of the antagonist fragments of human AM and CGRP (AM22-52 and CGRP8-37) in inhibiting AM at human (h), rat (r) and mixed species CL/RAMP2 and CL/...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hay DL,Howitt SG,Conner AC,Schindler M,Smith DM,Poyner DR

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an important intracellular membranous organelle. Previous studies have demonstrated that the ER is responsible for protein folding and trafficking, lipid synthesis and the maintenance of calcium homeostasis. Interestingly, the morphology and structure of the ER were recently found to ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hu W,Ma Z,Di S,Jiang S,Li Y,Fan C,Yang Y,Wang D

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of some chloride channel antagonists were studied on the calcium-activated chloride current (ICl(Ca)) in smooth muscle cells from the rabbit portal vein with the perforated patch technique. 2. 4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid (SITS) and 4,4'-diisothiocyanato-stilbene-2,2'-disu...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hogg RC,Wang Q,Large WA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The responses of rat isolated aortae to vasoconstrictor and vasodilator agents have been studied in 14-day streptozotocin-diabetic rats. The effects of treatment with the aldose reductase inhibitor, ponalrestat, on these responses have also been investigated. 2. Maximum contractile responses and aortic sensitivity ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Otter DJ,Chess-Williams R

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The mechanisms by which nicorandil causes relaxation of rat isolated small mesenteric arteries mounted on a Mulvany myograph was investigated by use of a combination of putatively mechanism-specific antagonists. 2. In arteries precontracted by the thromboxane-mimetic, U46619, the EC50 for cromakalim and levcromakal...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Fujiwara T,Angus JA

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. General anaesthetics disrupt normal cell receptivity and responsiveness while sparing vital respiratory processes. Ultimate elucidation of the molecular basis of general anaesthesia presumes the identification of one or more subcellular components with appropriate sensitivity to the entire array of anaesthetics. 2....

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： LaBella FS,Chen QM,Stein D,Queen G

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Aminoguanidine (AG), an inhibitor of advanced glycation endproducts, has been shown to prevent arterial stiffening and cardiac hypertrophy in streptozotocin (STZ) and nicotinamide (NA)-induced type 2 diabetes in rats. Our aims were to examine whether AG produced benefits on cardiac pumping mechan...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wu MS,Liang JT,Lin YD,Wu ET,Tseng YZ,Chang KC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Effects of neuropeptides of the vasopressin family on Cl(-) secretion have not yet been reported in lung. Using the 16HBE14o- bronchial epithelial cell line, we investigated their action on Cl(-) secretion. 2. In symmetrical Cl(-) solutions, basolateral application of arginine vasotocin (AVT), oxytocin or isotocin ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bernard K,Bogliolo S,Ehrenfeld J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Ca(2+)-dependent Cl(-) secretion (CaCC) in airways and other tissues is due to activation of the Cl(-) channel TMEM16A (anoctamin 1). Earlier studies suggested that Ca(2+) -activated Cl(-) channels are regulated by membrane lipid inositol phosphates, and that 1-O-octyl-2-O-butyryl-myo-inositol 3,...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tian Y,Schreiber R,Wanitchakool P,Kongsuphol P,Sousa M,Uliyakina I,Palma M,Faria D,Traynor-Kaplan AE,Fragata JI,Amaral MD,Kunzelmann K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Pancreatic cancer is characterized by alterations in several key signalling proteins, including increased expression and activity of the Src tyrosine kinase and focal adhesion kinase (FAK), which have been linked to its chemoresistance. Sustained Src inhibition reactivates survival pathways regul...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pathania D,Kuang Y,Sechi M,Neamati N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical trimethylcyclohexanol (TMC) is closely related to menthol, the major component of a terpene preparation with known choleretic and cholelitholytic activity. Its effects on hepatic cholesterol synthesis and bile secretion were examined in the rat. In both acute and long-term dosing experiments TMC significa...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bell GD,Clegg RJ,Ellis WR,Middleton B,White DA

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Picomolar concentrations of the beta3-adrenoceptor agonist BRL37344 stimulate 2-deoxyglucose uptake in soleus muscle via undefined receptors. Higher concentrations alter uptake, apparently via beta2-adrenoceptors. Effects of BRL37344 and beta2-adrenoceptor agonists are compared. EXPERIMENTAL APP...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ngala RA,O'Dowd J,Wang SJ,Agarwal A,Stocker C,Cawthorne MA,Arch JR

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We examined the effects of eprosartan, an AT(1) receptor antagonist, on the progression of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and remodelling in dogs with heart failure (HF) produced by intracoronary microembolizations (LV ejection fraction, EF 30 to 40%). 2. Dogs were randomized to 3 months of oral therapy with low...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Suzuki G,Mishima T,Tanhehco EJ,Sharov VG,Todor A,Rostogi S,Gupta RC,Chaudhry PA,Anagnostopoulos PV,Nass O,Goldstein S,Sabbah HN

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Ischaemic preconditioning (IP) protects the myocardium against irreversible ischaemic injury by activating protein kinase C (PKC). The mechanism by which PKC protects the myocardium is unknown. We have shown that PKC increases the activity of ecto-5'-nucleotidase (ecto-5'-N) and thereby the production of adenosine ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Node K,Kitakaze M,Minamino T,Tada M,Inoue M,Hori M,Kamada T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The actions and interactions of adenosine and dipyridamole were investigated on isolated strips of coronary arteries of beef cattle. It was found that small diameter arteries (about 0.5-1.0 mm o9d.), raised to a moderate level of tone with potassium, responded with relaxation to low concentrations of adenosine. 2 Di...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kalsner S

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In circular smooth muscle of the guinea-pig gastric fundus, transmural nerve stimulation evoked a cholinergic excitatory junction potential (e.j.p.), and blockade of the e.j.p. by atropine revealed a non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) inhibitory junction potential (i.j.p.). 2. The amplitude of the e.j.p. was inc...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ohno N,Xue L,Yamamoto Y,Suzuki H

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Amodiaquine was found to be a potent inhibitor in vitro of gastric histamine methyltransferase from human and canine corpus and from pig antrum. The ID50 for the enzyme, purified from pig antrum mucosa by ultracentrifugation and chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, was 2.5 muM. 2 In six dogs with Heidenhanin pouches th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Barth H,Lorenz W,Troidl H

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In order to determine whether the renin-angiotensin system is involved in myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury, we investigated and compared the effects on infarct size of two different drugs which interfere with this system, i.e., an angiotensin II (AT1) antagonist, EXP3174, and an angiotensin I-converting enzy...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Richard V,Ghaleh B,Berdeaux A,Giudicelli JF

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:N-arachidonoyl 5-HT (NA-5HT) has anti-nociceptive effects reported to be mediated by inhibitory actions at the transient receptor potential vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1) and fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH). Anandamide and N-arachidonoyl dopamine (NA-DA), endocannabinoids that activate TRPV1 or a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gilmore AJ,Heblinski M,Reynolds A,Kassiou M,Connor M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the discovery of the involvement of the ribonucleoprotein TDP-43 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), a major research focus has been to develop treatments that can prevent or alleviate these disease conditions. One pharmacological approach has been to use TDP-...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Buratti E

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00