Connective tissue degradation and distensibility characteristics of the non-living heart

Zusammenfassung Isolierte Hasenherzen wurden im Inkubator in 3 Gruppen von Enzymgemengen behandelt, ihre Ausdehnungscharakteristika durch Druckvolumen-Messungen bestimmt. Von den verwendeten Enzymen Collagenase, Elastase und Trypsin, erzeugte nur Collagenase einen Wechsel in der Ausdehnung.     

The prevention of experimentally induced reticulo-sarcoma by hypothyroidism

Zusammenfassung Die Entstehung von Reticulosarkom bei Ratten nach mehrmaliger Injektion von Trypanblau kann unterdrückt werden durch Entkräftung, Verabreichung anti-thyreoidaler Mittel und durch alle andern Faktoren, welche den Stoffwechsel herabsetzen.     

Amniotic fluid volume in experimentally induced renal agenesis and anencephaly

Zusammenfassung Experimentelle Prüfung beim Goldhamster,Mesocricetus auratus, ob Nieren- oder Gehirnmissbildungen einen Einfluss auf die Quantität der Amnionflüssigkeit ausüben, was nur für die Gehirnmissbildungen bejaht werden konnte.

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This work was supported by research grants from the Easter Seal Research Foundation of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc. and from USPHS grant No. HD 03298.     

Mechanisms of coronary vasoconstriction induced by Na arachidonate in experimentally diabetic dogs

Summary Na arachidonate (NaA) enhanced the resting basal tone of isolated coronary arteries from diabetic dogs and depressed it in coronary arteries from normal controls. Inhibitors of thromboxane A₂ biosynthesis and of lipoxygenases abolished the vasoconstrictor effect of NaA on diabetic arteries, whereas inhibitors of cyclooxygenase activity and PGI₂ biosynthesis blocked the vasodilating action of NaA on normal arteries.This work has been supported by grant 6638 from CONICET (Argentina).     

Influence of clonidine on experimental hypertension induced by cholinergic stimulation

Summary Hypertension may be induced by pharmacologic activation of central cholinergic receptors either indirectly, through the injection i.v. of physostigmine, or directly, through the injection i.v. of arecholine in anesthetized rats. Activation of peripheral preganglionic cholinergic receptors with dimethylphenylpiperazinium iodide (DMPP) also produced a hypertensive response. Pretreatment with various doses of clonidine caused inhibition of the pressor response to central cholinergic stimulation but was without effect on the response to ganglionic cholinergic stimulation.     

A study on the effects of some drugs on DOCA induced hypertension in the rat

Chronic treatment with various drugs reduced the increase in arterial blood pressure, the ventricular hypertrophy and the thickening of pulmonary arterial and arteriolar walls.     

A study on the effects of some drugs on DOCA induced hypertension in the rat

Summary Chronic treatment with various drugs reduced the increase in arterial blood pressure, the ventricular hypertrophy and the thickening of pulmonary arterial and arteriolar walls.This work was supported by the Italian CNR (contract No. 7901928.04 and 7902391.65).     

Imbalance in the activities of alkaline phosphatase and Na+-K+-ATPase in the brain of experimentally induced phenylketonuric squirrels (Funambulus palmarum)

Summary Phenylketonuric squirrels have shown marked inhibition of alkaline phosphatatase in the olfactory lobes and cerebral hemispheres, whereas the Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase remained less altered. In the pathogenesis of phenylketonuria inhibition of alkaline phosphatase at the level of Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB), leads transport system to impaired functioning.This work was done in the Department of Zoology, University of Udaipur, Udaipur-313001, India.     

Imbalance in the activities of alkaline phosphatase and Na+-K+-ATPase in the brain of experimentally induced phenylketonuric squirrels (Funambulus palmarum).

Phenylketonuric squirrels have shown marked inhibition of alkaline phosphatase in the olfactory lobes and cerebral hemispheres, whereas the Na+-K+-ATPase remained less altered. In the pathogenesis of phenylketonuria inhibition of alkaline phosphatase at the level of "Blood-Brain Barrier" (BBB), leads transport system to impaired functioning.     

Relation of efferent impulse activity in splenic nerve to reflexly induced reactions of resistance and capacitance vessels of spleen

Summary Constrictory responses of splenic resistance vessels arising under pressor reflexes were abolished by hexonium (2 mg/kg) as well as the high amplitude (above 15 V) impulses in sympathetic splenic nerves. Constrictory and dilatory responses of splenic capacitance vessels were preserved after administration of the same dose of hexonium and correlated as to the directivity with the changes of the low amplitude (15 V and lower) impulsation in the splenic nerve.