title: Cholinergic and vasoactive intestinal polypeptidergic innervation of the cerebral arteries.
abstract: Acetylcholine and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide are not only two vasoactive agonists that predominantly induce a vasodilatation of the cerebral arteries, but also correspond to neurotransmitters that innervate the various anatomical segments of the cerebral vasculature. The distinct patterns of the cerebrovascular cholinergic and vasoactive intestinal polypeptidergic innervation, their neurochemistry, in vitro and in vivo pharmacology, as well as the putative pathophysiological implications of these neurotransmission systems are critically summarized on the basis of the most recently published literature.
authors.affiliation: Université de Caen, URA 1829 CNRS, Centre Cyceron, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dauphin
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: MacKenzie
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000187:drug effects; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects*; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D000109:Acetylcholine