Inhibitory modulation of cutaneous vascular responses by endogenous galanin in the pigeon

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-66

  Sántha, Péter ^a   Pierau, Friedrich Karl ^b   Jancsó, Gábor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Galanin; Inflammation; Nerves; Plasma extravasation; Skin

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; GALANIN; HISTAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ANIMALS; BRADYKININ; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; COLUMBIDAE; DENERVATION; GALANIN; HISTAMINE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RADIAL NERVE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; ULNAR NERVE; VASODILATION;

EID: 18144434320     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00616-3     Document Type: Article

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