Effects of arginine vasotocin, isotocin and melatonin on blood pressure in the conscious atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): hormonal interactions?

abstract：:We compared the effect of age- and sex-related differences in haemodynamics, blood volume (BV) and left ventricular (LV) size and mass on resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) in healthy, normotensive adults. Twenty young men (19-47 years old) and 20 young women (21-46 years old) as well as 15 older men (62...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Best SA,Okada Y,Galbreath MM,Jarvis SS,Bivens TB,Adams-Huet B,Fu Q

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the topic of this review? This review concerns the negative impact of pulmonary hypertension (PH) on the pulmonary haemodynamic and gas exchange responses to exercise, considering the mechanisms by which PH plays a role in exercise intolerance in heart failure (HF) patients. What advances does it h...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Taylor BJ,Shapiro BP,Johnson BD

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal studies show that arginine vasopressin facilitates aggression, while serotonin (5-HT) inhibits aggression by blocking the activity of the vasopressin system. Clinical studies report that subjects with a history of 'fighting and assault' show a significant positive correlation between cerebrospinal fluid concent...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Ferris CF

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? Oestradiol (E2 ) plays an important role in regulating skeletal muscle strength in females. To what extent does E2 deficiency affect recovery of strength and satellite cell number when muscle is challenged by multiple injuries? What is the main finding and its im...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Larson AA,Baumann CW,Kyba M,Lowe DA

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? Is chemerin, an adipokine implicated in obesity, increased in neonates following in utero cigarette smoke exposure. What is the main finding and its importance? Chemerin mRNA expression was increased and chemerin DNA methylation was decreased in babies born to mo...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Reynolds LJ,Chavan NR,DeHoff LB,Preston JD,Maddox HF,O'Brien JM,Armstrong DA,Marsit CJ,Pearson KJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In anaesthetized cats, reflex respiratory responses were evoked by electrically stimulating proximal ends of cut nerves to gastrocnemius-soleus muscles of the left hindlimb. The direction of these responses, in the excitatory or inhibitory sense, depended on the types of afferent fibres stimulated and on the mode of s...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Decandia M,Orani GP

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium appetite, the behavioural drive to ingest salt, is stimulated by prolonged physiological sodium deficiency in many animal species. The same neural mechanisms that are responsible for sodium appetite in laboratory animals may influence human behaviour as well, with particular relevance to the dietary salt intake...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Geerling JC,Loewy AD

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? What are the characteristics of the NK cell response following acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise in prostate cancer survivors and is there a relationship between stress hormones and NK cell mobilization? What is the main finding and its importance? NK cel...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Hanson ED,Sakkal S,Que S,Cho E,Spielmann G,Kadife E,Violet JA,Battaglini CL,Stoner L,Bartlett DB,McConell GK,Hayes A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endothelial glycocalyx layer of capillaries was stained with Ruthenium Red and examined by transmission electron microscopy in rat extensor hallucis proprius muscles after 2 or 4 days of indirect electrical stimulation via implanted electrodes. The layer appeared continuous on the luminal surface of 63% capillarie...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Brown MD,Egginton S,Hudlicka O,Zhou AL

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? Does the muscle metaboreflex affect the ratio of left ventricular contraction/relaxation rates and does heart failure impact this relationship. What is the main finding and its importance? The effect of muscle metaboreflex activation on the ventricular relaxation...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Mannozzi J,Massoud L,Kaur J,Coutsos M,O'Leary DS

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were fed a liquid diet with the aim of decreasing nervous reflex activity in the parotid glands. In rats killed after 21 days on this diet the glands were atrophied and the total amounts of the neuropeptides, substance P, vasoactive intestinal peptide and calcitonin gene-related peptide, were lower than in contro...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Månsson B,Ekman R,Håkanson R,Ekström J

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is controversy about the effect of left ventricular pressure on resistance of the intramyocardial coronary vessels. In anaesthetized dogs the effect of left ventricular pressure on coronary flow during diastole was studied using an extracorporeal circulation and allowing the heart to contract and relax isovolumi...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Gattullo D,Linden RJ,Losano G,Pagliaro P,Westerhof N

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the experiments was to investigate the cellular basis of the inotropic effect on myocardium of several opioids which have been implicated in producing cardiotoxic effects in human poisoning. Opioids exerted negative inotropic effects, with half-maximal concentrations between 10 microM (dextropropoxyph...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Wu C,Fry CH,Henry J

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the concentration of ethanol, both absolute and relative to water content, in sweat and blood. Ten male volunteers consumed approximately 13 mmol (kg body weight)-1 of ethanol. Blood and sweat samples were collected approximately 1, 2 and 3 h following ingestion. Sweat was collected following piloc...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Buono MJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in tension of slow motor units in the medial gastrocnemius muscle of the rat were measured and compared in three fatigue tests, each of 4 min duration. In one of these tests motor unit tetani were evoked by repeated trains of stimuli of the standard frequency, 40 Hz, while in other tests frequencies of 20 and ...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Celichowski J,Grottel K

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is commonly stated that smell elicits a parotid salivary reflex in humans. However, this assumption seems to be supported only by experiments in which either a lemon or an irritating odour has been used as the primary stimulus. In this study six pleasant odours, chocolate, vanilla, peppermint, beef, tomato and lemo...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Lee VM,Linden RW

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of direct autonomic nerve stimulation on the heart may be quite different to those of perfusion with pharmacological neuromodulating agents. This study was designed to investigate the effect of autonomic nerve stimulation on intracellular calcium fluorescence using fura-2 AM in the isolated Langendorff-per...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Brack KE,Coote JH,Ng GA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effect of pre-exercise carbohydrate (CHO) ingestion on pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) activation, acetyl group availability and substrate level phosphorylation (glycogenolysis and phosphocreatine (PCr) hydrolysis) in human skeletal muscle during the transition from rest to steady-state ex...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Tsintzas K,Williams C,Constantin-Teodosiu D,Hultman E,Boobis L,Greenhaff P

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) leads to chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) during sleep. Obstructive sleep apnoea has been associated with liver injury. Acetaminophen (APAP; known as paracetamol outside the USA) is one of the most commonly used drugs which has known hepatotoxicity. The goal of the present study was to...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Savransky V,Reinke C,Jun J,Bevans-Fonti S,Nanayakkara A,Li J,Myers AC,Torbenson MS,Polotsky VY

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the surface ultrastructure and morphological characteristics of leucocytes obtained from control rats breathing air and rats made acutely hypoxic (breathing 6% O2, for 30 min). Striking ultrastructural and morphological changes occurred in the leucocytes of hypoxic rats. These changes included the app...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Mian R,Westwood D,Stanley P,Marshall JM,Coote JH

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension caused by chronic infusion of angiotensin II (Ang II) in experimental animals is dependent, in part, on increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system. This chronic sympathoexcitatory response is amplified by a high-salt diet, suggesting an interaction of circulating Ang II and dietary salt on sympa...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Osborn JW,Hendel MD,Collister JP,Ariza-Guzman PA,Fink GD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelium-dependent relaxation in response to histamine and ACh has been studied on precontracted aortic rings from control and salt-loaded Sprague-Dawley rats. Both ACh and histamine caused relaxation of the noradrenaline-induced precontraction only in the presence of the endothelium. The relaxation response to ACh...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Obiefuna PC,Sofola OA,Ebeigbe AB

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the topic of this review? This article describes the contribution of oxidative stress and pro-inflammatory cytokines to the enhanced carotid body chemosensory responsiveness to the hypoxia and systemic hypertension induced by chronic intermittent hypoxia. What advances does it highlight? Chronic in...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Iturriaga R,Moya EA,Del Rio R

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the topic of this review? We discuss tools available to access genome-wide data sets that harbour cell-specific, brain region-specific and tissue-specific information on exon usage for several species, including humans. In this Review, we demonstrate how to access this information in genome databas...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Lipscombe D,Pan JQ,Schorge S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：NEW FINDINGS:What is the central question of this study? Do obesity-specific factors affect skeletal muscle performance in older individuals? What is the main finding and its importance? Older obese women have a larger quadriceps femoris size but develop lower tension per unit of skeletal muscle than their normal-weigh...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Rastelli F,Capodaglio P,Orgiu S,Santovito C,Caramenti M,Cadioli M,Falini A,Rizzo G,Lafortuna CL

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation was designed to determine the participation of the vagus nerve and muscarinic receptors in the remote ischaemic preconditioning (rIPC) mechanism. New Zealand rabbits were anaesthetized, and the femoral artery was dissected. After 30 min of monitoring, the hearts were isolated and subjected to 30 min...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Donato M,Buchholz B,Rodríguez M,Pérez V,Inserte J,García-Dorado D,Gelpi RJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine the reflex cardiovascular and respiratory responses to discrete stimulation of pulmonary arterial baroreceptors using a preparation in which secondary modulation of responses from other reflexes was prevented. Dogs were anaesthetised with -chloralose, artificially ventilated, the...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： McMahon NC,Drinkhill MJ,Myers DS,Hainsworth R

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a devastating muscular dystrophy of childhood. Mutations in the dystrophin gene destroy the link between the internal muscle filaments and the extracellular matrix, resulting in severe muscle weakness and progressive muscle wasting. There is currently no cure and, whilst palliative treat...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Fairclough RJ,Bareja A,Davies KE

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cessation of milk removal causes mammary tissue involution, which in rodents is characterized by extensive tissue degeneration and loss of the majority of luminal epithelial cells by apoptosis. In contrast, bovine mammary tissue shows little histological evidence of tissue remodelling between lactations. In this study...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Wilde CJ,Addey CV,Li P,Fernig DG

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of bicarbonate as a hydrogen ion buffer has been investigated using the fluorescent dye BCECF in individual rat cerebellar, hippocampal and neocortical neurones maintained in culture. The steady-state intracellular pH (pHi) was estimated to be 7.07 +/- 0.05 (n = 22) in CO2-HCO3(-)-buffered media. Buffering po...

journal_title：Experimental physiology

authors： Amos BJ,Pocock G,Richards CD

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00