The effects of roxatidine on neuromuscular transmission. 1995

R Bossa, and M Chiericozzi, and I Galatulas, and G Salvatore, and M Teli, and G Baggio, and M Castelli
Dipartimento di Farmacologia, Chemioterapia e Tossicologia Medica Emilio Trabucchi, Università di Milano, Italy.

We have investigated the effects of the H2 receptor antagonist roxatidine on the neuromuscular transmission by using the sciatic nerve-gastrocnemius muscle preparation of the rat in vivo. Roxatidine, administered by i.v. injection, potentiates the neuromuscular blockade induced by d-tubocurarine, pancuronium and aminoglycoside antibiotic, kanamycin. Moreover, the drug alone is capable of producing a blockade on the preparation stimulated at high frequency. The neuromuscular blockade induced by roxatidine is partially reversed by 4-aminopyridine but not by dimaprit.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007275 Injections, Intravenous Injections made into a vein for therapeutic or experimental purposes. Intravenous Injections,Injection, Intravenous,Intravenous Injection
D008297 Male Males
D009466 Neuromuscular Blocking Agents Drugs that interrupt transmission of nerve impulses at the skeletal neuromuscular junction. They can be of two types, competitive, stabilizing blockers (NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS) or noncompetitive, depolarizing agents (NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS). Both prevent acetylcholine from triggering the muscle contraction and they are used as anesthesia adjuvants, as relaxants during electroshock, in convulsive states, etc. Neuromuscular Blocker,Neuromuscular Blocking Agent,Neuromuscular Blockers,Agent, Neuromuscular Blocking,Agents, Neuromuscular Blocking,Blocker, Neuromuscular,Blockers, Neuromuscular,Blocking Agent, Neuromuscular,Blocking Agents, Neuromuscular
D009469 Neuromuscular Junction The synapse between a neuron and a muscle. Myoneural Junction,Nerve-Muscle Preparation,Junction, Myoneural,Junction, Neuromuscular,Junctions, Myoneural,Junctions, Neuromuscular,Myoneural Junctions,Nerve Muscle Preparation,Nerve-Muscle Preparations,Neuromuscular Junctions,Preparation, Nerve-Muscle,Preparations, Nerve-Muscle
D010880 Piperidines A family of hexahydropyridines.
D004305 Dose-Response Relationship, Drug The relationship between the dose of an administered drug and the response of the organism to the drug. Dose Response Relationship, Drug,Dose-Response Relationships, Drug,Drug Dose-Response Relationship,Drug Dose-Response Relationships,Relationship, Drug Dose-Response,Relationships, Drug Dose-Response
D004347 Drug Interactions The action of a drug that may affect the activity, metabolism, or toxicity of another drug. Drug Interaction,Interaction, Drug,Interactions, Drug
D006635 Histamine H2 Antagonists Drugs that selectively bind to but do not activate histamine H2 receptors, thereby blocking the actions of histamine. Their clinically most important action is the inhibition of acid secretion in the treatment of gastrointestinal ulcers. Smooth muscle may also be affected. Some drugs in this class have strong effects in the central nervous system, but these actions are not well understood. Antihistaminics, H2,H2 Receptor Blockader,Histamine H2 Antagonist,Histamine H2 Blocker,Histamine H2 Receptor Antagonist,Histamine H2 Receptor Antagonists,Histamine H2 Receptor Blockader,Histamine H2 Receptor Blockaders,Antagonists, Histamine H2,Blockaders, Histamine H2 Receptor,H2 Receptor Blockaders,Histamine H2 Blockers,Receptor Antagonists, Histamine H2,Receptor Blockaders, H2,Antagonist, Histamine H2,Blockader, H2 Receptor,Blockaders, H2 Receptor,Blocker, Histamine H2,Blockers, Histamine H2,H2 Antagonist, Histamine,H2 Antagonists, Histamine,H2 Antihistaminics,H2 Blocker, Histamine,H2 Blockers, Histamine,Receptor Blockader, H2
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012584 Sciatic Nerve A nerve which originates in the lumbar and sacral spinal cord (L4 to S3) and supplies motor and sensory innervation to the lower extremity. The sciatic nerve, which is the main continuation of the sacral plexus, is the largest nerve in the body. It has two major branches, the TIBIAL NERVE and the PERONEAL NERVE. Nerve, Sciatic,Nerves, Sciatic,Sciatic Nerves

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