Estimating the synaptic concentration of norepinephrine in dentate gyrus which produces β-receptor mediated long-lasting potentiation in vivo using microdialysis and intracerebroventricular norepinephrine

Brain Research

Volumn 710, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 293-298

  Harley, Carolyn W ^a,b   Lalies, Margaret D ^a,b   Nutt, David J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Dept Anat Sch Med Sci U   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Long term; Noradrenaline; Potentiation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0029930589     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01443-8     Document Type: Article

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