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caffeine and Muscle Relaxation

caffeine has been researched along with Muscle Relaxation in 124 studies

Muscle Relaxation: That phase of a muscle twitch during which a muscle returns to a resting position.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Compensated cardiac hypertrophy was induced by abdominal aortic constriction for 5 wk followed by administration of ramipril (50 microg x kg(-1) x day(-1)) or vehicle for 4 wk."5.31Low-dose ramipril treatment improves relaxation and calcium cycling after established cardiac hypertrophy. ( Boateng, SY; Boheler, KR; Koban, MU; MacLeod, KT; Naqvi, RU; Yacoub, MH, 2001)
" Ryanodine-sensitive, Ca(2+) release ('Ca(2+) sparks') from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) can activate plasmalemmal Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels (K(Ca)) to cause membrane hyperpolarization and smooth muscle relaxation."3.70Nitrergic relaxation of the mouse gastric fundus is mediated by cyclic GMP-dependent and ryanodine-sensitive mechanisms. ( Cocks, TM; Selemidis, S, 2000)
" In mice, caffeine antagonized diazepam-induced muscle relaxation and the inhibitory effect of diazepam against pentylenetetrazole-induced convulsions, but propentofylline did not."3.67[Pharmacological comparison of the CNS effects of propentofylline and caffeine]. ( Demura, N; Goto, M; Komine, I; Sakaguchi, T; Sakurai, M, 1988)
"The mode of action of papaverine on smooth muscle relaxation was examined through analyzing its effects on caffeine-induced contraction of guinea pig taenia coli, which might be due to calcium ion mobilized from intracellular store sites."3.66Mechanism of relaxant action of papaverine. Effect on caffeine-induced contraction of guinea pig taenia coli. ( Kubota, K; Sunagane, N; Uruno, T, 1982)
"In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study on parallel groups of medical students diazepam 10 mg impaired cognitive skills and caused muscle relaxation."3.66Caffeine antagonizes diazepam effects in man. ( Mattila, MJ; Palva, E; Savolainen, K, 1982)
"Caffeine has been shown to increase the Ca(2+) release frequency (Ca(2+) sparks) from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) through ryanodine-sensitive stores and relax gastric fundus smooth muscle."1.33CaM kinase II and phospholamban contribute to caffeine-induced relaxation of murine gastric fundus smooth muscle. ( Cho, SY; Han, IS; Kim, M; Koh, SD; Perrino, BA, 2005)
"[3H]-nitrendipine binding was not affected by thaligrisine."1.31Mechanism of vascular relaxation by thaligrisine: functional and binding assays. ( Anselmi, E; Bermejo, A; Cabedo, N; Catret, M; Cortes, D; D'Ocon, P; Elorriaga, M; Ivorra, MD; Magraner, J; Tur, R, 2000)
"Compensated cardiac hypertrophy was induced by abdominal aortic constriction for 5 wk followed by administration of ramipril (50 microg x kg(-1) x day(-1)) or vehicle for 4 wk."1.31Low-dose ramipril treatment improves relaxation and calcium cycling after established cardiac hypertrophy. ( Boateng, SY; Boheler, KR; Koban, MU; MacLeod, KT; Naqvi, RU; Yacoub, MH, 2001)
"Ryanodine at 50 microM has no effect on electrically-evoked contractions."1.30Contraction and relaxation in the absence of a sarcoplasmic reticulum: muscle fibres in the small pelagic tunicate Doliolum. ( Bone, Q; Inoue, I; Tsutsui, I, 1997)
"In ryanodine-treated strips, which had functionally lost the histamine-sensitive Ca2+ storage sites, histamine (3 microM) slowly increased [Ca2+]i and force."1.30Effect of cilostazol, a phosphodiesterase type III inhibitor, on histamine-induced increase in [Ca2+]i and force in middle cerebral artery of the rabbit. ( Itoh, T; Kanmura, Y; Shiraishi, Y, 1998)
"When papaverine was washed out, a second application of 10(-4) M histamine also induced transient increases in [Ca2+]i and force."1.29Relationship between cytosolic calcium concentration and force in the papaverine-induced relaxation of medial strips of pig coronary artery. ( Aoki, H; Kanaide, H; Kobayashi, S; Nishimura, J, 1994)
"Pretreatment with verapamil (1 or 10 microM), nifedipine (0."1.29The effects of phorbol 12,13-diacetate on responses of guinea-pig isolated trachea to methylxanthines, isoprenaline and ryanodine. ( Cortijo, J; Morcillo, EJ; Sanz, CM; Small, RC; Villagrasa, V, 1994)
"Dantrolene failed to inhibit the caffeine- and CCh-induced contractions depending on intracellularly stored Ca."1.29Inhibitory effects of dantrolene on contractile responses in gastric smooth muscle of the rat. ( Ito, S; Nakazato, Y; Ohta, T; Satoh, K, 1994)
"3."1.28Mechanisms of caffeine-induced contraction and relaxation of rat aortic smooth muscle. ( Hirano, K; Kanaide, H; Kobayashi, S; Watanabe, C; Yamamoto, H, 1992)
" Acute and chronic administration of Chlo (45 mg kg-1, i."1.28Mode of inhibitory actions of acute and chronic chloroquine administration on the electrically stimulated mouse diaphragm in vitro. ( Okwuasaba, FK; Otubu, JA; Udoh, FV, 1990)
"Procaine is a substance which is known to specifically inhibit the calcium-induced calcium release mechanism."1.27Effects of procaine on the isolated dog coronary artery. ( Imai, H; Imai, S; Nabata, H; Nakazawa, M, 1984)
"Hydralazine was effective at similar concentrations on these three types of contraction."1.27Relaxant effects of pinacidil, nicorandil, hydralazine and nifedipine as studied in the porcine coronary artery and guinea-pig taenia coli. ( Imai, S; Matsui, K; Ogawa, Y, 1986)
"Caffeine-induced spasm was attenuated in a Ca2+-free medium containing EGTA (2 mM), modestly at first but subsequently more profoundly."1.27The relaxant and spasmogenic effects of some xanthine derivatives acting on guinea-pig isolated trachealis muscle. ( Boyle, JP; Cortijo, J; Curtis-Prior, PB; Davies, JM; Foster, RW; Hofer, P; Small, RC, 1988)
"The acute malignant hyperthermia crisis appears to be mediated by a sudden and sustained rise in the concentration of sarcoplasmic calcium, leading to a prolonged muscle contraction."1.27Abnormal relaxation rates in subjects susceptible to malignant hyperthermia. ( Henriksson, KG; Lennmarken, C; Rutberg, H, 1987)
"Caffeine contracture was not affected by RR."1.26Effect of ruthenium red on excitation-contraction coupling in frog skeletal muscle. ( Nagai, T; Obara, K; Suzuki, T, 1980)
"It is proposed that muscle relaxation is a two step process: an initial step that is regulated by the rate of Ca2+ uptake by sarcoplasmic reticulum, and a later step that is mostly controlled by the speed of dissociation of remaining cross-bridges."1.26Effect of length and caffeine on isometric tetanus relaxation of frog sartorius muscles. ( Pagala, MK, 1980)

Research

Studies (124)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-199055 (44.35)18.7374
1990's48 (38.71)18.2507
2000's18 (14.52)29.6817
2010's3 (2.42)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Chen, X1
Meroueh, M1
Mazur, G1
Rouse, E1
Hundal, KS1
Stamatkin, CW1
Obukhov, AG1
Tan, X1
Sanderson, MJ2
Rosser, JI1
Walsh, B1
Hogan, MC1
Tazzeo, T1
Bates, G1
Roman, HN1
Lauzon, AM1
Khasnis, MD1
Eto, M1
Janssen, LJ1
Burke, BE1
Mushlin, PS1
Cusack, BJ1
Olson, SJ1
Gambliel, HA1
Olson, RD1
Sekiguchi, F1
Kawata, K1
Shimamura, K1
Sunano, S1
GRAF, HP1
Joumaa, WH1
Bouhlel, A1
Léoty, C1
Kim, M1
Cho, SY1
Han, IS1
Koh, SD1
Perrino, BA1
Perez, JF1
Fujimoto, S1
Mori, M2
Tsushima, H1
Kunimatsu, M1
Wondmikun, Y1
Soukup, T1
Asmussen, G1
Krustev, AD1
Argirova, MD1
Getova, DP1
Turiiski, VI1
Prissadova, NA1
Kataoka, K1
Furukawa, K1
Nagao, K1
Ishii, N1
Tsuru, H1
Brugós, L1
Gesztelyi, R1
Zsuga, J1
Cseppento, A1
Benko, I1
Galajda, Z1
Deák, G1
Sipka, S1
Roszer, T1
Kovács, P1
Szilasi, M1
Edes, I1
Szentmiklósi, AJ1
Ito, Y1
Itoh, T6
Skolnick, P1
Paul, SM1
Suzuki, T1
Obara, K3
Nagai, T2
Stephenson, EW1
Mulieri, LA1
Alpert, NR1
Izumi, H1
Kuriyama, H5
Polson, JB2
Krzanowski, JJ2
Szentivanyi, A2
Sunagane, N1
Uruno, T1
Kubota, K1
Hoerter, JA1
Vassort, G1
Mehta, AK1
Kulkarni, SK1
Meisheri, KD1
Ruegg, JC2
Yamada, T2
Darius, H1
Weiss, P1
Schrör, K1
Stienen, GJ1
Güth, K1
Kanmura, Y4
Suzuki, H2
Imai, S2
Nakazawa, M1
Imai, H1
Nabata, H1
Zuskin, E1
Duncan, PG1
Douglas, JS1
Pagala, MK1
Lapshina, IB1
Nasledov, GA1
Bottinelli, R1
Poggesi, C2
Ricciardi, L2
Reggiani, C2
Mattila, MJ1
Palva, E1
Savolainen, K1
Minelli, R1
Webb, RC2
Chuck, LH1
Goethals, MA1
Parmley, WW1
Brutsaert, DL1
Pickkers, P1
Hughes, AD1
Blázquez, MA2
Catret, M3
Zafra-Polo, MC2
Hsu, KS1
Lin-Shiau, SY1
Duarte, J1
Pérez-Vizcaíno, F1
Zarzuelo, A1
Jiménez, J1
Tamargo, J1
Morales, MA1
Lozoya, X1
Aoki, H1
Nishimura, J2
Kobayashi, S2
Kanaide, H3
Westerblad, H3
Allen, DG2
Dohi, Y1
Kojima, M1
Sato, K1
Cortijo, J2
Sanz, CM1
Villagrasa, V1
Morcillo, EJ1
Small, RC2
Naline, E2
Candenas, ML1
Palette, C1
Moreau, J2
Norte, M1
Martin, JD1
Pays, M1
Advenier, C2
Anselmi, E3
Gómez-Lobo, MD1
D'Ocon, MP2
Satoh, K1
Ohta, T1
Ito, S1
Nakazato, Y1
Mouzou, A1
Bouron, A1
Guillemain, J1
Guerrier, D1
Raymond, G1
Hong, SJ1
Chang, CC1
Saito, S1
Harada, M1
Yamamoto, M1
Takagi, H1
Saito, K1
Konno, Y1
Ivorra, MD3
Lugnier, C1
Cortes, D2
D'Ocon, P2
Sasaki, H1
Okabe, E1
Liu, YA1
Ostlund, E1
Fried, G1
Tostes, RC1
Traub, O1
Bendhack, LM1
Asano, M2
Kuwako, M1
Nomura, Y1
Ito, KM1
Ito, K1
Uyama, Y1
Imaizumi, Y1
Watanabe, M1
Kitada, Y1
Ogura, T1
Kasamaki, Y1
McDonald, TF1
Chuliá, S1
Noguera, MA1
Kirkup, AJ1
Edwards, G1
Green, ME1
Miller, M1
Walker, SD1
Weston, AH1
Bone, Q1
Inoue, I1
Tsutsui, I1
Shiraishi, Y2
Ohashi, M1
Yamaguchi, S1
Yoshimura, N1
Zhang, CY1
Tan, BK1
Apaydin, S1
Gonen, C1
Guven, H1
Choi, HS1
Eisner, DA1
Yasutsune, T1
Kawakami, N1
Hirano, K2
Yasui, H1
Kitamura, K2
Dar, A1
Channa, S1
Selemidis, S1
Cocks, TM1
Tur, R1
Magraner, J1
Elorriaga, M1
Bermejo, A1
Cabedo, N1
Boateng, SY1
Naqvi, RU1
Koban, MU1
Yacoub, MH1
MacLeod, KT1
Boheler, KR1
Tokutomi, Y1
Tokutomi, N1
Nishi, K1
Grbović, L1
Radenković, M1
Prostran, M1
Pesić, S1
Hespel, P1
Op't Eijnde, B1
Van Leemputte, M1
Buharalioğlu, CK1
Akar, F1
Muneoka, Y3
Twarog, BM3
Mikawa, T1
Kanno, Y1
Anderson, WH1
Fitzpatrick, DF1
Hwang, DP1
Kövér, A1
Gesztelyi, I1
Kónya, L1
Szabolcs, M1
Yamashita, K1
Takagi, T1
Hotta, K1
Takamori, M1
Tsujihata, M1
Hazama, R1
Ide, Y1
Gilai, A1
Kirsch, GE1
Nagai, I1
Oota, I1
Brust, M1
Ashida, T1
Kawano, Y1
Yoshimi, H1
Kuramochi, M1
Omae, T1
Watanabe, C1
Yamamoto, H1
Ramagopal, MV1
Mustafa, SJ1
Tse, SY1
Ko, FN1
Lin, CN1
Liou, SS1
Huang, TF2
Teng, CM2
Chiou, WF1
Yen, MH1
Chen, CF1
Kuroda, K1
Fukuda, Y1
Nakao, K2
Inukai, T1
Mehta, PN1
Panitch, HB1
Wolfson, MR1
Shaffer, TH1
van der Bent, V1
Bény, JL1
Hisayama, T1
Takayanagi, I1
Okamoto, Y1
Yu, SM1
Chen, CC1
Huang, YL1
Tsai, CW1
Lin, CH1
Miller, DJ2
Steele, DS1
Okwuasaba, FK1
Otubu, JA1
Udoh, FV1
Savineau, JP1
Mironneau, J1
Brackett, LE1
Shamim, MT1
Daly, JW1
Erne, P1
Hermsmeyer, K1
Ubeda, A1
Villar, A1
Lännergren, J1
Shibata, S1
Satake, N1
Morikawa, M1
Kodama, I1
Yoshitake, J1
Casteels, R1
Nishiye, E1
Fry, CH1
Harding, DP1
Harrison, SM1
Sakurai, M1
Komine, I1
Demura, N1
Sakaguchi, T1
Goto, M1
Matsui, K1
Ogawa, Y1
Manzini, S1
Maggi, CA1
Meli, A1
Sumimoto, K1
Boyle, JP1
Curtis-Prior, PB1
Davies, JM1
Foster, RW1
Hofer, P1
Ragazzi, E1
Froldi, G1
Santi Soncin, E1
Fassina, G1
Esau, SA1
Burdyga, TV1
Magura, IS1
Lennmarken, C1
Rutberg, H1
Henriksson, KG1
Snowdowne, KW1
Ohsaki, T1
Kuriki, T1
Ueda, T1
Sakakibara, J1

Reviews

1 review available for caffeine and Muscle Relaxation

ArticleYear
The mechanism(s) of action of the benzodiazepines.
    Medicinal research reviews, 1981,Spring, Volume: 1, Issue:1

    Topics: Adenosine; Animals; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Anxiety Disorders; Benzodiazepines; Caffeine; Carbolines; C

1981

Trials

1 trial available for caffeine and Muscle Relaxation

ArticleYear
Opposite actions of caffeine and creatine on muscle relaxation time in humans.
    Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2002, Volume: 92, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Caffeine; Creatine; Cross-Over Studies; Double-Blind Method; Electric Stimulation; Female; Hu

2002

Other Studies

122 other studies available for caffeine and Muscle Relaxation

ArticleYear
Phenylephrine, a common cold remedy active ingredient, suppresses uterine contractions through cAMP signalling.
    Scientific reports, 2018, 08-03, Volume: 8, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Common Cold; Cyclic AMP; Estradiol; Female; Genitalia, Female; Humans; Intracellu

2018
Bitter tasting compounds dilate airways by inhibiting airway smooth muscle calcium oscillations and calcium sensitivity.
    British journal of pharmacology, 2014, Volume: 171, Issue:3

    Topics: Airway Resistance; Animals; Bronchodilator Agents; Caffeine; Calcium Channel Blockers; Calcium Signa

2014
Effect of physiological levels of caffeine on Ca2+ handling and fatigue development in Xenopus isolated single myofibers.
    American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2009, Volume: 296, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Female; Models, Animal; Muscle Contra

2009
Caffeine relaxes smooth muscle through actin depolymerization.
    American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2012, Aug-15, Volume: 303, Issue:4

    Topics: Actins; Animals; Biopolymers; Caffeine; Cattle; Enzyme Assays; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Indoles;

2012
Decreased sensitivity of neonatal rabbit sarcoplasmic reticulum to anthracycline cardiotoxicity.
    Cardiovascular toxicology, 2002, Volume: 2, Issue:1

    Topics: Aging; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; Caffeine; Daunorubicin; Doxorubicin;

2002
Reduced effect of caffeine on twitch contraction of oesophageal striated muscle from stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats.
    Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology, 2003, Volume: 30, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Esophagus; In Vitro Techniques; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contraction; Muscle R

2003
[Experiences with the muscle-relaxing agent Quilil in the treatment of diseases of the locomotor apparatus].
    Praxis, 1962, Aug-02, Volume: 51

    Topics: Aminopyrine; Ascorbic Acid; Bone Diseases; Caffeine; Disease; Joint Diseases; Muscle Relaxants, Cent

1962
Effects of disulfiram on excitation-contraction coupling in rat soleus muscle.
    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 2003, Volume: 368, Issue:4

    Topics: Alcohol Deterrents; Algorithms; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium-Transporting ATPases; Contractil

2003
CaM kinase II and phospholamban contribute to caffeine-induced relaxation of murine gastric fundus smooth muscle.
    American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2005, Volume: 288, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium-Binding Proteins; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Ty

2005
The contraction of smooth muscle cells of intrapulmonary arterioles is determined by the frequency of Ca2+ oscillations induced by 5-HT and KCl.
    The Journal of general physiology, 2005, Volume: 125, Issue:6

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arterioles; Caffeine; Calcium Signaling; In Vitro Techniques; Mice; Mice, In

2005
Capsaicin-induced, capsazepine-insensitive relaxation of the guinea-pig ileum.
    European journal of pharmacology, 2006, Jan-13, Volume: 530, Issue:1-2

    Topics: 4-Aminopyridine; Acetylcholine; Animals; Apamin; Barium; Benzopyrans; Caffeine; Calcitonin Gene-Rela

2006
Effects of caffeine at different temperatures on contractile properties of slow-twitch and fast-twitch rat muscles.
    Physiological research, 2006, Volume: 55, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Electric Stimulation; In Vitro Techniques; Kine

2006
Calcium-independent tacrine-induced relaxation of rat gastric corpus smooth muscles.
    Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 2006, Volume: 84, Issue:11

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Cholinergic Antagonists; Cholin

2006
The participation of adenosine receptors in the adenosine 5'-triphosphate-induced relaxation in the isolated rabbit corpus cavernosum penis.
    International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association, 2007, Volume: 14, Issue:8

    Topics: Acetamides; Adenosine; Adenosine A2 Receptor Agonists; Adenosine A2 Receptor Antagonists; Adenosine

2007
Modulation of adenosine-induced responses in the guinea-pig trachea during long-term caffeine treatment: possible role of epithelium.
    Journal of pharmacological sciences, 2007, Volume: 105, Issue:3

    Topics: Adenosine; Animals; Body Weight; Caffeine; Capsaicin; Cromolyn Sodium; Epithelium; Guinea Pigs; In V

2007
Effects of isoprenaline on the contraction-relaxation cycle in the cat trachea.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1984, Volume: 83, Issue:3

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cats; Cyclic AMP; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Isoprotere

1984
Effect of ruthenium red on excitation-contraction coupling in frog skeletal muscle.
    The Japanese journal of physiology, 1980, Volume: 30, Issue:1

    Topics: Action Potentials; Animals; Anura; Caffeine; Calcium; In Vitro Techniques; Membrane Potentials; Musc

1980
Magnesium effects on activation of skinned fibers from striated muscle.
    Federation proceedings, 1981, Volume: 40, Issue:12

    Topics: Animals; Binding Sites; Biological Transport, Active; Caffeine; Ion Channels; Magnesium; Membrane Po

1981
Activation heat and latency relaxation in relation to calcium movement in skeletal and cardiac muscle.
    Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 1982, Volume: 60, Issue:4

    Topics: Action Potentials; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Hot Temperature; In Vitro Techniques; Ion Channels; M

1982
Mechanisms of relaxation induced by activation of beta-adrenoceptors in smooth muscle cells of the guinea-pig mesenteric artery.
    The Journal of physiology, 1982, Volume: 326

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cyclic AMP; Female; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Isoproterenol; Mal

1982
Inhibition of a high affinity cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase and relaxation of canine tracheal smooth muscle.
    Biochemical pharmacology, 1982, Nov-01, Volume: 31, Issue:21

    Topics: 3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; Animals; Caffeine; Cyclic AMP; Dogs; Etazolate; Female; Male; M

1982
Mechanism of relaxant action of papaverine. Effect on caffeine-induced contraction of guinea pig taenia coli.
    Japanese journal of pharmacology, 1982, Volume: 32, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Bucladesine; Caffeine; Calcium; Colon; Cyclic AMP; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male;

1982
Participation of the sarcolemma in the control of relaxation of the mammalian heart during perinatal development.
    Advances in myocardiology, 1982, Volume: 3

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cell Differentiation; Female; Ion Channels; Muscle Contraction; Muscle R

1982
Evidence for the presence of P1- and P2-purinoceptors in rat caecum.
    Archives internationales de pharmacodynamie et de therapie, 1983, Volume: 264, Issue:2

    Topics: 2-Chloroadenosine; Adenosine; Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Caffeine; Cecum; Cyclic AMP; Female;

1983
Dependence of cyclic-AMP induced relaxation on Ca2+ and calmodulin in skinned smooth muscle of guinea pig Taenia coli.
    Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, 1983, Volume: 399, Issue:4

    Topics: Adrenergic Fibers; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calmodulin; Cyclic AMP; Dose-Response Relationship, D

1983
Some properties of chemically skinned single smooth muscle cells.
    The Japanese journal of physiology, 1984, Volume: 34, Issue:6

    Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cecum; Guinea Pigs; Intracellular Membranes; Mus

1984
Stereospecific stimulation of coronary vascular PGI2 by organic nitrates--studies with the new compound teopranitol (KC-046).
    Biomedica biochimica acta, 1984, Volume: 43, Issue:8-9

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Cattle; Coronary Vessels; Epoprostenol; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; N

1984
Force and force transients in skeletal muscle fibres of the frog skinned by freeze-drying.
    Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, 1983, Jun-01, Volume: 397, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Egtazic Acid; Freeze Drying; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscles; Rana

1983
Nisoldipine-induced relaxation in intact and skinned smooth muscles of rabbit coronary arteries.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1984, Volume: 83, Issue:1

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Contractile Proteins; Coronary Vessels; Drug Interactions

1984
Effects of procaine on the isolated dog coronary artery.
    Archives internationales de pharmacodynamie et de therapie, 1984, Volume: 271, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Dogs; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Lanthanum; Male; Mu

1984
The pharmacological characterization of aqueous extracts of vegetable dusts.
    Lung, 1983, Volume: 161, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Coffee; Female; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Rela

1983
Effect of length and caffeine on isometric tetanus relaxation of frog sartorius muscles.
    Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1980, Jun-10, Volume: 591, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Anura; Caffeine; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscles; Rana pipiens

1980
[Role of calcium in the contraction of normal tonic muscle fibers and following denervation].
    Fiziologicheskii zhurnal SSSR imeni I. M. Sechenova, 1981, Volume: 67, Issue:8

    Topics: Adaptation, Physiological; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Denervation; Muscl

1981
Effect of muscle stretch during isometric contraction on the time-course or relaxation in mammalian myocardium.
    Bollettino della Societa italiana di biologia sperimentale, 1982, Mar-15, Volume: 58, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Heart; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Myocardial Contracti

1982
Caffeine antagonizes diazepam effects in man.
    Medical biology, 1982, Volume: 60, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Caffeine; Diazepam; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Double-Blind Method; Female; Flicker Fu

1982
Factors modulating the sensitivity of the relaxation to the loading conditions in rat cardiac muscle.
    Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, 1982, Oct-01, Volume: 394, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Cold Temperature; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Papillary Muscles;

1982
D-600 and the membrane stabilizing effect of calcium in vascular smooth muscle.
    Pharmacology, 1982, Volume: 25, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Gallopamil; Male; Membranes; Methoxamine; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smo

1982
Load-insensitive relaxation caused by hypoxia in mammalian cardiac muscle.
    Circulation research, 1981, Volume: 48, Issue:6 Pt 1

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Cats; Hypoxia; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Myocardial Contraction; Myo

1981
Relaxation and decrease in [Ca2+]i by hydrochlorothiazide in guinea-pig isolated mesenteric arteries.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1995, Volume: 114, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Charybdotoxin; Guinea Pigs; Hydrochlorothiazide; In Vitro Techniques; Ma

1995
Effects on rat uterine and aorta strip smooth muscle of Thymus leptophyllus extract.
    Journal of ethnopharmacology, 1995, Volume: 45, Issue:1

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Caffeine; Calcium; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscl

1995
Relaxation of rat thoracic aorta induced by pyridine.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1995, Mar-16, Volume: 292, Issue:3-4

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Caffeine; Calcium; Cyclic AMP; Cyclic GMP; Endothelium, Vascular; Female;

1995
Inhibitory effects of quercetin and staurosporine on phasic contractions in rat vascular smooth muscle.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1994, Sep-01, Volume: 262, Issue:1-2

    Topics: Alkaloids; Animals; Aorta; Caffeine; Calcium; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Male; Membra

1994
Calcium-antagonist effects of quercetin on aortic smooth muscle.
    Planta medica, 1994, Volume: 60, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Aorta; Caffeine; Calcium; Female; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation

1994
Relationship between cytosolic calcium concentration and force in the papaverine-induced relaxation of medial strips of pig coronary artery.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1994, Volume: 111, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Cytosol; Female; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Histamine;

1994
The role of sarcoplasmic reticulum in relaxation of mouse muscle; effects of 2,5-di(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone.
    The Journal of physiology, 1994, Jan-15, Volume: 474, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Benzoquinones; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium-Transporting ATPases; In Vitro Techniques; Mice;

1994
Vasorelaxant effect of mexiletine in mesenteric resistance arteries of rats.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1994, Volume: 111, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Drug Interactions; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Kinetics; Male; Me

1994
The effects of phorbol 12,13-diacetate on responses of guinea-pig isolated trachea to methylxanthines, isoprenaline and ryanodine.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1994, Volume: 111, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium Chloride; Cold Temperature; Drug Interactions; Female; Guinea Pigs; Hista

1994
Effects of okadaic acid on the human isolated bronchus.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1994, May-02, Volume: 256, Issue:3

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Bronchi; Cadmium; Cadmium Compounds; Caffeine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Ethe

1994
Influence of the absolute configuration on the vascular effects of tetrandrine and isotetrandrine in rat aorta.
    Die Pharmazie, 1994, Volume: 49, Issue:6

    Topics: Alkaloids; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Benzylisoquinolines; Caffeine; Calcium Channel Blockers; In Vit

1994
Inhibitory effects of dantrolene on contractile responses in gastric smooth muscle of the rat.
    The Journal of veterinary medical science, 1994, Volume: 56, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Carbachol; Dantrolene; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; In Vitro Techni

1994
Two sites of action for LCB29 (idrocilamide) in depressing mechanical tension of rat soleus muscle fibers?
    Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 71, Issue:12

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Depression, Chemical; Electric Stimulation; Ethanolami

1993
O2 occlusion and cyanide induced immediate relaxation and contraction of murine skeletal muscle.
    Neuroscience letters, 1993, Aug-06, Volume: 158, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Cyanides; Electric Stimulation; Glyburide; Hypoxia; In Vitro Techniques; Mice; Mi

1993
Muscle relaxant action of dantrolene sodium in rats.
    Research communications in chemical pathology and pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 81, Issue:3

    Topics: 4-Aminopyridine; Animals; Caffeine; Dantrolene; Drug Interactions; Electric Stimulation; Injections,

1993
Investigations of the dual contractile/relaxant properties showed by antioquine in rat aorta.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 109, Issue:2

    Topics: Alkaloids; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Benzylisoquinolines; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blocker

1993
Modification by hydroxyl radicals of functional reactivity in rabbit lingual artery.
    Japanese journal of pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 62, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Arteries; Caffeine; Endothelium, Vascular; Ferric Compounds; Ferrous Compounds; Fumarates;

1993
The effects of caffeine on intracellular calcium, force and the rate of relaxation of mouse skeletal muscle.
    The Journal of physiology, 1995, Sep-01, Volume: 487 ( Pt 2)

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Cell Membrane Permeability; Computer Simulation; In Vi

1995
Endothelin-induced contractions in human placental blood vessels are enhanced in intrauterine growth retardation, and modulated by agents that regulate levels of intracellular calcium.
    Acta physiologica Scandinavica, 1995, Volume: 155, Issue:4

    Topics: 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl e

1995
Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ uptake is not decreased in aorta from deoxycorticosterone acetate hypertensive rats: functional assessment with cyclopiazonic acid.
    Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 1995, Volume: 73, Issue:11

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Blood Pressure; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium-Transporting ATPases; Desoxycor

1995
Possible mechanism of the potent vasoconstrictor actions of ryanodine on femoral arteries from spontaneously hypertensive rats.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1996, Volume: 118, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Calcium Channels; Femoral Artery; Male; Muscle

1996
MCI-154-induced relaxation in vascular smooth muscles of guinea pig.
    Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 1996, Volume: 27, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Caffeine; Calcium; Endothelium, Vascular; Femoral Artery; Guinea Pigs; In

1996
Force-relaxant actions of dimethyl sulfoxide on guinea-pig and rabbit papillary muscles.
    Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 1996, Volume: 28, Issue:8

    Topics: Action Potentials; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Biomechanical Phenomena; Caffeine; Calcium; Cell S

1996
The effect of S-(+)-boldine on the alpha 1-adrenoceptor of the guinea-pig aorta.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1996, Volume: 119, Issue:7

    Topics: Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists; Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Apo

1996
Modulation of membrane currents and mechanical activity by niflumic acid in rat vascular smooth muscle.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1996, Dec-12, Volume: 317, Issue:1

    Topics: Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; Caffeine; Cell Membrane

1996
Contraction and relaxation in the absence of a sarcoplasmic reticulum: muscle fibres in the small pelagic tunicate Doliolum.
    Journal of muscle research and cell motility, 1997, Volume: 18, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cobalt; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Nifedipine; Ryanodine; Sa

1997
Possible mechanisms underlying the midazolam-induced relaxation of the noradrenaline-contraction in rabbit mesenteric resistance artery.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1997, Volume: 121, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Membrane Potentials

1997
Effect of cilostazol, a phosphodiesterase type III inhibitor, on histamine-induced increase in [Ca2+]i and force in middle cerebral artery of the rabbit.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1998, Volume: 123, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cerebral Arteries; Cilostazol; Cyclic AMP; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein

1998
Vasorelaxation of rat thoracic aorta caused by 14-deoxyandrographolide.
    Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology, 1998, Volume: 25, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Caffeine; Calcium; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Cyclooxygenase Inhib

1998
The probable role of nitric oxide on the relaxations obtained by caffeine and aminophylline in rat uterus.
    Pharmacological research, 1998, Volume: 38, Issue:5

    Topics: Aminophylline; Animals; Caffeine; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Myometrium; Nitric

1998
The role of sarcolemmal Ca2+-ATPase in the regulation of resting calcium concentration in rat ventricular myocytes.
    The Journal of physiology, 1999, Feb-15, Volume: 515 ( Pt 1)

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium-Transporting ATPases; Cell Separation; Chelating Agents; Enzyme

1999
Vasorelaxation and inhibition of the voltage-operated Ca2+ channels by FK506 in the porcine coronary artery.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1999, Volume: 126, Issue:3

    Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calc

1999
Calcium antagonistic activity of Bacopa monniera on vascular and intestinal smooth muscles of rabbit and guinea-pig.
    Journal of ethnopharmacology, 1999, Volume: 66, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium Chloride; Female; Guinea Pigs; Ileum; In Vitro Techniques; Intestines; Je

1999
Nitrergic relaxation of the mouse gastric fundus is mediated by cyclic GMP-dependent and ryanodine-sensitive mechanisms.
    British journal of pharmacology, 2000, Volume: 129, Issue:7

    Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals;

2000
Mechanism of vascular relaxation by thaligrisine: functional and binding assays.
    Life sciences, 2000, Aug-18, Volume: 67, Issue:13

    Topics: Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Alkaloids; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arteri

2000
Low-dose ramipril treatment improves relaxation and calcium cycling after established cardiac hypertrophy.
    American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2001, Volume: 280, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Antihypertensive Agents; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium-Transporting ATPases; Cardiomegaly; Dos

2001
The properties of ryanodine-sensitive Ca(2+) release in mouse gastric smooth muscle cells.
    British journal of pharmacology, 2001, Volume: 133, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Bucladesine; Caffeine; Calcium; Carbachol; Cells, Cultured; Dose-Response Relationship, Dru

2001
Characterization of adenosine action in isolated rat renal artery. Possible role of adenosine A(2A) receptors.
    General pharmacology, 2000, Volume: 35, Issue:1

    Topics: Adenosine; Animals; Caffeine; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Glyburide; Indomethacin; Iso

2000
The reactivity of serotonin, acetylcholine and kcl-induced contractions to relaxant agents in the rat gastric fundus.
    Pharmacological research, 2002, Volume: 45, Issue:4

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Gast

2002
Relaxation of Mytilus smooth muscle in low sodium.
    Comparative biochemistry and physiology. C: Comparative pharmacology, 1978, Volume: 61 C, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Biological Transport; Bivalvia; Caffeine; Calcium; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; In Vit

1978
The effects of zinc ion on the mechanical responses of Mytilus smooth muscle.
    Comparative biochemistry and physiology. C: Comparative pharmacology, 1979, Volume: 62C, Issue:1

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Bivalvia; Caffeine; Dopamine; Electric Stimulation; Mersalyl; Muscle Contrac

1979
Analysis of the relationship between pharmacological inhibition of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase and relaxation of canine tracheal smooth muscle.
    Biochemical pharmacology, 1979, Apr-15, Volume: 28, Issue:8

    Topics: 1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine; 3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; 3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterase

1979
The effect of primycin on excitation-contraction coupling in frog skeletal muscle.
    Acta physiologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 1979, Volume: 54, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anura; Caffeine; Choline; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Electrol

1979
Mobilization of cellular calcium and contraction-relaxation of vascular smooth muscle.
    The Japanese journal of physiology, 1977, Volume: 27, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Blood Vessels; Caffeine; Calcium; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxatio

1977
[Contraction-relaxation properties of experimental denervated and immobilized muscle: comparison with dystrophic muscle (author's transl)].
    Nihon Naika Gakkai zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, 1978, Mar-10, Volume: 67, Issue:3

    Topics: Action Potentials; Animals; Caffeine; Dantrolene; Humans; Immobilization; In Vitro Techniques; Isopr

1978
Latency-relaxation in single muscle fibres.
    The Journal of physiology, 1978, Volume: 282

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Dantrolene; Deuterium; In Vitro Techniques; Membrane Potentials; Muscle

1978
Caffeine contracture in transverse tubules-disrupted fiber and effect of anomalous anions on the contracture in frog twitch fiber.
    The Japanese journal of physiology, 1978, Volume: 28, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Anions; Anura; Caffeine; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle

1978
Lanthanum block of contraction and of relaxation in response to serotonin and dopamine in molluscan catch muscle.
    The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 1977, Volume: 202, Issue:3

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Bivalvia; Caffeine; Dopamine; Dopamine Antagonists; Electric Stimulation; In

1977
Prostaglandin action on the main pulmonary artery and portal vein of the rabbit.
    The Japanese journal of physiology, 1976, Volume: 26, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Female; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contr

1976
Fatigue and caffeine effects in fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscles of the mouse.
    Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, 1976, Dec-28, Volume: 367, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Azides; Caffeine; Fatigue; Mice; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscles; Oxygen Con

1976
Effects of dietary salt on sodium-calcium exchange and ATP-driven calcium pump in arterial smooth muscle of Dahl rats.
    Journal of hypertension, 1992, Volume: 10, Issue:11

    Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Aorta; Blood Pressure; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium-Transporting ATPa

1992
Mechanisms of caffeine-induced contraction and relaxation of rat aortic smooth muscle.
    The Journal of physiology, 1992, Volume: 456

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Bucladesine; Caffeine; Calcium; Male; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contract

1992
Analysis of the effects of adenosine in skinned bovine coronary artery.
    The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology, 1992, Volume: 44, Issue:2

    Topics: Adenosine; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cattle; Coronary Vessels; Dinoprost; In Vitro Techniques; Mus

1992
Cholinomimetic compound distinct from caffeine contained in coffee. II: Muscarinic actions.
    Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 1992, Volume: 81, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Aorta; Blood Pressure; Caffeine; Cardiovascular System; Central Nervous System; Cholinester

1992
Vasorelaxation of rat thoracic aorta caused by norathyriol isolated from Gentianaceae.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1991, Jan-03, Volume: 192, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Radioisotopes; Cyclic AMP; Cyclic GMP; Female;

1991
Mechanism of vasodilatory effect of berberine in rat mesenteric artery.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1991, Oct-29, Volume: 204, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Berberine; Caffeine; Calcium Channels; Drug Interactions; Endothelium, Vascular;

1991
Effects of felodipine on vascular smooth muscle in comparison with nifedipine.
    Arzneimittel-Forschung, 1991, Volume: 41, Issue:7

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Caffeine; Calcium; Felodipine; Femoral Artery; In Vitro Techniques; Male;

1991
Dissociation between the effects of theophylline and caffeine on premature airway smooth muscles.
    Pediatric research, 1991, Volume: 29, Issue:5

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Caffeine; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Humans; Infant,

1991
Mechanisms controlling caffeine-induced relaxation of coronary artery of the pig.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1991, Volume: 103, Issue:4

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; In Vi

1991
Ryanodine reveals multiple contractile and relaxant mechanisms in vascular smooth muscle: simultaneous measurements of mechanical activity and of cytoplasmic free Ca2+ level with fura-2.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1990, Volume: 100, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cytoplasm; Dinoprost; Egtazic Acid; Fura-2; Isoproterenol; Male; Muscle

1990
Vasorelaxing effect in rat thoracic aorta caused by denudatin B, isolated from the Chinese herb, magnolia fargesii.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1990, Oct-02, Volume: 187, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Benzofurans; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Radioisotopes; Cells, Cultured; Cy

1990
The 'calcium sensitising' effects of ORG30029 in saponin- or Triton-skinned rat cardiac muscle.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1990, Volume: 100, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cardiotonic Agents; Heart; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Myoca

1990
Mode of inhibitory actions of acute and chronic chloroquine administration on the electrically stimulated mouse diaphragm in vitro.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1990, Volume: 101, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Chloroquine; Dantrolene; Diaphragm; Electric Stimulation; Female; In Vit

1990
Caffeine acting on pregnant rat myometrium: analysis of its relaxant action and its failure to release Ca2+ from intracellular stores.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1990, Volume: 99, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Myometri

1990
Activities of caffeine, theophylline, and enprofylline analogs as tracheal relaxants.
    Biochemical pharmacology, 1990, Jun-15, Volume: 39, Issue:12

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; Caffeine; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male;

1990
Intracellular Ca2+ release in vascular muscle cells by caffeine, ryanodine, norepinephrine, and neuropeptide Y.
    Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 1988, Volume: 12 Suppl 5

    Topics: Alkaloids; Animals; Benzofurans; Caffeine; Calcium; Cytoplasm; Fura-2; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Re

1988
Relaxant actions of khellin on vascular smooth muscle.
    The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology, 1989, Volume: 41, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Caffeine; Calcium; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Khellin; Male; Muscle Cont

1989
Maximum tension and force-velocity properties of fatigued, single Xenopus muscle fibres studied by caffeine and high K+.
    The Journal of physiology, 1989, Volume: 409

    Topics: Animals; Biomechanical Phenomena; Caffeine; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle

1989
Inhibitory effects of TYB 3823, a new antiarrhythmic agent, on mechanical responses in the vascular smooth muscles.
    General pharmacology, 1989, Volume: 20, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; Aorta, Thoracic; Caffeine; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Guanidines; H

1989
Ketamine-induced relaxation in intact and skinned smooth muscles of the rabbit ear artery.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1989, Volume: 97, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Arteries; Caffeine; Ear; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Ketamine; Male; Muscle Contraction; M

1989
Factors inducing endothelium-dependent relaxation in the guinea-pig basilar artery as estimated from the actions of haemoglobin.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1989, Volume: 96, Issue:3

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Basilar Artery; Biological Factors; Caffeine; Calcium; Endothelium, Vascular

1989
The contribution of mitochondrial calcium ion exchange to relaxation of tension in cardiac muscle.
    Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 1989, Sep-07, Volume: 89, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Biological Transport, Active; Caffeine; Calcium; Digitonin; Ion Exchange; Kinetics; Mitocho

1989
[Pharmacological comparison of the CNS effects of propentofylline and caffeine].
    Nihon yakurigaku zasshi. Folia pharmacologica Japonica, 1988, Volume: 91, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Caffeine; Cats; Central Nervous System; Diazepam; Female; Male; Mice; Mice

1988
Relaxant effects of pinacidil, nicorandil, hydralazine and nifedipine as studied in the porcine coronary artery and guinea-pig taenia coli.
    Archives internationales de pharmacodynamie et de therapie, 1986, Volume: 283, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Colon; Coronary Vessels; Female; Guanidines; Guinea Pigs; Hydralazine; In Vitro T

1986
Changes in cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP levels in the contraction-relaxation cycle of isolated smooth muscle cells from guinea-pig taenia caeci.
    Nihon Heikatsukin Gakkai zasshi, 1985, Volume: 21, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Colon; Cyclic AMP; Cyclic GMP; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Isoproterenol; M

1985
5-Hydroxytryptamine delays relaxation time of norepinephrine-induced vasoconstriction.
    The American journal of physiology, 1986, Volume: 250, Issue:1 Pt 2

    Topics: Animals; Arteries; Bucladesine; Caffeine; Calcium; Desoxycorticosterone; Drug Interactions; Ear; Ede

1986
Mobilization of free Ca2+ measured during contraction-relaxation cycles in smooth muscle cells of the porcine coronary artery using quin2.
    Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, 1986, Volume: 406, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Aminoquinolines; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Coronary Vesse

1986
The relaxant and spasmogenic effects of some xanthine derivatives acting on guinea-pig isolated trachealis muscle.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1988, Volume: 94, Issue:4

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Colforsin; Egtazic Acid; Female; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Te

1988
New methylxanthine thio-derivatives inducing marked tracheal relaxation without increasing cardiac inotropism or motor activity.
    Pharmacological research communications, 1988, Volume: 20, Issue:7

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Mice; Motor Activity; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle

1988
Slowing of relaxation in the fatiguing hamster diaphragm is enhanced by theophylline.
    Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 1988, Volume: 65, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cricetinae; Diaphragm; In Vitro Techniques; Mesocricetus; Muscle Contrac

1988
Effects of temperature and Na0+ on the relaxation of phasic and tonic tension of guinea-pig ureter muscle.
    General physiology and biophysics, 1988, Volume: 7, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation;

1988
Abnormal relaxation rates in subjects susceptible to malignant hyperthermia.
    Acta neurologica Scandinavica, 1987, Volume: 75, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Caffeine; Electromyography; Female; Halothane; Humans; Male; Malignant Hypertherm

1987
The effect of stretch on sarcoplasmic free calcium of frog skeletal muscle at rest.
    Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1986, Nov-17, Volume: 862, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscles; Nitrates; Ranidae; Sarco

1986
Synthesis of imidazo[4,5-e][1,4]diazepine and imidazo[4,5-e][1,4]oxazepine derivatives using caffeidine, a hydrolysis product of caffeine.
    Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin, 1986, Volume: 34, Issue:9

    Topics: Animals; Azepines; Caffeine; Chemical Phenomena; Chemistry; Imidazoles; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle

1986