Agents which elevate cyclic AMP (cAMP) cause teleost retinal rods to contract. We have characterized this cAMP effect and have evaluated the role of the cytoskeleton in cyclic nucleotide-induced contraction, using actin and microtubule inhibitors. The necklike myoid region of the rod contracts in the dark and elongates in the light. If long, light-adapted rods are cultured with cAMP analogs and...

In this paper, we extend a multi-valued contraction mapping to a cyclic multi-valued contraction mapping. We also establish the existence of common fixed point theorem for a cyclic multi-valued contraction mapping. Our results extend, generalize and unify Nadler’s multi-valued contraction mapping and many fixed point theorems for multivalued mappings. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

In this paper, we introduce the concepts of qpb-cyclic-Banach contraction mapping, qpb-cyclic-Kannan mapping and qpb-cyclic β-quasi-contraction mapping and establish the existence and uniqueness of fixed point theorems for these mappings in quasi-partial b-metric spaces. Some examples are presented to validate our results. c ©2016 All rights reserved.

The aim of this paper is to prove the existence and convergence theorems for cyclic contractions. We introduce a notion called proximally complete pair (A,B) on a metric space, which unify the earlier notions that are used to prove the existence of a best proximity point for a cyclic contraction. By observing geometrical properties on a Hilbert space, we introduce Pythagorean property and use t...

To elucidate the mechanism of cyclic nucleotides, such as adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) and guanosine 3',5' -cyclic monophosphate (cGMP), in the regulation of human gastric motility, we examined the effects of forskolin (FSK), isoproterenol (ISO) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on the spontaneous, high K(+) and acetylcholine (ACh)-induced contractions of corporal circular smooth mu...

A new potent vasodilator, nicardipine hydrochloride inhibited oxytocin-induced contraction of rat uterus dose-dependently with an increase in the intracellular cyclic AMP level at the onset of relaxation. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP and papaverine, an inhibitor of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase (PDEase), also inhibited the contraction. Nicardipine inhibited competitively PDEase in homogenates of rat ute...

In this paper, we introduce generalized cyclic φ-contraction maps in metric spaces and give some results of best proximity points of such mappings in the setting of a uniformly convex Banach space. Moreover, we obtain convergence and existence results of proximity points of the mappings on reflexive Banach spaces

In this paper, we introduce a cone generalized semi-cyclicφ−contraction maps and prove best proximity points theorems for such mapsin cone metric spaces. Also, we study existence and convergence results ofbest proximity points of such maps in normal cone metric spaces. Our resultsgeneralize some results on the topic.

We studied the relationships between the positive inotropic effects of isoproterenol, increased frequency of contraction or paired electrical stimulation, and cyclic AMP concentration and phosphorylase activity in isolated guinea pig papillary muscles. The minimum concentration of isoproterenol (10 nM) that augmented isometric force development increased cyclic AMP concentration. However 100 nM...