Effects of reserpine pretreatment on neuroeffector transmission in the vas deferens.

abstract：:1. Twelve treated hypertensive patients (ages 58-71 years) who had also been treated for joint disease participated in a randomized double-blind crossover placebo-controlled study to investigate the effects of indomethacin (25 mg three times daily) on blood pressure and biochemical parameters over a 6-week period. 2. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wing LM,Bune AJ,Chalmers JP,Graham JR,West MJ

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study evaluated changes in autonomic control of the cardiovascular system in conscious rats following blockade of endothelin (ET) receptors with bosentan. 2. Rats were treated with bosentan or vehicle (5% gum arabic) for 7 days by gavage. 3. Baseline heart rate (HR) was higher in the bosentan-treated gr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Souza HC,Terzini GC,da Silva VJ,Martins-Pinge MC,Salgado HC,Salgado MC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Initial unsuccessful attempts to evaluate ventricular function in terms of the 'heart as a pump' led to focusing on the 'heart as a muscle' and to the concept of myocardial contractility. However, no clinically ideal index exists to assess the contractile state. The aim of the present study was to develop a mathema...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Curiel R,Perez-Gonzalez J,Torres E,Landaeta R,Cerrolaza M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) has long been recognized as playing a vital role in blood pressure (BP) regulation due to its involvement in fluid balance. The genes encoding the three ENaC subunits are likewise important contributors to hypertension, both in rare monogenic diseases and in the general population....

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Büsst CJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxorubicin (DOX) is the most commonly used anticancer drug; however, it has limited use because prolonged administration may result in severe cardiotoxicity. Simvastatin (SIM), generally prescribed for hypercholesterolaemia, has also shown salubrious results in the monotherapy or combinational drug therapy of differe...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Alkreathy HM,Alkhatib MH,Al Musaddi SA,Balamash KSA,Osman NN,Ahmad A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive activation of the sympatho-adrenomedullary system plays a pathogenic role in triggering and sustaining essential hypertension. We previously reported that, in normotensive rats, intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) administered neuropeptides, corticotropin-releasing factor and bombesin induced activation of th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Shimizu T,Yamamoto M,Zou S,Shimizu S,Higashi Y,Saito M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic inflammation mediated by overactive type 1 helper T cell (Th1) responses could exacerbate and perpetuate Crohn's disease. Programmed death (PD)-1 and its ligand PD-L1 pathway could be upregulated to suppress inflammation. We wondered why this pathway is ineffective at suppressing pathogenic Th1 inflammation...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ma F,Zhao M,Song Z,Wang Z

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Metformin is one of the most commonly used drugs for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. Accumulating evidence suggests that metformin also has cardioprotective effects. In the present study, we investigated the cardioprotective effects of metformin and the mechanisms involved. 2. A rat model of chronic heart failure...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang XF,Zhang JY,Li L,Zhao XY,Tao HL,Zhang L

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the effect of chronic consumption of a high-fat diet rich in corn oil (CO-HFD) on atrial cells ultrastructure, antioxidant levels and markers of intrinsic cell death of both control and type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM)-induced rats. Adult male rats (10 rats/group) were divided into four groups: ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Eid RA,Eleawa SM,Alkhateeb MA,Aldera H,Zaki MSA,Al-Shraim M,Saeed MA,El-Kott AF,Alaa Eldeen M,Alassiri M,Alshehri MM,Salem Al-Shudiefat AA,Khalil MA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Changes in renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) were investigated during the development of congestive heart failure (CHF) in rabbits with doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy. 2. Controls (saline treated, n = 5) and doxorubicin-treated rabbits (1 mg/kg administered intravenously twice weekly, n = 5) were studied ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： McGrath BP,Sano N,Way D

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Free radical-induced lipid peroxidation and changes in protein and nucleic acid structures can result in various human ailments, including ageing, neurodegenerative disorders and cancer. High body fat or dietary fat further enhances the free radical-mediated pathogenesis of various diseases. 2. In the present study...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ajith TA,Riji T,Anu V

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The use of non-linear dynamic analysis for the measurement of control processes in low-dimensional signals, for example, blood pressure and heart rate variability, are well established and accepted. However, the application of these analytical techniques to a high-dimensional signal, such as renal sympathetic nerve...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Zhang T,Johns EJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. This study was designed to elucidate the effects of guar gum, a dietary fibre, on changes in prostanoid contents induced by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine, a carcinogenic agent, in rat colonic mucosa. 2. Prostanoid contents were determined using high performance liquid chromatography; five prostanoids, namely 6-keto-prostag...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kanamori S,Sugiyama S,Goto H,Hayakawa T,Shimomura Y,Ozawa T

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Erlotinib, a small-molecule epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase (EGFR-TK) inhibitor, has been approved for the management of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether erlotinib exerts potent antitumour activities through the reactive oxygen species (RO...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Qian X,Li J,Ding J,Wang Z,Zhang W,Hu G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The intrinsic sympathomimetic activity of a range of beta-adrenoceptor antagonists and its relationship to beta-adrenoceptor blockade was studied in pentobarbitone-anaesthetized, vagotomized rats which had been depleted of catecholamines by pretreatment with syrosingopine. Dichlorisoprenaline, practolol, oxprenolol...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Bilski A,Robertson HH,Wale JL

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Accumulating animal and human data suggest that nitric oxide (NO) is important for both coronary and peripheral haemodynamic control and metabolic regulation during performance of exercise. 2. While still controversial, NO of endothelial origin is thought to potentiate exercise-induced hyperaemia, both in the perip...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kingwell BA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate whether enoxaparin (ENX) administration would increase seroma risk and worsen mesh tissue recovery in an experimental rat hernia repair model. Fifty-six adult male Wistar-Albino rats were included in the study. Rats were equally and randomly separated into seven groups: Group 1...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ozkececi ZT,Gonul Y,Karavelioglu A,Bozkurt MF,Kacar E,Bal A,Ozsoy M,Turamanlar O,Celep B

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high-salt diet in rats has been shown to result in enhanced vasoconstrictor and/or reduced vasodilator responses of isolated arteries to agonists. The present experiments were designed to investigate the effects of dietary salt on the responses of the pressurized mesenteric resistance artery of the dog to constricto...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Sofola O,Knill A,Myers D,Hainsworth R,Drinkhill M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Renin gene expression was investigated in kidneys from 13 foetal and four adult sheep. 2. The levels of renal renin mRNA in foetuses were greater than those in adult sheep (P < 0.001). 3. There was no significant difference in renin mRNA levels between foetuses aged 91 and 134 days (term 150 days). 4. The levels of...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Zhang DY,Lumbers ER,Simonetta G

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptors for parathyroid hormone (PTH) in the renal tubule are coupled to adenylate cyclase stimulation. PTH causes a rise in urinary cAMP by leakage from adenylate cyclase stimulation. PTH causes a rise in urinary cAMP by leakage from cells of the proximal convoluted tubule. The effects of alpha-adrenergic agonists ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Woodcock EA,McLeod JK,Johnston CI

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Visfatin (also known as nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase or Nampt) is a novel adipokine associated with metabolic abnormalities in obesity and diabetes. The aim of the present study was to determine whether visfatin levels in the circulation and visfatin expression in fat tissues are altered in Lyon hypertens...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang P,Bai C,Xu QY,Xu TY,Su DF,Sassard J,Miao CY

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of enalapril on handling of an Na load and on body Na during 96 h of zero Na intake was measured in hypertensive rats (GH and SHR) and their normotensive controls (N and WKY) by a whole body counting method. 2. Enalapril treatment led to a greater fall in body Na in the first 24 h after the Na load (as e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ledingham JM,Simpson FO

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Sodium (Na) depletion, due to uncompensated loss of parotid saliva, reduces the pressor responsiveness to angiotensin II (AII) in intact conscious sheep. 2. Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis by indomethacin restored AII pressor responsiveness in Na-deplete sheep. 3. Indomethacin infusion also increased the pres...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Beilby DS,Coghlan JP,Denton DA,Graham WF,Humphery TJ,Scoggins BA,Whitworth JA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of L-thyroxine on serum angiotensin converting enzyme activity using a sheep model was examined. Following two weeks of L-thyroxine treatment, the activity of serum angiotensin converting enzyme was increased from 6.92 U/ml to 8.65 U/ml (s.e.m. = 0.40, n = 13, P less than 0.01). Discontinuation of L-thyroxi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Verma P,Noble S,Miller R

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic airway diseases characterized by airflow obstruction. The beta(2)-adrenoceptor mediates bronchodilatation in response to exogenous and endogenous beta-adrenoceptor agonists. 2. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the beta(2)-adrenoceptor gene (ADRB2...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Yang IA,Ng T,Molenaar P,Fong KM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-pinene (α-pinene) is an organic compound, found in the oils of many species of coniferous trees, especially pine. α-Pinene reportedly has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities; however, its effects on osteoblasts are unknown. This study investigated the effects of α-pinene on osteoblast differentiation an...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Min HY,Son HE,Jang WG

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both opiates and dopamine play important roles in learning and memory. Although synergistic action between these two neurotransmitters has been found, their functional roles remain unclear. Here, low dose morphine (2.5 mg/kg) and low dose dopamine receptor agonists (apomorphine 0.05 mg/kg; SKF38393 0.01 mg/kg; bromocr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Chen Y,Fu Y,An Y,Cao J,Wang J,Zhang J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The transport of taurocholic acid from portal blood to bile was studied in the anaesthetized rat by injecting a radiolabelled pulse of bile acid. 2. The transport process was very rapid, 50% of the dose being secreted within 5 min, and the total dose within 15 min. 3. The transport process had a large capacity. The...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Iser JH,Packer JS,Smallwood RA,Hoffman NE

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. mu-Opioid receptor agonists mediate their central analgesic effects by actions on neurons within brain regions such as the mid-brain periaqueductal grey (PAG). Within the PAG, mu-opioid receptor-mediated analgesia results from inhibition of GABAergic influences on output projection neurons. We have established that...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Christie MJ,Connor M,Vaughan CW,Ingram SL,Bagley EE

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacological actions of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-(3-hydroxy-2-spiropentylpropyl)-phenol (BSPP), a putative presynaptic GABA(B) receptor modulator, were examined in electrically stimulated rat neocortical brain slices preloaded with [3H]-GABA or [3H]-glutamic acid. At 10 mmol/L, BSPP inhibited the release of [3H]-GAB...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Parker DA,Marino V,Ong J,Puspawati NM,Prager RH

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00