Stimulation of brain cannabinoid CB1 receptors can ameliorate hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on the disposition of an organic anion transporting polypeptide and P-glycoprotein substrate in the rat isolated perfused liver. 2. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups. Three of the groups received 1, 2.5...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Tong Y,Zhang R,Ngo SN,Davey AK

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to characterize the source of plasma catecholamines induced by centrally administered glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), with regard to brain prostanoids, in urethane-anaesthetized rats. 2. Glucagon-like peptide-1 and other compounds were administered intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v....

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Arai J,Okada S,Yamaguchi-Shima N,Shimizu T,Sasaki T,Yorimitsu M,Wakiguchi H,Yokotani K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Renin mRNA is present in the kidney and, in lower concentrations, in many extrarenal tissues and serves as an index of renin gene activity, as well as potential renin or prorenin synthesis in cell populations within those tissues. Unfortunately the quantity can be very low. 2. A new, highly sensitive technique is d...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lou YK,Smith DL,Robinson BG,Morris BJ

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. beta(3)-Adrenoceptors (AR) have been reported to be present in numerous species, where they mediate multiple responses. 2. The aim of the present study was to determine whether beta(3)-AR are present in intact rat heart and the functional implications of beta(3)-AR stimulation. The response to the cardiac beta(3)-A...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Barbier J,Mouas C,Rannou-Bekono F,Carré F

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Most studies examining the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors on atherosclerosis in experimental animals have used doses well in excess of those given clinically. 2. Using a rabbit model of cholesterol-induced atherosclerosis characterized by subendothelial lipid accumulations ('juvenile fatty...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Fennessy PA,Campbell JH,Mendelsohn FA,Campbell GR

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In order to determine whether the antihypertensive effect of neonatal thymectomy in genetically hypertensive rats could be mediated through altered adrenal function, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and urinary excretion of deoxycorticosterone (DOC), corticosterone (B) and aldosterone were measured in thymectomized hy...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Bataillard A,Gomez-Sanchez CE,Vincent M,Touraine JL,Sassard J

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In order to investigate further whether the increased sensitivity to inhibition by nifedipine of the responses to noradrenaline of aortae from spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone (SHRSP) rats is related to the development of the hypertension, we have compared the sensitivity to noradrenaline, potassium chloride...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Jiang GC,Iwanov V,Moulds RF

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperhomocysteine has become a critical risk for atherosclerosis and can stimulate proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor (NMDAR) is a receptor of homocysteine and mediates the effects of homocysteine on VSMCs. Bioinformatics analysis has shown NMDAR is a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Duan H,Li Y,Yan L,Yang H,Wu J,Qian P,Li B,Wang S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The endothelin (ET) system and NADPH oxidase play important roles in the regulation of cardiovascular function, as well as in the pathogenesis of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases. 2. Endothelins activate NADPH oxidases and thereby increase superoxide production, resulting in oxidative stress and cardi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Dammanahalli KJ,Sun Z

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The spinal sympathetic outflow (C7-T2) of pithed male Wistar rats was electrically stimulated (30-50 V, 0.5 ms, 0.1-1.0 Hz) and heart rate and arterial blood pressure were recorded. D-Tubocurarine (1 mg/kg) and atropine (1 mg/kg) were administered intravenously (i.v.) to reduce voluntary and parasympathetic nerve a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Rechtman MP,King RG,Boura AL

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Rabbits were treated with the antiparasitic drug ivermectin at subcutaneous doses of 0.2, 1 and 2.5 mg/kg and blood collected weekly for 4 weeks thereafter for measuring some blood parameters. At a dose of 0.2 or 1 mg/kg the drug had no significant effect on any of the parameters measured. At a dose of 2.5 mg/kg, t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ali BH

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressor responsiveness to angiotensin II (AII) and phenylephrine (PE) was examined before and after 5 days of ACTH (1 mg, i.m., daily) or hydrocortisone (200 mg, orally, daily) in six normotensive men. Pulse pressure was higher prior to PE than AII infusion, presumably due to feeding. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Whitworth JA,Connell JM,Lever AF,Fraser R

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The angiotensin type 1 (AT1) receptor antagonist, losartan (10 mg/kg) was infused intravenously into nine chronically catheterized fetal sheep (125-132 days gestation). Losartan reduced the fetal systolic (P <0.01) and diastolic (P <0.01) pressor response to 5 microg angiotensin II (AngII) i.v. from 27.4 +/- 1.5 to...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Stevenson KM,Gibson KJ,Lumbers ER

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The role of cardiac reflexes in baroreflex control mechanisms and the changes that occur in chronic hypertension is reviewed. The rapid resetting properties of the arterial baroreceptors ensures its role in short-term rather than long-term control of blood pressure. 2. In hypertensive humans and animals, the barore...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Head GA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. By selectively modifying adenosine metabolism via adenosine deaminase or adenosine kinase inhibitors, it may be possible to enhance the receptor-mediated protective actions of adenosine in a site- and event-specific fashion. 2. We characterized cardioprotective actions of the adenosine deaminase inhibitor erythro-2...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Willems L,Headrick JP

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Hepatic sulphobromophthalein (BSP) transport was studied in guinea-pigs pretreated intraperitoneally with 0.7 ml of diethyl maleate to depress hepatic glutathione levels. 2. Diethyl maleate depressed the hepatic transport of infused conjugated BSP from hepatocytes into bile without influencing hepatic uptake. 3. Un...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Whelan G

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study was performed to test the hypothesis that the reactive oxygen species (ROS)-angiotensinogen (AGT)-renin angiotensin system (RAS) axis is sequentially activated in the development of diabetic nephropathy in Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) obese rats. 2. Genetic pairs of male ZDF obese and control ZDF l...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Miyata K,Ohashi N,Suzaki Y,Katsurada A,Kobori H

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To investigate the pharmacological effects of T-1095, this novel derivative of phlorizin was administered to GK rats for 8 weeks. T-1095 treatment significantly lowered plasma glucose and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, but did not significantly affect bodyweight. 2. T-1095 treatment did not affect 3.3 mmo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Nunoi K,Yasuda K,Adachi T,Okamoto Y,Shihara N,Uno M,Tamon A,Suzuki N,Oku A,Tsuda K

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We previously reported that volatile anaesthetics produce incidences of a transient opisthotonus in mice, a sign of CNS stimulation. This study was performed to investigate mechanisms by which enflurane-induced opisthotonus (EIO) occurs. 2. The effects of pretreatment of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonists dizo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Komatsu H,Nogaya J,Ueki M,Yokono S,Ogli K

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Prenatal dexamethasone leads to low birth weight and compromises organogenesis, but its effects on nephrogenesis in male and female rats have not yet been investigated extensively. Reduced renal mass may be responsible for hypertension and renal haemodynamic and morphological adjustments to maintain the glomerular ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Martins JP,Monteiro JC,Paixão AD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study hypothesized that different types of anaesthesia management would result in similar postoperative sleep quality. In this prospective single-blind investigation, 219 patients undergoing elective thoracic surgery were randomized into three arms: general anaesthesia, as the control group (group C); general ana...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Tan WF,Guo B,Ma H,Li XQ,Fang B,Lv HW

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To elucidate the physiological role of nitric oxide (NO) in regulating vascular tone, the effects of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), an NO synthase inhibitor, on the vasoconstrictor response to noradrenaline (NA) in rat caudal artery was examined. 2. NG-Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester significantly potenti...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Kwon YM,Shinozuka K,Kagota S,Yamaguchi Y,Nakamura K,Kunitomo M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic fibrosis is an outcome of chronic liver injury. Angiotensin II (ANG II) may play a role in the pathogenesis of hepatic fibrosis. Certain drugs such as ACE inhibitors, ANG II antagonists, and even statins could interfere with the renin angiotensin system and modulate its deleterious effects. This study was carr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： El-Ashmawy NE,El-Bahrawy HA,Shamloula MM,Ibrahim AO

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to perform an in vivo estimation of the Michaelis-Menten constants of the major metabolic pathways of paracetamol (APAP). 2. A two-occasion, single-dose cross-over trial was performed using 60 and 90 mg/kg doses of APAP in healthy patients undergoing third molar dental extraction. P...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Reith D,Medlicott NJ,Kumara De Silva R,Yang L,Hickling J,Zacharias M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Adenosine A(1) receptors (A(1)R) play an important role in cardioprotection against hypoxic damage and the opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pores (MPTP) is central to the regulation of cell apoptosis and necrosis. However, it is still unclear whether A(1)R open MPTP in hypoxic cardiomyocytes. 2. The...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Xiang F,Huang YS,Zhang DX,Chu ZG,Zhang JP,Zhang Q

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related endothelial dysfunction is closely associated with the local production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) within and in the vicinity of the vascular endothelium. Oxidant-induced DNA damage can activate the nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1), leading to endothelial dysfunction in various p...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Zhang GH,Chao M,Hui LH,Xu DL,Cai WL,Zheng J,Gao M,Zhang MX,Wang J,Lu QH

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Amino acid neurotransmitters are critical for controlling the activity of most central neurons, including sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPN), the spinal cord neurons involved in controlling blood pressure and other autonomic functions. 2. In studies reviewed here, SPN were identified either by retrograde traci...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Llewellyn-Smith IJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Irinotecan (also known as CPT-11) is a water soluble, semi-synthetic analogue of 20(S)camptothecin (CPT) with promising activity against a range of tumour types. 2. As with all other active analogues of CPT, irinotecan causes cell toxicity by stabilizing a ternary complex between the nuclear enzyme topoisomerase I ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Rivory LP

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The study examines whether intracerebroventricular (ICV) infusion of atrial natriuretic peptide (human ANP,1-28) influences renal electrolyte and water excretion, vasopressin release, renal and femoral blood flows in conscious ewes. The blood flow was measured by chronically implanted ultrasonic flow probes. 2. ICV...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gunnarsson U

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol) is an anaesthetic agent with anti-oxidant properties. The aim of the present study was to determine whether propofol can protect pulmonary epithelial (A549) cells against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced cell death and, if so, the mechanisms involved. The effects of LPS alone and in co...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gu X,Lu Y,Chen J,He H,Li P,Yang T,Li L,Liu G,Chen Y,Zhang L

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00