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Sex differences in CGRP-induced vasodilation of human middle meningeal arteries but not human coronary arteries: implications for migraine.

Authors

de Vries T, Boucherie DM, Chan KY, Rubio-Beltrán E, Labastida-Ramírez A, Labruijere S, Gupta S, van den Bogaerdt A, Vincent A, Dammers R, Danser AHJ, MaassenVanDenBrink A

Abstract

Migraine prevalence and levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), a peptide involved in migraine pathophysiology, differ between men and women, and appear to be affected by changes in sex hormones. The present study investigated the sex-specific responses to CGRP in human isolated arteries.