Urocortin, a corticotropin-releasing factor-related mammalian peptide, inhibits edema due to thermal injury in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-216

  Turnbull, Andrew V ^a   Vale, Wylie ^a   Rivier, Catherine ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH (adrenocorticotropin); CRF (corticotropin releasing factor) receptor; Extravasation; Inflammation; Sauvagine; Urotensin I

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR[9-41]; EVANS BLUE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DRUG INHIBITION; EXTRAVASATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN; THERMAL INJURY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BURNS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EDEMA; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0029952390     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00141-0     Document Type: Article

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