[Some comments on the biological properties of calcitonin: an eventual new therapeutic utilization (author's transl)].
The calcitonin-adrenal antagonism brings the authors to propose a new therapeutic use of calcitonin. That hormone could minimize the effects of externe stimulations and its use as sedative is proposed.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D051381:Rats; D012890:Sleep; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D002395:Catecholamines; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D013006:Growth Hormone; D002116:Calcitonin; D002118:Calcium
Quelques remarques sur les propriétés biologiques de la calcitonine: une utilisation thérapeutique nouvelle possible.