British Journal of Pharmacology

22 May 1997, Volume 121, Issue 3
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Characterization of human A2A adenosine receptors with the antagonist radioligand [3H]-SCH 58261 353
Silvio Dionisotti, Ennio Ongini, Cristina Zocchi, Björn Kull, Giulia Arslan & Bertil B. Fredholm
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beta2-Adrenoceptor agonist-mediated inhibition of human airway smooth muscle cell proliferation: importance of the duration of beta2-adrenoceptor stimulation 361
Alastair G. Stewart, Paul R. Tomlinson & John W. Wilson
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Effects of chronic growth hormone treatment in aged rats on the biophysical and pharmacological properties of skeletal muscle chloride channels 369
Annamaria De Luca, Sabata Pierno, Daniela Cocchi & Diana Conte Camerino
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Role of tachykinins in castor oil diarrhoea in rats 375
Tiziano Croci, Marco Landi, Xavier Emonds-Alt, Gérard Le Fur, Jean-Pierre Maffrand & Luciano Manara
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Effects of N- and L-type calcium channel antagonists and (±)-Bay K8644 on nerve-induced catecholamine secretion from bovine perfused adrenal glands 381
Melanie O’Farrell, James Ziogas & Philip D. Marley
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Cytochrome P450 1A-like proteins expressed in the islets of Langerhans and altered pancreatic beta-cell secretory responsiveness 389
Jacqueline Clarke, Peter R. Flatt & Christopher R. Barnett
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Inhibition of arginase in rat and rabbit alveolar macrophages by Nomega-hydroxy-D,L-indospicine, effects on L-arginine utilization by nitric oxide synthase 395
Claudia Hey, Jean-Luc Boucher, Sandrine Vadon-Le Goff, Gabi Ketterer, Ignaz Wessler & Kurt Racké
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Characterization of nociceptin hyperalgesia and allodynia in conscious mice 401
Naoki Hara, Toshiaki Minami, Emiko Okuda-Ashitaka, Tetsuo Sugimoto, Masato Sakai, Masahiko Onaka, Hidemaro Mori, Toshihiro Imanishi, Koh Shingu & Seiji Ito
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Investigation of the inhibition by acetylshikonin of the respiratory burst in rat neutrophils 409
Jih P. Wang, Lo T. Tsao, Shue L. Raung, Mei F. Hsu & Sheng C. Kuo
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Cytokines, nerve growth factor and inflammatory hyperalgesia: the contribution of tumour necrosis factor alpha 417
C.J. Woolf, A. Allchorne, B. Safieh-Garabedian & S. Poole
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Modulation of excitatory synaptic transmission by nociceptin in superficial dorsal horn neurones of the neonatal rat spinal cord 425
Jörg T. Liebel, Dieter Swandulla & Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer
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Cyclosporine A-induced increase in glomerular cyclic GMP in rats and the involvement of the endothelinB receptor 433
Ivan Tack, Encarna Marin-Castano, Jean-Loup Bascands, Christiane Pecher, Jean-Louis Ader & Jean-Pierre Girolami
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Evidence for specific regional patterns of responses to different vasoconstrictors and vasodilators in sheep isolated pulmonary arteries and veins 441
B.K. Kemp, J.J. Smolich & T.M. Cocks
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Specific Gq protein involvement in muscarinic M3 receptor-induced phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis and Ca2+ release in mouse duodenal myocytes 451
J.L. Morel, N. Macrez & J. Mironneau
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Stimulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in the rat by three selective type-4 phosphodiesterase inhibitors: in vitro and in vivo studies 459
Meena Kumari, Patricia O. Cover, Robert H. Poyser & Julia C. Buckingham
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Effects of the non-peptide B2 antagonist FR173657 on kinin-induced smooth muscle contraction and relaxation, vasoconstriction and prostaglandin release 469
Thomas Griesbacher, Wolfgang Sametz, Franz J. Legat, Sabine Diethart, Susanne Hammer & Heinz Juan
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Effects of delayed treatment with nebracetam on neurotransmitters in brain regions after microsphere embolism in rats 477
Satoshi Takeo, Hideki Hayashi, Keiko Miyake, Kaori Takagi, Mina Tadokoro, Norio Takagi & Sayuri Oshikawa
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Characterization of the vasodilator properties of peroxynitrite on rat pulmonary artery: role of poly (adenosine 5′-diphosphoribose) synthase 485
Francois Chabot, Jane A. Mitchell, Gregory J. Quinlan & Timothy W. Evans
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The effect of continuous versus intermittent treatment with transdermal nitroglycerin on pacing-induced preconditioning in conscious rabbits 491
Z. Szilvassy, P. Ferdinandy, I. Nagy, I. Jakab & M. Koltai (deceased)
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The effect of the neuropeptide substance P on desensitization of ATP receptors of PC12 cells 497
L. Khiroug, R. Giniatullin, M. Talantova & A. Nistri
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Cardiovascular effects of a low-dose combination of ramipril and felodipine in spontaneously hypertensive rats 503
Eero M.A. Mervaala, Terttu-Liisa Teräväinen, Lena Malmberg, Juha Laakso, Heikki Vapaatalo & Heikki Karppanen
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Attenuation of precipitated morphine withdrawal symptoms by acute i.c.v. administration of a group II mGluR agonist 511
Marian E. Fundytus & Terence J. Coderre
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The atypical antipsychotic profile of NRA0045, a novel dopamine D4 and 5-hydroxytryptamine2A receptor antagonist, in rats 515
Shigeru Okuyama, Shigeyuki Chaki, Naoya Kawashima, Yoshiko Suzuki, Shin-ichi Ogawa, Toshihito Kumagai, Atsuro Nakazato, Masashi Nagamine, Kazumasa Yamaguchi & Kazuyuki Tomisawa
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Effects of trout bradykinin on the motility of the trout stomach and intestine: evidence for a receptor distinct from mammalian B1 and B2 subtypes 526
Jorgen Jensen & J. Michael Conlon
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Effect of englitazone on KATP and calcium-activated non-selective cation channels in CRI-G1 insulin-secreting cells 531
I.C.M. Rowe, K. Lee, R.N. Khan & M.L.J. Ashford
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Ro 32-3555, an orally active collagenase inhibitor, prevents cartilage breakdown in vitro and in vivo 540
E.J. Lewis, J. Bishop, K.M.K. Bottomley, D. Bradshaw, M. Brewster, M.J. Broadhurst, P.A. Brown, J.M. Budd, L. Elliott, A.K. Greenham, W.H. Johnson, J.S. Nixon, F. Rose, B. Sutton & K. Wilson
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Inhibition by mibefradil, a novel calcium channel antagonist, of Ca2+– and volume-activated Cl channels in macrovascular endothelial cells 547
Bernd Nilius, Jean Prenen, Masahiro Kamouchi, Felix Viana, Thomas Voets & Guy Droogmans
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Examination of the role of endopeptidase 3.4.24.15 in Abeta secretion by human transfected cells 556
Nathalie Chevallier, Jirì Jiracek, Bruno Vincent, Claus-Peter Baur, Maria-Gracia Spillantini, Michel Goedert, Vincent Dive & Frédéric Checler
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Role of 5-ht7 receptors in the long-lasting hypotensive response induced by 5-hydroxytryptamine in the rat 563
José A. Terrón
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Pharmacological properties of non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic inhibitory transmission in chicken gizzard 572
S. Komori, T. Unno & H. Ohashi
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Effect of interleukin-1beta, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interferon-gamma on the induction of cyclo-oxygenase-2 in cultured human airway smooth muscle cells 579
Linhua Pang & Alan J. Knox
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Comparison of the nitric oxide and cyclo-oxygenase pathway in mesenteric resistance vessels of normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats 588
F. Le Marquer-Domagala & M. Finet
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The neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y1 receptor antagonist BIBP 3226: effects on vascular responses to exogenous and endogenous NPY in the pig in vivo 595
Rickard E. Malmström, Karin C. Balmér & Jan M. Lundberg
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Evidence that NO acts as a redundant NANC inhibitory neurotransmitter in the guinea-pig isolated taenia coli 604
S. Selemidis, D.G. Satchell & T.M. Cocks
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