Evaluation of the effects of a specific α2-adrenoceptor antagonist, atipamezole, on α1- and α2-adrenoceptor subtype binding, brain neurochemistry and behaviour in comparison with yohimbine

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 356, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 570-582

  Haapalinna, Antti ^a   Viitamaa, Timo ^a   MacDonald, Ewen ^b   Savola, Juha Matti ^a   Tuomisto, Leena ^b   Virtanen, Raimo ^a   Heinonen, Esa ^a  

^a ORION CORPORATION   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

(2D) adrenoceptor; 2 adrenoceptor subtypes; Atipamezole; Hypothermia; Monoamines; Noradrenergic neurons; Sedation; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

ATIPAMEZOLE; YOHIMBINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELECTIVITY; FEMALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC AMINES; BRAIN; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRAZOSIN; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; SEROTONIN; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0030669456     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005092     Document Type: Article

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