Calcitonin gene-related peptide promotes mechanical nociception by potentiating release of substance P from the spinal dorsal horn in rats

Production of a novel neuropeptide encoded by the calcitonin gene via tissue-specific RNA processing

Michael G. Rosenfeld, Jean‐Jacques Mermod, Susan Amara et al. · Nature · 1983 · 2.3K citations

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience +14

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

Susan Amara, Vivian Jonas, Michael G. Rosenfeld et al. · Nature · 1982 · 2.1K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +15

Calcitonin gene-related peptide is a potent vasodilator

Susan D. Brain, T.J. Williams, John R. Tippins et al. · Nature · 1985 · 2.1K citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Physiology +11

Immunoreactive calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P coexist in sensory neurons to the spinal cord and interact in spinal behavioral responses of the rat

Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld‐Hallin, Tomas Hökfelt, Jan M. Lundberg et al. · Neuroscience Letters · 1984 · 573 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Calcitonin gene-related peptide: Detailed immunohistochemical distribution in the central nervous system

Gerhard Skofitsch, David M. Jacobowitz · Peptides · 1985 · 427 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +12