Effects of ethanol and nomifensine on NE clearance in the cerebellum of young and aged Fischer 344 rats

Brain Research

Volumn 756, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 287-292

  Lin, Anya M Y ^a,b   Bickford, Paula C ^a,c   Palmer, Michael R ^a   Cline, Elizabeth J ^a   Gerhardt, Greg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cerebellar cortex; Ethanol; Fischer 344 rat; Nomifensine; Norepinephrine; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NOMIFENSINE; NORADRENALIN;

AGING; AMPEROMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLEARANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ETHANOL; MALE; NOMIFENSINE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0030979525     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00229-1     Document Type: Article

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