Intrathecal nicotinic agonist-elicited release of excitatory amino acids as measured by in vivo spinal microdialysis in rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-106

  Khan, Imran M ^a   Marsala, Martin ^b   Printz, Morton P ^a   Taylor, Palmer ^a   Yaksh, Tony L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CYTISINE; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; EPIBATIDINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMINE; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART RATE; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

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