British Journal of Pharmacology

23 January 1997, Volume 120, Issue 3
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Volatile general anaesthetic actions on recombinant nAChalpha7, 5-HT3 and chimeric nAChalpha7-5-HT3 receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes 353
Li Zhang, Murat Oz, Randall R. Stewart, Robert W. Peoples & Forrest F. Weight
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The inhibitory effects of mercaptoalkylguanidines on cyclo-oxygenase activity 357
Basilia Zingarelli, Garry J. Southan, Elijah Gilad, Michael O’Connor, Andrew L. Salzman & Csaba Szabó
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Effects of heptanol on electrical activity in the guinea-pig vas deferens 367
R. Manchanda & K. Venkateswarlu
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Mechanism of contraction induced by bradykinin in the rabbit saphenous vein 371
Daihiko Eguchi, Junji Nishimura, Sei Kobayashi, Kimihiro Komori, Keizo Sugimachi & Hideo Kanaide
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The effects of the peptide KPNFIRFamide (PF4) on the somatic muscle cells of the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum 379
L. Holden-Dye, D.J.A. Brownlee & R.J. Walker
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In vivo receptor characterization of neuropeptide Y-induced effects in consecutive vascular sections of cat skeletal muscle 387
Ulf Ekelund & David Erlinge
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Role of N-, P- and Q-type voltage-gated calcium channels in transmitter release from sympathetic neurones in the mouse isolated vas deferens 393
Sally A. Waterman
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The antihypertensive effect of orally administered nifedipine-loaded nanoparticles in spontaneously hypertensive rats 399
Young Il Kim, Laurence Fluckiger, Maurice Hoffman, Isabelle Lartaud-Idjouadiene, Jeffrey Atkinson & Philippe Maincent
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Role of potassium channels and nitric oxide in the effects of iloprost and prostaglandin E1 on hypoxic vasoconstriction in the isolated perfused lung of the rat 405
Monique Dumas, Jean-Paul Dumas, Luc Rochette, Charles Advenier & Jean-François Giudicelli
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Involvement of ATP in the non-adrenergic non-cholinergic inhibitory neurotransmission of lamb isolated coronary small arteries 411
Ulf Simonsen, Albino García-Sacristán & Dolores Prieto
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The effect of the protein phosphatases inhibitor cantharidin on beta-adrenoceptor-mediated vasorelaxation 421
Jörg Knapp, Peter Bokník, Bettina Linck, Hartmut Lüss, Frank U. Müller, Peter Nacke, Joachim Neumann, Ute Vahlensieck & Wilhelm Schmitz
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Activation and inhibition of rat neuronal nicotinic receptors by ABT-418 429
Roger L. Papke, , Jeffrey S. Thinschmidt, Becky A. Moulton, , Edwin M. Meyer & Amy Poirier
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Evidence against a role of cytochrome P450-derived arachidonic acid metabolites in endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization by acetylcholine in rat isolated mesenteric artery 439
Mitsuhiro Fukao, Yuichi Hattori, Morio Kanno, Ichiro Sakuma & Akira Kitabatake
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Pharmacological and biochemical evidence for the simultaneous expression of CCKB/gastrin and CCKA receptors in the pig pancreas 447
C. Philippe, E.F. Lhoste, M. Dufresne, L. Moroder, T. Corring & D. Fourmy
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Neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor and somatostatin sst2 receptor coupling to mobilization of intracellular calcium in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells 455
Mark Connor, Alison Yeo & Graeme Henderson
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Effect of adrenergic and nitrergic blockade on experimental ileus in rats 464
Benedicte Y. De Winter, Guy E. Boeckxstaens, Joris G. De Man, Tom G. Moreels, Arnold G. Herman & Paul A. Pelckmans
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Functional GABAA receptors on rat vagal afferent neurones 469
Mark Ashworth-Preece, Elena Krstew, Bevyn Jarrott & Andrew J. Lawrence
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Pharmacological characterization of the sulphonylurea receptor in rat isolated aorta 476
Cornelia Löffler & Ulrich Quast
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Characterization of Y3 receptor-mediated synaptic inhibition by chimeric neuropeptide Y-peptide YY peptides in the rat brainstem 481
Steven R. Glaum, Richard J. Miller, Hyewhon Rhim, Derek Maclean, Lynn M. Georgic, Robert G. MacKenzie & Lars Grundemar
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In vitro and in vivo effects of UP 269-6, a new potent orally active nonpeptide angiotensin II receptor antagonist, on vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation 488
A. Virone-Oddos, V. Desangle, D. Provost, M. Cazes, F. Caussade & A. Cloarec
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Mechanisms involved in the effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on L-arginine-induced insulin secretion 495
R. Gross, M. Roye, M. Manteghetti, C. Broca, D. Hillaire-Buys, P. Masiello & G. Ribes
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The role of B1 and B2 kinin receptors in oedema formation after long-term treatment with Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) 502
Maria M. Campos, Maria G.M.O. Henriques & João B. Calixto
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Identification of 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors positively coupled to adenylyl cyclase in rat cultured astrocytes 509
Warren D. Hirst, , Gary W. Price,, Marcus Rattray & Graham P. Wilkin
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Inhibitory effects of TAK-044 on endothelin induced vasoconstriction in various canine arteries and porcine coronary arteries: a comparison with selective ETA and ETB receptor antagonists 516
Yumiko Awane-Igata, Shota Ikeda & Toshifumi Watanabe
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Ischaemia-induced loss or reversal of the effects of the class I antiarrhythmic drugs on vulnerability to fibrillation 523
Jean-François Aupetit, Joseph Loufoua-Moundanga, Georges Faucon & Quadiri Timour
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Prominent sympathetic purinergic vasoconstriction in the rabbit splenic artery: potentiation by 2,2′-pyridylisatogen tosylate 530
Lei-Ming Ren & Geoffrey Burnstock
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Anti-insulin-like growth factor-I activity of a novel polysulphonated distamycin A derivative in human lung cancer cell lines 537
Alessandra de Cupis, Marina Ciomei, Paolo Pirani, Alessandra Ferrera, Andrea Ardizzoni & Roberto Enrico Favoni
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