British Journal of Pharmacology

11 September 1997, Volume 122, Issue 2
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The role of the IsK protein in the specific pharmacological properties of the IKs channel complex 187
A.E. Busch, G.L. Busch, E. Ford, H. Suessbrich, H.-J. Lang, R. Greger, K. Kunzelmann, B. Attali & W. Stühmer
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Selective inhibition of adenylyl cyclase by octopamine via a human cloned alpha2A-adrenoceptor 191
Chris N. Airriess, Jane E. Rudling, John M. Midgley & Peter D. Evans
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Stretch-induced contraction of rabbit isolated pulmonary artery and the involvement of endothelium-derived thromboxane A2 199
Koichi Nakayamai, Kiichiro Ueta, Yoshio Tanaka, Yoshiyuki Tanabe & Kunio Ishi
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Angiotensin II responses of vascular smooth muscle cells from hypertensive rats: enhancement at the level of p42 and p44 mitogen activated protein kinase 209
Neil Wilkie, Leong L. Ng & Michael R. Boarder
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Ligand binding specificities of the eight types and subtypes of the mouse prostanoid receptors expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells 217
Michitaka Kiriyama, Fumitaka Ushikubi, Takuya Kobayashi, Masakazu Hirata, Yukihiko Sugimoto & Shuh Narumiya
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Ontogeny of P2-purinoceptors in the longitudinal muscle and muscularis mucosae of the rat isolated duodenum 225
V.R. Brownhill, S.M.O. Hourani & I. Kitchen
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Cyclic AMP-mediated regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity 233
R.J. Rose, H. Liu, D. Palmer & D.H. Maurice
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Interaction of cyclosporin derivatives with the ATPase activity of human P-glycoprotein 241
Toru Watanabe, Noriko Kokubu, Steven B. Charnick, Mikihiko Naito, Takashi Tsuruo & Dalia Cohen
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The effect of 15-HPETE on airway responsiveness and pulmonary cell recruitment in rabbits 249
M.M. Riccio, T. Matsumoto, J.J. Adcock, G.J. Douglas, D. Spina & C.P. Page
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Effects of VA-045 on learning and memory deficits in traumatic brain injury (TBI)-induced retrograde and anterograde amnesic mice 257
Ya-Ping Tang, Yukihiro Noda, Takaaki Hasegawa & Toshitaka Nabeshima
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Effect of the molecular polymorphisms of human paraoxonase (PON1) on the rate of hydrolysis of paraoxon 265
Bharti Mackness, Michael I. Mackness, Sharon Arrol, Wajdi Turkie & Paul N. Durrington
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Homocysteine as a modulator of platelet-derived growth factor action in vascular smooth muscle cells: a possible role for hydrogen peroxide 269
Eisuke Nishio & Yasuhiro Watanabe
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Differential effects of the neuroprotectant lubeluzole on bovine and mouse chromaffin cell calcium channel subtypes 275
Jesús M. Hernández-Guijo, Luis Gandía, Ricardo de Pascual & Antonio G. García
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D2 dopamine receptors and modulation of spontaneous acetylcholine (ACh) release from rat striatal synaptosomes 286
M.V. Clos, A. García-Sanz, N.M. Vivas & A. Badia
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The antiarrhythmic agent bertosamil induces inactivation of the sustained outward K+ current in human atrial myocytes 291
Sophie Tessier, Catherine Rücker-Martin, Loïc Macé, Edouard Coraboeuf, Jean-Jacques Mercadier & Stéphane N. Hatem
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Effect of acute and chronic tramadol on [3H]-5-HT uptake in rat cortical synaptosomes 302
Pietro Giusti, Alessandro Buriani, Lorenzo Cima & Maria Lipartiti
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Demonstration of the existence of nitric oxide-independent as well as nitric oxide-dependent vasodilator mechanisms in the in situ renal circulation in near term pregnant rats 307
Z.M. Chu & L.J. Beilin
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Influence of ETR-p1/f1 antisense peptide on endothelin-induced constriction in rat renal arcuate arteries 316
Xiaochun Wu, Nicholas T. Richards, Edward J. Johns, Takeo Kohsaka, Akio Nakamura & Hidechika Okada
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Negative chronotropic actions of endothelin-1 on rabbit sinoatrial node pacemaker cells 321
Hideo Tanaka, Yoshizumi Habuchi, Taku Yamamoto, Manabu Nishio, Junichiro Morikawa & Manabu Yoshimura
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Effects of cannabinoid receptor ligands on electrophysiological properties of myenteric neurones of the guinea-pig ileum 330
F. López-Redondo, G.M. Lees & R.G. Pertwee
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The contrasting effects of dendrotoxins and other potassium channel blockers in the CA1 and dentate gyrus regions of rat hippocampal slices 335
A.P. Southan & D.G. Owen
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Development of basal and induced testosterone hydroxylase activity in the chicken embryo in ovo 344
Moreno Paolini, Laura Pozzetti, Andrea Sapone, Gian Luigi Biagi & Giorgio Cantelli-Forti
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Effects of homocysteine on acetylcholine- and adenosine-induced vasodilatation of pancreatic vascular bed in rats 351
I. Quéré, D. Hillaire-Buys, C. Brunschwig, J. Chapal, C. Janbon, J.P. Blayac, P. Petit & M.M. Loubatières-Mariani
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Central benzodiazepine receptor autoradiography in hippocampal sclerosis 358
Kieran S.P. Hand, Virginia H. Baird, Wim Van Paesschen, Matthias J. Koepp, Tamas Revesz, Maria Thom, William F. J. Harkness, John S. Duncan & Norman G. Bowery
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Acute nociception mediated by hindpaw P2X receptor activation in the rat 365
P.A. Bland-Ward & P.P.A. Humphrey
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Effects of increased extracellular glutamate levels on the local field potential in the brain of anaesthetized rats 372
T.P. Obrenovitch, J. Urenjak & E. Zilkha
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Potent and voltage-dependent block by philanthotoxin-343 of neuronal nicotinic receptor/channels in PC12 cells 379
Min Liu, Ken Nakazawa, Kazuhide Inou & Yasuo Ohno
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Characterization of A2A adenosine receptors in human lymphocyte membranes by [3H]-SCH 58261 binding 386
Katia Varani, Stefania Gessi, Alessandro Dalpiaz, Ennio Ongini & Pier Andrea Borea
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Stable expression of human kinin B1 receptor in 293 cells: pharmacological and functional characterization 393
S. Bastian, B. Loillier, J.L. Paquet & D. Pruneau
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Erratum 400
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