Noradrenaline modulates glutamate-mediated neurotransmission in the rat basolateral amygdala in vitro

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1356-1364

  Ferry, Barbara ^a   Magistretti, Pierre J ^a   Pralong, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Epilepsy; Glutamate; Memory

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BRIMONIDINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; YOHIMBINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030810457     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01490.x     Document Type: Article

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