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  1. Authors: Wilfried Schgoer, Margot Egger, Arno Beer, Markus Theurl, Johannes Jeschke, Ivan Tancevski, Philipp Eller, Andreas Ritsch, Hildegunde Piza-Katzer, Josef R Patsch, Peter Schratzberger, Reiner Fischer-Colbrie and Rudolf Kirchmair
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2008 8(Suppl 1):A38

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 8 Supplement 1

  2. The effects of acute and repeated treatment with desipramine on the functional response of α2-adrenoceptors were tested in adult and 13-day old rats. The functional response measured was hypothermia that was indu...

    Authors: Jean D Deupree, William J Burke and David B Bylund
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2008 8:17
  3. Emamectin benzoate (EB) is a dominating pharmaceutical drug used for the treatment and control of infections by sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L). Fish with an initial mean wei...

    Authors: Pål A Olsvik, Kai K Lie, Eva Mykkeltvedt, Ole B Samuelsen, Kjell Petersen, Anne-Kristin Stavrum and Bjørn T Lunestad
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2008 8:16
  4. Statins, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, are widely prescribed drugs for dyslipidemias. Recent studies have indicated number of cholesterol independent actions of statins including their beneficial effects on va...

    Authors: Rajeshkumar U Koladiya, Amteshwar S Jaggi, Nirmal Singh and Bhupesh K Sharma
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2008 8:14
  5. Compounds targeting the benzodiazepine binding site of the GABAA-R are widely prescribed for the treatment of anxiety disorders, epilepsy, and insomnia as well as for pre-anesthetic sedation and muscle relaxation...

    Authors: Dmytro Berezhnoy, Maria C Gravielle, Scott Downing, Emmanuel Kostakis, Anthony S Basile, Phil Skolnick, Terrell T Gibbs and David H Farb
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2008 8:11
  6. Lipid-soluble thiamine precursors have a much higher bioavailability than genuine thiamine and therefore are more suitable for therapeutic purposes. Benfotiamine (S-benzoylthiamine O-monophosphate), an amphiph...

    Authors: Marie-Laure Volvert, Sandrine Seyen, Marie Piette, Brigitte Evrard, Marjorie Gangolf, Jean-Christophe Plumier and Lucien Bettendorff
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2008 8:10
  7. Glucocorticoids down-regulate cytokine synthesis and suppress inflammatory responses. The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) antagonist RU486 may exacerbate the inflammatory response, and concerns over this exacerba...

    Authors: Baichun Yang, Ryan P Trump, Ying Shen, Judi A McNulty, Lisa G Clifton, Stephen A Stimpson, Peiyuan Lin and Greg L Pahel
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2008 8:7
  8. Different classes of antidepressant drugs are used as a treatment for depression by activating the catecholinergic system. In addition, depression has been associated with decrease of growth factors, which cau...

    Authors: Andreas W Henkel, Wolfgang Sperling, Andrea Rotter, Udo Reulbach, Cornelia Reichardt, Dominikus Bönsch, Juan M Maler, Johannes Kornhuber and Jens Wiltfang
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2008 8:6
  9. Network science is already making an impact on the study of complex systems and offers a promising variety of tools to understand their formation and evolution in many disparate fields from technological netwo...

    Authors: Jose C Nacher and Jean-Marc Schwartz
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2008 8:5
  10. Seaweeds or marine algae have long been made up a key part of the Asian diet, and as an antioxidant, sulphated polysaccharides have piqued the interest of many researchers as one of the ocean's greatest treasu...

    Authors: Anthony Josephine, Kalaiselvam Nithya, Ganapathy Amudha, Coothan Kandaswamy Veena, Sreenivasan P Preetha and Palaninathan Varalakshmi
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2008 8:4
  11. A substantial body of evidence indicates that reduced plasma adiponectin levels may be key in the development of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. Glucocorticoids decrease the lev...

    Authors: Maj Sundbom, Christina Kaiser, Eva Björkstrand, Victor M Castro, Catarina Larsson, Göran Selén, Charlotte Söderberg Nyhem and Stephen R James
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2008 8:3
  12. Norfloxacin like other fluoroquinolones, is known to be mutagenic for Salmonella typhimurium TA102 strain. This mutagenic effect is due to free oxygen radicals (ROS), because it is inhibited by antioxidants such ...

    Authors: Myriam Arriaga Alba, Roberto Rivera Sánchez, Nancy Jannet Ruíz Pérez, Jaime Sánchez Navarrete, Rocío Flores Paz, Araceli Montoya-Estrada and Juan José Hicks Gómez
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2008 8:2
  13. Accumulated evidence suggests that insulin resistance and impairments in cerebral insulin receptor signaling may contribute to age-related cognitive deficits and Alzheimer's disease. The enhancement of insulin...

    Authors: Zinaida I Storozheva, Andrey T Proshin, Vladimir V Sherstnev, Tatiana P Storozhevykh, Yana E Senilova, Nadezhda A Persiyantseva, Vsevolod G Pinelis, Natalia A Semenova, Elena I Zakharova and Igor A Pomytkin
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2008 8:1
  14. In addition to the regulation of blood pressure, α2- and β-adrenoceptor (AR) subtypes play an important role in the modulation of noradrenergic neurotransmission in the human CNS and PNS. Several studies suggest ...

    Authors: Tasneem Bawa-Khalfe, Ghazi F Altememi, Chitra D Mandyam, Lindsay A Schwarz, Douglas C Eikenburg and Kelly M Standifer
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2007 7:16
  15. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an effective local cancer treatment that involves light activation of a photosensitizer, resulting in oxygen-dependent, free radical-mediated cell death. Little is known about the...

    Authors: William WL Chin, Paul WS Heng and Malini Olivo
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology 2007 7:15