Corticotropin-releasing factor in the locus coeruleus mediates EEG activation associated with hypotensive stress

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1993, Pages 81-84

  Page, Michelle E ^a   Berridge, Craig W ^b   Foote, Stephen L ^b   Valentino, Rita J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Clonidine; Corticotropin releasing factor; Electroencephalographic; Hypotensive stress; Locus coeruleus

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; CLONIDINE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HYPOTENSION; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NITROPRUSSIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027714832     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(93)90862-F     Document Type: Article

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