fura-2 has been researched along with Muscle Contraction in 195 studies
| Timeframe | Studies, this research(%) | All Research% |
|---|---|---|
| pre-1990 | 24 (12.31) | 18.7374 |
| 1990's | 117 (60.00) | 18.2507 |
| 2000's | 44 (22.56) | 29.6817 |
| 2010's | 9 (4.62) | 24.3611 |
| 2020's | 1 (0.51) | 2.80 |
| Authors | Studies |
|---|---|
| Gao, B; Qu, Y; Sutherland, W; Vargas, HM | 1 |
| Anaparti, V; Halayko, AJ; Ilarraza, R; Mahood, TH; Moqbel, R; Ojo, OO; Orihara, K; Stelmack, GL; Unruh, H | 1 |
| Hogan, MC; Stary, CM | 1 |
| Baik, J; Han, JY; Hong, JM; Kwon, SC; Oh, J; Ok, SH; Sohn, JT | 1 |
| Andreetta, F; Burdi, R; Camerino, GM; Capogrosso, RF; Confalonieri, P; Cozzoli, A; De Benedictis, L; De Luca, A; Fraysse, B; Giannuzzi, V; Liantonio, A; Litvinova, K; Montagnani, M; Palmieri, B; Rolland, JF; Sblendorio, V | 1 |
| Akata, T; Hoka, S; Morikawa, K; Setoguchi, H; Shirozu, K; Yoshino, J | 1 |
| Fukuta, H; Iida, T; Nakamura, E; Suzuki, H; Tanaka, Y; Yamamoto, Y; Yokoi, T | 1 |
| Akiyoshi, J; Ieiri, S; Nakatsuji, T; Taguchi, T | 1 |
| Hamada, C; Itoh, H; Jiang, B; Maruyama, J; Maruyama, K; Mitani, Y; Yokochi, A; Zhang, E | 1 |
| Kanaide, H | 1 |
| Caricati-Neto, A; de los Rios, C; Garcia, AG; Godinho, RO; Jurkiewicz, A; Jurkiewicz, NH; Léon, R; Marco-Contelles, J; Miranda-Ferreira, R; Pereira, JD; Samadi, A; Smaili, SS; Villaroya, M | 1 |
| Baylor, SM; Harwood, CL; Hollingworth, S; Rome, LC; Tikunov, BA; Young, IS | 1 |
| Chae, MR; Han, DH; Jeon, JH; Kim, H; Kim, HK; Ko, MK; Lee, JH; Lee, SW; Park, JK; So, I | 1 |
| Bult, H; De Meyer, GR; Fransen, P; Martinet, W; Schrijvers, DM; Van Hove, CE; van Langen, J | 1 |
| Hirano, K; Kanaide, H | 1 |
| Gros, G; Kleinke, T; Papadopoulos, S; Wetzel, P | 1 |
| Gallant, EM; Herold, LV; Lentz, LR; Mickelson, JR; Onan, GW; Valberg, SJ | 1 |
| Muraoka, I; Tabata, I; Terada, S | 1 |
| Kawamura, H; Kobayashi, M; Puro, DG; Sakagami, K; Wu, DM | 1 |
| Brown, ER; Lima, PA; Nardi, G | 1 |
| Dunn, KW; Field, LJ; Rubart, M; Wang, E | 1 |
| Godt, RE; Wingard, CJ | 1 |
| Bernhardt, G; Buschauer, A; Kracht, J; Li, L; Peng, S | 1 |
| Cohen, KD; Jackson, WF | 1 |
| Buxton, IL; Malmquist, NA; Tichenor, SD | 1 |
| Eto, W; Hirano, K; Hirano, M; Kanaide, H; Nishimura, J | 1 |
| Brading, AF; Hashitani, H; Suzuki, H | 1 |
| Melzer, W; Schuhmeier, RP | 1 |
| Bowles, DK; Heaps, CL; Parker, JL; Sturek, M | 1 |
| Koenig, F; Olthoff, D; Rueffert, H; Wehner, M | 1 |
| Kress, HG; Ludwig-Papst, C; Weigl, LG | 1 |
| Brock, GB; Deyoung, L; Liu, C; Sims, SM; Williams, BA | 1 |
| Honjo, H; Ito, S; Kamiya, K; Kodama, I; Kume, H; Oguma, T; Shimokata, K; Takeda, N | 1 |
| Boxberger, M; Fromm, M; Münzer, G; Pfeiffer, N; Rosenthal, R; Schimmat, C; Thieme, H | 1 |
| Bendhack, LM; Moreira, JE; Restini, CA | 1 |
| Bendhack, LM; Restini, CA | 1 |
| Harada, M; Hirano, K; Hirano, M; Iwamoto, T; Kanaide, H; Karashima, E; Kita, S; Nishimura, J | 1 |
| Hirano, K; Kai, Y; Kanaide, H; Maeda, Y; Nishimura, J; Sasaki, T | 1 |
| Frangez, R; Molgó, J; Suput, D | 1 |
| Frew, R; Nelson, P; Sawyer, TW; Wang, Y; Weiss, TM | 1 |
| Ankorina, I; Haxelmans, S; Kleta, R; Schlatter, E | 1 |
| Kanaide, H; Kobayashi, S; Kumazawa, J; Nishimura, J; Seguchi, H | 1 |
| Hypolite, JA; Levin, RM; Wein, AJ; Yu, HJ | 1 |
| Asano, M; Hayakawa, M; Ito, K; Ito, KM; Matsuda, T | 1 |
| Arriba, G; Caramelo, C; Lamas, S; López-Novoa, JM; Olivera, A; Rodriguez-Barbero, A; Rodriguez-Puyol, D; Schrier, RW | 1 |
| Gomez, M; Hellstrand, P; Nilsson, BO; Nordström, I; Santiago Carrilho, R | 1 |
| Godfraind, T; Morel, N; Salomone, S | 1 |
| Izawa, T; Izumi, H; Kasai, H; Ogawa, N; Okada, Y; Yokoyama, T | 1 |
| Fukui, M; Kanaide, H; Kobayashi, S; Miyagi, Y; Nishimura, J | 3 |
| Chowdhury, JU; Huang, SM; Pang, YW; Tomita, T; Tsugeno, M | 1 |
| Jones, AW; Liu, Y; Sturek, M | 1 |
| Ishii, K; Ishiro, H; Nakayama, K; Nakazawa, T; Saito, M; Tanaka, Y | 1 |
| Asano, M; Ito, K; Ito, KM; Minayoshi, Y; Suzuki, H; Suzuki, K | 1 |
| Ishikawa, M; Orimo, H; Ouchi, Y | 1 |
| Kanaide, H; Kodama, M; Yamamoto, H | 1 |
| Gerthoffer, WT; Leposavic, R; Publicover, NG; Sanders, KM; Sato, K | 1 |
| Hoar, PE; Kerrick, WG | 1 |
| Chen, XL; Rembold, CM | 1 |
| Ichihara, K; Nakai, T | 1 |
| Fukuizumi, Y; Kanaide, H; Kobayashi, S; Nishimura, J | 1 |
| Hirano, K; Kanaide, H; Ushio-Fukai, M | 1 |
| Kokubu, N; Satoh, M; Takayanagi, I | 1 |
| Aoki, H; Kanaide, H; Kobayashi, S; Nishimura, J | 1 |
| Claflin, DR; Julian, FJ; Morgan, DL; Stephenson, DG | 1 |
| Ito, K; Naganobu, K | 1 |
| Allen, DG; Duty, S | 1 |
| Boland, B; Casteels, R; Gillis, JM; Himpens, B; Paques, C | 1 |
| Fujitani, Y; Inui, T; James, AF; Okada, T; Takimoto, M; Urade, Y; Yamamura, T | 1 |
| Fujimoto, K; Masuzawa, T; Nakahara, N; Shinoda, S; Tanaka, Y; Yamada, T | 1 |
| Hellstrand, P; Josefsson, M; Lydrup, ML; Swärd, K | 1 |
| Fujimoto, M; Nakajima, S; Ueda, M | 1 |
| Hisayama, T; Kurata, R; Takayanagi, I | 1 |
| Aoki, H; Kanaide, H; Kobayashi, S; Kuroiwa, M; Nishimura, J | 1 |
| Arner, A; Malmqvist, U; Osterman, A | 1 |
| Hellstrand, P; Nilsson, BO | 1 |
| Boland, B; Casteels, R; Gailly, P; Gillis, JM; Himpens, B | 1 |
| Buxton, IL; Gerthoffer, WT; Keef, KD; Sanders, KM; Smith, TK; Ward, SM; Zhang, L | 1 |
| Kajita, J; Yamaguchi, H | 1 |
| Furuya, K; Kato, K; Ozaki, T; Tsutsui, I; Yamagishi, S | 1 |
| Abebe, W; Ali, S; Makujina, SR; Mustafa, SJ | 1 |
| Nasu, T; Oosako, H; Shibata, H | 1 |
| Abe, S; Kanaide, H; Nakamura, M | 1 |
| Jiao, Y; Sims, SM; Zheng, ZG | 1 |
| Satoh, M; Takayanagi, I; Yamamoto, Y | 1 |
| Denetclaw, WF; Hopf, FW; Reddy, P; Steinhardt, RA; Turner, PR | 1 |
| Baylor, SM; Hollingworth, S; Zhao, M | 1 |
| Endo, M; Iino, M; Sakurai, T; Takeshima, H; Yamazawa, T | 1 |
| Hiroishi, G; Inomata, H; Kanaide, H; Kobayashi, S; Nishimura, J | 1 |
| Claflin, DR; Julian, FJ; Morgan, DL | 3 |
| Eguchi, D; Kanaide, H; Kobayashi, S; Komori, K; Nishimura, J; Sugimachi, K | 1 |
| Moulds, RF; Tognarini, DP | 1 |
| Levin, RM; Wein, AJ; Yu, HI | 1 |
| Jones, KA; Lorenz, RR; Warner, DO | 1 |
| Fujishima, M; Kanaide, H; Kawasaki, J; Kobayashi, S; Miyagi, Y; Nishimura, J | 1 |
| Csernoch, L; Kovács, L; Papp, Z; Szentesi, P; Szücs, G | 1 |
| Kanaji, T; Kanno, T; Maruyama, T; Mikoshiba, K; Nakade, S | 1 |
| Furuya, K; Furuya, S; Nakano, H; Yamagishi, S | 1 |
| Csernoch, L; Jacquemond, V; Kovács, L; Szentesi, P | 1 |
| Hayasaka, M; Horiuchi, K; Satoh, M; Takayanagi, I | 1 |
| Fusetani, N; Hori, M; Horibe, K; Karaki, H; Matsunaga, S; Ozaki, H; Saito-Mitsui, M; Sato, K | 1 |
| Gros, G; Wetzel, P | 1 |
| Nakayama, K; Tanaka, Y | 1 |
| Kwan, CY; Mo, FM | 1 |
| De Mey, JG; Raat, NJ; Wetzels, GE | 1 |
| Claflin, DR; Julian, FJ; Vandenboom, R | 1 |
| Crompton, M; Duchen, MR; Leyssens, A | 1 |
| Christensen, G; Holt, E; Lunde, PK; Sejersted, OM; Semb, SO; Tønnessen, T; Wasserstrom, JA | 1 |
| Kwan, CY; Leung, YM; Ou, YJ; Xion, Y | 1 |
| Nakayama, K; Shigenobu, K; Tanaka, Y | 1 |
| Betti, PA; Janssen, LJ; Netherton, SJ; Walters, DK | 1 |
| Frohlich, BH; Gregg, RE; Tesfamariam, B | 1 |
| Endoh, M; Hori, M; Karaki, H; Miyamoto, S; Ozaki, H | 1 |
| Beny, J; Frieden, M; Sollini, M | 1 |
| Ayman, S; Gibson, A; McFadzean, I; Wallace, P | 1 |
| Kakuyama, M; Mori, K; Nakamura, K | 1 |
| Derkach, DN; Hirano, K; Ihara, E; Kanaide, H; Nawata, H; Nishimura, J | 1 |
| Kitazawa, T; Maezono, Y; Taneike, T | 1 |
| Hirano, K; Kanaide, H; Nishimura, J; Toyofuku, K; Ushio-Fukai, M; Yamamoto, H | 1 |
| Hirano, K; Kanaide, H; Nishimura, J; Ushio-Fukai, M; Yamamoto, H | 1 |
| Maeda, H; Nakatani, Y; Nishimura, Y; Nishiuma, T; Yokoyama, M | 1 |
| Allen, JC; Kahn, AM; Seidel, CL; Song, T | 1 |
| Dora, KA; Garland, CJ; Hill, PB; Hughes, AD | 1 |
| Dessy, C; Hulvershorn, J; Matsuda, N; Morgan, KG; Sellke, FW; Sougnez, CL | 1 |
| Chen, X; Kamada, Y; Namiki, A; Tsujiguchi, N; Yamakage, M | 1 |
| Diener, M; Frings, M; Haschke, G; Heinke, B; Schäfer, KH | 1 |
| Karaki, H; Kwon, SC; Ozaki, H | 1 |
| Hirano, K; Kanaide, H; Nishimura, J; Setoguchi, H; Takahashi, S | 1 |
| Fleming, JB; Khalil, RA; Sirous, ZN | 1 |
| Ahn, DS; Kang, BS; Kim, JS; Kwon, SC; Lee, YH; Morgan, KG; Yeon, DS | 1 |
| Karaki, H; Kim, BK; Mitsui, M | 1 |
| Karaki, H; Kuriki, H; Moriyama, T; Satoh, T | 1 |
| Abe, A; Karaki, H | 1 |
| Baylor, SM; Harkins, AB; Hollingworth, S; Konishi, M; Kurebayashi, N | 1 |
| Kubota, K; Matsuoka, Y; Nagahamaya, K; Shirane, M; Sunagane, N; Tsunematsu, R; Uruno, T; Wada, K | 1 |
| Cannell, M; Chen, Q; van Breemen, C | 1 |
| Fukuzaki, A; Gokita, T; Karibe, H; Miyauchi, Y; Suga, O; Uchida, MK | 1 |
| Allen, DG; Westerblad, H | 2 |
| Kishii, K; Morimoto, T; Nakajima, N; Takayanagi, I; Tsujitani, M; Yamazaki, K | 1 |
| Furukawa, T; Katsuragi, T; Usune, S | 3 |
| Karaki, H; Sakata, K | 1 |
| Ishigai, Y; Nakayama, K; Tanaka, Y; Uchida, H | 1 |
| Katsuoka, M; Ohnishi, ST | 1 |
| Duckett, JW; Hypolite, J; Levin, RM; Snyder, HM; Wein, AJ; Zderic, SA | 1 |
| Balwierczak, JL | 1 |
| Allen, DG; Lee, JA; Westerblad, H | 1 |
| Kobayashi, T; Nagasaki, M; Tamaki, H | 1 |
| Hirano, K; Kanaide, H; Yoshitake, K | 1 |
| Itoh, T; Kuriyama, H; Suzuki, S | 1 |
| Kurihara, S; Suda, N | 1 |
| Dwyer, TM; Farley, JM; Petrini, MF; Shieh, CC | 1 |
| Karaki, H; Ozaki, H; Sato, K | 2 |
| Abe, S; Hirano, K; Kanaide, H; Nakamura, M | 2 |
| Ohtsuki, H; Onozuka, S; Shinkai, M; Takayanagi, I | 1 |
| Hisayama, T; Huang, XN; Kurata, R; Takayanagi, I | 1 |
| Hypolite, J; Levin, RM; Longhurst, PA; Wein, AJ | 1 |
| Casteels, R; Hellstrand, P; Himpens, B; Lydrup, ML | 1 |
| Hisayama, T; Okamoto, Y; Takayanagi, I | 1 |
| Katsuyama, H; Nishiye, E; Suzuki, S | 1 |
| Khalil, RA; van Breemen, C | 1 |
| Harada, M; Kiuchi, Y; Ohtsuki, H; Takayanagi, I | 1 |
| Mori, T; Taira, N; Yanagisawa, T | 1 |
| Karaki, H; Obara, K; Ozaki, H; Someya, T; Usuki, T; Yabu, H; Yoshino, M | 1 |
| Allen, DG; Bolsover, SR; Lamb, AG; Lee, JA; Westerblad, H | 1 |
| Karaki, H; Kwon, SC; Ozaki, H; Tajimi, M | 1 |
| Alexander, RW; Berk, BC; Canessa, M; Vallega, G | 1 |
| Erne, P; Hermsmeyer, K | 1 |
| Cauvin, C; Rüegg, UT; Wallnöfer, A; Weir, S | 1 |
| Hasegawa, T; Kobayashi, M; Maruyama, I; Momose, K; Ohtsuka, K; Oyamada, H | 1 |
| Schreiner, V; Vonderlage, M | 1 |
| Hasegawa, T; Maruyama, I; Momose, K; Yamamoto, T | 1 |
| Fujiwara, T; Itoh, T; Kubota, Y; Kuriyama, H; Nishiye, E; Sumimoto, K | 1 |
| Hirano, K; Kanaide, H; Nakamura, M | 1 |
| Eisner, DA; Nichols, CG; O'Neill, SC; Smith, GL; Valdeolmillos, M | 1 |
| Blaustein, MP; Goldman, WF; Wier, WG | 1 |
| Delaney, KR; Tank, DW; Zucker, RS | 1 |
| Hypolite, J; Levin, RM; Longhurst, PA; Ruggieri, MR; Wein, AJ | 1 |
| Ashley, CC; Ishii, N; Simpson, AW | 1 |
| Becker, PL; Fay, FS; Williams, DA | 1 |
| Karaki, H; Ozaki, H; Sato, K; Satoh, T | 1 |
| Becker, PL; Fay, FS; Yagi, S | 1 |
| Ishida, Y; Karaki, H; Ozaki, H; Satoh, T | 1 |
| Endo, M; Iino, M | 1 |
| Ito, Y; Kuriyama, H; Parker, I | 1 |
| Baylor, SM; Hollingworth, S; Konishi, M; Olson, A | 1 |
| Endo, M; Iino, M; Kobayashi, T | 1 |
| Iaizzo, PA; Klein, W; Lehmann-Horn, F | 1 |
195 other study(ies) available for fura-2 and Muscle Contraction
| Article | Year |
|---|---|
Effects of omecamtiv mecarbil on calcium-transients and contractility in a translational canine myocyte model.
Topics: Animals; Calcium Signaling; Dogs; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fura-2; Heart Ventricles; Humans; Isoproterenol; Male; Models, Animal; Muscle Cells; Muscle Contraction; Sarcomeres; Urea | 2020 |
NMDA receptors mediate contractile responses in human airway smooth muscle cells.
Topics: Animals; Blotting, Western; Calcium; Cells, Cultured; Female; Flow Cytometry; Fura-2; Humans; Immunoenzyme Techniques; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Muscle Contraction; Myocytes, Smooth Muscle; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; Respiratory System; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Messenger | 2015 |
Cytosolic calcium transients are a determinant of contraction-induced HSP72 transcription in single skeletal muscle fibers.
Topics: Adenylate Kinase; Animals; Calcium; Cytosol; Female; Fura-2; HSP72 Heat-Shock Proteins; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal; Physical Conditioning, Animal; RNA, Messenger; Sulfonamides; Toluene; Transcription, Genetic; Xenopus laevis | 2016 |
Dexmedetomidine-Induced Contraction Involves CPI-17 Phosphorylation in Isolated Rat Aortas.
Topics: Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Agonists; Amides; Animals; Aorta; Benzophenanthridines; Calcium; Cells, Cultured; Dexmedetomidine; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Proteins; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Myosin Light Chains; Phosphoproteins; Phosphorylation; Protein Kinase C; Pyridines; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; rho-Associated Kinases; Yohimbine | 2016 |
Multiple pathological events in exercised dystrophic mdx mice are targeted by pentoxifylline: outcome of a large array of in vivo and ex vivo tests.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Creatine Kinase; Electrophysiology; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Immunohistochemistry; Isometric Contraction; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Inbred mdx; Microelectrodes; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal; Muscular Dystrophy, Animal; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Pentoxifylline; Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; Physical Conditioning, Animal; Reactive Oxygen Species | 2009 |
The mechanisms of the direct action of etomidate on vascular reactivity in rat mesenteric resistance arteries.
Topics: Anesthetics, Intravenous; Animals; Calcium; Calcium Signaling; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; Etomidate; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Glyburide; Hypoglycemic Agents; In Vitro Techniques; Inosine Triphosphate; Isometric Contraction; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Potassium Chloride; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Vascular Resistance; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 2009 |
Hypoxia differentially modulates the activity of pacemaker and smooth muscle cells in the guinea pig stomach antrum.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Calcium Signaling; Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone; Electrophysiological Phenomena; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Hypoxia; Indoles; Male; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contraction; Myocytes, Smooth Muscle; Potassium Cyanide; Pyloric Antrum | 2009 |
Direct vasodilative effect of FK506 on porcine mesenteric artery in small bowel transplantation.
Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Animals; Arteries; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Cytosol; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fluorometry; Fura-2; Immunosuppressive Agents; Intestine, Small; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Reperfusion Injury; Swine; Tacrolimus; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Vasodilation | 2009 |
Colforsin-induced vasodilation in chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension in rats.
Topics: 8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; Animals; Chronic Disease; Colforsin; Dinoprost; Drug Synergism; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Hypertension, Pulmonary; Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular; Hypoxia; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction; Male; Muscle Contraction; Potassium Chloride; Pulmonary Artery; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Vasodilation; Vasodilator Agents | 2010 |
Measurement of [Ca²+]i in smooth muscle strips using front-surface fluorimetry.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Cattle; Fluorometry; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Humans; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Rabbits; Rats | 2005 |
Effects of novel tacripyrines ITH12117 and ITH12118 on rat vas deferens contractions, calcium transients and cholinesterase activity.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Acetylcholinesterase; Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Butyrylcholinesterase; Calcium; Cerebral Cortex; Cholinesterase Inhibitors; Cytosol; Electric Stimulation; Fura-2; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Nimodipine; Norepinephrine; Physostigmine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Tacrine; Vas Deferens | 2011 |
Paying the piper: the cost of Ca2+ pumping during the mating call of toadfish.
Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Batrachoidiformes; Calcium; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Magnesium; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Oxygen Consumption; Parvalbumins; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Troponin C | 2011 |
Effects of Schisandra chinensis extract on the contractility of corpus cavernosal smooth muscle (CSM) and Ca2+ homeostasis in CSM cells.
Topics: Animals; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fluorescent Dyes; Fruit; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Penis; Plant Extracts; Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated; Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; Rabbits; Schisandra; TRPC Cation Channels | 2012 |
Contribution of transient and sustained calcium influx, and sensitization to depolarization-induced contractions of the intact mouse aorta.
Topics: Animals; Aorta; Calcium; Calcium Channels, L-Type; Fura-2; Membrane Potentials; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Potassium | 2012 |
Measurement of [Ca²⁺]i in smooth muscle strips using front-surface fluorimetry.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Cattle; Cell Line; Fluorometry; Fura-2; Humans; Mice; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Rabbits; Rats | 2013 |
Inhibition of muscle carbonic anhydrase slows the Ca(2+) transient in rat skeletal muscle fibers.
Topics: Acetazolamide; Action Potentials; Adenosine Triphosphatases; Animals; Benzothiazoles; Calcium; Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors; Carbonic Anhydrases; Chelating Agents; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Activation; Ethoxzolamide; Female; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Ion Transport; Isometric Contraction; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal; Rats; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Thiadiazoles; Thiazoles; Time Factors | 2002 |
Myoplasmic calcium regulation in myotubes from horses with recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis.
Topics: Animals; Biopsy; Caffeine; Calcium; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Cresols; Female; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Horse Diseases; Horses; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Membrane Potentials; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal; Physical Exertion; Rhabdomyolysis | 2002 |
Changes in [Ca2+]i induced by several glucose transport-enhancing stimuli in rat epitrochlearis muscle.
Topics: Aminacrine; Animals; Biological Transport; Caffeine; Calcium; Dantrolene; Fura-2; Glucose; Hypoxia; Ionomycin; Ionophores; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Stimulation, Chemical; Sulfonamides | 2003 |
Cholinergic regulation of pericyte-containing retinal microvessels.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Calcium; Capillaries; Carbachol; Electric Stimulation; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Gap Junctions; In Vitro Techniques; Ion Channels; Membrane Potentials; Muscarinic Agonists; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Neurotransmitter Agents; Oxotremorine; Parasympathetic Nervous System; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, Muscarinic; Retinal Vessels; Signal Transduction | 2003 |
AMPA/kainate and NMDA-like glutamate receptors at the chromatophore neuromuscular junction of the squid: role in synaptic transmission and skin patterning.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Chromatophores; Decapodiformes; Electric Stimulation; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Glutamic Acid; Immunoblotting; Immunohistochemistry; In Vitro Techniques; Ion Channels; Iontophoresis; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; N-Methylaspartate; Neuromuscular Junction; Receptors, AMPA; Receptors, Kainic Acid; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; Skin Physiological Phenomena; Synaptic Transmission | 2003 |
Two-photon molecular excitation imaging of Ca2+ transients in Langendorff-perfused mouse hearts.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Calcium Signaling; Chelating Agents; Cytochalasin D; Diacetyl; Diagnostic Imaging; Egtazic Acid; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Heart; Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring; In Vitro Techniques; Mice; Mice, Inbred Strains; Mice, Transgenic; Muscle Cells; Muscle Contraction; Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; Perfusion; Photons; Transforming Growth Factor beta; Transforming Growth Factor beta1 | 2003 |
Cardiac neural crest ablation alters aortic smooth muscle force and voltage-sensitive Ca2+ responses.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Calcium Channels; Calcium Signaling; Cell Membrane; Chick Embryo; Endothelin-1; Fura-2; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Myocytes, Smooth Muscle; Neural Crest; Stress, Mechanical | 2002 |
Synthesis and pharmacological activity of fluorescent histamine H1 receptor antagonists related to mepyramine.
Topics: Animals; Brain Neoplasms; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Glioblastoma; Guinea Pigs; Histamine H1 Antagonists; Humans; Ileum; In Vitro Techniques; Indicators and Reagents; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Pyrilamine; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; Tumor Cells, Cultured | 2003 |
Hypoxia inhibits contraction but not calcium channel currents or changes in intracellular calcium in arteriolar muscle cells.
Topics: Animals; Arterioles; Calcium; Calcium Channels, L-Type; Cricetinae; Electrophysiology; Fura-2; Hypoxia; Male; Membrane Potentials; Mesocricetus; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine | 2003 |
Dissociation of cGMP accumulation and relaxation in myometrial smooth muscle: effects of S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine and 3-morpholinosyndonimine.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Calcium Signaling; Cell Adhesion Molecules; Cyclic GMP; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Microfilament Proteins; Molsidomine; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Myometrium; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Donors; Oxytocin; Phosphoproteins; Phosphorylation; S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine; Up-Regulation | 2003 |
Intracellular alkalinization induces Ca2+ influx via non-voltage-operated Ca2+ channels in rat aortic smooth muscle cells.
Topics: Ammonium Chloride; Animals; Aorta; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Calcium Channels; Cells, Cultured; Diltiazem; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Extracellular Space; Fluoresceins; Fluorometry; Fura-2; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Imidazoles; Intracellular Fluid; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Rats; Rats, Wistar | 2003 |
Correlation between spontaneous electrical, calcium and mechanical activity in detrusor smooth muscle of the guinea-pig bladder.
Topics: Action Potentials; Amides; Animals; Apamin; Boron Compounds; Calcium; Calcium Signaling; Carbachol; Charybdotoxin; Colforsin; Cromakalim; Cyclic GMP; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Synergism; Female; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Isotonic Contraction; Male; Mechanotransduction, Cellular; Microelectrodes; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nifedipine; Pyridines; Transducers; Urinary Bladder | 2004 |
Voltage-dependent Ca2+ fluxes in skeletal myotubes determined using a removal model analysis.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Chelating Agents; Egtazic Acid; Electrophysiology; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Kinetics; Mice; Models, Theoretical; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Rats | 2004 |
Altered calcium sensitivity contributes to enhanced contractility of collateral-dependent coronary arteries.
Topics: Animals; Arterial Occlusive Diseases; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Collateral Circulation; Coronary Vessels; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelins; Female; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Kinetics; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Potassium Chloride; Swine; Swine, Miniature | 2004 |
Functional characterization of malignant hyperthermia-associated RyR1 mutations in exon 44, using the human myotube model.
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anesthetics; Biopsy; Caffeine; Calcium; Cells, Cultured; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Child; Child, Preschool; Cresols; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Exons; Family Health; Fungicides, Industrial; Fura-2; Halothane; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Malignant Hyperthermia; Middle Aged; Molecular Biology; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal; Mutation; Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel | 2004 |
4-chloro-m-cresol cannot detect malignant hyperthermia equivocal cells in an alternative minimally invasive diagnostic test of malignant hyperthermia susceptibility.
Topics: Caffeine; Calcium; Calibration; Cells, Cultured; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Cresols; DNA Mutational Analysis; DNA, Complementary; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Humans; Malignant Hyperthermia; Microtubules; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; RNA, Messenger; Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel | 2004 |
Regulation of intracellular Ca2+ release in corpus cavernosum smooth muscle: synergism between nitric oxide and cGMP.
Topics: 3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases; Animals; Calcium; Calcium Signaling; Cells, Cultured; Cyclic GMP; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Humans; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Donors; Penis; Piperazines; Purines; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Sildenafil Citrate; Sulfones; Vasodilator Agents | 2005 |
Involvement of reduced sensitivity to Ca in beta-adrenergic action on airway smooth muscle.
Topics: Adrenergic beta-Agonists; Amides; Animals; Asthma; Bucladesine; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Colforsin; Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; Depression, Chemical; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Imidazoles; In Vitro Techniques; Indoles; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Isoproterenol; Male; Maleimides; Marine Toxins; Methacholine Chloride; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Myosin-Light-Chain Phosphatase; Oxazoles; Protein Kinase C; Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; Pyridines; rho-Associated Kinases; Trachea | 2006 |
Endothelin antagonism: effects of FP receptor agonists prostaglandin F2alpha and fluprostenol on trabecular meshwork contractility.
Topics: Animals; Blotting, Western; Calcium; Cattle; Cells, Cultured; Cloprostenol; Dinoprost; Endothelin-1; Fura-2; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Receptors, Prostaglandin; Trabecular Meshwork; Travoprost | 2006 |
Cross-talk between the sarcoplasmic reticulum and the mitochondrial calcium handling systems may play an important role in the regulation of contraction in anococcygeus smooth muscle.
Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Carbonyl Cyanide p-Trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone; Cell Communication; Drug Combinations; Fura-2; Isotonic Solutions; Male; Mitochondria, Muscle; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Oligomycins; Phenylephrine; Potassium; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Uncoupling Agents | 2006 |
Involvement of non-selective Ca2+ channels in the contraction induced by alkalinization of rat anococcygeus muscle cells.
Topics: Ammonium Chloride; Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Calcium Channels; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Imidazoles; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Naphthalenes; Phenylephrine; Rats; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Verapamil | 2006 |
Involvement of Na+-Ca2+ exchanger in cAMP-mediated relaxation in mice aorta: evaluation using transgenic mice.
Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Aniline Compounds; Animals; Aorta; Aorta, Thoracic; Calcium; Colforsin; Cyclic AMP; Dinoprost; Dogs; Fluorescent Dyes; Fluorometry; Fura-2; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Transgenic; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Phenyl Ethers; Sodium; Sodium-Calcium Exchanger; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 2007 |
Prevention of the hypercontractile response to thrombin by proteinase-activated receptor-1 antagonist in subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Topics: Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Fluorometry; Fura-2; Gene Expression Regulation; Immunoblotting; Muscle Contraction; Myocytes, Smooth Muscle; Rabbits; Reactive Oxygen Species; Receptor, PAR-1; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; Thrombin; Vasoconstriction; Vasospasm, Intracranial | 2007 |
Effects of equinatoxin II on isolated guinea pig taenia caeci muscle contractility and intracellular Ca2+.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Cnidarian Venoms; Cytotoxins; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Ion Transport; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Sea Anemones; Thapsigargin | 2008 |
Attenuation of maitotoxin-induced cytotoxicity in rat aortic smooth muscle cells by inhibitors of Na+/Ca2+ exchange, and calpain activation.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Calpain; Cells, Cultured; Enzyme Activation; Ethidium; Fluorescent Dyes; Fluorometry; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Indicators and Reagents; Ion Transport; Marine Toxins; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Oxazines; Oxocins; Rats; Sodium; Sodium-Calcium Exchanger; Thiourea; Xanthenes | 2008 |
Effects of diadenosine polyphosphates, ATP and angiotensin II on cytosolic Ca2+ activity and contraction of rat mesangial cells.
Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Angiotensin II; Animals; Calcium; Cell Line; Cytosol; Dinucleoside Phosphates; Fura-2; Glomerular Mesangium; Hypertension; Muscle Contraction; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Rats; Rats, Inbred SHR; Rats, Inbred WKY | 1995 |
Autocrine regulation of the renal arterial tone by adrenomedullin.
Topics: Adrenomedullin; Animals; Antihypertensive Agents; Base Sequence; Calcium; DNA Primers; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Gene Expression; Homeostasis; In Vitro Techniques; Molecular Sequence Data; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Tonus; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Peptide Biosynthesis; Peptides; Phenylephrine; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Potassium; Renal Artery; RNA, Messenger; Swine | 1995 |
Effect of magnesium ions on rabbit detrusor contractility and intracellular free calcium.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Carbachol; Electric Stimulation; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Magnesium; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Parasympathomimetics; Rabbits; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Urinary Bladder | 1995 |
Increased resting Ca2+ maintains the myogenic tone and activates K+ channels in arteries from young spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Topics: 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; Animals; Arteries; Calcium; Calcium Radioisotopes; Charybdotoxin; Electrophysiology; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Tonus; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nifedipine; Potassium Channels; Rats; Rats, Inbred SHR; Rats, Inbred WKY; Scorpion Venoms | 1993 |
Effect of atrial natriuretic peptide and calcium antagonists on platelet-activating factor-induced contraction and intracellular calcium mobilization in rat mesangial cells.
Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Atrial Natriuretic Factor; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Cells, Cultured; Diterpenes; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fura-2; Furans; Gallic Acid; Ginkgolides; Glomerular Mesangium; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Lactones; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Platelet Activating Factor; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Verapamil | 1994 |
Differential actions of exogenous and intracellular spermine on contractile activity in smooth muscle of rat portal vein.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channel Agonists; Electrophysiology; Escin; Female; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Microelectrodes; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Phenylephrine; Portal Vein; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Spermine | 1995 |
Effects of 8-bromo cyclic GMP and verapamil on depolarization-evoked Ca2+ signal and contraction in rat aorta.
Topics: Animals; Aorta; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Cyclic GMP; Fura-2; Manganese; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Potassium Compounds; Rats; Verapamil | 1995 |
Effect of Kil769, a novel K(+)-channel opener, on sensitivity to Ca2+ of contractile elements and inositol phosphate formation in porcine coronary artery.
Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Coronary Vessels; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fura-2; Glyburide; Hydrolysis; In Vitro Techniques; Inositol Phosphates; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Potassium Channels; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Pyridines; Swine; Thromboxane A2; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Vasodilator Agents; Verapamil | 1995 |
Resting load regulates cytosolic calcium-force relationship of the contraction of bovine cerebrovascular smooth muscle.
Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Animals; Calcium; Cattle; Cerebral Arteries; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Egtazic Acid; Fura-2; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Potassium; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Thromboxane A2; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 1995 |
Sustained contraction produced by caffeine after ryanodine treatment in the circular muscle of the guinea-pig gastric antrum and rabbit portal vein.
Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Carbachol; Colforsin; Female; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Indomethacin; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Portal Vein; Pyloric Antrum; Rabbits; Ryanodine | 1995 |
Resting load regulates vascular sensitivity by a cytosolic Ca(2+)-insensitive mechanism.
Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Animals; Calcium; Cattle; Cerebral Arteries; Cytosol; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Kinetics; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Denervation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Potassium; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Thromboxane A2; Time Factors; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 1995 |
Attenuated Ca2+ response to acetylcholine in endothelial cells from aorta of aldosterone-salt hypertensive rats.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Aldosterone; Animals; Arginine; Calcium; Endothelium, Vascular; Fura-2; Hypertension; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Sodium Chloride | 1995 |
Potentiation by endothelin-1 of Ca2+ sensitivity of contractile elements depends on Ca2+ influx through L-type Ca2+ channels in the canine cerebral artery.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Calcium Channels; Cerebral Arteries; Dogs; Endothelins; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Isometric Contraction; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; Type C Phospholipases | 1995 |
Modification by charybdotoxin and apamin of spontaneous electrical and mechanical activity of the circular smooth muscle of the guinea-pig stomach.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Apamin; Calcium; Charybdotoxin; Cytosol; Electrophysiology; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Membrane Potentials; Microelectrodes; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Potassium Channels; Scorpion Venoms; Stomach | 1993 |
Effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide on cytosolic free Ca2+ level in vascular smooth muscle.
Topics: 1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Bucladesine; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; Calcium; Cyclic AMP; Cytosol; Fura-2; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Peptide Fragments; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Stereoisomerism | 1993 |
Myosin phosphorylation and Ca2+ sensitization in porcine coronary arterial smooth muscle stimulated with endothelin-1.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; Endothelins; Fura-2; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Myosins; Phosphorylation; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Swine | 1994 |
Sensitization of the contractile system of canine colonic smooth muscle by agonists and phorbol ester.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Bacterial Toxins; Calcium; Colon; Dogs; Drug Synergism; Electrophysiology; Female; Fura-2; GTP-Binding Proteins; Hemolysin Proteins; Histamine; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Myosins; Neurokinin A; Phorbol Esters; Phosphorylation; Protein Kinase C; Signal Transduction | 1994 |
Relationship between ATPase activity, Ca2+, and force in alpha-toxin- and beta-escin-treated smooth muscle.
Topics: Adenosine Triphosphatases; Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Calcium; Egtazic Acid; Escin; Fura-2; Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); Guanosine Triphosphate; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Phosphocreatine; Rabbits; Rats; Type C Phospholipases | 1994 |
Phenylephrine contracts rat tail artery by one electromechanical and three pharmacomechanical mechanisms.
Topics: Animals; Arteries; Biomechanical Phenomena; Calcium; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Phentolamine; Phenylephrine; Potassium; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Tail | 1995 |
Effects of diazoxide on norepinephrine-induced vasocontraction and ischemic myocardium in rats.
Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Calcium; Diazoxide; Disease Models, Animal; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fluorometry; Fura-2; Glyburide; In Vitro Techniques; Lactates; Lactic Acid; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Myocardial Contraction; Myocardial Ischemia; Norepinephrine; Ouabain; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilator Agents | 1994 |
Cytosolic calcium concentration-force relation during contractions in the rabbit femoral artery: time-dependency and stimulus specificity.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Cytosol; Electric Stimulation; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents; Norepinephrine; Potassium; Rabbits; Serotonin | 1995 |
The effects of a novel vasodilator, LP-805, on cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations and on tension in rabbit isolated femoral arteries.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Benzopyrans; Calcium; Cromakalim; Cytosol; Endothelium, Vascular; Femoral Artery; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; Norepinephrine; Potassium; Pyrazoles; Pyrimidines; Pyrroles; Rabbits; Vasodilator Agents | 1994 |
Contractile responses and calcium movements induced by alpha 1-adrenoceptor stimulant, norepinephrine, in rabbit iris dilator muscle.
Topics: Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Cytosol; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Iris; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Norepinephrine; Rabbits; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1; Ryanodine | 1993 |
Relationship between cytosolic calcium concentration and force in the papaverine-induced relaxation of medial strips of pig coronary artery.
Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Cytosol; Female; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Histamine; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Papaverine; Potassium; Swine | 1994 |
The intracellular Ca2+ transient and tension in frog skeletal muscle fibres measured with high temporal resolution.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Electric Stimulation; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Intracellular Fluid; Kinetics; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscles; Rana temporaria | 1994 |
Handling of cytoplasmic Ca2+ by the sarcoplasmic reticulum during alpha 1-adrenoceptor-mediated contraction of rat mesenteric resistance arteries.
Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cytoplasm; Fluorescence; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Indoles; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Contraction; Phenylephrine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1; Ryanodine; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Vascular Resistance | 1994 |
The distribution of intracellular calcium concentration in isolated single fibres of mouse skeletal muscle during fatiguing stimulation.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Electric Stimulation; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Intracellular Membranes; Male; Mice; Muscle Contraction; Muscles; Osmolar Concentration; Time Factors; Tissue Distribution | 1994 |
ATP induced-relaxation in the mouse bladder smooth muscle.
Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Calcium; Cytosol; Electric Stimulation; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Mice; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Neurotransmitter Agents; Receptors, Purinergic; Theophylline; Urinary Bladder | 1993 |
ETA and ETB receptors on single smooth muscle cells cooperate in mediating guinea pig tracheal contraction.
Topics: Animals; Binding Sites; Calcium; Cells, Cultured; Endothelins; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Intracellular Membranes; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Osmolar Concentration; Receptors, Endothelin; Trachea | 1994 |
Relationship between cytosolic Ca2+ level and contractile tension in canine basilar artery of chronic vasospasm.
Topics: Animals; Basilar Artery; Calcium; Cytosol; Dogs; Female; Fura-2; Ischemic Attack, Transient; Male; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Tonus; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Potassium; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 1994 |
Effects of metabolic inhibition on cytoplasmic calcium and contraction in smooth muscle of rat portal vein.
Topics: Action Potentials; Animals; Antimetabolites; Calcium; Cyanides; Cytoplasm; Dinitrophenols; Energy Metabolism; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Tonus; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Phosphorylation; Portal Vein; Potassium; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Spectrometry, Fluorescence | 1993 |
Spatial changes of [Ca2+]i and contraction caused by phorbol esters in vascular smooth muscle cells.
Topics: Animals; Biological Transport; Calcium; Fluorescent Dyes; Fluorometry; Fura-2; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Intracellular Membranes; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Osmolar Concentration; Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; Phorbol Esters; Protein Kinase C | 1993 |
Eicosanoid-induced Ca2+ release and sustained contraction in Ca(2+)-free media are mediated by different signal transduction pathways in rat aorta.
Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Calcium; Culture Media; Dinoprost; Eicosanoids; Flurbiprofen; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Protein Kinase C; Quinacrine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Signal Transduction; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 1993 |
Role of GTP-protein and endothelium in contraction induced by ethanol in pig coronary artery.
Topics: Animals; Biotransformation; Calcium; Cell Membrane Permeability; Coronary Vessels; Endothelium, Vascular; Ethanol; Fluorometry; Fura-2; GTP-Binding Proteins; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Swine; Temperature | 1993 |
Effects of 2,3-butanedione monoxime on activation of contraction and crossbridge kinetics in intact and chemically skinned smooth muscle fibres from guinea pig taenia coli.
Topics: Animals; Biological Transport; Calcium; Diacetyl; Electrophysiology; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Potassium | 1993 |
Effects of polyamines on intracellular calcium and mechanical activity in smooth muscle of guinea-pig taenia coli.
Topics: Action Potentials; Animals; Calcium; Cell Membrane; Colon; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Polyamines; Potassium; Potassium Chloride; Putrescine; Spermidine; Spermine | 1993 |
Critical evaluation of cytosolic calcium determination in resting muscle fibres from normal and dystrophic (mdx) mice.
Topics: Animals; Artifacts; Biological Transport; Calcium; Calibration; Dystrophin; Fluorescent Dyes; Fluorometry; Fura-2; Ionomycin; Kinetics; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Mutant Strains; Muscle Contraction; Muscles; Muscular Dystrophy, Animal; Osmolar Concentration; Type C Phospholipases; Vanadates | 1993 |
Beta-adrenergic inhibition of electrical and mechanical activity in canine colon: role of cAMP.
Topics: 8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; Acetylcholine; Animals; Bacterial Toxins; Calcium; Colforsin; Colon; Cyclic AMP; Dogs; Electric Stimulation; Female; Fura-2; Hemolysin Proteins; In Vitro Techniques; Isoproterenol; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Neurotoxins; Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Tetrodotoxin; Time Factors | 1993 |
Calcium mobilization by muscarinic cholinergic stimulation in bovine single airway smooth muscle.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Carbachol; Cattle; Cell Survival; Diglycerides; Fura-2; Gallopamil; In Vitro Techniques; Kinetics; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Time Factors; Trachea | 1993 |
Regional differences in the contractile and intracellular Ca2+ responses of the guinea-pig vas deferens to neurotransmitters and excess K+.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Calcium; Epididymis; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Neurotransmitter Agents; Norepinephrine; Potassium; Prostate; Vas Deferens | 1995 |
Simultaneous measurement of intracellular calcium and tension in vascular smooth muscle: validation of the everted ring preparation.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Dinoprost; Endothelium, Vascular; Fluorometry; Fura-2; Isoproterenol; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle Tonus; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitroprusside; Potassium Chloride; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Swine; Vasodilator Agents | 1995 |
Dantrolene blocks the tonic contraction and calcium influx evoked by K+ in ileal longitudinal smooth muscle.
Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Dantrolene; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Ileum; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle Relaxants, Central; Muscle, Smooth; Octoxynol; Potassium; Saponins; Surface-Active Agents | 1996 |
Some effects of nipradilol, a beta-antagonist possessing a nitroxy group, on smooth muscle of the pig coronary artery.
Topics: Adrenergic beta-Agonists; Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Coronary Vessels; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Histamine; Isoproterenol; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Propanolamines; Swine | 1996 |
P2U receptor is linked to cytosolic Ca2+ transient and release of vasorelaxing factor in bovine endothelial cells in situ.
Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Aortic Valve; Bradykinin; Brain; Calcium; Carbocyanines; Cattle; Cytosol; Endothelium; Fluorescent Dyes; Fluorometry; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nucleotides; Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists; Receptors, Purinergic P2; Receptors, Purinergic P2Y2; Uridine Triphosphate | 1996 |
Intracellular calcium stores in isolated tracheal smooth muscle cells.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium-Transporting ATPases; Cell Separation; Egtazic Acid; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Histamine; Indoles; Intracellular Membranes; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Thapsigargin; Trachea | 1996 |
Characterization of endothelin receptor subtypes mediating Ca2+ mobilization and contractile response in rabbit iris dilator muscle.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelins; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Iris; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Oligopeptides; Peptide Fragments; Peptides, Cyclic; Piperidines; Rabbits; Receptors, Endothelin | 1996 |
A critical evaluation of resting intracellular free calcium regulation in dystrophic mdx muscle.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Cell Membrane Permeability; Cells, Cultured; Cytoplasm; Fura-2; Homeostasis; Manganese; Membrane Potentials; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Mutant Strains; Muscle Contraction; Muscular Dystrophy, Animal; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Temperature | 1996 |
The amplitude and time course of the myoplasmic free [Ca2+] transient in fast-twitch fibers of mouse muscle.
Topics: Animals; Anura; Calcium; Cytoplasm; Electrophysiology; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Kinetics; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch; Muscle, Skeletal; Optics and Photonics; Temperature; Time Factors | 1996 |
Subtype specificity of the ryanodine receptor for Ca2+ signal amplification in excitation-contraction coupling.
Topics: 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; Aniline Compounds; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Cells, Cultured; Electrophysiology; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Fura-2; Green Fluorescent Proteins; Luminescent Proteins; Mice; Mice, Transgenic; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Proteins; Muscle, Skeletal; Myocardium; Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; Tetrodotoxin; Transfection; Xanthenes | 1996 |
Differential effects of diltiazem and nitroglycerin on cytosolic Ca2+ concentration and on force in the bovine ophthalmic artery.
Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Cattle; Cytosol; Diltiazem; Female; Fura-2; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitroglycerin; Ophthalmic Artery; Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; Serotonin; Vasodilator Agents | 1996 |
The effects of repeated active stretches on tension generation and myoplasmic calcium in frog single muscle fibres.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Rana pipiens; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Stress, Mechanical | 1996 |
Mechanism of contraction induced by bradykinin in the rabbit saphenous vein.
Topics: Animals; Bradykinin; Calcium; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; GTP-Binding Proteins; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Rabbits; Receptors, Bradykinin; RNA, Messenger; Saphenous Vein; Thapsigargin; Type C Phospholipases | 1997 |
Intracellular Ca2+ and contractile responses to alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtype activation in rat aortic vascular smooth muscle.
Topics: Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists; Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Calcium; Clonidine; Dioxanes; Female; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley | 1997 |
The relationship between tension and slowly varying intracellular calcium concentration in intact frog skeletal muscle.
Topics: Action Potentials; Animals; Artifacts; Calcium; Calcium-Transporting ATPases; Cytoplasm; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fura-2; Gallopamil; In Vitro Techniques; Indoles; Kinetics; Models, Biological; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Skeletal; Rana temporaria; Time Factors | 1997 |
Contractile responses and calcium mobilization induced by muscarinic agonists in the rat urinary bladder: effects of age.
Topics: Age Factors; Animals; Bethanechol; Calcium; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscarinic Agonists; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Urinary Bladder | 1997 |
The effects of halothane pretreatment on manganese influx induced by muscarinic stimulation of airway smooth muscle.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Anesthetics, Inhalation; Animals; Calcium; Cholinergic Agents; Dogs; Female; Fura-2; Halothane; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Manganese; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Stimulation, Chemical; Trachea | 1997 |
The mechanisms of the relaxation induced by vasoactive intestinal peptide in the porcine coronary artery.
Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Animals; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; GTP-Binding Proteins; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Potassium Channels; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Swine; Thapsigargin; Thromboxane A2; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 1997 |
Kinetics of contractile activation in voltage clamped frog skeletal muscle fibers.
Topics: Actomyosin; Animals; Binding Sites; Biophysical Phenomena; Biophysics; Calcium; Coloring Agents; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Intracellular Fluid; Isometric Contraction; Kinetics; Models, Biological; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal; Naphthalenesulfonates; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Protein Binding; Rana esculenta; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Spectrophotometry; Troponin C | 1997 |
2APB, 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate, a membrane-penetrable modulator of Ins(1,4,5)P3-induced Ca2+ release.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Blood Platelets; Boron Compounds; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Cell Membrane Permeability; Cerebellum; Cyclic AMP; Drug Interactions; Fura-2; Humans; Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; Male; Microsomes; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Neutrophils; Rabbits; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; Sensitivity and Specificity | 1997 |
Involvement of P2-purinergic receptors in intracellular Ca2+ responses and the contraction of mammary myoepithelial cells.
Topics: Actins; Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Cells, Cultured; Epithelial Cells; Female; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Mammary Glands, Animal; Mice; Mice, Inbred ICR; Microscopy, Electron; Muscle Contraction; Nifedipine; Nucleotides; Oxytocin; Receptors, Purinergic P2 | 1997 |
Intramembrane charge movement and sarcoplasmic calcium release in enzymatically isolated mammalian skeletal muscle fibres.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Cell Membrane; Collagenases; Female; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Kinetics; Male; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal; Naphthalenesulfonates; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Petrolatum; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum | 1997 |
Protein kinase C mediates increase of Ca2+ sensitivity for contraction by cholinoceptor partial agonist in ileal longitudinal muscle of guinea pig.
Topics: 1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; Animals; Calcium; Carbachol; Carbazoles; Cholinergic Agents; Coloring Agents; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Ileum; In Vitro Techniques; Indoles; Male; Maleimides; Muscarinic Agonists; Muscarinic Antagonists; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Naphthalenes; Pilocarpine; Propylbenzilylcholine Mustard; Protein Kinase C; Receptors, Cholinergic; Sensitivity and Specificity | 1998 |
The effect of length on the relationship between tension and intracellular [Ca2+] in intact frog skeletal muscle fibres.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Calcium-Transporting ATPases; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Indoles; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal; Rana temporaria; Sarcomeres; Stress, Mechanical | 1998 |
[Effect of discodermin A, an antimicrobial peptide, on the cytoplasm membrane].
Topics: Amphibian Proteins; Animals; Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; Calcium; Cell Membrane Permeability; Fura-2; Hemolysis; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Peptides; Porifera; Rabbits; Rats; Rats, Wistar | 1997 |
Decay of Ca2+ and force transients in fast- and slow-twitch skeletal muscles from the rat, mouse and Etruscan shrew.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Intracellular Fluid; Kinetics; Mice; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch; Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Skeletal; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Shrews; Species Specificity | 1998 |
Measurement of intracellular Ca2+ concentration changes by use of fura-2 in the generation of myogenic contraction of dog cerebral artery in response to quick stretch.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Cerebral Arteries; Diltiazem; Dogs; Female; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Intracellular Fluid; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nicardipine; Reflex, Stretch; Stress, Mechanical | 1998 |
Alpha-adrenoceptor subtypes of dog saphenous vein: another unusual property.
Topics: Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Animals; Brimonidine Tartrate; Calcium; Dogs; Female; Fluorescence; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Phenylephrine; Potassium Chloride; Prazosin; Quinoxalines; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; Saphenous Vein; Signal Transduction; Yohimbine | 1998 |
Calcium-contraction relationship in rat mesenteric arterial smooth muscle. Effects of exogenous and neurogenic noradrenaline.
Topics: Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Animals; Calcium; Electric Stimulation; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Kinetics; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Prazosin; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; Yohimbine | 1998 |
Effects of rapid shortening on rate of force regeneration and myoplasmic [Ca2+] in intact frog skeletal muscle fibres.
Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Calcium; Electric Stimulation; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal; Rana temporaria; Sarcomeres | 1998 |
Transient mitochondrial depolarizations reflect focal sarcoplasmic reticular calcium release in single rat cardiomyocytes.
Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cells, Cultured; Diamines; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Microscopy, Confocal; Mitochondria, Heart; Muscle Contraction; Myocardium; Organometallic Compounds; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Ryanodine; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum | 1998 |
Mechanisms of cardiomyocyte dysfunction in heart failure following myocardial infarction in rats.
Topics: Actin Cytoskeleton; Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Calcium-Transporting ATPases; Colforsin; Fura-2; Heart Failure; Heart Ventricles; Hemodynamics; Male; Muscle Contraction; Myocardial Infarction; Myocardium; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Sodium; Thapsigargin | 1998 |
Perturbation by lysophosphatidylcholine of membrane permeability in cultured vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Cell Membrane Permeability; Cells, Cultured; Endothelium, Vascular; Fluorometry; Fura-2; Lysophosphatidylcholines; Male; Microchemistry; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley | 1998 |
Changes in cytosolic Ca2+ measured by use of fura-2 and contraction produced by quick stretch and various stimulants in canine cerebral artery.
Topics: Animals; Calcium Signaling; Cerebral Arteries; Cytosol; Dogs; Female; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Spindles; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Stimulation, Chemical | 1998 |
Superficial buffer barrier and preferentially directed release of Ca2+ in canine airway smooth muscle.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium-Transporting ATPases; Cell Membrane; Chlorophenols; Cytosol; Dogs; Electric Conductivity; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Indoles; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Ryanodine; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Trachea | 1999 |
Differential effects of pravastatin, simvastatin, and atorvastatin on Ca2+ release and vascular reactivity.
Topics: Animals; Anticholesteremic Agents; Aorta; Atorvastatin; Calcium; Cells, Cultured; Chelating Agents; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Interactions; Fura-2; Heptanoic Acids; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Mevalonic Acid; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Phenylephrine; Pravastatin; Pyrroles; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Simvastatin; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 1999 |
Tight coupling between the rate of rise of Ca2+ transient and peak twitch contraction in guinea-pig papillary muscle.
Topics: 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; Animals; Calcium; Cardiotonic Agents; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Interactions; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Ouabain; Papillary Muscles; Ryanodine; Time Factors | 1999 |
Substance P and bradykinin activate different types of KCa currents to hyperpolarize cultured porcine coronary artery endothelial cells.
Topics: Algorithms; Animals; Apamin; Bradykinin; Cells, Cultured; Coronary Vessels; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2J2; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; Endothelium, Vascular; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels; Membrane Potentials; Microelectrodes; Muscle Contraction; Oxygenases; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Peptides; Potassium Channel Blockers; Potassium Channels; Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated; Substance P; Swine | 1999 |
Thapsigargin-induced tone and capacitative calcium influx in mouse anococcygeus smooth muscle cells.
Topics: Animals; Cadmium; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Interactions; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fluorescence; Fura-2; Genistein; Imidazoles; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Manganese; Mice; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Thapsigargin; Time Factors; Verapamil | 1999 |
Halothane decreases calcium sensitivity of rat aortic smooth muscle.
Topics: Anesthetics, Inhalation; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Calcium; Cytosol; Dinoprost; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Halothane; In Vitro Techniques; Ionomycin; Isometric Contraction; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Phenylephrine; Potassium Chloride; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 1999 |
The mechanism of bradykinin-induced endothelium-dependent contraction and relaxation in the porcine interlobar renal artery.
Topics: Animals; Biological Factors; Bradykinin; Calcium; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fluorescent Dyes; Fluorometry; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Prostaglandins H; Receptors, Prostaglandin; Receptors, Thromboxane A2, Prostaglandin H2; Renal Artery; Swine; Thromboxane A2; Thromboxane-A Synthase | 2000 |
The mechanisms of alpha(2)-adrenoceptor agonist-induced contraction in longitudinal muscle of the porcine uterus.
Topics: Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Agonists; Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; Animals; Brimonidine Tartrate; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Clonidine; Colforsin; Cyclic AMP; Female; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Myometrium; Pertussis Toxin; Quinoxalines; Swine; Uterus; Verapamil; Virulence Factors, Bordetella | 2000 |
Changes in the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration and Ca(2+)-sensitivity of the contractile apparatus during angiotensin II-induced desensitization in the rabbit femoral artery.
Topics: Angiotensin II; Animals; Calcium; Calcium Radioisotopes; Cytosol; Femoral Artery; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Potassium; Rabbits; Type C Phospholipases; Vasoconstriction | 2000 |
The mechanism of the decrease in cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations induced by angiotensin II in the high K(+)-depolarized rabbit femoral artery.
Topics: Angiotensin II; Animals; Barium; Calcium; Calcium Radioisotopes; Calcium-Transporting ATPases; Enzyme Inhibitors; Femoral Artery; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Naphthalenes; Potassium; Protein Kinase C; Rabbits; Thapsigargin | 2000 |
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha augments contraction and cytosolic Ca(2+) sensitivity through phospholipase A(2) in bovine tracheal smooth muscle.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Calcium; Cattle; Cytosol; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Phospholipases A; Potassium Chloride; Quinacrine; Terpenes; Trachea; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; Vasodilator Agents | 2000 |
Protein kinase C mediates insulin-inhibited Ca2+ transport and contraction of vascular smooth muscle.
Topics: Animals; Biological Transport; Calcium; Carcinogens; Cyclic GMP; Dogs; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Femoral Artery; Fluorescent Dyes; Free Radical Scavengers; Fura-2; Hypoglycemic Agents; Insulin; Male; Manganese; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Naphthalenes; Protein Kinase C; Serotonin; Staurosporine; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; Vasoconstriction | 2000 |
The involvement of intracellular Ca(2+) in 5-HT(1B/1D) receptor-mediated contraction of the rabbit isolated renal artery.
Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Actin Cytoskeleton; Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Capillary Permeability; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Fluorescence; Fura-2; Imidazoles; In Vitro Techniques; Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nifedipine; Phenylephrine; Potassium; Rabbits; Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1B; Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1D; Receptors, Serotonin; Renal Artery; Serotonin; Thapsigargin; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 2000 |
Evidence for involvement of the PKC-alpha isoform in myogenic contractions of the coronary microcirculation.
Topics: Animals; Arterioles; Calcium; Coronary Circulation; Coronary Vessels; Ferrets; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Isoenzymes; Male; Microcirculation; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Tonus; Myosins; Phorbol Esters; Phosphorylation; Potassium Chloride; Protein Kinase C; Protein Kinase C-alpha; Signal Transduction; Vasoconstriction | 2000 |
Interaction between volatile anesthetics and hypoxia in porcine tracheal smooth muscle.
Topics: Analysis of Variance; Anesthetics, Inhalation; Animals; Calcium; Calcium Signaling; Carbachol; Chelating Agents; Cholinergic Agonists; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Hypoxia; Isoflurane; Isometric Contraction; Methyl Ethers; Muscarinic Agonists; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitrogen; Oxygen; Sevoflurane; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Swine; Trachea; Transducers | 2000 |
Spontaneous contractions of intestinal smooth muscle re-aggregates from the new-born rat triggered by thromboxane A2.
Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Calcium; Carbachol; Carbazoles; Cell Aggregation; Cholinergic Agonists; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Intestine, Small; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; Rats; Sulfonamides; Tetrodotoxin; Thromboxane A2; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Verapamil | 2000 |
NO donor sodium nitroprusside inhibits excitation-contraction coupling in guinea pig taenia coli.
Topics: Animals; Barium; Calcium; Colon; Cyclic AMP; Cyclic GMP; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Myosins; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; Phosphorylation | 2000 |
Leukotriene C(4) enhances the contraction of porcine tracheal smooth muscle through the activation of Y-27632, a rho kinase inhibitor, sensitive pathway.
Topics: Amides; Animals; Calcium; Carbachol; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Leukotriene C4; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Myosin Light Chains; Phosphorylation; Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; Pyridines; rho-Associated Kinases; Swine; Trachea; Type C Phospholipases | 2001 |
Endothelin-1 enhances eicosanoids-induced coronary smooth muscle contraction by activating specific protein kinase C isoforms.
Topics: Animals; Blotting, Western; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Cell Separation; Coronary Vasospasm; Coronary Vessels; Diltiazem; Dinoprost; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelin-1; Enzyme Activation; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Isoenzymes; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Phorbol Esters; Protein Kinase C; Subcellular Fractions; Swine | 2001 |
Role of protein kinase C- or RhoA-induced Ca(2+) sensitization in stretch-induced myogenic tone.
Topics: Animals; Basilar Artery; Blotting, Western; Calcium; Enzyme Activation; Female; Fura-2; Immunoblotting; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Myosin Light Chains; Phosphorylation; Protein Kinase C; Rabbits; rhoA GTP-Binding Protein; Signal Transduction; Translocation, Genetic | 2002 |
The long-term inhibitory effect of a Ca2+ channel blocker, nisoldipine, on cytosolic Ca2+ and contraction in vascular smooth muscle.
Topics: 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; Animals; Aorta; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Fura-2; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nisoldipine; Potassium; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Ultraviolet Rays; Vasodilation | 1992 |
Calcium channel blocker-like action of reserpine in smooth muscle.
Topics: 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; Animals; Calcium Channel Blockers; Cytosol; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Potassium; Rabbits; Rats; Reserpine | 1992 |
Calcium channel blocker-like action of 1,9-dideoxyforskolin in vascular smooth muscle.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Colforsin; Cytosol; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Potassium; Rats; Rats, Wistar | 1992 |
Excitation-contraction coupling in intact frog skeletal muscle fibers injected with mmolar concentrations of fura-2.
Topics: Action Potentials; Animals; Biophysical Phenomena; Biophysics; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Cold Temperature; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Models, Biological; Muscle Contraction; Rana temporaria; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum | 1992 |
Possible mechanisms of action of the antispasmodic agent tiropramide in the isolated detrusor from rats.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Carbachol; Colforsin; Cyclic AMP; Cytosol; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Papaverine; Parasympatholytics; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Tyrosine; Urinary Bladder | 1992 |
The superficial buffer barrier in vascular smooth muscle.
Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Calcium Radioisotopes; Calcium-Transporting ATPases; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Rabbits; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Terpenes; Thapsigargin; Vena Cava, Inferior | 1992 |
Ca(2+)-independent contraction of uterine smooth muscle induced by vanadate and its inhibition by Ca2+.
Topics: Alkaloids; Animals; Calcium; Carbazoles; Female; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Indoles; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase; Oxytocin; Rats; Uterus; Vanadates | 1992 |
Myoplasmic free Mg2+ concentration during repetitive stimulation of single fibres from mouse skeletal muscle.
Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Benzofurans; Fura-2; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Magnesium; Male; Mice; Muscle Contraction; Muscles; Oxazoles; Sodium | 1992 |
Effects of LP-805, a novel vasorelaxant agent, a potassium channel opener, on rat thoracic aorta.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Calcium; Cytosol; Fura-2; Glyburide; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Potassium; Potassium Channels; Pyrazoles; Pyrimidines; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Rubidium Radioisotopes; Vasodilator Agents | 1992 |
Antagonism by nifedipine of contraction and Ca2(+)-influx evoked by ATP in guinea-pig urinary bladder.
Topics: 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Fluorescence; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nifedipine; Urinary Bladder | 1990 |
Effects of a novel smooth muscle relaxant, KT-362, on contraction and cytosolic Ca2+ level in the rat aorta.
Topics: 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Cytosol; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Thiazepines; Vasodilator Agents | 1991 |
Synergistic coronary vasoconstriction produced by endothelin-1 in combination with 5-hydroxytryptamine.
Topics: 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; Animals; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Cytosol; Drug Synergism; Endothelins; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Phorbol Esters; Serotonin; Swine; Vasoconstriction | 1991 |
Changes of myoplasmic calcium concentration during fatigue in single mouse muscle fibers.
Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cyanides; Electric Stimulation; Fatigue; Fura-2; Male; Mice; Muscle Contraction; Muscles; Spectrometry, Fluorescence | 1991 |
Why does halothane relax cardiac muscle but contract malignant hyperthermic skeletal muscle?
Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Depression, Chemical; Fura-2; Halothane; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Malignant Hyperthermia; Muscle Contraction; Muscles; Myocardial Contraction; Myocardium; Perfusion; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Swine | 1991 |
Developmental aspects of bladder contractile function: sensitivity to extracellular calcium.
Topics: Animals; Bethanechol Compounds; Calcium; Diltiazem; Fluorescence; Fura-2; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Development; Muscle, Smooth; Organ Size; Rabbits; Urinary Bladder | 1991 |
The relationship of KCl- and prostaglandin F2 alpha-mediated increases in tension of the porcine coronary artery with changes in intracellular Ca2+ measured with fura-2.
Topics: Animals; Arteries; Benzopyrans; Biomechanical Phenomena; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Cromakalim; Dinoprost; Fura-2; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Tonus; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitroprusside; Potassium Chloride; Pyrroles; Swine; Vasodilator Agents | 1991 |
Changes in tetanic and resting [Ca2+]i during fatigue and recovery of single muscle fibres from Xenopus laevis.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Electric Stimulation; Female; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Intracellular Fluid; Muscle Contraction; Muscles; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum; Xenopus laevis | 1991 |
Effects of trimebutine on cytosolic Ca2+ and force transitions in intestinal smooth muscle.
Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Carbachol; Cytosol; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Intestines; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Potassium; Trimebutine | 1991 |
Effects of glibenclamide on cytosolic calcium concentrations and on contraction of the rabbit aorta.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Benzopyrans; Calcium; Cromakalim; Cytosol; Fura-2; Glyburide; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Potassium; Pyrroles; Rabbits | 1991 |
Effects of pinacidil on contractile proteins in high K(+)-treated intact, and in beta-escin-treated skinned smooth muscle of the rabbit mesenteric artery.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Contractile Proteins; Escin; Fura-2; Guanidines; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Myelin Sheath; Pinacidil; Potassium; Rabbits; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; Vasodilator Agents | 1991 |
Intracellular calcium signals measured with fura-2 and aequorin in frog skeletal muscle fibers.
Topics: Aequorin; Animals; Calcium; Electric Stimulation; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Intracellular Fluid; Muscle Contraction; Muscles; Rana temporaria; Signal Transduction | 1991 |
Inhibition by ouabain and veratridine of acetylcholine-evoked phasic contraction in the guinea-pig taenia coli.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Amiloride; Animals; Calcium; Colon; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fluorometry; Fura-2; Gallopamil; Guinea Pigs; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Ouabain; Potassium; Sodium; Veratridine | 1991 |
Concentration-dependence of acetylcholine-induced changes in calcium and tension in swine trachealis.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Calcium; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fura-2; Intracellular Fluid; Kinetics; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Swine; Time Factors; Trachea | 1991 |
Different effects of verapamil on cytosolic Ca2+ and contraction in norepinephrine-stimulated vascular smooth muscle.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Cytosol; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Potassium; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Verapamil | 1991 |
Temporal changes in the calcium-force relation during histamine-induced contractions of strips of the coronary artery of the pig.
Topics: 1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; Animals; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Cytosol; Female; Fura-2; Histamine; In Vitro Techniques; Isoquinolines; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Piperazines; Protein Kinase C; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Swine | 1991 |
Contractile responses of rat aorta to phenylephrine and serotonin, and aging.
Topics: Aging; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Caffeine; Calcium; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Phenylephrine; Potassium; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Ryanodine; Serotonin | 1991 |
Ca2(+)-dependence of endothelin-1 induced contraction of rat tail artery.
Topics: Animals; Arteries; Caffeine; Calcium; Endothelins; Female; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Regional Blood Flow; Tail | 1991 |
Comparison of the contractile and metabolic effects of muscarinic stimulation with those of KCl.
Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Atropine; Bethanechol Compounds; Calcium; Diltiazem; Fluorescence; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; NAD; Parasympathomimetics; Phosphocreatine; Potassium; Rabbits; Urinary Bladder | 1991 |
Free cytosolic calcium during spontaneous contractions in smooth muscle of the guinea-pig mesotubarium.
Topics: Action Potentials; Animals; Calcium; Cytosol; Female; Fluorescence; Fura-2; Genitalia, Female; Guinea Pigs; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Potassium Channels; Uterus | 1990 |
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.
Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Calcium; Cytoplasm; Dinoprost; Egtazic Acid; Fura-2; Isoproterenol; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Phenylephrine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Ryanodine; Vasodilation | 1990 |
Actions of second messengers synthesized by various spasmogenic agents and their relation to mechanical responses in dog tracheal smooth muscle.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium; Carbachol; Cyclic AMP; Cyclic GMP; Dogs; Fura-2; Histamine; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Myelin Sheath; Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase; Phosphorylation; Potassium; Second Messenger Systems; Serotonin; Trachea | 1990 |
Intracellular free calcium concentration/force relationship in rabbit inferior vena cava activated by norepinephrine and high K+.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fura-2; Isometric Contraction; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Potassium; Rabbits; Vena Cava, Inferior | 1990 |
Effects of diltiazem on calcium concentrations in the cytosol and on force of contractions in porcine coronary arterial strips.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Cytosol; Diltiazem; Drug Interactions; Female; Fluorometry; Fura-2; Histamine; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Swine | 1990 |
Activation of propylbenzilylcholine mustard-sensitive muscarinic cholinoceptors more effectively utilizes cytosolic Ca2+ for contraction in guinea-pig intestinal smooth muscle.
Topics: Animals; Calcium; Carbachol; Cytosol; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Intestines; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Propylbenzilylcholine Mustard; Receptors, Cholinergic; Spectrometry, Fluorescence | 1990 |
Histamine increases vascular tone and intracellular calcium level using both intracellular and extracellular calcium in porcine coronary arteries.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Caffeine; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Fura-2; Histamine; In Vitro Techniques; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Tonus; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Potassium Chloride; Ryanodine; Swine; Verapamil | 1990 |
Modification by calyculin A of inward Ca currents in smooth muscle cells isolated from guinea pig taenia coli.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Intestine, Large; Marine Toxins; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Oxazoles | 1990 |
Spatial gradients of intracellular calcium in skeletal muscle during fatigue.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium; Electric Stimulation; Female; Fura-2; Intracellular Membranes; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Muscle Contraction; Muscles; Xenopus laevis | 1990 |
Changes in cytosolic CA2+ and contraction induced by various stimulants and relaxants in canine tracheal smooth muscle.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium; Carbachol; Colforsin; Cytosol; Dogs; Fura-2; Isoproterenol; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Phorbol Esters; Potassium; Trachea; Verapamil | 1990 |
Changes in cytosolic calcium level in vascular smooth muscle strip measured simultaneously with contraction using fluorescent calcium indicator fura 2.
Topics: 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium; Cytosol; Fura-2; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Potassium; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Tetraethylammonium Compounds | 1988 |
Agonist-mediated changes in intracellular pH: role in vascular smooth muscle cell function.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium; Calcium Channel Agonists; Calcium Radioisotopes; Cells, Cultured; Fura-2; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Rats; Sodium; Spectrometry, Fluorescence | 1988 |
Intracellular Ca2+ release in vascular muscle cells by caffeine, ryanodine, norepinephrine, and neuropeptide Y.
Topics: Alkaloids; Animals; Benzofurans; Caffeine; Calcium; Cytoplasm; Fura-2; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Neuropeptide Y; Norepinephrine; Rats; Rats, Inbred WKY; Ryanodine | 1988 |
Receptor-operated calcium-permeable channels in vascular smooth muscle.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Benzofurans; Calcium Channels; Cells, Cultured; Fluorescence; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Membrane Potentials; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Protein Kinase C; Rats; Rats, Inbred WKY; Receptors, Cell Surface; Second Messenger Systems; Type C Phospholipases; Vascular Resistance; Verapamil | 1989 |
Loading of fura-2/AM with an aid of DFP on single smooth muscle cells prepared from guinea pig taenia coli.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Biological Transport; Caffeine; Calcium; Carbachol; Cholinesterases; Colon; Egtazic Acid; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Histocytochemistry; In Vitro Techniques; Isoflurophate; Kinetics; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Spectrometry, Fluorescence | 1989 |
[Ca2+]i and contraction of ear artery in response to rapid stimulation by NE: measurements with quin2 and fura-2.
Topics: Aminoquinolines; Animals; Arteries; Benzofurans; Calcium; Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone; Ear; Egtazic Acid; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction; Kinetics; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Rabbits; Spectrometry, Fluorescence | 1989 |
Effects of pluronic F-127 on loading of fura 2/AM into single smooth muscle cells isolated from guinea pig taenia coli.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Carbachol; Colon; Egtazic Acid; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Isoflurophate; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Poloxalene; Polyethylene Glycols; Spectrometry, Fluorescence | 1989 |
Actions of a phorbol ester, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, on mechanical responses of vascular smooth muscle cells.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Aminoquinolines; Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium Channels; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Myosins; Phosphorylation; Rabbits; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate | 1989 |
Two phases of the prostaglandin F2 alpha-induced contraction in guinea-pig taenia coli involve different Ca2+ channels.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium; Calcium Channels; Colon; Dinoprost; Fura-2; Gallopamil; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Membrane Potentials; Microelectrodes; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Spectrometry, Fluorescence | 1989 |
Effects of okadaic acid on cytosolic calcium concentrations and on contractions of the porcine coronary artery.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Cytosol; Ethers, Cyclic; Fluorometry; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Okadaic Acid; Potassium; Swine; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 1989 |
The effects of metabolic inhibition on intracellular calcium and pH in isolated rat ventricular cells.
Topics: Action Potentials; Ammonium Chloride; Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium; Cyanides; Fluoresceins; Fura-2; Glycolysis; Heart; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; In Vitro Techniques; Iodoacetates; Iodoacetic Acid; Muscle Contraction; Myocardium; Rats; Time Factors | 1989 |
Effects of activation on distribution of Ca2+ in single arterial smooth muscle cells. Determination with fura-2 digital imaging microscopy.
Topics: Animals; Arteries; Benzofurans; Calcium; Cattle; Fura-2; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Models, Biological; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains | 1989 |
Calcium in motor nerve terminals associated with posttetanic potentiation.
Topics: Animals; Astacoidea; Benzofurans; Calcium; Electrophysiology; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Motor Neurons; Muscle Contraction; Nerve Endings; Neuromuscular Junction; Osmolar Concentration; Synapses | 1989 |
Effects of muscarinic stimulation on intracellular calcium in the rabbit bladder: comparison with metabolic response.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Bethanechol Compounds; Calcium; Diltiazem; Fluorescence; Fura-2; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; NAD; Parasympathomimetics; Rabbits; Urinary Bladder | 1989 |
Free calcium at rest during "catch" in single smooth muscle cells.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Bivalvia; Calcium; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Spectrometry, Fluorescence | 1989 |
Regional changes in calcium underlying contraction of single smooth muscle cells.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Bufo marinus; Calcium; Carbachol; Electric Stimulation; Fura-2; Kinetics; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Potassium; Software; Spectrometry, Fluorescence | 1987 |
Simultaneous recordings of calcium signals and mechanical activity using fluorescent dye fura 2 in isolated strips of vascular smooth muscle.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Benzofurans; Calcium; Chelating Agents; Egtazic Acid; Fluorescence; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Potassium; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains | 1987 |
Relationship between force and Ca2+ concentration in smooth muscle as revealed by measurements on single cells.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Bufo marinus; Calcium; Cytoplasm; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth | 1988 |
Regulation of metabolism and contraction by cytoplasmic calcium in the intestinal smooth muscle.
Topics: Anaerobiosis; Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium; Carbachol; Cecum; Deoxyglucose; Fura-2; Glucose; Glycolysis; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Oxidative Phosphorylation; Potassium Chloride; Reference Values; Spectrometry, Fluorescence | 1988 |
Measurement of Ca2+ release in skinned fibers from skeletal muscle.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium; Fura-2; In Vitro Techniques; Methods; Muscle Contraction; Muscles; Spectrometry, Fluorescence | 1988 |
Calcium transients evoked by electrical stimulation of smooth muscle from guinea-pig ileum recorded by the use of Fura-2.
Topics: Action Potentials; Animals; Atropine; Benzofurans; Calcium; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; Ileum; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Tetrodotoxin; Time Factors; Verapamil | 1988 |
Myoplasmic binding of fura-2 investigated by steady-state fluorescence and absorbance measurements.
Topics: Action Potentials; Animals; Benzofurans; Calcium; Creatine Kinase; Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase; Fura-2; Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases; In Vitro Techniques; Kinetics; Models, Theoretical; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Proteins; Muscles; Osmolar Concentration; Rana temporaria; Spectrometry, Fluorescence | 1988 |
Use of ryanodine for functional removal of the calcium store in smooth muscle cells of the guinea-pig.
Topics: Alkaloids; Animals; Arteries; Benzofurans; Caffeine; Calcium; Carbachol; Colon; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; Portal Vein; Ryanodine | 1988 |
Fura-2 detected myoplasmic calcium and its correlation with contracture force in skeletal muscle from normal and malignant hyperthermia susceptible pigs.
Topics: Animals; Benzofurans; Caffeine; Calcium; Disease Susceptibility; Fura-2; Halothane; Malignant Hyperthermia; Muscle Contraction; Muscles; Physical Exertion; Swine | 1988 |