Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide: a neuropeptide in the sensory nervous system.
This thesis deals with the expression of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP) in sensory C-type cells and primary afferent fibres and its possible role in nociceptive transmission. PACAP-expression, -release, -synthesis and -function were investigated in a series of measurements using immunocytochemistry, radioimmunoassay, in situ hybridization histochemistry, Northern blot, elec