Increase of meningeal blood flow after electrical stimulation of rat dura mater encephali: mediation by calcitonin gene‐related peptide

1 The dura mater encephali of the rat was exposed and the blood flow around branches of the medial meningeal artery was monitored with a laser Doppler flowmeter. Changes in the meningeal blood flow (MBF) following electrical stimulation of the dura mater at a parasagittal site were registered. The effects of human calcitonin gene‐related peptide (h‐αCGRP) and the CGRP antagonist (h‐αCGRP8–37) on the MBF were tested.

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