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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349285403321

Titolo

Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) Mechanisms : Focus on Migraine / / edited by Susan D. Brain, Pierangelo Geppetti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-21454-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, , 0171-2004 ; ; 255

Disciplina

616.857

616.84912

Soggetti

Pharmacology

Neurology 

Pain medicine

Neurosciences

Pharmacology/Toxicology

Neurology

Pain Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. CGRP Discovery and Timeline -- 2. CGRP Receptor Biology: Is There More Than One Receptor? -- 3. The Structure of the CGRP and Related Receptors -- 4. CGRP Receptor Signalling Pathways -- 5. Pathways of CGRP Release from Primary Sensory Neurons -- 6. CGRP in Animal Models of Migraine -- 7. CGRP in Human Models of Migraine -- 8. Role of CGRP in Migraine -- 9. Understanding CGRP and Cardiovascular Risk -- 10. CGRP and Painful Pathologies other than Headache -- 11. Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Antagonists and Therapeutic Antibodies.

Sommario/riassunto

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 chapters address the origin, localization and function of CGRP and its receptor in the peripheral nervous system, in



the cardiovascular system, and in other tissues and organs. Further attention is paid to the drug discovery pathway where recent findings show the beneficial effect of small molecule antagonists of the CGRP receptors for the relief of the migraine attack and of monoclonal antibodies against CGRP or the CGRP receptor for migraine prevention. .