Effects of physical activity and acupuncture on calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in different parts of the rat brain and in cerebrospinal fluid, serum and urine

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 517-522

  Wyon, Y ^a   Hammar, M ^a   Theodorsson, E ^a   Lundeberg, T ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Nervous system; Physical activity; Rat

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SERUM; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031969361     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1998.0317e.x     Document Type: Article

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