Supported by A fellowship from Fundaao de Amparo a Pes-quisa do Estado de Sao Paulo, FAPESP, Brazil (to Cmara PRS);a research grant from FAPESP (to Ferraz JGP)
AIM: To investigate the relationship between primary afferent neurons, endothelin (ET) and the role of its receptors on ethanol-induced gastric damage in cirrhotic rats. METHODS: Cirrhosis and portal hypertension were...
Aim: To study the role of the tachykinin receptors in spontaneous contractions of longitudinal and circular smooth muscle from rabbit small intestine and to determine the mechanism of action of Substance P (SP). Me...
Objective To evaluate effect of Neurokinin receptor antagonist on the prevention from hyper-pnea-induced bronchoconstriction using a dual Neurokinin receptor antagonist FK224. Methods 12 pathogen-free Hartley guinea p...
Project supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn, Germany (DFG), Sonderforschungsbereich der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn, Germany (SFB), Al/245/8-1 and SFB-391-C5.
AIM: To examine the effect of tachykinins on the ascending reflex pathway in rat small intestine, we used different selective neurokinin (NK) receptor antagonists (RA): a) NK1-RA: GR-82334 and CP-96.345, b) NK2-RA: ME...