The monoamines, dopamine, epinephrine, histamine, norepinephrine, octopamine,
serotonin and tyramine serve many functions in animals. Many different venoms have …

Bisphenol A (BPA), an estrogenic compound, is used in manufacturing plastics and is known
to produce toxic effects on various systems in man and animals. Since the use of plastics in …

Animal studies using oleic acid (OA) model to produce acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ARDS) have been inconsistent. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to establish …

Aim: Stimulation of pulmonary C fibre receptors by phenylbiguanide (PBG, 5‐HT3 agonist)
produces hypotension, bradycardia and tachypnoea or apnoea. However, tachypnoeic or …

The experiments were conducted to identify the toxin that produces pulmonary oedema in
Mesobuthus tamulus (BT) envenomed animals. Crude BT venom was subjected to …

The physiology of baroreceptors and chemoreceptors present in large blood vessels of the
heart is well known in the regulation of cardiorespiratory functions. Since large blood …

Role of perivascular afferents for the cardiorespiratory alterations produced by Mesobuthus
tamulus (BT) envenomation was examined in urethane-anaesthetized male rats. Blood …

E ditor,—We read with great interest Karnad's paper, 1 and also the responses in the
correspondence columns 2 concerning the same article. We have the following points to …

Pulmonary edema is a consistent feature of Mesobuthus tamulus (MBT) envenomation.
Kinins, prostaglandins and other inflammatory mediators are implicated in it. Since …

The present study was conducted to examine the role of phospholipase A2 and
prostaglandins in Indian red scorpion (Mesobuthus tamulus; MBT) venom-induced …