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The analysis of RNA by in situ agarose gel hybridization is more sensitive than the equivalent northern blot analysis.

Tags: *Blotting, *Molecular Probe Techniques, *Nucleic Acid Hybridization, 1990, Agar Gel, Ahmad I, Animals, BioTechniques, Electrophoresis, Finkelstein J A, Growth Hormone/genetics, Messenger/*analysis, Northern, Rats, RNA, Steggles A W, Zucker

Functional outcome after anal sphincter injury and treatment with mesenchymal stem cells.

This research demonstrates the regenerative effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on the injured anal sphincter by comparing anal sphincter pressures following intramuscular and serial intravascular MSC infusion in a rat model of anal sphincter…

Anti-Inflammatory Mechanism Involved in Pomegranate-Mediated Prevention of Breast Cancer: the Role of NF-kappaB and Nrf2 Signaling Pathways.

Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.), a nutrient-rich unique fruit, has been used for centuries for the prevention and treatment of various inflammation-driven diseases. Based on our previous study, a characterized pomegranate emulsion (PE) exhibited a…

Tags: 10-Dimethyl-1, 2-benzanthracene/toxicity, 2017, 9, Animal Studies, Animals, Anti-Inflammatory Agents/*pharmacology, anti-inflammatory effects, Anticarcinogenic Agents/pharmacology, Apoptosis/drug effects, Bhatia Deepak, Bishayee Anupam, Breast Neoplasms, breast tumor, Cell Transformation, Chemoprevention, COX-2, Cyclooxygenase 2/genetics/metabolism, DMBA, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Experimental/*prevention & control, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, HSP90, HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics/metabolism, I-kappa B Kinase/genetics/metabolism, Inflammation Mediators, Mammary Neoplasms, Mandal Animesh, Neoplasms – Prevention and Control, Neoplastic, Neoplastic/drug effects, NF-E2-Related Factor 2/genetics/*metabolism, NF-kappa B/genetics/*metabolism, NF-kappaB, Nrf2, Nutrients, Physical Education and Training, Plant Preparations/*pharmacology, Pomegranate, Punica granatum, Punicaceae/*chemistry, Rats, Signal Transduction

Mechanism of Breast Cancer Preventive Action of Pomegranate: Disruption of Estrogen Receptor and Wnt/beta-Catenin Signaling Pathways.

A pomegranate emulsion (PE), containing various bioactive phytochemicals, has recently been found to exert substantial chemopreventive effect against 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA)-induced mammary tumorigenesis in rats via antiproliferative…

Trianthema portulacastrum Linn. displays anti-inflammatory responses during chemically induced rat mammary tumorigenesis through simultaneous and differential regulation of NF-kappaB and Nrf2 signaling pathways.

Trianthema portulacastrum, a medicinal and dietary plant, has gained substantial importance due to its various pharmacological properties, including anti-inflammatory and anticarcinogenic activities. We have recently reported that a characterized T.…

Functional architecture of the inferior colliculus revealed with voltage-sensitive dyes.

We used optical imaging with voltage-sensitive dyes to investigate the spatio-temporal dynamics of synaptically evoked activity in brain slices of the inferior colliculus (IC). Responses in transverse slices which preserve cross-frequency connections…

Brain-targeted delivery of doxorubicin using glutathione-coated nanoparticles for brain cancers.

OBJECTIVES: To prepare and characterize in vitro a novel brain-targeted delivery of doxorubicin using glutathione-coated nanoparticles (NPs) for the treatment of brain cancer. METHODS: Doxorubicin-loaded NPs were prepared by the nanoprecipitation…

Brain-targeted delivery of paclitaxel using glutathione-coated nanoparticles for brain cancers.

Paclitaxel is not effective for treatment of brain cancers because it cannot cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) due to efflux by P-glycoprotein (P-gp). In this work, glutathione-coated poly-(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs) of…

Tags: *Drug Delivery Systems, 2011, Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Blood-Brain Barrier/metabolism, Brain Neoplasms/drug therapy, Bui Thong, Cell Death/drug effects, Cell Line, Coumarins/administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics, Delayed-Action Preparations, Geldenhuys Werner, Glioma/drug therapy/pathology, Glutathione/*chemistry, Harrison Kimberly, Humans, Inbred C57BL, Journal of drug targeting, Male, Mbimba Thomas, Member 1/metabolism, Mice, Microtubules/metabolism, Nanoparticles, Paclitaxel/administration & dosage/*pharmacokinetics/pharmacology, Particle Size, Permeability, Phytogenic/administration & dosage/*pharmacokinetics/pharmacology, Rats, Subfamily B, Sutariya Vijaykumar, Thiazoles/administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics, Tubulin/metabolism, Tumor

Brain-targeted delivery of Tempol-loaded nanoparticles for neurological disorders.

Brain-targeted Tempol-loaded poly-(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs) conjugated with a transferrin antibody (OX 26) were developed using the nanoprecipitation method. These NPs may have utility in treating neurodegenerative diseases…

Black currant anthocyanins abrogate oxidative stress through Nrf2- mediated antioxidant mechanisms in a rat model of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), considered to be one of the most lethal cancers with almost \textgreater 1 million deaths reported annually worldwide, remains a devastating disease with no known effective cure. Hence, chemopreventive strategies come…

Tags: *Phytotherapy, 2012, Alkylating Agents/toxicity, Animals, Anthocyanins/*therapeutic use, Antioxidants/therapeutic use, Barnes Kendra F, Bhatia Deepak, Bishayee Anupam, Blotting, Carcinoma, Current cancer drug targets, Darvesh Altaf S, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Diet, Diethylnitrosamine/toxicity, Experimental/chemically induced/metabolism/*prevention & control, Glutathione Transferase, Haznagy-Radnai Erzsebet, Hepatocellular/chemically induced/metabolism/*prevention & control, Hohmann Judit, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects, Liver Neoplasms, Male, Messenger/genetics, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, NF-E2-Related Factor 2/genetics/*metabolism, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/genetics/metabolism, Oxidative Stress/*drug effects, Rats, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Ribes/*chemistry, RNA, Signal Transduction, Sprague-Dawley, Thoppil Roslin J, Tyrosine/analogs & derivatives/metabolism, Western

Alteration of hepatic proinflammatory cytokines is involved in the resveratrol-mediated chemoprevention of chemically-induced hepatocarcinogenesis.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most common cancers in the world, is a leading cause of cancerrelated mortality. HCC develops most frequently in the background of oxidative stress and chronic hepatic inflammation due to viral infections,…

The anabolic effects of vitamin D-binding protein-macrophage activating factor (DBP-MAF) and a novel small peptide on bone.

Vitamin D-binding protein-macrophage activating factor (DBP-MAF) has previously been shown to stimulate bone resorption and correct the skeletal defects associated with osteopetrosis in two nonallelic mutations in rats. This same protein and a small…

Salvianolic Acid B Alleviates Heart Failure by Inactivating ERK1/2/GATA4 Signaling Pathway after Pressure Overload in Mice.

BACKGROUND: Heart failure(HF) is a dangerous disease that affects millions of patients. Radix Salvia is widely used in Chinese clinics to treat heart diseases. Salvianolic acid B(SalB) is the major active component of Radix Salvia. This study…

Interleukin-1/toll-like receptor-induced nuclear factor kappa B signaling participates in intima hyperplasia after carotid artery balloon injury in goto-kakizaki rats: a potential target therapy pathway.

The value of restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is recognized worldwide, especially for diabetic patients. Interleukin-1/Toll-like receptor (IL-1/TLR) signaling is involved in innate and adaptive immune responses, but whether…

Characterization of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the uterine cervix over pregnancy: effects of denervation and implications for cervical ripening.

Bilateral neurectomy of the pelvic nerve (BLPN) that carries uterine cervix-related sensory nerves induces dystocia, and administration of its vasoactive neuropeptides induces changes in the cervical microvasculature, resembling those that occur in…

Tags: 2004, Animal/*metabolism, Animals, Cervical Ripening/*metabolism, Cervix Uteri/blood supply/innervation/*metabolism, Denervation, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Down-Regulation, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Hattori Y, Immunohistochemistry, Jesmin S, Microcirculation, Mowa C N, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III, Nitric Oxide Synthase/biosynthesis, Papka R, Phosphorylation, Pregnancy, Protein Isoforms/biosynthesis/metabolism, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/biosynthesis, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, Proto-Oncogene Proteins/biosynthesis, Rats, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sakuma I, The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society, Togashi H, Usip S, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/biosynthesis/*metabolism, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2/biosynthesis, Wistar, Yoshioka M

Enhanced cardiopulmonary reflex inhibition of heart rate during exercise.

We tested the hypothesis that the reflex inhibition of heart rate (HR) during mechanical (acute bolus injection of 0.5% and 2% of estimated blood volume) and chemical (phenylbiguanide, PBG, 2.5 and 5 micrograms.kg-1) stimulation of cardiopulmonary…

Vagal afferents reflexly inhibit exercise in conscious rats.

Activation of vagal afferents reflexly inhibited locomotion induced by stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region in decerebrate cats. However, this reflex has not been tested in intact mammals. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to test…

Preferential increase in pituitary prolactin versus vasoactive intestinal peptide as a function of estradiol benzoate dose in the ovariectomized rat.

Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is synthesized in various tissues, including the anterior pituitary gland, where it may stimulate the release of PRL. Because estrogen plays a central role in the regulation of PRL, it becomes important to…

Quantification of vasoactive intestinal peptide immunoreactivity in the anterior pituitary glands of intact male and female, ovariectomized, and estradiol benzoate-treated rats.

There are considerable data suggesting that vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is involved in the regulation of PRL secretion; however, the role and cell of origin of anterior pituitary VIP remain to be determined. Immunocytochemical (ICC) studies…

Tags: *Ovariectomy, 1992, Animals, Anterior/*chemistry/drug effects/metabolism, Carrillo A J, Diestrus, Endocrinology, Estradiol/*pharmacology, Female, Immunohistochemistry, Inbred Strains, Male, Phelps C J, Pituitary Gland, Prolactin/blood/metabolism, Rats, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/*analysis/metabolism

TGFbeta1, TNFalpha, and insulin signaling crosstalk in regulation of the rat cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene expression.

The TGFbeta1/Smad pathway plays a critical role in cholestasis and liver fibrosis. Previous studies show that TGFbeta1, TNFalpha, and insulin inhibit cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) gene transcription and bile acid synthesis in human…

Turnover of histones and histone variants in postnatal rat brain: effects of alcohol exposure.

BACKGROUND: Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is a significant public health problem and can result in a continuum of adverse outcomes to the fetus known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Subjects with FASD show significant neurological…

Surface clustering of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 induced by long Homer proteins.

BACKGROUND: Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) regulate neuronal excitability and synaptic strength. The group I mGluRs, mGluR1 and 5, are widespread in the brain and localize to post-synaptic sites. The Homer protein family regulates group I…

RNA interference for CFTR attenuates lung fluid absorption at birth in rats.

BACKGROUND: Small interfering RNA (siRNA) against alphaENaC (alpha-subunit of the epithelial Na channel) and CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) was used to explore ENaC and CTFR function in newborn rat lungs. METHODS:…

Stimulation of MAP kinase pathways after maternal IL-1beta exposure induces fetal lung fluid absorption in guinea pigs.

BACKGROUND: We tested the hypothesis that maternal interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) pretreatment and induction of fetal cortisol synthesis activates MAP kinases and thereby affects lung fluid absorption in preterm guinea pigs. METHODS: IL-1beta was…

Something completely different?

Tags: 1996, Animals, Blotting, Brain/*enzymology, Chen L, Cloning, Complementary, Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/*genetics/isolation & purification, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA, Hardwick J P, Human & experimental toxicology, Kidney/enzymology, Liver/enzymology, Molecular, NEOMED College of Medicine, Northern, Rats

Biocompatibility, efficacy and biodistribution of Gelucire-stabilized nanoparticles engineered for docetaxel delivery.

Docetaxel is a potent anticancer agent that will benefit greatly from alternative delivery systems that can overcome several reported adverse effects due to the drug itself and/or the solvent system in the current clinical formulation. In this…

Tags: *Biocompatible Materials, *Nanoparticles, 2012, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents/*administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics/pharmacology, Bi Lipeng, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Docetaxel, Geldenhuys Werner J, Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, Macrophage Activation/drug effects, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Oyewumi Moses O, Platelet Aggregation/drug effects, Rats, Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism, Taxoids/*administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics/pharmacology, Tissue Distribution, Wehrung Daniel

Angiotensin II-induced extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 activation is mediated by protein kinase Cdelta and intracellular calcium in adult rat cardiac fibroblasts.

Angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts is a major contributing factor to the pathogenesis of cardiac fibrosis. Ang II activates extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 to induce cardiac fibroblast proliferation,…

Induction of vascular progenitor cells from endothelial cells stimulates coronary collateral growth.

RATIONALE: A well-developed coronary collateral circulation improves the morbidity and mortality of patients following an acute coronary occlusion. Although regenerative medicine has great potential in stimulating vascular growth in the heart, to…

Tags: *Collateral Circulation, *Coronary Circulation, 2012, Animal, Animals, Bailey Erin, Biomarkers/metabolism, Cell Differentiation, Cell Lineage, Cells, Chilian William M, Circulation research, Coronary Occlusion/genetics/metabolism/pathology/physiopathology/*surgery, Coronary Vessels/metabolism/pathology/*physiopathology, Cultured, Delucia Angelo, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Developmental, Disease Models, Endothelial Cells/metabolism/pathology/*transplantation, Enrick Molly, Epigenesis, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Genetic, Guarini Giacinta, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism/*transplantation, Kolz Christopher L, Mice, Muscle, Myocytes, NEOMED College of Medicine, Neovascularization, Ohanyan Vahagn, Physiologic, Pung Yuh Fen, Rats, Regenerative Medicine/methods, Regional Blood Flow, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, SCID, Smooth, Smooth Muscle/metabolism/pathology/*transplantation, Sprague-Dawley, Stevanov Kelly, Teratoma/metabolism/pathology, Time Factors, Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism, Transduction, Vascular/metabolism/pathology/*physiopathology, Yin Liya

Mitochondrial oxidative stress corrupts coronary collateral growth by activating adenosine monophosphate activated kinase-alpha signaling.

OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to determine the mechanism by which mitochondrial oxidative stress impairs collateral growth in the heart. APPROACH AND RESULTS: Rats were treated with rotenone (mitochondrial complex I inhibitor that increases reactive oxygen…

Tags: 2013, AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism, Animal, Animals, Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, Body Weight/physiology, Cells, Chen Chwen-Lih, Chen Yeong-Renn, Chilian William M, Collateral Circulation, Coronary Circulation, Coronary Vessels/cytology/*enzymology, Cultured, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Disease Models, Dyck Jason R B, Endothelial Cells/cytology/*enzymology, Enrick Molly, Hardwick James P, Humans, Inbred WKY, Ischemia/metabolism/pathology, Kolz Christopher, Mitochondria, Mitochondria/drug effects/*metabolism, Myocardium/enzymology/pathology, NEOMED College of Medicine, Oxidative Stress/*physiology, Pung Yuh Fen, Rats, reactive oxygen species, Rotenone/pharmacology, Sam Wai Johnn, Signal Transduction/*physiology, Stevanov Kelly, Thakker Prashanth, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism, Uncoupling Agents/pharmacology, Yin Liya

Resolution of mitochondrial oxidative stress rescues coronary collateral growth in Zucker obese fatty rats.

OBJECTIVE: We have previously found abrogated ischemia-induced coronary collateral growth in Zucker obese fatty (ZOF) rats compared with Zucker lean (ZLN) rats. Because ZOF rats have structural abnormalities in their mitochondria suggesting…

Tags: 2012, Animal, Animals, Antioxidants/*pharmacology, Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, Chilian William M, Collateral Circulation/*drug effects/physiology, Coronary Vessels/drug effects/*growth & development, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Disease Models, Guarini Giacinta, Hafemeister Jennifer, Heart/*drug effects/physiology, Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects/physiology, Lipid Peroxides/metabolism, Male, Metabolic Syndrome/*metabolism/physiopathology, Mitochondria, Mitochondrial Proteins/metabolism, Murphy Michael P, NEOMED College of Medicine, Obesity/*metabolism/physiopathology, Ohanyan Vahagn, Organophosphorus Compounds/pharmacology, Oxidative Stress/*drug effects/physiology, Piperidines/pharmacology, Pung Yuh Fen, Rats, Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism, Rocic Petra, Smith Robin A J, Ubiquinone/pharmacology, Yin Liya, Zucker

The mechanistic basis for the disparate effects of angiotensin II on coronary collateral growth.

OBJECTIVE: We hypothesize that controversial effects of angiotensin II (Ang II) are attributable to its regulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and

Acute exercise attenuates cardiac autonomic regulation in hypertensive rats.

Dynamic exercise may be used as a safe, therapeutic approach to reduce sympathetic nerve activity at rest and thus may be beneficial for individuals with hypertension. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that a single bout of mild to moderate dynamic…

Obesity-associated decrease in growth hormone-releasing hormone gene expression: a mechanism for reduced growth hormone mRNA levels in genetically obese Zucker rats.

The secretion of growth hormone (GH) is impaired in the genetically obese Zucker rat where GH gene expression and plasma GH levels are depressed; however, the underlying mechanism of this abnormality remains unclear. We have evaluated the potential…

Tags: *Gene Expression, 1993, Ahmad I, Animals, Blotting, Downs T R, Finkelstein J A, Frohman L A, Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone/*genetics, Growth Hormone/blood/*genetics/metabolism, Male, Messenger/*metabolism, Neuroendocrinology, Northern, Obesity/*metabolism, Pituitary Gland/metabolism, Rats, RNA, Zucker

Resveratrol suppresses oxidative stress and inflammatory response in diethylnitrosamine-initiated rat hepatocarcinogenesis.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most frequent and deadliest cancers, has been increasing considerably in the United States. In the absence of a proven effective therapy for HCC, novel chemopreventive strategies are urgently needed to lower…

Tags: 2010, Animals, Antioxidants/*pharmacology/therapeutic use, Antitumor, Barnes Kendra F, Bhatia Deepak, Bishayee Anupam, Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), Carcinogens/toxicity, Carroll Richard T, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury/*etiology/metabolism/pathology, Darvesh Altaf S, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Diethylnitrosamine/toxicity, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Screening Assays, Enzyme Induction/drug effects, Experimental/chemically induced/metabolism/pathology/*prevention & control, Female, Hyperplasia, Inflammation/*prevention & control, Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects, Liver Neoplasms, Liver/drug effects/metabolism/pathology, Messenger/biosynthesis/genetics, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, NF-E2-Related Factor 2/biosynthesis/genetics, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/biosynthesis/genetics, Oxidative Stress/*drug effects, Phenobarbital/toxicity, Precancerous Conditions/*chemically induced/metabolism/pathology, Rats, Resveratrol, RNA, Sprague-Dawley, Stilbenes/*pharmacology/therapeutic use, Tyrosine/analogs & derivatives/analysis

Fetal rat cerebellar fragment transplantation into adult rat forebrain lesion cavities.

Fragments of fetal rat cerebellar tissue were grafted into forebrain cortical lesion cavities of adult rats. After a survival ranging from 12-151 days, no graft was found to fill the cavity completely. Large neurons, occasionally grouped into nests,…

Tags: 1992, Animals, Brain Tissue Transplantation/*physiology, Cerebellum/*transplantation, Chopko B W, Female, Fetal Tissue Transplantation/*physiology, Graft Survival/physiology, Journal of neural transplantation & plasticity, Myelin Sheath/physiology, Pregnancy, Prosencephalon/pathology/*physiology, Rats, Staining and Labeling, Voneida T J

Evidence of Oropharyngeal Dysfunction in Feeding in the Rat Rotenone Model of Parkinson's Disease.

Swallowing disorders in Parkinson's disease are not responsive to dopamine depletion therapy and contribute to morbidity. They are poorly understood owing to a lack of adequate models. We present the first evidence of oropharyngeal changes in a…

Electrical stimuli patterned after the theta-rhythm induce multiple forms of LTP.

The induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) by high-frequency stimulation is considered an acceptable model for the study of learning and memory. In area CA1 calcium influx through N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs; nmdaLTP) and/or

VDCCs and NMDARs underlie two forms of LTP in CA1 hippocampus in vivo.

N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor/channel (NMDAR) and voltage-dependent calcium channel (VDCC) antagonists applied independently reduce the magnitude of long-term potentiation (LTP) in area CA1 of the hippocampal slice preparation. When used in…

Tags: 1999, Animals, Calcium Channel Blockers/*pharmacology, Dizocilpine Maleate/pharmacology, Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/*pharmacology, Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects, Hippocampus/*drug effects, Journal of neurophysiology, Long-Evans, Long-Term Potentiation/*drug effects, Male, Membrane Potentials/physiology, Morgan S L, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/*antagonists & inhibitors, Rats, Receptors, Teyler T J, Verapamil/pharmacology

Two forms of long-term potentiation in area CA1 activate different signal transduction cascades.

1. The effects of protein kinase inhibitors on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-receptor-mediated, voltage-dependent calcium channel (VDCC)-mediated, and

Tags: 1996, Animals, Cavus I, Hippocampus/drug effects/*physiology, Journal of neurophysiology, Long-Term Potentiation/drug effects/*physiology, Nifedipine/pharmacology, Rats, Signal Transduction/drug effects/*physiology, Teyler T

Role of HCO3- ions in depolarizing GABAA receptor-mediated responses in pyramidal cells of rat hippocampus.

1. Activation of GABAA receptors can produce both hyperpolarizing and depolarizing responses in CA1 pyramidal cells. The hyperpolarizing response is mediated by a Cl- conductance, but the ionic basis of the depolarizing response is not clear. We…

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