The locus coeruleus noradrenergic system in the rat brain studied by dual-probe microdialysis

Brain Research

Volumn 763, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-62

  Van Gaalen, Marcel ^a   Kawahara, Hiroshi ^b   Kawahara, Yukie ^c   Westerink, Ben H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbachol; Clonidine; Kainate; Locus coeruleus; Microdialysis; NMDA; Noradrenaline; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; CLONIDINE; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARBACHOL; CLONIDINE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0030843443     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00416-2     Document Type: Article

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