Bovine adrenal zona fasciculata cells express a novel K+ current (IAC) that sets the resting potential while it couples adrenocorticotropin and angiotensin II receptors to membrane depolarization and cortisol secretion. IAC is distinctive among K+ channels both in its activation by ATP and its inhibition by cyclic AMP. Whole-cell and single-channel patch-clamp recording was used to establish a ...

A controlled study was made of penfluridol medication consisting of a single weekly oral dose of 30 mg in 30 patients with acute psychoses of varying type and origin. This medication was found to be effective. No significant side effects occurred.Several long-acting neuroleptics for injection are now available. The development of an oral compound of this type is an asset because of the manageab...

penfluridol, a neuroleptic drug, considerably reversed halofantrine resistance in t9.96hf halofantrine resistant strain of plasmodium falicparum (originally chloroquine sensitive parasites), but not in k1hf halofantrine resistant strain (originally chloroquine resistant parasites)

This study was designed to determine whether neuroleptic drugs have calcium channel blocking activity in isolated rings of rabbit thoracic aorta. The results confirm previous findings that pimozide and penfluridol are calcium channel blockers. However, the data do not support the conclusion that these agents are selective for the voltage-sensitive calcium channel. The results also show that bot...