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British Journal of Pharmacology

November 1998, Volume 125, Issue 6
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Original Articles

The influence of lobeline on nucleus accumbens dopamine and locomotor responses to nicotine in nicotine-pretreated rats 1115
Maureen E.M. Benwell & David J.K. Balfour
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Lack of effect of a selective vasopressin V1A receptor antagonist, SR 49,059, on potentiation by vasopressin of adrenoceptor-mediated pressor responses in the rat mesenteric arterial bed 1120
Akos Heinemann, Gabi Horina, Rudolf E. Stauber, Christof Pertl, Peter Holzer & Bernhard A. Peskar
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Differential role of vasoactive prostanoids in porcine and human isolated pulmonary arteries in response to endothelium-dependent relaxants 1128
R.N. Lawrence, C. Clelland, D. Beggs, F.D. Salama, W.R. Dunn & V.G. Wilson
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Inhibition of the rapid component of the delayed-rectifier K+ current by therapeutic concentrations of the antispasmodic agent terodiline 1138
Stephen E. Jones, Toshitsugu Ogura, Lesya M. Shuba & Terence F. McDonald
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Impaired function of alpha-2 adrenoceptors in smooth muscle of mesenteric arteries from spontaneously hypertensive rats 1144
Teresa Feres, Antonio Carlos R. Borges, Eneida G. Silva, Antonio C.M. Paiva & Therezinha B. Paiva
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The mechanism by which aminoglycoside antibiotics cause vasodilation of canine cerebral arteries 1150
Mourad Gergawy, Bozena Vollrath & David Cook
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Comparison of two soluble guanylyl cyclase inhibitors, methylene blue and ODQ, on sodium nitroprusside-induced relaxation in guinea-pig trachea 1158
Tsong-Long Hwang, Chin-Chung Wu & Che-Ming Teng
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Characterization of the relaxant action of urocortin, a new peptide related to corticotropin-releasing factor in the rat isolated basilar artery 1164
L. Schilling, Ch. Kanzler, P. Schmiedek & H. Ehrenreich
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The central action of the 5-HT2 receptor agonist 1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane (DOI) on cardiac inotropy and vascular resistance in the anaesthetized cat 1172
Andrew G. Ramage & M. de Burgh Daly
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The activation of nitric oxide synthase by copper ion is mediated by intracellular Ca2+ mobilization in human pulmonary arterial endothelial cells 1180
Yoshiki Demura, Takeshi Ishizaki, Shingo Ameshima, Seitarou Okamura, Takio Hayashi, Shigeru Matsukawa & Isamu Miyamori
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Functional cross-talk between endothelial muscarinic and alpha2-adrenergic receptors in rabbit cerebral arteries 1188
Eric Thorin
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Identification and characterization of an endogenous P2X7 (P2Z) receptor in CHO-K1 cells 1194
A.D. Michel, I.P. Chessell, A.D. Hibell, J. Simon & P.P.A. Humphrey
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Mechanism of ETA-receptor stimulation-induced increases in intracellular Ca2+ in SK-N-MC cells 1202
Ingrid Heinroth-Hoffmann, Magdalene Vogelsang, Pia Schiewe, Henning Morawietz, Jürgen Holtz, Klaus Pönicke & Otto-Erich Brodde
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Effect of nimesulide and indomethacin on contractility and the Ca2+ channel current in myometrial smooth muscle from pregnant women 1212
Robert Sawdy, Gregory A. Knock, Philip R. Bennett, Lucilla Poston & Philip I. Aaronson
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Persistent nicotinic blockade by chlorisondamine of noradrenergic neurons in rat brain and cultured PC12 cells 1218
M. Reuben, M. Louis & P.B.S. Clarke
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Priming and induction of eosinophil trafficking in guinea-pig cutaneous inflammation by tumour necrosis factor alpha 1228
David M.T. Macari, Mauro M. Teixeira, Tareq Ansari, Peter K. Jeffery & Paul G. Hellewell
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The antihypertensive profile of the angiotensin AT1 receptor antagonist, GR138950, and the influence of potential homeostatic compensatory mechanisms in renal hypertensive rats 1236
Ian K. Anderson & Geoffrey M. Drew
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Venous versus arterial actions of diethylamine/nitric oxide (DEA/NO) complex and S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) in vivo 1247
Sylvia S.W. Ng & Catherine C.Y. Pang
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Evidence that platelets promote tube formation by endothelial cells on matrigel 1252
E. Pipili-Synetos, E. Papadimitriou & M.E. Maragoudakis
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LU 73068, a new non-NMDA and glycine/NMDA receptor antagonist: pharmacological characterization and comparison with NBQX and L-701,324 in the kindling model of epilepsy 1258
H. Potschka, W. Löscher, P. Wlaz´, B. Behl, H.P. Hofmann, H.-J. Treiber & L. Szabo
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Adenosine A1 receptor-mediated excitation of nociceptive afferents innervating the normal and arthritic rat knee joint 1267
E. Dowd, D.S. McQueen, I.P. Chessell & P.P.A. Humphrey
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Analysis of an H1 receptor-mediated, zinc-potentiated vasoconstrictor action of the histidyl dipeptide carnosine in rabbit saphenous vein 1272
Anne O'Dowd & David J. Miller
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Potentiating action of MKC-242, a selective 5-HT1A receptor agonist, on the photic entrainment of the circadian activity rhythm in hamsters 1281
T. Moriya, Y. Yoshinobu, M. Ikeda, S. Yokota, M. Akiyama & S. Shibata
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Characterization of a prostanoid EP3-receptor in guinea-pig aorta: partial agonist action of the non-prostanoid ONO-AP-324 1288
Robert L. Jones, Yue-ming Qian, Kam-ming Chan & Anthony P.C. Yim
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Exogenous and endogenous catecholamines inhibit the production of macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP) 1alpha via a beta adrenoceptor mediated mechanism 1297
György Haskó, Thomas P. Shanley, Greg Egnaczyk, Zoltán H. Németh, Andrew L. Salzman, E. Sylvester Vizi & Csaba Szabó
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Unilateral injection of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) induces bilateral oedema formation and release of CGRP-like immunoreactivity in the rat hindpaw 1304
Indre Bileviciute, Carina Stenfors, Elvar Theodorsson & Thomas Lundeberg
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Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in foetal rat hepatocytes stimulated with lipopolysaccharide and pro-inflammatory cytokines 1313
Paloma Martín-Sanz, Nuria A. Callejas, Marta Casado, María J.M. Díaz-Guerra & Lisardo Boscá
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Role of cyclo-oxygenase-2 induction in interleukin-1beta induced attenuation of cultured human airway smooth muscle cell cyclic AMP generation in response to isoprenaline 1320
Linhua Pang, Elaine Holland & Alan J. Knox
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Contractile responses elicited by hydrogen peroxide in aorta from normotensive and hypertensive rats. Endothelial modulation and mechanism involved 1329
M. Angeles Rodríguez-Martínez, Edith C. García-Cohen, Ana B. Baena, Rita González, Mercedes Salaíces & Jesús Marín
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Pharmacology of [3H]-pyrilamine binding and of the histamine-induced inositol phosphates generation, intracellular Ca2+-mobilization and cytokine release from human corneal epithelial cells 1336
N.A. Sharif, T.K. Wiernas, B.W. Griffin & T.L. Davis
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Comparison of cannabinoid binding sites in guinea-pig forebrain and small intestine 1345
Ruth A. Ross, Heather C. Brockie, Susanthi R. Fernando, Bijali Saha, Raj K. Razdan & Roger G. Pertwee
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Characterization of adenosine receptors evoking excitation of mesenteric afferents in the rat 1352
A.J. Kirkup, C. Eastwood, D. Grundy, I.P. Chessell & P.P.A. Humphrey
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A microdialysis study of the in vivo release of 5-HT in the median raphe nucleus of the rat 1361
Albert Adell & Francesc Artigas
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Evidence for two different types of P2 receptors stimulating insulin secretion from pancreatic B cell 1368
P. Petit, D. Hillaire-Buys, M. Manteghetti, S. Debrus, J. Chapal & M.M. Loubatières-Mariani
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Modulation of inhibitory post-synaptic currents (IPSCs) in mouse cerebellar Purkinje and basket cells by snake and scorpion toxin K+ channel blockers 1375
Andrew P. Southan & Brian Robertson
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Insensitivity of volume-sensitive chloride currents to chromones in human airway epithelial cells 1382
Olga Zegarra-Moran, Sabina Lantero, Oliviero Sacco, Giovanni A. Rossi & Luis J.V. Galietta
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