Lithium is most well-known for its mood-stabilizing effects in the treatment of bipolar
disorder. Due to its narrow therapeutic window (0.5-1.2 mM serum concentration), there is a …

Protein phosphorylation is an important link in a variety of signaling pathways, and most of
the important life processes in cells involve protein phosphorylation. Based on the amino …

Sarco (endo) plasmic reticulum Ca 2+-ATPase (SERCA) uncoupling in skeletal muscle and
mitochondrial uncoupling via uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) in brown/beige adipose tissue …

It is unclear whether bufotenin (= N, N-dimethyl-serotonin= 5-hydroxy-N, N-dimethyl-
tryptamine), a hallucinogenic drug, can act on human cardiac serotonin 5-HT4 receptors …

We measured the cardiac contractile effects of the sympathomimetic amphetamine-like drug
methamphetamine alone and in the presence of cocaine or propranolol in human atrial …

Levosimendan (up to 10 µM) given alone failed to increase force of contraction in isolated
electrically stimulated (1 Hz) left atrial (LA) preparations from wild-type mice. Only in the …

It is unclear whether metoclopramide and domperidone act on human cardiac serotonin 5-
HT 4-receptors. Therefore, we studied transgenic mice that only express the human 5-HT 4 …

Heart failure (HF), as the terminal manifestation of multiple cardiovascular diseases, causes
a huge socioeconomic burden worldwide. Despite the advances in drugs and medical …

Sepsis is often a cause of mortality in patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Notably,
the heart is the organ most susceptible to the impact of sepsis and this condition is referred …

Hallucinogenic drugs are used because they have effects on the central nervous system.
Their hallucinogenic effects probably occur via stimulation of serotonin receptors, namely, 5 …