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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
This study was undertaken to determine if calcium status modulates calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) neuronal content. In two separate experiments, young, growing rats and mature rats were placed on low, normal, and high calcium diets for four weeks. CGRP immunostaining was localized immunocytochemically in laminae I and II of the upper thoracic spinal cord in young rats and in the upper thoracic and lumbar spinal cord in mature rats. Low calcium intake decreased dorsal horn CGRP content in young, growing rats, while high calcium diet significantly increased CGRP content, as determined by computer-assisted image processing, in both young and adult rats. A significant positive correlation was found between the serum ionized calcium and CGRP content in laminae I and II. Thus, calcium balance appears to modulate neuronal CGRP content.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
335-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Dietary calcium modulates spinal cord content of calcitonin gene-related peptide in the rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't