Cortistatin increase of a potassium conductance in rat locus coeruleus in vitro

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1567-1572

  Connor, Mark ^a   Ingram, Susan L ^a   Christie, MacDonald J ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortistatin; CTOP; Locus coeruleus; Potassium channels; Somatostatin; Somatostatin receptors

Indexed keywords

METENKEPHALIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; POTASSIUM ION; SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIGAND BINDING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEUROPEPTIDES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031435350     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701541     Document Type: Article

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