Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) Mechanisms Focus on Migraine /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brain, Susan D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Geppetti, Pierangelo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 255
• Subjects: Pharmacology.; Neurology .; Pain medicine.; Neurosciences.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Neurology.; Pain Medicine.

This book is designed to focus on the role of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) in health and disease. This peptide, originally discovered in the 1980s as a sensory neuropeptide with cardiovascular effects, is now known to play a distinct role in the pain processing of migraine. The various cha...