Vasodilator reactivity to calcitonin gene-related peptide is increased in mesenteric arteries of rats during early pregnancy

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 344-350

  Van Eijndhoven, H W F ^a   Van Der Heijden, O W H ^a   Fazzi, G E ^b   Aardenburg, R ^a   Spaanderman, M E A ^a   Peeters, L L H ^a   De Mey, J G R ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Myograph; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN SECRETION; RENAL ARTERY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; UTERINE ARTERY;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POTASSIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RENAL ARTERY; UTERUS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0141839786     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072698     Document Type: Article

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