Urocortins and the regulation of gastrointestinal motor function and visceral pain

Peptides

Volumn 25, Issue 10 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1733-1744

  Martinez, Vicente ^a,b   Wang, Lixin ^a   Million, Mulugeta ^a   Rivier, Jean ^c   Taché, Yvette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

CRF; CRF receptor antagonists; CRF receptors; Stresscopin; Stresscopin related peptide; Urocortin 1; Urocortin 2; Urocortin 3; Urotensin I

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ASTRESSIN; ASTRESSIN 2 B; COLCHICINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1 ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; LIGAND; SAUVAGINE; SAUVAGINE ANTIBODY 30; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN; UROCORTIN 1; UROCORTIN 2; UROCORTIN III;

BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LIBRARY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PAIN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH EMPTYING; STRESS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VAGOTOMY; VISCERAL PAIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 5144228822     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.05.025     Document Type: Review

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