Lability of the pacemaker activity in the rat rostro-ventrolateral medulla: Effects of noradrenaline

Brain Research

Volumn 796, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Piguet, Pascale ^a   Schlichter, Rémy ^a  

^a UMR 7519 CNRS 21   (France)

Author keywords

Adrenoceptor; Catecholamine; Pacemaker; RVLM; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; CORBADRINE; IDAZOXAN; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM ION; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; YOHIMBINE;

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PERIODICITY; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

EID: 0032526520     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00171-1     Document Type: Article

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