Decreased concentrations of CGRP in Leishmania major murine cutaneous leishmaniasis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-152

  Ahmed, A A ^a   Ahmed, M ^a   Theodorsson, E ^b   Nordlind, K ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Dorsal root ganglion; Leishmania major; Mice; Skin; Spleen

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOMA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SKIN; SPLEEN;

EID: 0032502584     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00236-5     Document Type: Article

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