Transient and long-lasting affects of iontophoretically administered norepinephrine on somatosensory cortieal neurons in halothane-anesthetized cats

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-57

  Warren, Richard A ^a,c   Dykes, Robert W ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Iontophoresis; Neuronal plasticity; Norepinephrine; Single neurons; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BENOXATHIAN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; HALOTHANE; IDAZOXAN; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; OXYMETAZOLINE; SOTALOL; TIMOLOL; YOHIMBINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG EFFECT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOREPINEPHRINE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029665661     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y95-225     Document Type: Article

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