Effect of systemic nitroglycerin on CGRP and 5-HT afferents to rat caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus and its modulation by estrogen

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1803-1809

  Pardutz, A ^a,b   Multon, S ^a   Malgrange, B ^a   Parducz, A ^c   Vecsei, L ^b   Schoenen, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; 5 HT; Caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus; CGRP; Nitroglycerin

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CELL SIZE; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGLYCERIN; OVARIECTOMY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRIGEMINAL CAUDAL NUCLEUS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036460160     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02031.x     Document Type: Article

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