Regulation of in vivo whole blood aggregation in rats by calcitonin gene related peptide

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 76, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 811-813

  Booth, Brian P ^a,b   Fung, Ho Leung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP); CGRP8 37; Hemostasis; Platelet aggregation

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE[8-37];

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMOSTASIS; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032449327     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y98-155     Document Type: Article

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