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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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An investigation into the role of alpha1̲-adrenoceptors in the control of blood pressure and heart rate in the rat

Pierce, V. January 1988 (has links)
No description available.
2

Pharmacological characterisation of the receptors for adrenaline and 5-hydroxytryptamine in the gastrointestinal tract of the rat and man

McLaughlin, Daniel Peter January 1991 (has links)
No description available.
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Response of Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes from RAO-affected Horses to b2-Agonist Stimulation

Werner Becker, Marianne Patricia 22 June 2011 (has links)
Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) affects middle-age horses, inducing bronchoconstriction and airway inflammation. β2-agonists like salbutamol are used as treatment, promoting airway smooth muscle (ASM) relaxation and bronchodilation. In addition to ASM, inflammatory cells express the β2-adrenoreceptors (β2-AR). In other species, β2-agonists promote peripheral blood lymphocyte (PBL) cytokine expression towards a pro-inflammatory phenotype. RAO horses are a good model for evaluating chronic changes in human asthma. However, little is known about the effect of β2-agonist stimulation on equine PBL inflammatory response. The aims of this study were to develop an indirect method to evaluate the response of equine PBLs to β2-agonist stimulation, and to compare it between cells from RAO and non-affected horses. Isolated PBLs were activated with ConA and stimulated with salbutamol. Response to agonist binding was indirectly determined using flow cytometric methodology and verified by Western blot. Activated PBLs from RAO horses demonstrated a significant response to β2-agonist binding whereas cells from non-affected horses did not. Response of PBLs from RAO horses was attenuated when pre-treated with a β2-antagonist but unaffected following pre-treatment with a β1-antagonist, indicating that the response of PBLs from these horses to salbutamol binding was mainly through the β2-AR. Preliminary investigation of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) lymphocytes from RAO horses demonstrated that they also responded to β2-agonist binding, while cells from non-affected horses did not. These findings represent a novel tool for further investigation of the role of β2-agonist binding in diseases like asthma and RAO, and support the use of this model for future studies. / Master of Science
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Sensibilidade adrenergica de atrios direitos isolados de ratos normo ou hiperlipidemicos sedentarios ou submetidos a natação / Right atria sensitivity from normo or hiperlipidemic rats, sedentary or submitted to swimming sessios

Moreira, Marilia Francisco 22 December 2005 (has links)
Orientador: Dora Maria Grassi-Kassisse / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T08:09:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Moreira_MariliaFrancisco_M.pdf: 1378785 bytes, checksum: dcaf29a0a3f00f96318d03ee2362989c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Lipídios provenientes da dieta têm um importante efeito no sistema de sinalização transmembrana presente nas células cardíacas. Um vez ingeridos em excesso ocorre aumento no conteúdo de colesterol na membrana da célula cardíaca o qual afeta a atividade da adelilil ciclase ligada ao receptor ß e conseqüentemente as respostas cronotrópicas e inotrópicas às catecolaminas causando arritmogênese. O objetivo desta tese foi analisar os efeitos de sessões de natação com o objetivo de prevenir os efeitos de dieta hiperlipídica sobre a sensibilidade de átrios direitos isolados a agonistas adrenérgicos. Ratos Wistar machos adultos foram usados após uma semana de adaptação em salas climatizadas 22±2ºC e com ciclo claro-escuro de 12 h (luzes acendendo as 6:30 da manhã). Os experimentos foram realizados de acordo com os princípios para utilização de animais em pesquisa e educação e adotado pelo COBEA (Colégio Brasileiro de Experimentação Animal). Os animais foram randomicamente divididos em dois grupos, sedentários (S) e que praticaram exercício (T). O exercício constou de sessões de natação na freqüência de 5 dias na semana com 50 minutos de duração durante 20 dias (4x5 dias) em tanque de água com temperatura de 34 ± 2oC. Estes dois grupos foram ainda subdivididos em 2 subgrupos, o que recebia ração padrão (N) e outro que recebia a dieta rica em lipídios (H). O átrio direito foi isolado e curvas cumulativas dose-resposta a noradrenalina (NA) e isoprenalina (ISO) foram obtidas, na ausência ou presença de inibição da recaptação neuronal e extraneuronal. Não houve alteração na freqüência cardíaca basal ou resposta máxima aos agonistas nos átrios isolados dos diferentes grupos experimentais (NS, NT, HS e HT). O programa de exercício físico proposto induziu em ratos que ingeriram dieta padrão uma subsensibilidade à noradrenalina e uma supersensibilidade a isoprenalina. Os átrios direitos isolados de ratos sedentários que ingeriram dieta rica em lipídios apresentaram, após quatro semanas, subsensibilidade a noradrenalina e nenhuma alteração na sensibilidade a isoprenalina. A associação da dieta rica em lipídios com o programa de exercício físico preveniu as alterações observadas tanto pela dieta hiperlipídica como pelo programa de exercício isoladamente. Os valores pD2 para NA foram: 7,44±0,09 (NS); 6,65±0,17* (HS); 6,52±0,25* (NT); 7,15±0,04**# (HT) e para ISO foram: 8,37±0,12 (NS); 8,52±0,10 (HS); 8,94±0,09* (NT); 8,55±0,08 (HT). Onde as diferenças significativas (p<0.05 ANOVA seguida de Tukey) foram indicadas como segue: * vs NS; ** vs NT, # vs HS. Este programa de exercício físico induziu alterações na resposta atrial semelhantes àquelas observadas no modelo de choques nas patas (três sessões diárias), ou seja, diminuição na resposta mediada pelos adrenoceptores ß1 (NA) e aumento na resposta mediada pelo adrenoceptor ß2 (ISO). A dieta hiperlipídica oferecida aos ratos durante 4 semanas induziu subsensibilidade a noradrenalina e esta resposta é provavelmente devida a alterações na membrana lipídica e alta atividade adrenérgica relatada neste modelo animal. O motivo da ausência de alterações cardíacas quando da associação dieta hiperlipídica e exercício físico precisa sem investigado / Abstract: Dietary lipids has an important effect on transmembrane signaling system in the heart increasing the cardiac membrane cholesterol content, which in time affect ß-adrenoceptor/adenylyl cyclase activity and the inotropic and chronotropic responses to catecholamines causing arrhytmogenesis.The aim of this work was to analyze the effect of swimming, to prevent the effects of high fat-CHO diet on the sensitivity to adrenergic agonists in rat isolated right atria. Adult male Wistar rats were used after one week of adaptation in acclimated room at 22±2ºC and 12h light-dark cycle (lights on at 6:30 a.m.). The experiments were carried out in accordance with the principles for the use of animals in research and education and adopted by COBEA (Brazilian College for Animal Experimentation). The animals were randomly divided into two groups, sedentary (S) and exercised (T) with a swimming sessions, 5 days a week (50 min. session) during 20 days (4x5 days) in a water glass tank with temperature at 34 ± 2oC. These two groups were divided into two subgroups; one of them fed a standard chow (N) and the other, a high fat-CHO diet (H). The atrium was isolated as described before and cumulative concentration-response curves to noradrenaline (NA) and isoprenaline (ISO) were obtained, in the absence or presence of inhibitors of neuronal and extraneuronal uptake. There was no alteration in the basal heart rate or maximal response to the agonists in isolated atria rats from different groups (NS, NT, HS and HT). The physical exercise program in rats fed with standard chow induced right atria subsensitivity to noradrenaline and supersensitivity to isoprenaline. Atria isolated from rats fed with high fat-CHO diet showed subsensitivity to noradrenaline and no alterations on the sensitivity to isoprenaline. Association of high fat-CHO diet and this physical exercise program prevented the alterations induced by the diet or the exercise values were: 7.44±0.09 (NS); 6.65±0.17* (HS); 6.52±0.25* (NT), 7.15±0.04**(HT) and ISO pDprograms alone. The NA pD2 # 2 values were: 8.37±0.12 (NS); 8.52±0.10 (HS); 8.94±0.09* (NT), 8.55±0.08 (HT). Significant differences (p<0.05 ANOVA plus Tukey test) were indicated as follows: *compared to the NS group, **compared to the NT group, #compared to the HS group. The uptake inhibition did not alter the responses obtained. This exercise program induced alterations in the right atria response similar to those induced by foot shock stress, it means, decrease on ß1-adrenoceptor mediated (NA) response and increase on ß2-adrenoceptor mediated (ISO) response. High fat-CHO diet offered during four weeks induced subsensitivity to noradrenaline, this response is probably due to alterations on the lipid membrane content and high adrenergic activity reported in this animal model. The absence of effects on atria response observed in rats submitted to high fat-CHO diet and exercise program needs to be investigated. / Mestrado / Fisiologia / Mestre em Biologia Funcional e Molecular
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Avaliação do efeito do propranolol como bloqueador simpático em cadelas com neoplasias mamárias /

Kirnew, Murillo Daparé. January 2019 (has links)
Orientador: Aparecido Antonio Camacho / Resumo: O uso de betabloqueadores tem mostrado implicações significativas na terapia de neoplasias através do bloqueio de adrenoreceptores em tecidos tumorais. O sistema nervoso autônomo simpático apresenta um perfil pró-inflamatório e por estímulo das catecolaminas ocorre à ativação de macrófagos teciduais com liberação de citocinas inflamatórias. Estudos recentes sugerem que estímulos inflamatórios crônicos podem acelerar a progressão do câncer, fato este relacionado à ativação do sistema beta adrenérgico. Assim, o objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar a influência do emprego do propranolol sobre a evolução macroscópica dos nódulos mamários assim como a monitoração da função cardíaca. O estudo foi prospectivo, randomizado e longitudinal. Para tanto, 06 cadelas portadoras de tumores de mama (G1) receberam cloridrato de propranolol (0.2 mg/kg/BID, VO, 30 dias) e, outras 08 cadelas também com neoplasia mamária (G0) receberam apenas medicação placebo (BID, VO, 30 dias). Foram realizados exames ecocardiográfico, eletrocardiográficos convencional e Holter, paquimetria tumoral e exame histopatológico. A análise estatística foi baseada em um estudo experimental, cujos resultados foram submetidos à análise de variância (ANOVA) com medidas repetidas no tempo e em seguida Teste de Tukey. O uso do fármaco mostrou segurança sobre os parâmetros cardíacos avaliados e controle sobre o crescimento tumoral quando comparado com o grupo placebo. / Abstract: The use of beta-blockers has shown significant implications in the therapy of neoplasias through the blockade of adrenoreceptors in tumor tissues. The autonomic sympathetic nervous system presents a pro-inflammatory profile and by stimulating the catecholamines occurs to the activation of tissue macrophages with the release of inflammatory cytokines. Recent studies suggest that chronic inflammatory stimuli may accelerate the progression of cancer, a fact related to activation of the beta adrenergic system. Thus, the objective of the present study was to evaluate the influence of the use of propranolol on the macroscopic evolution of the mammary nodes as well as the monitoring of the cardiac function. The study was prospective, randomized, and longitudinal. For this, 06 bitches bearing breast tumors (G1) received propranolol hydrochloride (0.2 mg / kg / BID, VO, 30 days) and another 08 female mammary glanders (G0) received only placebo medication (BID, VO , 30 days). Echocardiographic, conventional electrocardiographic and Holter tests, tumor pachymetry and histopathological examination were performed. The statistical analysis was based on an experimental study, whose results were submitted to analysis of variance (ANOVA) with measures repeated in time and then Tukey's test. The use of the drug showed safety over the evaluated cardiac parameters and control over tumor growth when compared to the placebo group. / Mestre
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A study of the antinociceptive and toxicological effects of intrathecal dexmedetomidine and methoxamine in the rat /

Maher, Sue Ellen, January 1998 (has links)
Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, School of Pharmacy, 1998. / Typescript. Bibliography: leaves 106-130.

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