Blockade of alpha-2 adrenergic receptors in the rostral ventrolateral medulla attenuates the sympathoinhibitory response to cocaine

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 967-974

  Abrahams, T Patrick ^a   Liu, Wen ^a   Varner, Kurt J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COCAINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IDAZOXAN; PENTOBARBITAL; PIPEROXAN; PROPRANOLOL; TERAZOSIN;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COCAINE; IDAZOXAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; PIPEROXAN; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 0030433177     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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