Nitric oxide and sensory nerves are involved in the vasodilator response to acetylcholine but not calcitonin gene‐related peptide in rat skin micro vasculature

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 650-655

  Ralevic, V ^a   Khalil, Z ^a   Dusting, G J ^b   Helme, R D ^a  

^a North West Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; calcitonin gene related peptide; endothelium; microvasculature; neurogenic inflammation; Nitric oxide; sensory nerves

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIMYCIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMAL; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SKIN; VASODILATION;

EID: 0026769895     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb14390.x     Document Type: Article

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