Electrophysiological effects of monoamine oxidase inhibition on rat midbrain dopaminergic neurones: An in vitro study

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 528-532

  Mercuri, Nicola B ^a   Bonci, Antonello ^a   Siniscalchi, Antonio ^a,b   Stefani, Alessandro ^a   Calabresi, Paolo ^a   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Sulpiride; Clorgyline; Deprenyl; Dopamine; Pargyline; SCH 23390; Spontaneous firing; Substantia nigra; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; CLORGYLINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE AUTORECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PARGYLINE; SELEGILINE; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0030062801     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15222.x     Document Type: Article

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