TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 151, Issue 6 (July 2007)
View table of contents by subject categoryCommentaries
Commentary
Taking the sting out of pain FREE
I Nagy, C Paule, J White and L Urban
Br J Pharmacol 151: 721-722; advance online publication, May 29, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707274
See also: Research Paper by Mortari et al.Two new non-competitive mGlu1 receptor antagonists are potent tools to unravel functions of this mGlu receptor subtype FREE
T Knöpfel
Br J Pharmacol 151: 723-724; advance online publication, May 14, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707289
See also: Research Paper by Fukunaga et al.Reviews
Review Article
Chemokines and their receptors as potential targets for the treatment of asthma FREE
C Palmqvist, A J Wardlaw and P Bradding
Br J Pharmacol 151: 725-736; advance online publication, April 30, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707263
Tricyclic antidepressant pharmacology and therapeutic drug interactions updated FREE
P K Gillman
Br J Pharmacol 151: 737-748; advance online publication, April 30, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707253
Research Papers
Biopharmaceuticals
Mutations at F637 in the NMDA receptor NR2A subunit M3 domain influence agonist potency, ion channel gating and alcohol action FREE
H Ren, A K Salous, J M Paul, R H Lipsky and R W Peoples
Br J Pharmacol 151: 749-757; advance online publication, May 21, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707254
Cardiovascular and pulmonary pharmacology
Molecular expression and pharmacological identification of a role for Kv7 channels in murine vascular reactivity FREE
S Y M Yeung, V Pucovský, J D Moffatt, L Saldanha, M Schwake, S Ohya and I A Greenwood
Br J Pharmacol 151: 758-770; advance online publication, May 21, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707284
Dexrazoxane prevents doxorubicin-induced long-term cardiotoxicity and protects myocardial mitochondria from genetic and functional lesions in rats FREE
D Lebrecht, A Geist, U-P Ketelsen, J Haberstroh, B Setzer and U A Walker
Br J Pharmacol 151: 771-778; advance online publication, May 21, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707294
Treprostinil potentiates the positive inotropic effect of catecholamines in adult rat ventricular cardiomyocytes FREE
M Fontana, H Olschewski, A Olschewski and K-D Schlüter
Br J Pharmacol 151: 779-786; advance online publication, May 29, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707300
Activation of the ERK signalling pathway contributes to the adaptive changes in rat hearts during naloxone-induced morphine withdrawal FREE
P Almela, M V Milanés and M L Laorden
Br J Pharmacol 151: 787-797; advance online publication, June 4, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707301
Drug Discovery
A-272651, a nonpeptidic blocker of large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels, modulates bladder smooth muscle contractility and neuronal action potentials FREE
C-C Shieh, S C Turner, X-F Zhang, I Milicic, A Parihar, T Jinkerson, J Wilkins, S A Buckner and M Gopalakrishnan
Br J Pharmacol 151: 798-806; advance online publication, May 21, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707278
Anti-adipogenic action of pitavastatin occurs through the coordinate regulation of PPAR
and Pref-1 expression BJPOpen
A C Nicholson, D P Hajjar, X Zhou, W He, A M Gotto Jr and J Han
Br J Pharmacol 151: 807-815; advance online publication, June 4, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707250
Gastrointestinal pharmacology
Different profiles of Ca2+ responses to endothelin-1 and PDGF in liver myofibroblasts during the process of cell differentiation FREE
N Kojima, M Hori, T Murata, Y Morizane and H Ozaki
Br J Pharmacol 151: 816-827; advance online publication, May 29, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707269
Genitourinary, renal and endocrine pharmacology
K+ channel modulation of slow wave activity in the guinea-pig prostate FREE
D-T T Nguyen, R J Lang and B Exintaris
Br J Pharmacol 151: 828-836; advance online publication, May 29, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707283
Immunopharmacology and inflammation
Size-fractionated heparins have differential effects on human neutrophil function in vitro FREE
R Lever, W T Lo, M Faraidoun, V Amin, R A Brown, J Gallagher and C P Page
Br J Pharmacol 151: 837-843; advance online publication, May 29, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707298
Apoptotic mimicry: phosphatidylserine liposomes reduce inflammation through activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) in vivo FREE
G C Ramos, D Fernandes, C T Charão, D G Souza, M M Teixeira and J Assreuy
Br J Pharmacol 151: 844-850; advance online publication, May 29, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707302
Molecular and cellular mechanisms
Achieving signalling selectivity of ligands for the corticotropin-releasing factor type 1 receptor by modifying the agonist's signalling domain FREE
M Beyermann, N Heinrich, K Fechner, J Furkert, W Zhang, O Kraetke, M Bienert and H Berger
Br J Pharmacol 151: 851-859; advance online publication, May 29, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707293
Neuropharmacology
Inhibition of acute nociceptive responses in rats after i.c.v. injection of Thr6-bradykinin, isolated from the venom of the social wasp, Polybia occidentalis FREE
M R Mortari, A O S Cunha, R O G Carolino, J Coutinho-Netto, J C Tomaz, N P Lopes, N C Coimbra and W F dos Santos
Br J Pharmacol 151: 860-869; advance online publication, May 29, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707275
See also: Commentary by Nagy et al.Potent and specific action of the mGlu1 antagonists YM-298198 and JNJ16259685 on synaptic transmission in rat cerebellar slices FREE
I Fukunaga, C H Yeo and A M Batchelor
Br J Pharmacol 151: 870-876; advance online publication, May 14, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707286
See also: Commentary by KnöpfelAugmentation of spinal morphine analgesia and inhibition of tolerance by low doses of 
- and 
-opioid receptor antagonists FREE
N S Abul-Husn, M Sutak, B Milne and K Jhamandas
Br J Pharmacol 151: 877-887; advance online publication, May 14, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707277
The nematode neuropeptide, AF2 (KHEYLRF-NH2), increases voltage-activated calcium currents in Ascaris suum muscle FREE
S Verma, A P Robertson and R J Martin
Br J Pharmacol 151: 888-899; advance online publication, May 21, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707296
Blockade of MCH1 receptor signalling ameliorates obesity and related hepatic steatosis in ovariectomized mice FREE
A Gomori, A Ishihara, M Ito, H Matsushita, M Ito, S Mashiko, H Iwaasa, M Matsuda, M A Bednarek, S Qian, D J MacNeil and A Kanatani
Br J Pharmacol 151: 900-908; advance online publication, May 21, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707292
