Mechanisms leading to increased vasodilator responses to calcitonin-gene-related peptide in mesenteric resistance arteries of early pregnant rats

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 350-356

  Van Eijndhoven, H W F ^a,c   Janssen, G M J ^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)

^c Isala Klinieken Zwolle ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CGRP receptor; Ligand binding; Mesenteric resistance arteries; MMP 2; Myograph; Pregnancy; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DOXYCYCLINE; FORSKOLIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GELATINASE A; ISOPRENALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECEPTORS, CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; VASODILATION;

EID: 44849106400     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119754     Document Type: Article

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