“…Intravenous injection of PACAP triggers amylase (Mungan et al, 1991;Alonso et al, 1994), pancreatic fluid, bicarbonate, and protein secretions (Naruse et al, 1992;Alonso et al, 1994;Zabielski et al, 1994;Rodríguez-López et al, 1995;Onaga et al, 1996;Wheeler et al, 1997;Lee et al, 1998;Glad et al, 2003). PACAP also induces vasodilation and increases pancreatic blood flow, notably in the exocrine part of the gland (Carlsson et al, 1996;Ito et al, 1998).…”