Two types of actions of norepinephrine on identified auditory efferent neurons in rat brain stem slices

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1800-1810

  Wang, Xueyong ^a   Robertson, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030814967     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.4.1800     Document Type: Article

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