Chronic cold stress alters the basal and evoked electrophysiological activity of rat locus coeruleus neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1055-1064

  Mana, M J ^a,b   Grace, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CHATHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst firing; In vivo electrophysiology; Norepinephrine; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COLD STRESS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031563822     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00225-X     Document Type: Article

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