Ethanol counteraction of clonidine-evoked inhibition of norepinephrine release in rostral ventrolateral medulla of rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1285-1291

  Mao, Limin ^a   Abdel Rahman, Abdel A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DOPAC; Heart Rate; Mean Arterial Pressure; Norepinephrine; Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CLONIDINE; NORADRENALIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031693687     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03910.x     Document Type: Article

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