Corticotropin-releasing factor modulates basal and stress-induced excitatory amino acid release in the locus coeruleus of conscious rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 45-48

  Singewald, Nicolas ^a   Zhou, Gui Ying ^a   Chen, Fung ^a   Philippu, Athineos ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arginine; Aspartate; Blood pressure; Corticotropin releasing factor; Glutamate; Locus coeruleus; Noise stress; Push pull cannula; Tail pinch; Tetrodotoxin; Helical CRF9 41

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGIONAL PERFUSION; STRESS;

EID: 0030062255     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12312-0     Document Type: Article

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