Low intensity spinal cord stimulation may induce cutaneous vasodilation via CGRP release

Brain Research

Volumn 896, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 183-187

  Tanaka, Satoshi ^a   Barron, Kirk W ^a   Chandler, Margaret J ^a   Linderoth, Bengt ^b   Foreman, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antidromic afferent activation; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Skin vasodilation; Spinal cord stimulation; Sympathetic inhibition

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; HEART RATE; HEXAMETHONIUM; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASODILATION;

EID: 0035970717     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02144-8     Document Type: Article

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