B. Altura

M. Dalloul, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2001, Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology.

Role of magnesium in patho-physiological processes and the clinical utility of magnesium ion selective electrodes.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1996, Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum.

Hypophosphatemia and hypomagnesemia result in cardiovascular dysfunction: theoretical basis for alcohol-induced cellular injury.

N. Brautbar, B. Altura, 1987, Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research.

Chemical and humoral regulation of blood flow through the precapillary sphincter.

B. Altura, 1971, Microvascular research.

Influence of Reserpine and Guanethidine On Vascular Reactivity and Antihistamine Constrictor Action in the Microcirculation

B. Zweifach, B. Altura, 1966, Angiology.

Short-term magnesium deficiency results in decreased levels of serum sphingomyelin, lipid peroxidation, and apoptosis in cardiovascular tissues.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Xian-cheng Jiang, 2009, American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology.

Neurohumoral Control of Blood Vessels

H. Weiss, P. M. Gootman, R. Clauss, 1976 .

Autonomic regulation of cardiovascular function in neonates.

P. M. Gootman, B. Altura, P. Turlapaty, 1981, Ciba Foundation symposium.

Intracellular and extracellular magnesium depletion in Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus

J. Laragh, M. Alderman, R. Gupta, 1993, Diabetologia.

Serum ionized magnesium: relation to blood pressure and racial factors.

M. Alderman, L. Resnick, B. Altura, 1997, American journal of hypertension.

New perspectives on the role of magnesium in the pathophysiology of the cardiovascular system. I. Clinical aspects.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, B. M. Altura, 1985, Magnesium.

Effects of local anesthetics, antihistamines, and glucocorticoids on peripheral blood flow and vascular smooth muscle.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1974 .

Peroxynitrite-induced relaxation in isolated canine cerebral arteries and mechanisms of action.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2004, Toxicology and applied pharmacology.

Low [Mg2+]o induces contraction of cerebral arteries: roles of tyrosine and mitogen-activated protein kinases

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Zhiwei Yang, 2000 .

Catalase prevents elevation of [Ca2+]i induced by alcohol in cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: Possible relationship to alcohol-induced stroke and brain pathology

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2003, Brain Research Bulletin.

Antioxidants prevent depletion of [Mg2+]i induced by alcohol in cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: Possible relationship to alcohol-induced stroke

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2001, Brain Research Bulletin.

Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate attenuates alcohol-induced leukocyte-endothelial cell interaction and cerebral vascular damage in rats: possible role of activation of transcription factor NF-kappaB in alcohol brain pathology.

B. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 1998, Alcohol.

Sphingomyelinase and ceramide analogs induce vasoconstriction and leukocyte–endothelial interactions in cerebral venules in the intact rat brain: Insight into mechanisms and possible relation to brain injury and stroke

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2002, Brain Research Bulletin.

Magnesium deficiency and hypertension: correlation between magnesium-deficient diets and microcirculatory changes in situ.

H. Ising, T. Günther, B. Altura, 1984, Science.

Role of magnesium and calcium in alcohol-induced hypertension and strokes as probed by in vivo television microscopy, digital image microscopy, optical spectroscopy, 31P-NMR, spectroscopy and a unique magnesium ion-selective electrode.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1994, Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research.

Acetylcholine and bradykinin relax intrapulmonary arteries by acting on endothelial cells: role in lung vascular diseases.

B. Altura, N. Chand, B. M. Altura, 1981, Science.

Regulated RIPK3 Necroptosis is Produced in Cardiovascular Tissues and Cells in Dietary Magnesium Deficiency: Roles of Cytokines and Their Potential Importance in Inflammation and Atherogenesis

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, N. Shah, 2017 .

Sex and estrogens and responsiveness of terminal arterioles to neurohypophyseal hormones and catecholamines.

B. Altura, 1975, The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics.

Extracellular magnesium regulates effects of vitamin B6, B12 and folate on homocysteinemia-induced depletion of intracellular free magnesium ions in canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: possible relationship to [Ca2+]i, atherogenesis and stroke

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 1999, Neuroscience Letters.

Role of excitatory amino acids in regulation of rat pial microvasculature.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 1994, The American journal of physiology.

Expression of the nuclear factor-kappaB and proto-oncogenes c-fos and c-jun are induced by low extracellular Mg2+ in aortic and cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: possible links to hypertension, atherogenesis, and stroke.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, G. Morrill, 2003, American journal of hypertension.

Cocaine Induces Apoptosis in Primary Cultured Rat Aortic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells: Possible Relationship to Aortic Dissection, Atherosclerosis, and Hypertension

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2004, International journal of toxicology.

Ethanol promotes rapid depletion of intracellular free Mg in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: possible relation to alcohol-induced behavioral and stroke-like effects.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Zhang, 1993, Alcohol.

Sex as a factor influencing the responsiveness of arterioles to catecholamines.

B. Altura, 1972, European journal of pharmacology.

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF PROSTAGLANDINS ON CANINE INTRAPULMONARY ARTERIES AND VEINS

B. Altura, N. Chand, 1981, British journal of pharmacology.

Interactions of Locally Produced Humoral Substances in Regulation of the Microcirculation

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1978 .

Magnesium deficiency upregulates sphingomyelinases in cardiovascular tissues and cells: cross-talk among proto-oncogenes, Mg(2+), NF-κB and ceramide and their potential relationships to resistant hypertension, atherogenesis and cardiac failure.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Xian-cheng Jiang, 2013, International journal of clinical and experimental medicine.

Vascular responsiveness and serum biochemical parameters in alloxan diabetes mellitus.

B. Altura, P. Turlapaty, G. Lum, 1980, The American journal of physiology.

Interactions of Mg and K on cerebral vessels--aspects in view of stroke. Review of present status and new findings.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1984, Magnesium.

Vascular smooth muscle and prostaglandins.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1976, Federation proceedings.

Propranolol induces contractions of canine small and large coronary arteries

B. Altura, P. Turlapaty, 2005, Basic Research in Cardiology.

Role of brain [Mg2+]i in alcohol-induced hemorrhagic stroke in a rat model: a 31P-NMR in vivo study.

R. Gupta, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1995, Alcohol.

Lipoxygenase pathway and hydroperoxy acids: possible relevance to aspirin-induced asthma and hyperirritability of airways in asthmatics.

B. Altura, N. Chand, B. M. Altura, 1981, Prostaglandins and medicine.

Why vasculitis probably can be ameliorated with magnesium and antagonists of ceramides and platelet-activating factor

L. Resnick, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2019, MOJ Anatomy & Physiology.

Low extracellular magnesium ions induce lipid peroxidation and activation of nuclear factor-kappa B in canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle: possible relation to traumatic brain injury and strokes

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2003, Neuroscience Letters.

Mg(2+)-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation of blood vessels and blood pressure lowering: role of NO.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2000, American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology.

Peroxynitrite Induces Apoptosis in Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells: Possible Relation to Vascular Diseases

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2004, Experimental biology and medicine.

Exposure to High Levels of Noise Poses Hazards and Risks for Development of Hypertension and Heart Disease: Potential Roles of Unrecognized Ionized Hypomagnesemia and Release of Ceramides and Platelet-Activating Factor

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2018 .

Magnesium deficiency upregulates serine palmitoyl transferase (SPT 1 and SPT 2) in cardiovascular tissues: relationship to serum ionized Mg and cytochrome c.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Xian-cheng Jiang, 2010, American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology.

Role of magnesium in the pathogenesis and treatment of migraines.

A. Mauskop, B. Altura, Altura Bm, 1998, Clinical neuroscience.

Heterogeneity of drug receptors in different segments of rabbit thoracic aorta.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, B. M. Altura, 1970, European journal of pharmacology.

Cocaine induces apoptosis in cerebral vascular muscle cells: potential roles in strokes and brain damage.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2003, European journal of pharmacology.

Pharmacology of the Pulmonary Circulation: An Overview1

B. Altura, 1987 .

Interactions of magnesium and verapamil on tone and contractility of vascular smooth muscle.

B. Altura, P. Turlapaty, R. Weiner, 1981, European journal of pharmacology.

PROPHYLACTIC ADMINISTRATION OF ANTIBIOTICS COMPROMISES RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM FUNCTION AND EXACERBATES SHOCK MORTALITY IN RATS

B. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 1980, British journal of pharmacology.

Sphingolipids regulate [Mg2+]o uptake and [Mg2+]i content in vascular smooth muscle cells: potential mechanisms and importance to membrane transport of Mg2+.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2011, American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology.

Sphingolipids regulate [Mg ]o uptake and [Mg ]i content in vascular smooth muscle cells: potential mechanisms and importance to membrane transport of Mg

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2011 .

Acute cocaine results in rapid rises in intracellular free calcium concentration in canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: possible relation to etiology of stroke

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Zhang, 1996, Neuroscience Letters.

Cocaine induces rapid loss of intracellular free Mg2+ in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells.

B. Altura, A. Zhang, T. Cheng, 1993, European journal of pharmacology.

Microvascular and vascular smooth muscle actions of ethanol, acetaldehyde, and acetate.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, B. M. Altura, 1982, Federation proceedings.

Acetaldehyde on vascular smooth muscle: possible role in vasodilator action of ethanol.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Carella, 1978, European journal of pharmacology.

High-priority communication $ Importance of extracellular Ca 2+ and intracellular Ca 2+ release in ethanol-induced contraction of cerebral arterial smooth muscle

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Zhiwei Yang, 2001 .

Peripheral vascular actions of ethanol and its interaction with neurohumoral substances.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1983, Neurobehavioral toxicology and teratology.

Role of glucocorticoids in local regulation of blood flow.

B. Altura, 1966, The American journal of physiology.

Vascular endothelium and basement membranes

B. Altura, 1980 .

Magnesium in cellular processes and medicine

B. Altura, J. Durlach, M. Seelig, 1987 .

Significance of amino acid residues in vasopressin on contraction in vascular muscle.

B. Altura, 1970, The American journal of physiology.

Selective microvascular constrictor actions of some neurohypophyseal peptides.

B. Altura, 1973, European journal of pharmacology.

Microcirculatory Actions of Polypeptides and Their Use in the Treatment of Experimental Shock

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1970 .

Increased Risk of Stroke using Marijuana-Cannabis Products: Evidence for Dangerous Effects on Brain Circulation and the Unrecognized Roles of Magnesium

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2018 .

Endothelium-dependent relaxation to hydrogen peroxide in canine basilar artery: a potential new cerebral dilator mechanism

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Zhiwei Yang, 1998, Brain Research Bulletin.

Serotonin receptors subserve only contraction in canine and rat pulmonary arteries and veins.

B. Altura, N. Chand, 1980, Artery.

Peripheral and cerebrovascular actions of ethanol, acetaldehyde, and acetate: relationship to divalent cations.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1987, Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research.

Antioxidants prevent elevation in [Ca2+]i induced by low extracellular magnesium in cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: possible relationship to Mg2+ deficiency-induced vasospasm and stroke

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2000, Brain Research Bulletin.

Ethanol induces rapid lipid peroxidation and activation of nuclear factor-kappa B in cerebral vascular smooth muscle: relation to alcohol-induced brain injury in rats

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2002, Neuroscience Letters.

Antioxidants prevent ethanol-induced contractions of canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle: relation to alcohol-induced brain injury

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2001, Neuroscience Letters.

Extracellular magnesium regulates nuclear and perinuclear free ionized calcium in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: possible relation to alcohol and central nervous system injury.

B. Altura, A. Zhang, T. Cheng, 2001, Alcohol.

Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate prevents ethanol-induced elevation of [Ca2+]i in cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 1999, Neuroscience Letters.

Mg2+ and caffeine‐induced intracellular Ca2+ release in human vascular endothelial cells

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Zhang, 1993, British journal of pharmacology.

Alcohol intoxication results in rapid loss in free magnesium in brain and disturbances in brain bioenergetics: relation to cerebrovasospasm, alcohol-induced strokes, and barbiturate anesthesia-induced deaths.

R. Gupta, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1991, Magnesium and trace elements.

Magnesium and Atherogenesis

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, B. M. Altura, 1997 .

Sudden-death ischemic heart disease and dietary magnesium intake: is the target site coronary vascular smooth muscle?

B. Altura, 1979, Medical hypotheses.

Serum ionized magnesium levels during intravenous MGSO4 therapy of preeclamptic women

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, S. Handwerker, 1995, Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica.

Reactivity of isolated rat and canine pulmonary blood vessels to synthetic prostaglandin endoperoxide (PGH2) analogs.

B. Altura, N. Chand, 1980, Prostaglandins and medicine.

Exposure of piglet coronary arterial muscle cells to low concentrations of Mg2+ found in blood of ischemic heart disease patients result in rapid elevation of cytosolic Ca2+: relevance to sudden infant death syndrome.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Zhang, 1997, European journal of pharmacology.

Chronic treatment of cultured cerebral vascular smooth cells with low concentration of ethanol elevates intracellular calcium and potentiates prostanoid-induced rises in [Ca2+]i: relation to etiology of alcohol-induced stroke.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Zhang, 1997, Alcohol.

Alcohol-induced apoptosis of canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: role of extracellular and intracellular calcium ions

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2004, Neuroscience Letters.

Low levels of serum ionized magnesium are found in patients early after stroke which result in rapid elevation in cytosolic free calcium and spasm in cerebral vascular muscle cells

R. Cracco, R. Silverman, B. Altura, 1997, Neuroscience Letters.

Microcirculatory Regulation and Dysfunction

B. Altura, 1985 .

Magnesium and the lungs.

R. Mathew, B. Altura, 1988, Magnesium.

Cocaine induces intracellular free Mg deficits, ischemia and stroke as observed by in-vivo 31P-NMR of the brain.

R. Gupta, B. Altura, 1992, Biochimica et biophysica acta.

Influence of magnesium on drug-induced contractions and ion content in rabbit aorta.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, B. M. Altura, 1971, The American journal of physiology.

Extracellular magnesium ions control calcium exchange and content of vascular smooth muscle.

B. Altura, P. Turlapaty, 1978, European journal of pharmacology.

Extracellular and intracellular magnesium depletion in pregnancy and gestational diabetes.

Y. Sorokin, L. Resnick, B. Altura, 1995, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology.

Identification of benzomorphan‐κ opiate receptors in cerebral arteries which subserve relaxation

R. Quirion, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1984 .

BRADYKININ‐INDUCED RELAXATION OF RENAL AND PULMONARY ARTERIES IS DEPENDENT UPON INTACT ENDOTHELIAL CELLS

B. Altura, N. Chand, 1981, British journal of pharmacology.

Magnesium deficiency-induced spasms of umbilical vessels: relation to preeclampsia, hypertension, growth retardation.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Carella, 1983, Science.

Alcohol produces spasms of human umbilical blood vessels: relationship to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Carella, 1982, European journal of pharmacology.

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF THE CALCIUM ANTAGONIST, VERAPAMIL, ON LUMEN SIZES OF TERMINAL ARTERIOLES AND MUSCULAR VENULES IN THE RAT MESENTERIC, PIAL AND SKELETAL MUSCLE MICROVASCULATURES

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 1980, British journal of pharmacology.

Staurosporine and H7 attenuate ethanol-induced elevation in [Ca2+]i in cultured canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 1998, Neuroscience Letters.

Why it is difficult to treat and prevent drug-resistant hypertension and elevated pulse pressure: the unrecognized roles of ionized hypomagnesemia, nitric oxide, ceramides, platelet-activating factor and epigenesis

L. Resnick, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Biology: Open Access.

Extracellular magnesium regulates intracellular free Mg2+ in vascular smooth muscle cells

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Zhang, 1992, Pflügers Archiv.

Magnesium and the cardiovascular system: experimental and clinical aspects updated

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1990 .

Magnesium and contraction of arterial smooth muscle.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1974, Microvascular research.

PERIVASCULAR ACTION OF THE LOCAL ANAESTHETIC, LIDOCAINE, ON PIAL TERMINAL ARTERIOLES: DIRECT OBSERVATIONS ON THE MICROCIRCULATION

B. Altura, S. Lassoff, 1981, British Journal of Pharmacology.

Do pial terminal arterioles respond to local perivascular application of the neurohypophyseal peptide hormones, vasopressin and oxytocin?

B. Altura, S. Lassoff, 1980, Brain Research.

Mg2+ modulates membrane sphingolipid and lipid second messenger levels in vascular smooth muscle cells

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, G. Morrill, 1998, FEBS letters.

Cell death signaling mechanisms in cardiac failure caused by magnesium deficiency: relationship to etiology of atherogenesis and sudden death ischemic heart disease

L. Resnick, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Biology: Open Access.

Cocaine-induced relaxation of isolated rat aortic rings and mechanisms of action: possible relation to cocaine-induced aortic dissection and hypotension.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2004, European journal of pharmacology.

Sequential Changes in Reticuloendothelial System Function After Acute Hemorrhage 1

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, Burton M. Altura, 1972, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Dose-response relationships for arginine vasopressin and synthetic analogs on three types of rat blood vessels: possible evidence for regional differences in vasopressin receptor sites within a mammal.

B. Altura, 1975, The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics.

Circulating Divalent Cations in Asymptomatic Ovarian Hyperstimulation and in vitro Fertilization Patients

M. Dalloul, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2001, Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation.

Evidence that endogenous vasopressin plays a protective role in circulatory shock. Role for reticuloendothelial system using Brattleboro rats

B. Altura, 1980, Experientia.

URETHANE AND CONTRACTION OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE

B. Altura, J. Weinberg, J. Weinberg, 1979, British journal of pharmacology.

Peripheral vascular actions of glucocorticoids and their relationship to protection in circulatory shock.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1974, The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics.

Occurrence of inhibitory histamine H2-receptors in isolated pulmonary blood vessels of dogs and rats

B. Altura, N. Chand, 1980, Experientia.

Perinatal Cellular Ion Metabolism: 31P-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Analysis of Intracellular Free Magnesium and pH in Maternal and Cord Blood Erythrocytes

Y. Sorokin, L. Resnick, B. Altura, 1996, The Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation: JSGI.

Basic biochemistry and physiology of magnesium: a brief review.

B. Altura, 1991, Magnesium and trace elements.

Magnesium and vascular tone and reactivity.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1978, Blood vessels.

Sex and estrogens in protection against circulatory stress reactions.

B. Altura, 1976, The American journal of physiology.

Circulatory Shock, Histamine, and Antihistamines: Therapeutic Aspects

B. Altura, S. Halevy, 1978 .

FAILURE OF ACETALDEHYDE OR ACETATE TO MIMIC THE SPLANCHNIC ARTERIOLAR OR VENULAR DILATOR ACTIONS OF ETHANOL: DIRECT in situ STUDIES ON THE MICROCIRCULATION

B. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 1981, British journal of pharmacology.

Differential effects of substrate depletion on drug-induced contractions of rabbit aorta.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, B. M. Altura, 1970, The American journal of physiology.

Magnesium ions and contraction of vascular smooth muscles: relationship to some vascular diseases.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, B. M. Altura, 1981, Federation proceedings.

MICROCIRCULATORY AND VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE BEHAVIOR IN THE BRATTLEBORO RAT: RELATIONSHIP TO RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM FUNCTION AND RESISTANCE TO SHOCK AND TRAUMA

B. Altura, 1982, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Magnesium ions prevent phencyclidine-induced cerebrovasospasms and rupture of cerebral microvessels: Direct in-vivo-microcirculatory studies on the rat brain

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 1990, Neuroscience Letters.

Mg 2 modulates membrane sphingolipid and lipid second messenger levels in vascular smooth muscle cells

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, G. Morrill, 1998 .

Magnesium Deficiency, Sphingolipids, and Telomerase: Relevance to Atherogenesis, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Aging

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, N. Shah, 2019, Handbook of Famine, Starvation, and Nutrient Deprivation.

Short-term Mg deficiency upregulates protein kinase C isoforms in cardiovascular tissues and cells; relation to NF-kB, cytokines, ceramide salvage sphingolipid pathway and PKC-zeta: hypothesis and review.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2014, International journal of clinical and experimental medicine.

Short-term magnesium deficiency upregulates ceramide synthase in cardiovascular tissues and cells: cross-talk among cytokines, Mg2+, NF-κB, and de novo ceramide.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2012, American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology.

Short-term magnesium deficiency upregulates sphingomyelin synthase and p53 in cardiovascular tissues and cells: relevance to the de novo synthesis of ceramide.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Xian-cheng Jiang, 2010, American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology.

Serum Ionized Magnesium Levels and Serum Ionized Calcium/Ionized Magnesium Ratios in Women With Menstrual Migraine

A. Mauskop, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2002, Headache.

Ca2+ coupling in vascular smooth muscle: Mg2+ and buffer effects on contractility and membrane Ca2+ movements.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Carella, 1982, Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology.

Influence of tris on contracile responses of isolated rat aorta and portal vein.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, P. Turlapaty, 1978, The American journal of physiology.

Magnesium: Forgotten Mineral in Cardiovascular Biology and Atherogenesis

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2007 .

Roles of tyrosine kinase-, 1-phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-, and mitogen-activated protein kinase-signaling pathways in ethanol-induced contractions of rat aortic smooth muscle: possible relation to alcohol-induced hypertension.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Zhiwei Yang, 2002, Alcohol.

Mg2+ modulates membrane lipids in vascular smooth muscle: a link to atherogenesis

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, G. Morrill, 1997, FEBS letters.

Vascular Diseases and Ionized Magnesium

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Zhang, 1997 .

Measurement of ionized magnesium in whole blood, plasma and serum with a new ion-selective electrode in healthy and diseased human subjects.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1991, Magnesium and trace elements.

Withdrawal of magnesium causes vasospasm while elevated magnesium produces relaxation of tone in cerebral arteries

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1980, Neuroscience Letters.

Mechanisms of hydroxyl radical-induced contraction of rat aorta.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2004, European journal of pharmacology.

Peroxynitrite induces apoptosis in canine cerebral vascular muscle cells: possible relation to neurodegenerative diseases and strokes

Jialin Su, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2003, Neuroscience Letters.

Adverse effects of Tris. HEPES and MOPS buffers on contractile responses of arterial and venous smooth muscle induced by prostaglandins.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Carella, 1980, Prostaglandins and medicine.

Interactions of Tris buffer and ethanol on agonist-induced responses of vascular smooth muscle and on calcium-45 uptake.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, P. Turlapaty, 1979, The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics.

Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane inhibits calcium uptake in vascular smooth muscle.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, P. Turlapaty, 1979, Biochimica et biophysica acta.

Ethanol-Prostaglandin Interactions in Contraction of Vascular Smooth Muscle 1

B. Altura, H. Edgarian, Haydoohi Edgarian, 1976, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Reactivity of isolated rat and canine pulmonary arteries to prostaglandins.

B. Altura, N. Chand, 1980, Prostaglandins and medicine.

Why is Alcohol-Induced Atrial Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death Difficult to Prevent and Treat: Potential Roles of Unrecognized Ionized Hypomagnesemia and Release of Ceramides and Platelet-Activating Factor

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, N. Shah, 2016 .

Ethanol reduces Ca2+ concentrations in arterial and venous smooth muscle

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, P. Turlapaty, 1979, Experientia.

Influence of primary prostaglandins on isolated canine renal arteries and veins.

B. Altura, N. Chand, 1981, Prostaglandins and Medicine.

Demonstration of tolerance to ethanol in non-nervous tissue: effects on vascular smooth muscle.

L. Pohorecky, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1980, Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research.

Ca2+ uptake and distribution in alloxan-diabetic rat arterial and venous smooth muscle

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, P. Turlapaty, 1980, Experientia.

Ethanol decreases cytosolic-free calcium ions in vascular smooth muscle cells as assessed by digital image analysis.

B. Altura, A. Zhang, T. Cheng, 1992, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

Pentobarbital sodium inhibits calcium uptake in vascular smooth muscle.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, P. Turlapaty, 1980, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta.

Differential effects of ethanol and mannitol on contraction of arterial smooth muscle.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, H. Edgarian, 1976, The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics.

Effects of vasoactive agents on isolated human umbilical arteries and veins.

B. Altura, L. Orkin, D. Malaviya, 1972, The American journal of physiology.

Importance of magnesium ions in development of tolerance to ethanol: studies on cultured cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells, type-2 astrocytes and intact rat brain

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2001, Brain Research Bulletin.

Effects of Ethanol on Terminal Arterioles and Muscular Venules: Direct Observations on the Microcirculation

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 1979, Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology.

Ethanol and Contraction of Venous Smooth Muscle

B. Altura, H. Edgarian, 1976, Anesthesiology.

Barbiturates and Aortic and Venous Smoooth-muscle Function

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1975, Anesthesiology.

Reactivity and contractility of rat main pulmonary artery to vasoactive agents.

B. Altura, N. Chand, B. M. Altura, 1980, Journal of applied physiology: respiratory, environmental and exercise physiology.

Intravenous Anesthetic Agents and Vascular Smooth Muscle Function

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1978 .

Role of Magnesium Ions in Contractility of Blood Vessels and Skeletal Muscles 1 By

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2006 .

Hydrogen peroxide induces apoptosis in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: possible relation to neurodegenerative diseases and strokes

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2003, Brain Research Bulletin.

Sex steroid hormones exert biphasic effects on cytosolic magnesium ions in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: possible relationships to migraine frequency in premenstrual syndromes and stroke incidence

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2001, Brain Research Bulletin.

C2-ceramide attenuates phenylephrine-induced vasoconstriction and elevation in [Ca2+]i in rat aortic smooth muscle

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 1999, Lipids.

C2-ceramide attenuates prostaglandin F2α -induced vasoconstriction and elevation of [Ca2+]i in canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 1998, Neuroscience Letters.

Pharmacologic inhibition of cerebral vasospasm in ischemia, hallucinogen ingestion, and hypomagnesemia: barbiturates, calcium antagonists, and magnesium.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1983, The American journal of emergency medicine.

Extracellular Mg2+ regulates intracellular Mg2+ and its subcellular compartmentation in fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Zhang, 1997, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS.

Composition of interstitial fluid.

O. Siggaard‐Andersen, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1995, Clinical chemistry.

Low extracellular magnesium induces intracellular free Mg deficits, ischemia, depletion of high-energy phosphates and cardiac failure in intact working rat hearts: a 31P-NMR study.

R. Barbour, R. Gupta, B. Altura, 1993, Biochimica et biophysica acta.

Methanol-induced contraction of canine cerebral artery and its possible mechanism of action.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, W. Li, 1998, Toxicology and applied pharmacology.

New perspectives on the role of magnesium in the pathophysiology of the cardiovascular system. II. Experimental aspects.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1985, Magnesium.

Pathophysiology of the reticuloendothelial system

B. Altura, T. Saba, 1981 .

Role of Spleen in Choline Stimulation of Reticuloendothelial System and Resistance to Acute Hemorrhage 1

B. Altura, 1978, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Reticuloendothelial function in experimental injury and tolerance to shock.

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1972, Advances in experimental medicine and biology.

Pharmacology of Venules: Some Current Concepts and Clinical Potential

B. Altura, 1981, Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology.

Significance of Amino Acid Residues in Position 8 of Vasopressin on Contraction in Rat Blood Vessels 1

B. Altura, 1973, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Effects of a Synthetic Analogue of Vasopressin on Vascular Smooth Muscle.∗

B. Zweifach, B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1965, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Glucocorticoid-Induced Protection in Circulatory Shock: Role of Reticuloendothelial System Function 1

B. Altura, B. Altura, 1975, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Antihistamine constriction in mouse skin microcirculation

B. Altura, 1968, The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology.

Endogenous histamine formation and vascular reactivity.

B. Zweifach, B. Altura, 1967, The American journal of physiology.

Antihistamines and vascular reactivity.

B. Zweifach, B. Altura, 1965, The American journal of physiology.

Pharmacologic properties of antihistamines in relation to vascular reactivity.

B. Zweifach, B. Altura, 1965, The American journal of physiology.

MAGNESIUM MODULATES CALCIUM ENTRY AND CONTRACTILITY IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE1

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1981 .

Mg2+ protects against PCP-induced cerebrovasospasms and vascular damage in rat brain.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 1990, Magnesium and trace elements.

Beneficial and detrimental actions of histamine H1- and H2-receptor antagonists in circulatory shock.

B. Altura, S. Halevy, 1978, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Effects of Vasopressors on the Microcirculation and on Survival in Hemorrhagic Shock

B. Altura, V. D. Mazzia, S. G. Hershey, 1965, Anesthesiology.

Reticuloendothelial system function and histamine release in shock and trauma: Relationship to microcirculation

B. Altura, 2005, Klinische Wochenschrift.

Pathophysiological basis for the use of steroids in the treatment of shock and trauma

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, S. Halevy, 1982, Klinische Wochenschrift.

HDFx: A Recently Discovered Biologic and its Potential Use in Prevention andTreatment of Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses and Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

B. Altura, A. Gebrewold, A. Carella, 2016 .

Reticuloendothelial system (RES) phagocytic depression in shock is ameliorated by H1-receptor antihistamines.

B. Altura, 1979, European journal of pharmacology.

HDFx: a novel biologic immunomodulator is therapeutically -effective in hemorrhagic and intestinal-ischemic shock: importance of microcirculatory-immunological interactions and their potential implications for the warfighter and disaster victims.

B. Altura, A. Gebrewold, A. Carella, 2011, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine.

Microcirculatory approach to vasopressor therapy in intestinal ischemic (SMA) shock.

B. Altura, V. D. Mazzia, S. G. Hershey, 1966, American journal of surgery.

Vascular smooth muscle and general anesthetics.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Carella, 1980, Federation proceedings.

A novel biologic immunomodulator, HDFx, protects against lethal hemorrhage, endotoxins and traumatic injury: potential relevance to emerging diseases.

B. Altura, A. Gebrewold, A. Carella, 2009, International journal of clinical and experimental medicine.

Structure-Activity Relationships of Neurohypophyseal Polypeptides on Different Types of Isolated Mammalian Blood Vessels

B. Altura, 1972 .

Pharmacology of Neurohypophyseal Hormones and their Synthetic Analogues in the Terminal Vascular Bed

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1967, Angiology.

Differential actions of polypeptides and other drugs on coronary inflow vessels.

B. Altura, 1966, American heart journal.

Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate Rapidly Alleviates Headaches of Various Types

R. Cracco, A. Mauskop, B. Altura, 1996, Headache.

Importance of sex and estrogens in amelioration of lethal circulatory stress reactions: relationship to microcirculatory and reticuloendothelial system function.

B. Altura, 1976, Advances in experimental medicine and biology.

Why a Recently -Discovered Host-Defense Factor, HDFx, May Ameliorate and Prevent Inflammatory Lesions Induced by Sarcoidosis

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2018 .

HDFx A Novel Immunomodulator for the Amelioration of Hypovolemic Shock in the OR, Cancer Patients and on the Battlefield

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2016 .

Reactivity of airway smooth muscles to bronchoactive agents in langur monkeys.

B. Altura, N. Chand, R. Shukla, 1981, Journal of applied physiology: respiratory, environmental and exercise physiology.

Reactivity of trachea, bronchi, and lung strips to histamine and carbachol in rhesus monkeys.

B. Altura, N. Chand, R. Shukla, 1980, Journal of applied physiology: respiratory, environmental and exercise physiology.

Reticuloendothelial system and neuro-endocrine stimulation in shock therapy.

B. Altura, 1980, Advances in shock research.

Role of prostaglandins and histamine in reactive hyperemia: in-vivo studies on single mesenteric arterioles.

B. Altura, 1978, Prostaglandins and medicine.

Effects of Local Anesthetics, Antihistamines, and Glucocorticoids on Peripheral Blood Flow and Vascular Smooth Muscle

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1974, Anesthesiology.

Vasopressors and low-flow states.

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1974, Clinical anesthesia.

Acute intestinal ischemia shock and reticuloendothelial system function.

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1971, Journal of the Reticuloendothelial Society.

The effects of vasoactive drugs on reticuloendothelial function in experimental shock and combined injury.

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1969, Anesthesiology.

Function of the reticuloendothelial system in experimental shock and combined injury.

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1969, Anesthesiology.

RES phagocytic function in trauma and adaptation to experimental shock.

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1968, The American journal of physiology.

Evaluation of neurohumoral substances in local regulation of blood flow.

B. Altura, 1967, The American journal of physiology.

Use of reticuloendothelial phagocytic function as an index in shock therapy.

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1967, Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine.

Effect of Pretreatment with Aggregate Albumin on Reticuloendothelial System Activity and Survival After Experimental Shock.∗

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1966, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Influence of choline on the reticuloendothelial system and on survival after experimental shock.

C. Hyman, B. Altura, S. Hersey, 1966, Journal of the Reticuloendothelial Society.

Influence of Vasoexcitor Drugs on Reticuloendothelial Phagocytic Function in Experimental Shock

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1966 .

HDFx, a New Stress Induced Protective Protein that May AmeliorateInfections Caused by Coronaviruses Like COVID-19, SARS and MERS:Importance of Immuno-Competent NK Cells, Macrophages,and T-Lymphocytes

B. Altura, A. Gebrewold, A. Carella, 2020 .

Pharmacology of venular smooth muscle.

B. Altura, 1977, Bibliotheca anatomica.

Deadly Communicable diseases and “Superbugs” brought to Western Societies Could Exacerbate Cardiovascular Disease Worldwide and why a newly discovered Biologic may ameliorate These Challenges: A Potential important wake-up call

B. Altura, 2018, Madridge Journal of Internal and Emergency Medicine.

Potential role of a recently-discovered biologic HDFx in prevention andtreatment of deadly communicable diseases brought to western societies: Awake-up call

B. Altura, 2018 .

HDFx for the prevention and treatment of vasodilatory septic shock: A personal perspective

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2017 .

Hdfx: A Potential New Treatment and Prophylactic against NonalchoholicSteatohepatitis (NASH) and Subsequent Hepatocellular Carcinomas: IsHypomagnesemia a Complication of the Disease?

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2016 .

HDFx: a novel biologic immunomodulator accelerates wound healing and is suggestive of unique regenerative powers: potential implications for the warfighter and disaster victims.

B. Altura, A. Gebrewold, A. Carella, 2012, International journal of clinical and experimental medicine.

Role of bacterial endotoxins in intestinal ischemic (SMA) shock

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, C. Thaw, 1966, Experientia.

Microcirculatory approach to the treatment of circulatory shock with a new analog of vasopressin, (2-phenylalanine, 8-ornithine)vasopressin.

B. Altura, 1976, The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics.

Neurohypophyseal Hormones and Analogues: Rat Pressor Potency versus Contractile Potency on Rat Arterioles and Arteries 1

B. Altura, 1974, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Effects of glyceryl trioleate on the reticuloendothelial system and survival after experimental shock.

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1970, The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics.

Influence of Vasopressors on Survival After Traumatic, Intestinal Ischemia and Endotoxin Shock in Rats.∗

B. Altura, V. D. Mazzia, S. G. Hershey, 1965, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Contractile responses of microvascular smooth muscle to antihistamines.

B. Altura, 1970, The American journal of physiology.

WITHDRAWAL OF MAGNESIUM ENHANCES CORONARY ARTERIAL SPASMS PRODUCED BY VASOACTIVE AGENTS

B. Altura, P. Turlapaty, 1982, British journal of pharmacology.

Why Synthetic Vasopressin and Oxytocin Analogs Should be Considered in the Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock : A Personal Perspective

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2018 .

Use of pharmacologic antagonists to evaluate humoral regulation of the microcirculation.

B. Altura, 1967, Bibliotheca anatomica.

Mg2+-Ca2+ interaction in contractility of vascular smooth muscle: Mg2+ versus organic calcium channel blockers on myogenic tone and agonist-induced responsiveness of blood vessels.

A. Nishio, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1987, Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology.

HDFX: A Stress-induced Biologic that Inhibits and Reverses Endotoxin-induced Fevers and Depression in Cardiac Hemodynamics in Rabbits, Guinea-pigs and Rats: Potential Relevance to Corona Viral Fevers and Role of NF-Kb

B. Altura, 2020 .

Pharmacology of Neurohypophyseal Hormones and Analogs on Isolated Vascular Muscle and in the Terminal Vascular Bed1

B. Altura, 1971 .

Pharmacology of Neurohypophyseal Hormones and Their Synthetic Analogues in the Terminal Vascular Bed

B. Altura, S. G. Hershey, 1966 .

Benefits and Risks of Sex Hormone Replacement in Postmenopausal Women

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, M. Seelig, 2004, Journal of the American College of Nutrition.

Cardiovascular actions of anesthetics and drugs used in anesthesia

B. Altura, S. Halevy, 1986 .

Vasoactive actions of local anaesthetics on human isolated umbilical veins and arteries

B. Altura, K. Freese, E. Monuszko, 1989, British journal of pharmacology.

Comparative effects of ethanol, acetaldehyde and acetate on arterioles and venules in skeletal muscle: direct in situ studies on the microcirculation and their possible relationship to alcoholic myopathy.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 1990, Microcirculation, endothelium, and lymphatics.

Serum serotonin levels determined by radioimmunoassay in normal male and female rats and after intestinal ischemia shock.

B. Altura, S. Spector, S. Halevy, 1980, Biochemical medicine.

Microcirculatory Approach to the Treatment of Shock Using a New Analogue of Vasopressin

B. Altura, 1976 .

Genotoxic Effects of Magnesium Deficiency in the Cardiovascular System and their Relationships to Cardiovascular Diseases and Atherogenesis

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, N. Shah, 2016 .

Why is Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Difficult to Prevent and Treat: Potential Roles of Unrecognized Magnesium Deficiency and Release of Ceramide and Platelet-Activating Factor

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, N. Shah, 2016 .

Serum ionized magnesium in post-traumatic headaches.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, J. Marcus, 2001, The Journal of pediatrics.

Stroke: a real danger of the use of “Crystal Meth” and “MMA”: the unrecognized triggering of hypomagnesemia and release of ceramides, nitric oxide and platelet-activating factor as well as upregulation of NF-kB and proto-oncogenes and the potential role of epigenetics

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2020 .

Pharmacological Effects of α ‐Methyldopa, Alpha‐Methylnorepinephrine, and Octopamine on Rat Arteriolar, Arterial, and Terminal Vascular Smooth Muscle

B. Altura, 1975, Circulation research.

Magnesium Withdrawal and Contraction of Arterial Smooth Muscle: Effects of EDTA, EGTA, and Divalent Cations 1

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1976, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Serum ionized magnesium levels in normal and preeclamptic gestation

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, S. Handwerker, 1997, Obstetrics and gynecology.

Magnesium ions control prostaglandin reactivity of venous smooth muscle from spontaneously hypertensive rats.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Carella, 1980, Prostaglandins and medicine.

Sex steroid hormones modulate serum ionized magnesium and calcium levels throughout the menstrual cycle in women.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, V. Nacharaju, 1998, Fertility and sterility.

Magnesium-calcium interrelationships in vascular smooth muscle

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1986 .

Sequential changes in serum glucose, triglycerides and cholesterol in aging of normal and alloxan-diabetic rats

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, P. Turlapaty, 1981, Experientia.

Microcirculation, Vol. 2

B. Altura, G. Kaley, Gordon Hiroshi Sasaki, 1982 .

Phencyclidine, lysergic acid diethylamide, and mescaline: cerebral artery spasms and hallucinogenic activity.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1981, Science.

Phencyclidine ("angel dust") analogs and sigma opiate benzomorphans cause cerebral arterial spasm.

C. Pert, R. Quirion, B. Altura, 1983, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Association of alcohol in brain injury, headaches, and stroke with brain-tissue and serum levels of ionized magnesium: a review of recent findings and mechanisms of action.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1999, Alcohol.

Alcohol, the cerebral circulation and strokes.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1984, Alcohol.

Potential Roles of Magnesium Deficiency in Inflammation and Atherogenesis: Importance and Cross-talk of Platelet-Activating Factor and Ceramide

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2016 .

Sudden Cardiac Death in Infants, Children and Young Adults: Possible Roles of Dietary Magnesium Intake and Generation of Platelet-Activating Factor in Coronary Arteries

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2016 .

Ischemic heart disease and magnesium.

B. Altura, 1988, Magnesium.

Deficiency of serum ionized magnesium in patients receiving hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.

E. Friedman, O. Ifudu, B. Delano, 1993, ASAIO journal (1992).

Introduction: importance of Mg in physiology and medicine and the need for ion selective electrodes.

B. Altura, 1994, Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum.

Tension headaches and muscle tension: is there a role for magnesium?

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, B. M. Altura, 2001, Medical hypotheses.

Why There Has Been an Increase in Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Young People Over the Past Decade in the USA: Unrecognized Roles of Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Illegal Migrants and Hypomagnesemia

B. Altura, 2020, American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research.

Magnesium Deficiency Results in Oxidation and Fragmentation of DNA, Down Regulation of Telomerase Activity, and Ceramide Release in Cardiovascular Tissues and Cells: Potential Relationship to Atherogenesis, Cardiovascular Diseases and Aging

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, N. Shah, 2016 .

Maternal-fetal transfer of ionized serum magnesium during the stress of labor and delivery: a human study.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, S. Handwerker, 1995, Journal of the American College of Nutrition.

Cocaine-induced cerebral vascular damage can be ameliorated by Mg2+ in rat brain

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 1990, Neuroscience Letters.

Magnesium for Migraine

A. Mauskop, B. Altura, 1998 .

Ionized serum magnesium and potassium levels in pregnant women with preeclampsia and eclampsia.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, S. Handwerker, 1995, The Journal of reproductive medicine.

Effects of protein kinase C inhibitors on ethanol-induced contractions in isolated rat aorta.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, T. Jover, 1999, Alcohol.

The role of magnesium in lung diseases: asthma, allergy and pulmonary hypertension.

R. Mathew, B. Altura, B. M. Altura, 1991, Magnesium and trace elements.

Cardiovascular risk factors and magnesium: relationships to atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease and hypertension.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1991, Magnesium and trace elements.

Short-term magnesium deficiency upregulates ceramide synthase in 2 cardiovascular tissues and cells : cross-talk between cytokines , Mg 2 + , NF3 kB and de novo ceramide

Wenyan, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2011 .

Magnesium Decreases Alcohol-induced Brain Damage and PreventsExperimentally-induced Strokes: Roles of Ceramides and PlateletActivating Factor and Potential Implications for Human Subjects withAlcohol-induced Dementia

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2018 .

Why is there an Association between Retinal Vein Occlusion, Vision Loss, Myocardial Infarction, Stroke and Mortality: Potential Roles of Hypomagnesaemia, Release of Sphingolipids, and Platelet-Activating Factor

L. Resnick, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2017 .

Why is Cardiac Morbidity and Mortality Greater Around Christmas, New Year’s, Monday Mornings and in the Morning Hours: Potential Roles of Unrecognized Ionized Hypomagnesemia and Release of Ceramides?

L. Resnick, J. Cunningham, B. Altura, 2017 .

Comparative contractile actions of different kinins on human umbilical arteries and veins.

B. Altura, 1972, European journal of pharmacology.

MAGNESIUM PROTECTS AGAINST COCAINE-INDUCED HEMORRHAGIC 31 P-NMR IN-VIVO STUDY

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 1997 .

Hypochlorite-Induced Relaxation in Isolated Rat Aortic Rings and Mechanisms of Action: Potential Relevance to Inflammatory Conditions

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Jian Ping Liu, 2018 .

Mechanisms of Sodium Hypochlorite-Induced Contraction of Rat Aorta: Potential Importance in Atherogenesis and Apoptotic Phenomena in Cardiovascular Diseases

Jian-Ping Liu, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2017 .

Short-term reduction in dietary intake of magnesium causes deficits in brain intracellular free Mg2+ and [H+]i but not high-energy phosphates as observed by in vivo 31P-NMR.

R. Gupta, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1997, Biochimica et biophysica acta.

Inhibitor of nuclear factor-Kappa B activation attenuates venular constriction, leukocyte rolling-adhesion and microvessel rupture induced by ethanol in intact rat brain microcirculation: relation to ethanol-induced brain injury

B. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2002, Neuroscience Letters.

Role of leukocytes in ethanol-induced microvascular injury in the rat brain in situ: potential role in alcohol brain pathology and stroke.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Gebrewold, 2002, European journal of pharmacology.

Low concentrations of ethanol deplete type-2 astrocytes of intracellular free magnesium

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Zhang, 1999, Brain Research Bulletin.

"Is the Widening of Pulse Pressure and Hypertension in the Elderly Due in Large Measure to an Unrecognized Hypomagnesemia, Downregulation of Telomerase and Progressive Release of Ceramides and Platelet-Activating Factor?"

L. Resnick, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2020, Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research.

Unusual effects of SCN and lyotropic anions on contractility of vascular smooth muscle from female rats

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, A. Zhang, 1991, Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology.

Peripheral Vascular Actions of α-Methyl-DOPA and Its Mode of Action on Arterioles 1

B. Altura, 1974, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Magnesium-neurohypophyseal hormone interactions in contraction of vascular smooth muscle.

B. Altura, 1975, The American journal of physiology.

Continuous osmotic minipump infusion of alcohol into brain decreases brain [Mg2+] and brain bioenergetics and enhances susceptibility to hemorrhagic stroke: an in vivo 31P-NMR study.

R. Gupta, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1998, Alcohol.

Influence of magnesium on vascular smooth muscle and serum biochemical parameters from diabetic and hypertensive rats

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1983 .

Is the High Frequency of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac and Lung Surgeries Related to Hypomagnesemia and Releases of Ceramides and Platelet-Activating Factor?

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2016 .

Interactions of Mg and K on blood vessels--aspects in view of hypertension. Review of present status and new findings.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1984, Magnesium.

Failure of microscopic metarterioles to elicit vasodilator responses to acetylcholine, bradykinin, histamine and substance P after ischemic shock, endotoxemia and trauma: possible role of endothelial cells.

B. Altura, A. Gebrewold, R. Burton, 1985, Microcirculation, endothelium, and lymphatics.

Alcohol and magnesium. Introduction to the symposium.

B. Altura, S. Zakhari, 1994, Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research.

Chronic Daily Headache- One Disease Or Two.? Diagnostic Role of Serum Ionized Magnesium

R. Cracco, A. Mauskop, B. Altura, 1994, Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache.

Calcium antagonist properties of magnesium: implications for antimigraine actions.

B. Altura, 1985, Magnesium.

Effects of neutral sphingomyelinase on phenylephrine-induced vasoconstriction and Ca(2+) mobilization in rat aortic smooth muscle.

W. Li, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 2000, European journal of pharmacology.

Manipulation of pyramidal cell firing in the hippocampus of freely behaving rats by local application of K+ via microdialysis

S. Fox, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1996, Hippocampus.

Cocaine-induced cerebrovasospasm and its possible mechanism of action.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, B M Altura, 1994, The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics.

H1- and H2-Histamine Receptor Antagonists and Protection against Traumatic Shock 1

B. Altura, S. Halevy, Burton M. Altura, 1977, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Ferrylmyoglobin formation induced by acute magnesium deficiency in perfused rat heart causes cardiac failure.

R. Barbour, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1994, Biochimica et biophysica acta.

Noise-induced hypertension and magnesium in rats: relationship to microcirculation and calcium.

H. Ising, T. Günther, B. Altura, 1992, Journal of applied physiology.

Predictive value of serum ionized but not total magnesium levels in head injuries.

R. Cracco, B. Altura, B. T. Altura, 1995, Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation.

Intravenous magnesium sulphate relieves migraine attacks in patients with low serum ionized magnesium levels: a pilot study.

R. Cracco, A. Mauskop, B. Altura, 1995, Clinical science.

Peroxynitrite-induced relaxation in isolated rat aortic rings and mechanisms of action.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Wenyan Li, 2005, Toxicology and applied pharmacology.

Short-term magnesium deficiency downregulates telomerase, upregulates neutral sphingomyelinase and induces oxidative DNA damage in cardiovascular tissues: relevance to atherogenesis, cardiovascular diseases and aging.

B. Altura, B. T. Altura, Xian-cheng Jiang, 2014, International journal of clinical and experimental medicine.