Pregnancy and sex steroid hormones enhance circulating calcitonin gene-related peptide concentrations in rats

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 949-953

  Gangula, P R R ^a,b   Wimalawansa, S J ^a   Yallampalli, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Medical Research Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Oestrogen; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Vascular system

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; DRUG VEHICLE; ESTRADIOL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; DIESTRUS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; RAT; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034112130     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.4.949     Document Type: Article

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