Uterine relaxation responses to calcitonin gene–related peptide and calcitonin gene–related peptide receptors decreased during labor in rats

Alternative RNA processing in calcitonin gene expression generates mRNAs encoding different polypeptide products

1982 • 2,114 citations

Nitric oxide activates guanylate cyclase and increases guanosine 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate levels in various tissue preparations

1977 • 1,422 citations

Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide and Its Receptors: Molecular Genetics, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutic Potentials

1996 • 488 citations

Arterial dilations in response to calcitonin gene-related peptide involve activation of K+ channels

1990 • 458 citations

Amylin, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide, Calcitonin, and Adrenomedullin: A Peptide Superfamily

1997 • 419 citations

Calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist human CGRP-(8-37)

1989 • 359 citations

Involvement of a nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway in control of human uterine contractility during pregnancy

1995 • 229 citations

Calcitonin gene-related peptide: Multiple actions, multiple receptors

1992 • 226 citations

An L-arginine–nitric oxide–cyclic guanosine monophosphate system exists in the uterus and inhibits contractility during pregnancy

1994 • 190 citations

Nitric oxide synthase activity in pregnant rabbit uterus decreases on the last day of pregnancy

1993 • 167 citations

Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity in the Pregnant Uterus Decreases at Parturition

1993 • 151 citations

Autoradiographic localization of calcitonin gene-related peptide binding sites in human and rat brains

1986 • 138 citations

Increased concentration of circulating calcitonin gene related peptide during normal human pregnancy.

1986 • 134 citations

LY83583: an agent that lowers intracellular levels of cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate.

1985 • 133 citations

Steroid hormones modulate the production of nitric oxide and cGMP in the rat uterus.

1994 • 120 citations

Inhibition of periarterial nerve stimulation-induced vasodilation of the mesenteric arterial bed by CGRP (8–37) and CGRP receptor desensitization

1990 • 118 citations

Role and regulation of nitric oxide in the uterus during pregnancy and parturition

1998 • 95 citations

Intravenous nitroglycerin for uterine relaxation of an inverted uterus

1992 • 88 citations

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the female rat urogenital tract

1985 • 85 citations

Calcitonin gene-related peptide inhibits spontaneous contractions in human uterus and fallopian tube

1985 • 84 citations

Nitric oxide synthase isoforms in the rat uterus: differential regulation during pregnancy and labour

1996 • 73 citations

Interaction between nitric oxide and prostaglandin E2 pathways in pregnant rat uteri

1996 • 66 citations

Pharmacological characterization of CGRP1 receptor subtype in the vascular system of the rat: Studies with hCGRP fragments and analogs

1990 • 64 citations

Characterization of receptors for calcitonin gene-related peptide on gastric smooth muscle cells

1988 • 54 citations

Calcitonin gene-related peptides relax guinea pig and rat gastric smooth muscle

1989 • 52 citations

Comparative study of distribution and biochemical characterization of brain calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors in five different species

1993 • 52 citations

Peptidergic Vasodilator Nerves in the Peripheral Circulation and in the Vascular Beds of the Heart and Brain

1990 • 43 citations

Progesterone up-regulates vasodilator effects of calcitonin gene–related peptide in NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester–induced hypertension

1997 • 37 citations

Calcitonin gene-related peptide in the rat uterus: Presence in nerves and effects on uterine contraction

1990 • 36 citations

Smooth muscle dilatation in the human uterine artery induced by substance P, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, calcitonin gene-related peptide and atrial natriuretic peptide: relation to endothelium-derived relaxing substances

1992 • 29 citations

Rat myometrial smooth muscle cells express endothelial nitric oxide synthase

1997 • 28 citations

Identification and Characterization of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptors in Porcine Renal Medullary Membranes

1991 • 27 citations

Transvaginal ultrasonographic measurements of the fetal adrenal glands at 12 to 17 weeks of gestation

1993 • 25 citations

Possible physiologic role of calcitonin gene-related peptide in the human uterine artery

1993 • 25 citations