Evidence for the presence of CB1 cannabinoid receptors on peripheral neurones and for the existence of neuronal non-CB1 cannabinoid receptors.

abstract：:Diltiazem, diazepam, and clonazepam effectively inhibit Na+-induced Ca2+ release from mitochondria isolated from rabbit heart and rat brain. At 10 mM NaCl, the 50% inhibition of the rate of Ca2+ release occurred at 5, 7, 40 and 350 microM of clonazepam d-cis-diltiazem, diazepam and 1-cis-diltiazem, respectively. Ro 15...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Matlib MA,Schwartz A

更新日期：1983-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have paid little attention to the anticonvulsant effect of anticholinergic drugs that act on both muscarinic (M) and nicotinic (N) receptors during soman-induced seizures. Therefore, with the establishment of a soman-induced seizures model in rats, this study evaluated the efficacy in preventing soman...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Wang YA,Zhou WX,Li JX,Liu YQ,Yue YJ,Zheng JQ,Liu KL,Ruan JX

更新日期：2005-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of utilizing the granatanol: N-methyl [9-azabicyclo (3.3.1) nonane] 3-alpha-ol as the terminal group in a series of new bisquaternary azabicycyclic diester-type neuromuscular blocking agents. Fifty two bisquaternary ammonium derivatives of several dicarboxylic a...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Gyermek L,Lee C,Cho YM,Nguyen N

更新日期：2006-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The mechanisms underlying the fetal origin of renal disease remains unknown. This study aimed to investigate the profiles of ion channel and transporter proteins in the fetal kidney in fetal growth restriction (FGR)rats, and to explore their association with the fetal origin of renal disease. MAIN METHODS:An FGR ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Guo Y,Lu Y,Wang J,Zhu L,Liu X

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study aims to evaluate the relationship between the amount of physical activity and different traditional and novel cardiometabolic risk factors, as well as atheroprotective agents, in male children and adolescents. MAIN METHODS:Cross-sectional study. A total of 337 male children and adolescents aged 7-14 ye...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Verona J,Gilligan LE,Giménez C,Verona MF,Lombardo SM,Baenz A,Divita V,González CD,Gómez Rosso L,Brites F

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative affinities of nortriptyline (NT) and its 10-hydroxymetabolites to rat brain muscarinic acetylcholine receptors have been determined by competition with 3H-quinuclidinyl benzilate binding. It is shown that the major NT metabolite, E-10-OH-NT, has only 1/18 the affinity of NT for the muscarinic receptor. Si...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Wägner A,Ekqvist B,Bertilsson L,Sjöqvist F

更新日期：1984-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Several experimental studies have demonstrated that removal of the spleen accelerates liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy. While the mechanism of splenectomy promotes liver regeneration by the improvement of the formation of tight junction and the establishment of hepatocyte polarity is still unknown. MA...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Liu G,Xie C,Fang Y,Qian K,Liu Q,Liu G,Cao Z,Du H,Fu J,Xu X

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NF-kappaB that plays an important role in iNOS expression is one of the targets of various potential anti-inflammatory agents including resveratrol. Resveratrol contains a structural similarity with estrogen, and there has been speculation about resveratrol as estrogen agonist. In this study, the mechanism and structu...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Cho DI,Koo NY,Chung WJ,Kim TS,Ryu SY,Im SY,Kim KM

更新日期：2002-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The energy balance equation applicable to all living organisms was used as a framework on which to construct a critical review of some of the more controversial aspects of the obesity problem. The equation matches energy intake against all the known forms of work that the body does in utilizing that energy, including ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Rampone AJ,Reynolds PJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:MicroRNA-1 (miR-1) has been demonstrated as a tumor-suppressive miRNA, which shows a down-regulated pattern in several human malignancies including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the pathophysiologic roles of miR-1 and their mechanisms in HCC tumorigenesis are still not totally elucidated. MAIN METHODS:...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Li D,Yang P,Li H,Cheng P,Zhang L,Wei D,Su X,Peng J,Gao H,Tan Y,Zhao Z,Li Y,Qi Z,Rui Y,Zhang T

更新日期：2012-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Aristolochic acid (AA) nephrotoxicity is related to accumulation of methylglyoxal (MGO) and N(ε)-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML) in the mouse kidney. We studied the activity of renal semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (SSAO), a key enzyme involved in MGO generation, in AA-treated mice, and investigated nephroprotec...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Huang TC,Chen SM,Li YC,Lee JA

更新日期：2014-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Acetylcholine is synthesized in more or less all mammalian cells. However, little is known about the subcellular location of acetylcholine synthesis. Therefore, in the present experiments the subcellular location of the synthesizing enzyme choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) was investigated by anti-ChAT immunogold e...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Wessler I,Michel-Schmidt R,Brochhausen C,Kirkpatrick CJ

更新日期：2012-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the vasopressin neuropeptide des-glycinamide (Arg8)-vasopressin (DGAVP) on reducing the acquisition of intravenous heroin self-administration in rats was analyzed. When rats reduced in body weight were allowed to self-administer heroin for 1 h per day in the presence of a fixed time, non contingent food ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： van Ree JM,Burbach-Bloemarts EM,Wallace M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we analyzed the N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP)-induced calcium signal in alveolar macrophages (AM) isolated from ovalbumin-sensitized (OA-sensitized AM) and naive (naive AM) guinea-pigs. Guinea-pigs were sensitized by subcutaneous injection of OA and AM were isolated by bronchoalveolar lavage 6 weeks therea...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Failli P,Bindi D,Franceschelli F,Tanini A,Ciuffi M,Mazzetti L,Zilletti L

更新日期：2001-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of FSH in inducing folliculogenesis is well established. Recently, the availability of pure FSH has led to a reevaluation of its role in the process of ovulation. Previously, these functions have been examined separately, usually with pregnant mares' serum gonadotropin (PMSG) followed by FSH for ovulation or ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Rice VC,Zusmanis K,Malter H,Mitchell-Leef D

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzodiazepines are frequently used for the treatment of maternal psychiatric disorders during pregnancy. Besides their anxiolytic effect, they are reported to exert a direct relaxing action on several smooth muscle preparations, including the uterus. In the present study, the possibility of the involvement of alpha(1...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Zupkó I,Jánossy K,Maul K,Márki A,Falkay G

更新日期：2003-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The cholinergic neurotransmission has been implicated in various forms of neural plasticity such as kindling and learning. The present study examined the effects of scopolamine, a muscarinic cholinergic antagonist, on the development of behavioral sensitization to methamphetamine (MA). Rats treated with MA (1 mg/kg, s...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Ohmori T,Abekawa T,Koyama T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute renal injury (AKI) is a risk factor for the development of hypertension, which involves oxidative stress, changes in Na+ handling, and the intrarenal renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) as underlying mechanisms. We investigated in rats whether renal ischemia-reperfusion (IR) leads to changes in the proxi...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Lima NKS,Farias WRA,Cirilo MAS,Oliveira AG,Farias JS,Aires RS,Muzi-Filho H,Paixão ADO,Vieira LD

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative efficiencies of microdialysis probes were determined both in vitro and in vivo using tritiated water. Tritiated water (THO) freely distributes throughout the fluid spaces of an experimental animal and, at equilibrium, the brain extracellular concentration of THO is the same as the plasma concentration. Mi...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Alexander GM,Grothusen JR,Schwartzman RJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:T lymphocytes synthesize acetylcholine (ACh) and express muscarinic and nicotinic ACh receptors (mAChR and nAChR, respectively) responsible for increases in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). Our aim in the present study was to assess whether autocrine ACh released from T lymphocytes regulates their p...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Mashimo M,Iwasaki Y,Inoue S,Saito S,Kawashima K,Fujii T

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha adrenergic receptors are identified on basolateral plasma membranes derived from proximal tubular epithelial cells. The density of alpha 2 receptors was over two-fold greater than alpha 1 receptors. The basolateral membranes were devoid of beta receptors. These results support previous demonstrations of alpha ad...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Jensen RE,Berndt WO

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anthropogenic chemicals nonylphenol, bisphenol A, phthalic acid benzyl n-butyl ester, phthalic acid di-n-butyl ester and phthalic acid di(2-ethylhexyl) ester have been shown to possess sex hormone-like activity. To explore the possible actions of these chemicals on the autacoid synthesis in the body, we investigat...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Fujimoto Y,Sakuma S,Inoue T,Uno E,Fujita T

更新日期：2002-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The important immunological activities of Thymosin alpha 1 (T alpha 1), a peptide derived from the thymus, led to its use in combination therapies in cancer patients. Prothymosin alpha (ProT alpha) is a highly acidic polypeptide, first isolated as the putative precursor of T alpha 1. However ProT alpha is now known to...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Cordero OJ,Sarandeses CS,Nogueira M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory and allergic disease that is mainly characterized by reversible airway obstruction and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. The incidence of asthma is increasing with more than 350 million people worldwide are affected. Up to now, there is no therapeutic option for asthma and most of the pre...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Al-Azzam N,Elsalem L

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transitory immunosupression is reported after intense exercise, especially after an increase in training overload and in overtraining. The influence of intense exercise on plasma hormones and glutamine concentration may contribute to this effect. However, the effect of such exercise-induced changes upon lymphocyte and...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Santos RV,Caperuto EC,Costa Rosa LF

更新日期：2007-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the two-state model of G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) activation, GPCRs isomerize from an inactive (R) state to an active (R*) state. In the R* state, GPCRs activate G-proteins. Agonist-independent R/R* isomerization is referred to as constitutive activity and results in an increase in basal G-protein ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Seifert R,Wenzel-Seifert K

更新日期：2003-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Botanical sources for medicines in America have been known since long before the arrival of Columbus. Nevertheless, both scientists and the general public are often unaware that some of these botanical drugs are also potent intoxicants. We provide a quick overview of hallucinogenic and dissociative drugs harvested fro...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Halpern JH,Sewell RA

更新日期：2005-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the correlation of the viscus fat area (VFA) with the Framingham 10-year general cardiovascular disease risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS:A total of 202 patients with T2DM were divided into two groups based on VFA (a VFA ≥ 100 cm2 group and a VFA < 100 cm2 group), or f...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Xu L,Song P,Xu J,Zhang H,Yu C,Guan Q,Zhao M,Zhang X

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study aims to investigate the value of the expression of miR-208, miR-494, miR-499 and miR-1303 in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). MAIN METHODS:Patients were divided into two groups: AMI group (n = 41), and Stable angina pectoris (SAP) group (n = 32). Peripheral venous blood was sam...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Li P,Li SY,Liu M,Ruan JW,Wang ZD,Xie WC

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Ventilatory disturbance is a fatal side-effect of opioid analgesics. Separation of analgesia from ventilatory depression is important for therapeutic use of opioids. It has been suggested that opioid-induced ventilatory depression results from a decrease in adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate content in the respi...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Kimura S,Ohi Y,Haji A

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00