British Journal of Pharmacology

27 February 1997, Volume 120, Issue 5
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Naloxone-insensitive inhibition of acetylcholine release from parasympathetic nerves innervating guinea-pig trachea by the novel opioid, nociceptin 735
Hema J. Patel, Mark A. Giembycz, Lucia Spicuzza, Peter J. Barnes & Maria G. Belvisi
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Inhibition of the constitutive activity of human 5-HT1A receptors by the inverse agonist, spiperone but not the neutral antagonist, WAY 100,635 737
Adrian Newman-Tancredi, Caroline Conte, Christine Chaput, Michael Spedding & Mark J. Millan
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Furosemide interactions with brain GABAA receptors 741
Esa R. Korpi & Hartmut Lüddens
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Subunit-dependent interaction of the general anaesthetic etomidate with the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor 749
Claire Hill-Venning, Delia Belelli, John A. Peters & Jeremy J. Lambert
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Evidence that mechanisms dependent and independent of nitric oxide mediate endothelium-dependent relaxation to bradykinin in human small resistance-like coronary arteries 757
B.K. Kemp & T.M. Cocks
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Involvement of adrenoceptors in the ovarian vascular pedicle in the regulation of counter current transfer of steroid hormones to the arterial blood supplying the oviduct and uterus of pigs 763
S. Stefaczyk-Krzymowska, W. Grzegorzewski, J. Skipor, B. Wasowska & T. Krzymowski
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beta-Adrenoceptor mediated facilitation of noradrenaline and adenosine 5′-triphosphate release from sympathetic nerves supplying the rat tail artery 769
James A. Brock, Melissa Bridgewater & Thomas C. Cunnane
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Effects of extracellular nucleotides on single cells and populations of human osteoblasts: contribution of cell heterogeneity to relative potencies 777
C. Jane Dixon, Wayne B. Bowler, Catherine A. Walsh & James A. Gallagher
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The effects of spiradoline (U-62066E), a -opioid receptor agonist, on neuroendocrine function in man 781
Ehud Ur, D. Mark Wright, Pierre M.G. Bouloux & Ashley Grossman
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Renal effects of intracerebroventricularly injected tachykinins in the conscious saline-loaded rat: receptor characterization 785
Yi Ding Yuan & Réjean Couture
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Effect of non-toxic mercury, zinc or cadmium pretreatment on the capacity of human monocytes to undergo lipopolysaccharide-induced activation 797
J. Koropatnick & R.K. Zalups
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Stimulation by extracellular ATP and UTP of the stress-activated protein kinase cascade in rat renal mesangial cells 807
Andrea Huwiler, Gerda van Rossum, Markus Wartmann & Josef Pfeilschifter
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Inhibitory action of niflumic acid on noradrenaline- and 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced pressor responses in the isolated mesenteric vascular bed of the rat 813
D.N. Criddle, R. Soares de Moura, I.A. Greenwood & W.A. Large
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Pharmacological characterization of an alpha1A-adrenoceptor mediating contractile responses to noradrenaline in isolated caudal artery of rat 819
Wilhelm G. Lachnit, Antares M. Tran, David E. Clarke & Anthony P.D.W. Ford
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Inhibition of [3H]-U69593 binding and the cardiac effects of U50,488H by calcium channel blockers in the rat heart 827
Wei-Min Zhang, Hong-Xin Wang, Qiang Xia & Tak-Ming Wong
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Spermine modulation of specific [3H]-gabapentin binding to the detergent-solubilized porcine cerebral cortex alpha2 calcium channel subunit 833
V.U.K. Dissanayake, N.S. Gee, J.P. Brown & G.N. Woodruff
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The effects of bradykinin on K+ currents in NG108-15 cells treated with U73122, a phospholipase C inhibitor, or neomycin 841
Jan-Peter Hildebrandt, Timothy D. Plant & Hans Meves
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The involvement of a novel mechanism distinct from the thrombin receptor in the vasocontraction induced by trypsin 851
Taro Komuro, Soichi Miwa, Tetsuya Minowa, Yasuo Okamoto, Taijiro Enoki, Haruaki Ninomiya, Xiao-Feng Zhang, Yoshihiko Uemura, Haruhiko Kikuchi & Tomoh Masaki
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Endothelium-independent relaxation of aortic rings by the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor diphenyleneiodonium 857
Jeffrey M. Dodd-o, Gemin Zheng, Howard S. Silverman, Edward G. Lakatta & Roy C. Ziegelstein
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Modulation of the firing activity of noradrenergic neurones in the rat locus coeruleus by the 5-hydroxtryptamine system 865
Nasser Haddjeri, Claude de Montigny & Pierre Blier
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Visual detection of transport-P in peptidergic neurones 876
Saad Al-Damluji, Denise Porter, Lazar Z. Krsmanovic, Jay R. Knutson & Irwin J. Kopin
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Localization of leukaemia inhibitory factor to airway epithelium and its amplification of contractile responses to tachykinins 883
Darryl Knight, Karen McKay, Barry Wiggs, R. Robert Schellenberg & Tony Bai
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Role of alpha2-adrenoceptors in the regulation of intestinal water transport 892
Lu Liu & Ian M. Coupar
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Modulation by general anaesthetics of rat GABAA receptors comprised of alpha1beta3 and beta3 subunits expressed in human embryonic kidney 293 cells 899
Paul A. Davies, , Ewen F. Kirkness & Tim G. Hales
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Induction of cyclo-oxygenase-2 by cytokines in human cultured airway smooth muscle cells: novel inflammatory role of this cell type 910
Maria G. Belvisi, , Michael A. Saunders, , El-Bdaoui Haddad, , Stuart J. Hirst, , Magdi H. Yacoub, , Peter J. Barnes & Jane A. Mitchell
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Cellular localization of the inhibitory action of abruquinone A against respiratory burst in rat neutrophils 917
Mei F. Hsu, Shue L. Raung, Lo T. Tsao, Sheng C. Kuo & Jih P. Wang
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The effect of the putative endogenous imidazoline receptor ligand, clonidine-displacing substance, on insulin secretion from rat and human islets of Langerhans 926
Susan L.F. Chan, Daphne Atlas, Roger F.L. James & Noel G. Morgan
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Effects of FR173657, a non-peptide B2 antagonist, on kinin-induced hypotension, visceral and peripheral oedema formation and bronchoconstriction 933
Thomas Griesbacher & Franz J. Legat
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Differential regulation by protein kinase C isoforms of nitric oxide synthase induction in RAW 264.7 macrophages and rat aortic smooth muscle cells 940
Andrew Paul, Kirsten Doherty & Robin Plevin
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Renal adenosine A1 receptor binding characteristics and mRNA levels during the development of acute renal failure in the rat 947
J. Gould, M.J. Morton, A. Sivaprasadarao, C.J. Bowmer & M.S. Yates
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Vasoconstrictor responses via P2X-receptors are selectively antagonized by NF023 in rabbit isolated aorta and saphenous artery 954
Ragip Ziyal, Airat U. Ziganshin, Peter Nickel, Ursula Ardanuy, Ernst Mutschler, Günter Lambrecht & Geoffrey Burnstock
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The duration of action of non-beta2-adrenoceptor mediated responses to salmeterol 961
A.T. Nials, R.A. Coleman, M. Johnson & C.J. Vardey
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The inhibitory effect of the antipsychotic drug haloperidol on HERG potassium channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes 968
H. Suessbrich, R. Schönherr, S.H. Heinemann, B. Attali, F. Lang & A.E. Busch
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Mechanism of nitric oxide-induced contraction in the rat isolated small intestine 975
R.A. Lefebvre & L. Barthó
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