(n.) A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent.
Example Sentences:
(1) Unlike thiorphan, 5 nmol RB38A alone was able to inhibit [3H]DAGO binding by 60%.
(2) SKF 38393 (1 microM)-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity was strongly reduced (by almost 60%) by the highly selective mu-agonist [D-Ala2, MePhe4, Gly-ol5]-enkephalin (DAGO; EC50 = 0.006 microM) and high concentrations of the selective delta-agonist [D-Ser2(O-tert-butyl), Leu5]-enkephalyl-Thr6 (DSTBU-LET; EC50 = 0.13 microM) but not by the selective delta-agonist [D-penicillamine2, D-penicillamine5]enkephalin (DPDPE).
(3) Centrally administered DADLE also attenuated baroreceptor reflexes, but was approximately 10- to 100-fold less potent than an equimolar amount of DAGO.
(4) 1, male Long-Evans rats were treated with unilateral microinjections of the mu agonist [D-Ala2-MePhe4, Gly-ol5]-enkephalin (DAGO), the delta agonist [D-Pen2, D-Pen5]-enkephalin (DPDPE) or the kappa agonist U50,488H, and the rate and duration of circling behaviour were measured.
(5) Heart rate, but not mean arterial blood pressure, increased in response to DAGO administration into the NTS while no significant cardiovascular changes were noted among the experimental groups in response to DAGO administered into the PVN.
(6) MOR, DAGO and NALO produced mixed effects (i.e., excitation or inhibition) on unit activity; however, the majority of cells examined (67%) were inhibited.
(7) This effect of DAGO was not due to spread to the third ventricle and subsequent diffusion via the CSF to another CNS site, since push-pull perfusion with this dose of DAGO in the region just dorsal to or in the posterior hypothalamus was ineffective in altering LH pulse amplitude.
(8) The mu-agonist DAGO ([D-Ala2,N-MePhe4,Gly-ol5]enkephalin; 0.75 nmol i.c.v.)
(9) Mu and delta receptors were labeled with the selective ligands 3H-DAGO (Tyr- D-Ala-Gly-MePhe-Gly-ol), and 3H-DPDPE (D-Pen2, D-Pen5-enkephalin), respectively, while the kappa receptors were labeled with 3H-(-)bremazocine in the presence of unlabeled DAGO and DPDPE.
(10) Morphine, Leu-enkephalin, D-Ala2, N-methyl-Phe4, Gly-ol5-enkephalin (DAGO) and D-Ser2-Leu-enkephalin-Thr (DSLET) each inhibited the synthesis of cyclic AMP.
(11) The purpose of the present study was firstly to determine whether morphine and (D-Ala2, NMe-Phe4, Gly-ol)-enkephalin (DAGO), a highly selective mu-agonist, increased intracellular free calcium of rat myocytes and secondly to determine whether opioid receptors were involved.
(12) We examined the interactions between glutamate and a selective mu opioid receptor agonist, D-Ala2-MePhe4-Gly-ol5-enkephalin (DAGO), in spinal trigeminal neurons in thin medullary slices of rats.
(13) mu-Receptors' agonist DAGO injection significantly decreased rat mortality in a posthemorrhagic period.
(14) In addition, naloxone antagonized the effect of DAGO.
(15) In non-deprived rats given a choice of water and 0.6% saline, ICV injections of DAGO (1 and 3 nmol) significantly increased the intake of 0.6% saline; baseline water intake was minimal and was unaffected by DAGO.
(16) Receptor autoradiographic studies with 3H-DAGO were carried out in the central gray to find receptor populations differing greatly in density between HAR and LAR mice to parallel their in vivo sensitivity differences: such receptors would then be implicated in mediating in vivo analgesia.
(17) Eighty percent of [3H]-[D-Ala2,D-Leu5] enkephalin (DADLE) binding was displaced by DAGO with high affinity, indicating that a high percentage of [3H]-DADLE binding was at mu-sites.
(18) In untreated animals, morphine and the mu-selective peptide, DAGO, induced relatively long-lasting dose-related decreases in responding, whereas the non-mu agonists, DPDPE and dynorphin, induced only transient effects: response rates increased at low doses and decreased at high doses.
(20) To examine the relative roles of mu 1- and mu 2-receptors in spinal and supraspinal analgesia, we assessed the effects of naloxonazine, naloxone, beta-funaltrexamine (beta-FNA), and ICI-154,129 on tail-flick analgesia produced by intrathecal or intracerebroventricular injections of the highly mu-selective agonist, [D-Ala2,Me-Phe4,Gly(ol)5]enkephalin (DAGO; mu 1 and mu 2), [D-Ser2,Leu5]enkephalin-Thr6 (DSLET; mu 1 and delta), and the selective delta-receptor agonist [D-Pen2,D-Pen5]enkephalin (DPDPE) in mice.
Spick
Definition:
(n.) A spike or nail.
Example Sentences:
(1) But the spick and span stadium:mk, with its executive-standard padded seats throughout, holds 30,000.
(2) Turn left into the village at the Bay Horse, then take the second lane on the left and follow brown signs This spick-and-span, friendly farm has a farmyard full of toys to ride, from tots' scuttlebugs to grown-ups' go-karts.
(3) The Brontë Society keeps the Parsonage [now a museum] incredibly spick and span.