General Pharmacology 1994: Vol 25 Table of Contents

17 Pages·1994·4.5 MB·English

CONTENTS OF VOLUME 25
Vol. 25, No. 1
Minireview
Stefano Manzini Antagonists of NK, tachykinin receptors as a potential new
class of antibronchospastic agents
General Papers
Stefano Camanni and Paolo Nencini Physiological and environmental aspects of drinking
stimulated by chronic exposure to amphetamine in rats
Naoki Agata, Yoshimitsu Kato, 15 Differential effects of hypoxia on electrical and mechanical
Hikaru Tanaka and Koki Shigenobu activities of isolated ventricular muscles from fetal and adult
guinea-pigs
T. B. Ng, W. Y. Chan and H. W. Yeung 19 Changes in ovulatory and steroidogenic responses in mice
after administration of the ribosome inactivating proteins
momorcochin, luffaculin and luffins
P. M. Hopkins, F. R. Ellis and 23 The effects of benzamil on in vitro contracture responses of
P. J. Halsall human skeletal muscle to halothane
Maryse Vasseur, Thierry Jean, 31 Effects of repeated treatments with an extract of Ginkgo
Francis V. DeFeudis and Katy Drieu biloba (EGb 761), bilobalide and ginkgolide B on the electri-
cal activity of pancreatic f cells of normal or alloxan-diabetic
mice: an ex vivo study with intracellular microelectrodes
Hiroyasu Satoh 47 Regulation of the action potential configuration by taurine in
guinea-pig ventricular muscles
Akihiko Takeuchi, Katsuhiko Harada, 53 Effect of KRN2391 on canine ventricular arrhythmia models
Atushi Miwa, Yasuhiro Jinno,
Soichiro Kaneta, Takashi Yokoyama
and Nobuyuki Ogawa
Masayuki Fukazawa and Atsushi Namiki 61 Reduced endothelium-dependent vasodilation by acetyl-
choline and bradykinin in isolated nitroglycerin-tolerant
blood vessels
Katsuo Kamata, Mariko Noguchi 69 Hypotensive effects of lithospermic acid B isolated from the
and Masahiro Nagai extract of Salviae miltiorrhizae Radix in the rat
T. B. Ng, W. K. Liu, S. F. Sze and 75 Action of «-momorcharin, a ribosome inactivating protein,
H. W. Yeung on cultured tumor cell lines
Anthony de Luca, Natalie V. Korszniak 79 Opiate agonist and antagonist action on guinea-pig isolated
and Ian M. Coupar ileum
Zdzislaw Szreder, Tetsuro Hori 85 Thermoregulatory effect of intracerebral injections of neuro-
and Yasuo Kaizuka peptide Y in rats at different environmental temperatures
M. Koutsoviti-Papadopoulou, 93 Effect of erythromycin on different parts of the rabbit
G. Kounenis and V. Elezoglou intestine: comparison with motilin
Antonella Saija, Pietro Princi, 97 Protective effect of glutathione on kainic acid-induced
Antonina Pisani, Maria Lanza, neuropathological changes in the rat brain
Mario Scalese, Ehsan Aramnejad,
Roberto Ceserani and Giovanni Costa
Francisco J. Ruiz, Andrés C. Inglés, 103 Indomethacin does not modify the role of nitric oxide on
Tomas Quesada, Miguel G. Salom and blood pressure regulation of SHR
Luis F. Carbonell
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Enver Hasanoglu, Nilgiin Altan, 107 The relationship between erythrocyte superoxide dismutase
Siikrii Sindel, C. Gznur Ongun, activity and plasma levels of some trace elements (Al, Cu, Zn)
Musa Bali and Engin Altintas of dialysis patients
Yoshiaki Akimoto, Yoshiko Mochizuki, 111 Amoxicillin concentration in pus from abscess caused by
Akio Uda, Hiroaki Omata, odontogenic infection
Jun Shibutani, Hitoshi Nishimura,
Masamichi Komiya, Kenju Kaneko
and Akira Fujii
M. A. Noguera, S. Chulia 115 The effect of EDTA on contractile responses of guinea-pig
and M. P. D’Océn trachea in calcium-free medium and on the recovery of the
contractile responses in calcium-containing solution
Yoshiki Iwabuchi and Taizo Masuhara 123 Sialogogic activities of SNI-2011 compared with those
of pilocarpine and McN-A-343 in rat salivary glands:
identification of a potential therapeutic agent for treatment
of Sjérgen’s syndrome
N. T. Panagopoulos and N. A. Matsokis 131 Pharmacologic characterization of [*H]dopamine and
(’H]spiperone binding in mouse cerebellum
M. R. Zarrindast and Sh. Nikfar 139 Different influences of adenosine receptor agonists and
antagonists on morphine antinociception in mice
Fiona M. Reekie and 143 Some effects of purines on neurones of guinea-pig superior
Geoffrey Burnstock cervical ganglia
Hemendra N. Bhargava, 149 Effects of naltrexone pellet implantation on morphine
George A. Matwyshyn, Phillip M. Gerk, tolerance and physical dependence in the rat
Pamela S. Bozek, Melissa D. Bailey,
Karen H. Ko, Robert J. Simko
_and Sanjay N. Thorat
Hikaru Tanaka, Tomoyuki Matsuda, 157 Post-natal decrease in chronotropic sensitivity to
Hiroya Kawada and Koki Shigenobu acetylcholine in rat heart
F. S. Guimaraes, J. C. de Aguiar, 161 Anxiolytic effect of cannabidiol derivatives in the elevated
R. Mechoulam and A. Breuer plus-maze
M. J. Moina, B. Bardan, 165 Effects of hydralazine on contractile responses to a,- and
M. Campos Toimil, A. F. Alzueta, a,-adrenoceptor agonists in isolated rubbed rat aorta
J. Gil-Longo and F. Orallo
R. Cabral, M. Gutiérrez, A. I. Fernandez, 173 Progesterone and pregnanolone derivatives relaxing effect on
B. Cantabrana and A. Hidalgo smooth muscle
Makoto Ukai, Tetsuya Kobayashi 179 Effects of several amnesic drugs on the habituation of
and Tsutomu Kameyama exploratory activity in mice as indexed by horizontal and
vertical activities
M. G. Martinez-Pifiero, M. V. Milanes 187 Modulation by catecholamine of hypothalamus-—pituitary—
and M. L. Vargas adrenocortical (HPA) axis activity in morphine-tolerance and
withdrawal
T. Kimura, P. A. Saunders, H. S. Kim, 193 Interactions of ginsenosides with ligand-bindings of GABA,
H. M. Rheu, K. W. Oh and I. K. Ho and GABA, receptors
Ladislav Novotny, Eliska Balazova, 201 Effect of arabinosylcytosine derivative cyclocytidine on
Pavol Tejec and Viliam Ujhazy hepatal functions in rats and on Zajdela hepatoma
Albert S. Cornelius, Michael P. Reilly, 205 The mechanism of chlorpromazine-induced red blood cell
Michihiro Suzuki, Toshio Asakura swelling
and Kazumi Horiuchi
Patricio Saez, Yolanda Borges, 211 a-Adrenergic and 5-HT,-serotonergic effects of some
Ernesto Gonzalez and Bruce K. Cassels B-phenylethylamines on isolated rat thoracic aorta
IV
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Letter to the Editor
T. W. Stone 217 Further thoughts on “selectivity” and “specificity”
Book Reviews 219
Forthcoming Conferences 221
Vol. 25, No. 2
Review
Arpad Szallasi 223 The vanilloid (capsaicin) receptor: receptor types and species
differences
General Papers
Christine Leroy, 245 Invitro expression of the 15 kDa subunit of the mediatophore
Francgois-Marie Meunier, and functional reconstitution of acetylcholine release
Bernard Lesbats and Maurice Israél
T. Nasu, H. Murase and H. Shibata 257 Temperature high sensitivity of manganese uptake in ileal
longitudinal smooth muscle of guinea-pig
B. L. Slomiany, V. L. N. Murty, 261 Activation of arachidonoyl phospholipase A, in prosta-
E. Piotrowski, M. Morita, J. Piotrowski glandin-mediated action of sucralfate
and A. Slomiany
Noriyuki Miyata, Hiroko Yamaura, 267 Role of cyclic GMP in inhibitory effects of CD-349 in isolated
Katsuharu Tsuchida, Susumu Otomo blood vessels
and Eiji Miyajima
J. A. Micol and M. L. Laorden 275 Interaction of U-50,488H and noradrenergic systems on
isolated right atria
Carlos A. Taira and Maria A. Eneroy« 279 Cardiovascular responses to cholinergic agonists in sinoaortic
denervated rats
Norio Funayama, 285 A regional difference of the effect of tachykinin on cholinergic
Michiko Goroumaru-Shinkai and response evoked by electrical field stimulation in the rabbit
Issei Takayanagi airway
K. H. Al-zadjali, M. P. Imler and 289 Inhibitory effect of prostaglandins on dopamine release from
S. E. Ohia the retina
G. N. Balerio, M. E. Otero Losada 297 A possible inhibitory action of baclofen on hippocampus
and M. C. Rubio GABAergic neurones
R. Radomirov, N. Pencheva, I. Stoyneva 303 Opioid effects of short enkephalin fragments containing the
and L. Lazova Gly—Phe sequence on contractile responses of guinea pig
ileum
M. R. Zarrindast and M. Rezayat 311 Caerulein changes morphine-induced antinociception
depending on pretreatment times
Ahmad Reza Dehpour, Emad Tajkhorshid The role of calcium and alpha-adrenoceptors in contractile
and Nahid Radjaee Behbahani response of chick expansor secundariorum muscle to field
stimulation
Hiroyasu Satoh 325 Elevation of intracellular Ca** concentration by protein
kinase C stimulation in isolated single rabbit sino-atrial node
cells
R. Gonzalez, M. S. Fernandez-Alfonso, 333 Pressure-induced contraction of the juxtamedullary afferent
M. A. Rodriguez-Martinez, E. Fuertes, arterioles in spontaneously hypertensive rats
J. Angulo, C. F. Sanchez-Ferrer and
J. Marin
Contents
Aysel Aricioglu, Selvin Aydin, The effect of allopurinol on Na*K*ATPase related lipid
Nurten Turkozkan and Osman Durmus peroxidation in ischemic and reperfused rabbit kidney
Andrew N. A. Wilson and 345 Adenosine is not the sole vasodilator released on exposure of
Kenneth J. Broadley isolated guinea-pig hearts to histamine and isoprenaline
Poluru L. Reddy, Veeranna, 355 Effect of morphine tolerance and abstinence on the binding
George A. Matwyshyn, Sanjay N. Thorat of [*H] naltrexone to discrete brain regions and spinal cord of
and Hemendra N. Bhargava the rat
W. Y. Chan, T. B. Ng and H. W. Yeung 363 Differential abilities of the ribosome inactivating proteins
luffaculin, luffins and momorcochin to induce abnormalities
in developing mouse embryos in vitro
A. De Sarro, D. Ammendola 369 Effects of some quinolones on imipenem-induced seizures in
and G. De Sarro DBA/2 mice
Book Reviews 381
Erratum 383
Forthcoming Conferences 385
Vol. 25, No. 3
Minireviews
Jill Coates, Michael J. Sheehan and 387 1,3-Dipropyl-8-cyclopentyl xanthine (DPCPX): a useful tool
Peter Strong for pharmacologists and physiologists?
F. S. Messiha 395 Developmental toxicity of cesium in the mouse
General Papers
Guglielmina Froldi, Luisa Pandolfo, 401 Protection of atrial function in hypoxia by high potassium
Alessandro Chinellato, Eugenio R»gazzi, concentration
Laura Caparrotta and Giuliana Fassina
P. Sacerdote, M. Bianchi and 409 Chlorimipramine and nortriptyline but not fluoxetine
A. E. Panerai and fluvoxamine inhibit human polymorphonuclear cell
chemotaxis in vitro
Hiroaki Nishio, Yuri Ikegami, 413 Stimulation of calcium sequestration by mezerein, a protein
Tomio Segawa and Yoshihiro Nakata kinase C activator, in saponized rabbit platelets
S. M. O. Hourani and D. A. D. Jones 417 Post-junctional excitatory adenosine A, receptors in the rat
vas deferens
Robert M. Levin, Sheila S. Levin, 421 Effect of partial outlet obstruction of the rabbit urinary
Stephen A. Zderic, Masahiko Saito, bladder on ryanodine binding to microsomal membranes
Jai-Young Yoon and Alan J. Wein
Yuji Ueno, Yasushi Miyauchi and 427 Beraprost sodium protects occlusion/reperfusion injury in the
Shintaro Nishio dog by inhibition of neutrophil migration
Makoto Ukai, Tetsuya Kobayashi and 433 Characterization of the effects of scopolamine on the
Tsutomu Kameyama habituation of exploratory activity: differential effects
of oxotremorine and physostigmine
Hyangja Gu, Susan B. McKay, 439 Comparison of the effects of antimitotic drugs on «-tubulin
Allan M. Burkman and mRNA, microtubules and nicotinic receptor-mediated cate-
Dennis B. McKay cholamine secretion in adrenal chromaffin cells in culture
A. F. E. Rump, M. Boller, R. Berkels, 447 Comparative effects of the dihydropyridine-type calcium-
R. Résen, U. Fricke and W. Klaus agonists (—)-S-Bay K 8644, (+)-Bay-W 5035 and (+)-
Bay-T 5006 on human platelet aggregability
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B. L. Slomiany, J. Piotrowski, 451 Gastric mucosal laminin receptor expression with ulcer
A. Czajkowski, F. Yotsumoto, healing by ebrotidine
J. Majka and A. Slomiany
Hikaru Tanaka, Norikazu Takagi 457 Effects of low sodium, ouabain and amiloride on chick
and Koki Shigenobu myocardial contraction
Huda S. Ammash, Foaad Y. Essa 461 Inactivation of aminoglycosides against Pseudomonas aerugi-
and Victor A. Padron nosa by a nutrition supplementation solution
Halina Zaporowska 467 Effect of vanadium on L-ascorbic acid concentration in rat
tissues
Atsushi Miwa, Yasuhiro Jinno, 471 Pharmacological analysis of the effect of KRN2391 on
Takashi Yokoyama, Toshio Izawa coronary vasculature in perfused rat heart
and Nobuyuki Ogawa
Hikaru Tanaka, Kazuo Noguchi 475 Myocardial action potential prolongation by calcium channel
and Koki Shigenobu activation under calcium-free EGTA condition in guinea pigs
and rats
A. K. Masters, H. Huddart and 481 Actions of abscisic acid and the analogue S$D217595 on
A. M. Hetherington calcium mediated activity of rat vas deferens smooth muscle
Tomoko Kashiwabara, Yuji Okada, 487 Antihypertensive and vasorelaxant effects on KRN2391 in
Nobuyuki Ogawa and spontaneously hypertensive rats
Hideaki Fukushima
Ayse Bilgihan, Nurten Tiirkézkan, 495 The effect of deferoxamine on brain lipid peroxide levels and
Aysel Aricioglu, Siikrii Aykol, Na-K ATPase activity following experimental subarachnoid
Cemal Cevik and Murat Géksel hemorrhage
M. Victoria Clos, Montserrat Ramoneda 499 Modification of testicular cytochrome P-450 after
and Gloria Garcia fenitrothion administration
Masayuki Uchida, Takeshi Iwata, 505 Effect of trimebutine maleate on the contractile response of
Satoshi Takagi, Yoshiko Sugiyama, the isolated ileum from diabetic rats
Kouki Ishitani, Hideo Honda and
Yasushi Sakai
M. Guillerma Juarranz, Luis G. Guijarro, Ontogeny of vasoactive intestinal peptide receptors in rat
Ana M. Bajo, Maria J. Carmena ventral prostate
and Juan C. Prieto
Ahmad Reza Dehpour, Maryam Jabbary, Possible evidence for involvement of new subtype of P,-
Farrokh Shadan and purinoceptors in rat isolated uterus
Pedram Ghafourifar
Raffaele Acierno, Alfonsina Gattuso, The isolated and perfused working heart of the frog, Rana
Maria Carmela Cerra, esculenta: an improved preparation
Daniela Pellegrino, Claudio Agnisola
and Bruno Tota
Isabel Hernandez, Andrés C. Inglés, Cardiovascular effects of angiotensin II and vasopressin in
Francisco Ruiz, Tomas Quesada intact awake rats
and Luis F. Carbonell
Masaharu Ishikawa, Yuji Okada, 533 Pharmacological effects of recombinant human granulocyte
Rika Satake-Ishikawa, colony-stimulating factor modified by polyethylene glycol on
Makoto Kakitani, Mayumi Kawagishi, anticancer drug-induced neutropenia in mice
Shigeru Matsuki, Masaru Kusaka
and Katsuhiko Asano
I. D. Nelson and H. Huddart 539 Neuromodulation in molluscan smooth muscle: the action of
5-HT, FMRFamide and purine compounds
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I. Kocié 553 Negative inotropic action of corynanthine in the guinea pig
papillary muscle is attenuated by glibenclamide
Dilek Lafgi-Erol, V. Melih Altan 559 Increased «,-adrenergic responsiveness of alloxan diabetic rat
and Yusuf Oztiirk atria: effects of insulin therapy and thyroidectomy
Masayuki Shibasaki, Osamu Inagaki 565 Hemodynamic effects of barnidipine hydrochloride in
and Toichi Takenaka conscious squirrel monkeys
John P. Batcabe, Randall S. MacGill, 569 Mitomycin C induced alterations in antioxidant enzyme
Khalequz Zaman, Sami Ahmad levels in a model insect species, Spodoptera eridania
and Ronald S. Pardini
C. Pérez Guerrero, M. J. Martin 575 Prevention by Rutin of gastric lesions induced by ethanol in
and E. Marhuenda rats: role of endogenous prostaglandins
Timothy V. Murphy, 581 Phorbol esters impair endothelium-dependent and
Kathryn M. L. Cross, independent relaxation in rat aortic rings
Paul M. Dunning and
Christopher J. Garland
R. A. Ward, C. R. Gardner, A. Pringle, 589 The effects of RU 33965 and RU 34030, two new 3-cyclo-
J. Bagust and R. J. Walker propyl carbonyl imidazobenzodiazepines, on GABA,
receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in cerebellar slices in
the rat
K. Grosfils, M. Métioui and J. P. Dehaye Mepacrine inhibits amylase secretion mediated by a guanyl-
nucleotide binding protein
G. Csaba and A’. Inczefi-Gonda 603 Breastmilk can mediate chemical imprinting. Benzpyrene
exposure during lactation reduces the thymic glucocorticoid
receptor density of the offspring
Book Reviews 607
Forthcoming Conferences
Vol. 25, No. 4
Minireview
Nobuyuki Ogawa 609 Pharmacological properties of KRN2391, a novel vasodilator
of the nitrate-potassium channel opener hybrid type
General Papers
Matao Sakanashi, Toshihiro Matsuzaki, 617 Inhibitory effect of vapiprost on contractile responses of
Katsuhiko Noguchi, Junko Nakasone, isolated dog renal arteries to thromboxane A, analogue,
Tatsushi Itomine, Miyoko Uza, U46619
Fujiko Toyama and Makie Higuchi
Ehsan Etemadzadeh 623 Cerebral dopamine and noradrenaline in mice withdrawn
from repeated morphine treatment and development of
tolerance to a test dose of morphine
G. Kounenis, 631 Ketamine inhibits the anticholinesterase activity of ranitidine
M. Koutsoviti-Papadopoulou and physostigmine
and V. Elezoglou
G. Pinardi, T. Pelissier, V. Kramer, 635 Effects of CDP-choline on acetylcholine-induced relaxation
C. Paeile and H. F. Miranda of the perfused carotid vascular beds of the rat
G. Dobreva, Z. Mizhorkova, 639 Some characteristics of the muscularis mucosae of the cat
N. Kortezova and M. Papasova lower esophageal sphincter
Vill
Biss ead Se eel an.
Contents
Sofia G. Konstantinova, 645 Do indomethacin and cimetidine or Cu(cimetadine), affect
Diana R. Radeva-Domuschieva the nature of superoxide dismutase activity in the liver of
and Elevter M. Russanov copper-deficient rats?
Bin-nan Wu, Chia-rong Yang, 651 A new f-adrenoceptor blocking agent derived from
Jwu-maw Yang and Ing-jun Chen dehydrozingerone
Bozena Mikoluc and Roza J. Wisniewska 661 The effect of C-terminal fragment of ANF-ANF(24-28)OH
on the cardiovascular system in rat
Bozena Mikoluc and Roza J. Wisniewska 667 The interaction of ANF and C-terminal fragment ANF
(24—28)OH with agonist and antagonist of the B-adrenergic
receptor in the cardiovascular system in rats
G. Keith Matheson, Diane M. Pfeifer, 675 The effects of azapirones on serotonin,, neurons of the dorsal
Michéle B. Weiberg and Carla Michel raphe
Norio Funayama, Michiko Shinkai, 685 Effects of ageing on regional differences in the contractile
Sachiko Ebisawa, Taichi Abe and responses to acetylcholine and neurokinin A in rabbit airway
Issei Takayanagi
Yuuki Miyauchi, Kazuhiko Oishi 691 Actin-severing and Ca**t-induced reversal of smooth muscle
and Masaatsu K. Uchida contraction that is independent of Ca?*
Michio Shimabukuro, Fumio Nagamine, 697 Chronic gliclazide treatment affects basal and post-ischemic
Keiji Murakami, Koichi Oshiro and cardiac function in diabetic rats
Goro Mimura
Yoshiki Iwabuchi and Taizo Masuhara 705 Effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide and its homologues on
the substance P-mediated secretion of fluid and protein from
the rat submandibular gland
Seico Hanada, Jayme A. A. Sertié, 713 Miconazole as inflammatory agent—I. Cellular and
Ezequiel Waisbich and Lia S. Sudo pathophysiological effects
M. Luisa Gonzalvez, M. Luisa Vargas 719 Lack of involvement of 6-opioid receptor in mediating
and M. Victoria Milanés physical dependence at the hypothalamus—pituitary—adreno-
cortical (HPA) axis in the rat
Yi Gao and John W. Phillis 725 Atropine and cerebral ischemic injury in the Mongolian
gerbil
Kazuhiko Oishi, Tomoyuki Uekusa, 729 Fc,RI-stimulated Ca’*+-dependent secretion from _ rat
Takako Iwasaki, Youichi Fukuda, basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cells permeabilized with
Hisao Ikeya, Rika Inoue and Staphylococcal a-toxin: Fec,RI-operated signals are not
Masaatsu K. Uchida mimicked by the actions of GTPyS
N. Satake, Q. Zhou and S. Shibata 739 Inhibitory effect of sodium nitroprusside on the relaxing
action of isoproterenol in isolated rat urinary bladder
Fabiana L. A. S. Lebrun, Ivo Lebrun 747 Lack of involvement of the kallikrein—kinin system in the
and Fernando M. A. Corréa depressor effect of a-methyldopa in normotensive rats
Raquel Molina, Manuel Sanchez, 753 Influences of age and sex on endothelium-dependent vascular
Agustin Hidalgo and responses and arterial blood pressure in the rat
M. José Garcia de Boto
of high
Fernando Gabriel Princ, 761 Porphyrinogenesis in rat cerebellum. Effect
Adela Ana Juknat and 6-aminolevulinic acid concentration
Alcira Maria del Carmen Batlle
W. Y. Chan, T. B. Ng, S. H. Rong, 767 Antiproliferative and teratogenic activities of the bishemisuc-
H. W. Yeung and S. C. Mok cinates of 7x-hydroxycholesterol and 78-hydroxycholesterol
Youji Takeda, Yuichi Hattori, 773 Enhancement of the positive inotropic effect mediated by
Haruaki Nakaya and Morio Kanno a,-adrenoceptors in pertussis toxin-treated rabbit papillary
muscles
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Osman Durmus, Aysel Aricioglu, 781 The effect of allopurinol on the liver ultrastructure, reduced
Turan Giiven, Mehmet Oguz, glutathione and lipid peroxide levels during liver ischemia in
Mustafa Yel and Nurten Tiirkézkan guinea pigs
Azra Rabbani and Jamshid Davoodi 787 Effects of anthracycline antibiotic, daunomycin on thymus
chromatin: the role of chromosomal proteins
Cimen Karasu and V. Melih Altan 795 The role of the endothelium on enhanced contractile response
of non-insulin-dependent diabetic rat aortae: effects of insulin
treatment
M. R. Zarrindast, S. M. Mamanpush 803 Morphine inhibits dopaminergic and cholinergic induced
and A. Rashidy-Pour ejaculation in rats
Letter to the Editors
J. F. Chaulet, A. Flechaire, H. Delolme, 809 Inter-subject variability in biological fluid drug levels during
G. Fevre, J. L. Brazier and F. Peyron long-term malaria prophylaxis with choroquine/proguanil
Book Reviews
Forthcoming Conferences
Vol. 25, No. 5
Review
Seppo Kaakkola, Ariel Gordin and 813 General properties and clinical possibilities of new selective
Pekka T. Mannisté inhibitors of catechol O-methyltransferase
Minireviews
Carmen Valenzuela, Onésima Pérez, 825 Effects of lisinopril on cardiac contractility and ionic currents
Eva Delpoén and Juan Tamargo
B. L. Slomiany, V. L. N. Murty, 833 Gastroprotective agents in mucosal defense against
J. Piotrowski and A. Slomiany Helicobacter pylori
Yoshiaki Habara and Tomio Kanno 843 Stimulus-secretion coupling and Ca’** dynamics in pancreatic
acinar cells
General Papers
Gonzalo Romero, Eva Toscano 851 Effect of prenatal exposure to antidepressants on 5-HT-
and Joaquin Del Rio stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis and 5-HT, receptors
in rat brain
Hiroshi Teshigawara and 857 The role of leukotriene C, in biphasic release of histamine
Yoshiko Moriya from mouse mastocytoma cell line (P-815)
Toshiaki Nakatani, 865 Negative chronotropic and inotropic responses to nicotine
Toshikatsu Nakashima and in rat right and left atria
Hiroyasu Satoh
Nilgiin Altan, C. Oznur Ongun, 875 Effect of the sulfonylurea glyburide on glutathione and
Esra Elmali, Nedret Kilic, 6z iem Yavuz glutathione peroxidase activity in alloxan-induced diabetic
and Banu Cayci rat hepatocytes
M. Pestana and P. Soares-da-Silva 879 Outflow of dopamine and noradrenaline originating from
L-dopa and L-threo-DOPS in rat renal tissues
Felix Vargas, Rosa Montes, 887 Role of nitric oxide in the systemic circulation of conscious
J. Mario Sabio and hyper- and hypothyroid rats
Joaquin Garcia-Estaii
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Byung-Ha Chung and Ki-Churl Chang 893 Photo-induced adequate nitric oxide (PIANO)-mediated
relaxation in isolated rabbit corpus cavernosum
J. Martinez-Orgado, M. Salaices, 899 Role of nitric oxide on the endothelium-dependent vasodila-
M. A. Rodriguez-Martinez, tion in newborn piglet cerebral arteries
C. F. Sanchez-Ferrer and J. Marin
Luis Menendez, Fernando Andrés-Trelles, 903 Gender and test dependence of a type of kappa mediated
Agustin Hidalgo and Ana Baamonde stress induced analgesia in mice
Celia R. Nogueira, Ubiratan F. Machado, 909 Modulation of insulin secretion and “Ca’* efflux by
Rui Curi and Angelo R. Carpinelli dopamine in glucose-stimulated pancreatic islets
Milovan K. Krsti¢ and 917 Further evidence that the tachycardiac response to 5-
Zvonimir S. KatuSi¢ hydroxytryptamine in rats is not mediated via typical 5-HT,
receptors
Renato Gaggi, Paola Roncada, 923 Interaction between dihydropyridine calcium antagonists and
Anna Maria Gianni and morphine on the brain biogenic amines
Rossella Dall’olio
C. S. Planeta, R. DeLucia and 931 Effects of fencamfamine withdrawal in rats
M. L. Aizenstein
Katsuhiko Harada, Atsushi Miwa, 935 Pharmacological analysis of the inhibitory effects of
Takashi Yokoyama, Toshio Izawa, KRN2391 on endothelin-l-induced contraction in isolated
Nobuyuki Ogawa and Yasuhiro Jinno large coronary artery of the pig
Takashi Yokoyama, Yuji Okada, 941 Comparative analysis of vasodilating mechanisms of
Yasuhiro Jinno, Hideakira Izumi, Kil769, Ki3315 and KRN2391, pyridinecarboximidamide
Toshio Izawa and Nobuyuki Ogawa derivatives, in porcine isolated coronary artery
Abdul Manan Mat Jais, Ross McCulloch 947 Fatty acid and amino acid composition in haruan as a
and Kevin Croft potential role in wound healing
Ahmad Reza Dehpour, Aziz Delfan, 951 Effects of atropine, pirenzepine, clonidine, and morphine on
Kazem Mousavizadeh and biphasic response of rat gastric fundus to field stimulation
Seid Reza Mortazavi
C. Frank, R. Longo and S. Sagratella 957 Pertussis toxin prevents neomycin-induced calcium-
dependent electrophysiological effects in rat hippocampal
slices
Soichiro Kaneta, Tomoko Kashiwabara, 963 Cardiovascular effects of KRN2391, nitroglycerin and
Yoshihiro Tanaka, Takashi Yokoyama, cromakalim in dihydroergotamine-treated pithed rats
Hideakira Izumi, Toshio Izawa
and Nobuyuki Ogawa
J. Piotrowski, J. Majka, Inhibition of gastric mucosal mucin receptor by Helicobacter
V. L. N. Murty, A. Czajkowski, pylori lipopolysaccharide: effect of sulglycotide
A. Slomiany and B. L. Slomiany
Christina I. Hadjiivanova and 977 Invitro and in vivo effect of the nootropic agent adafenoxate
Stefanka L. Stancheva on the 5-HT, sites in different rat brain structures
Stefanka L. Stancheva and 981 Biogenic monoamine uptake by rat brain synaptosomes
Liana G. Alova during aging. Effects of nootropic drugs
Abrao Elias Abdalla, 989 Action of diclofenac sodium on the reparation process of the
Manuel De Jesus Simées, surgically-perforated myometrium of pregnant albino rats:
Oswaldo Alves Mora, morphological and morphometrical evaluation
Gustavo Rubino De Azevedo Focchi
and Luiz Kulay Jr
F. Gocer, E. Yaris and M. Tuncer 995 The action of amyl nitrite and isosorbide dinitrate on the
contractility of sphincter of Oddi of guinea-pigs
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Sheila A. Doggrell 1001 Characterization of the contractile responses to noradrena-
line and adrenaline of aorta from normotensive and
hypertensive rats
Jean R. Rapin, Ioanis Lamproglou, 1009 Demonstration of the “‘anti-stress” activity of an extract of
Katy Drieu and Francis V. DeFeudis Ginkgo biloba (EGb 761) using a discrimination learning task
C. Kasinathan, M. Rizwan, 1017 Effect of sofalcone on tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase
A. Slomiany and B. L. Slomiany
Masahiko Saito, 1021 Effect of slow and rapid cystometry on in vitro rat urinary
Penelope A. Longhurst, Miles Murphy, bladder DNA synthesis
Frederick C. Monson, Alan J. Wein and
Robert M. Levin
Angela De Sarro, 1027 Anticonvulsant activity of pyrrolo[l’,2’:1,2]imidazo[4,5-b]
Giovambattista De Sarro, Alba Chimirri, pyridines, pyrrolo[2’,1’:2,3]imidazo[4,5-c] pyridines and
Silvana Grasso, Anna-Maria Monforte pyrrolo[2,1-f]purines in DBA/2 mice
and Maria Zappala’
B. L. Slomiany, E. Piotrowski, 1033 Enhancement of gastric mucus phospholipid secretion by an
J. Piotrowski, K. A. Zirvi, Y. H. Liau, antiulcer agent, ebrotidine
V. L. N. Murty and A. Slomiany
Ester J. Filinger 1039 Effect of a reserpine-like agent on the release and metabolism
of HINA in cell bodies and terminals
Ester J. Filinger 1045 In vitro release of [’H]noradrenaline by tyramine from the
superior cervical ganglion and in the nictitating membrane
of the cat
Erratum 1051
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Review
Fiona E. Parkinson, Karl A. Rudolphi 1053 Propentofylline: a nucleoside transport inhibitor with neuro-
and Bertil B. Fredholm protective effects in cerebral ischemia
Minireview
Kenji Tasaka and Kazuhiro Kitazumi 1059 The control of endothelin-1 secretion
General Papers
Nak Doo Kim, Soo Yeon Kang and 1071 Ginsenosides evoke endothelium-dependent vascular relax-
Valerie B. Schini ation in rat aorta
A. Walcourt-Ambakederemo 1079 5-HT receptors on identified Lymnaea neurones in culture:
and W. Winlow pharmacological characterization of 5-HT, receptors
Giovanni Anfossi, Paola Massucco, 1093 Effects of forskolin and organic nitrate on aggregation and
Elena Mularoni, Franco Cavalot, intracellular cyclic nucleotide content in human platelets
Luigi Mattiello and Mariella Trovati
Masahiko Saito, Alan J. Wein 1101 Biphasic response of the rabbit detrusor muscle to changing
and Robert M. Levin the extracellular concentrations of potassium and calcium
Yusuf Oztiirk, Nuray Yildizoglu-Ani, 1109 Vanadate treatment reverses gastrointestinal complications in
Can Pekiner, A. Tanju Ozcelikay and
the streptozotocin-diabetic rats
V. Melih Altan
Kin-Tak Yu, George Nuss, Rogely Boyce, 1115 Inhibition of IL-1 release from human monocytes and sup-
Navin Jariwala, Gail Owens, pression of streptococcal cell wall and adjuvant-induced
Aniello Pennetti, Wan Chan, arthritis in rats by an extract of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook
De-Cheng Zhang, Michael N. Chang
and Asher Zilberstein