Noradrenergic neurotransmission in the ventral spinal cord: Basic characteristics and effects of denervating lesions, as studied in the awake rat by microdialysis

Brain Research

Volumn 738, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 281-291

  Leanza, Giampiero ^a,b   Maccavino, Maria Concetta ^a   Stanzani, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

electrolytic lesion; lumbar spinal cord; microdialysis; neurotoxin; noradrenaline; rat; transmitter release; ventral horn

Indexed keywords

DESIPRAMINE; NORADRENALIN; OXIDOPAMINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGIONAL PERFUSION;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; DENERVATION; DESIPRAMINE; FEMALE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MICRODIALYSIS; NOREPINEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0030569337     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00796-2     Document Type: Article

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