Occlusion of the presynaptic action of cannabinoids in rat substantia nigra pars reticulata by cadmium

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-60

  Chan, Priscilla K Y ^a   Yung, Wing Ho ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channels; Cadmium; Cannabinoids; SR141716A; Substantia nigra pars reticulata

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; CADMIUM; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; RIMONABANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CANNABINOIDS; ION CHANNEL GATING; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032511078     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00396-6     Document Type: Article

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