Phasic activation of the locus coeruleus enhances responses of primary sensory cortical neurons to peripheral receptive field stimulation

Brain Research

Volumn 790, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 33-44

  Waterhouse, Barry D ^a   Moises, Hylan C ^a,b   Woodward, Donald J ^a,c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Locus coeruleus; Modulation; Noradrenergic; Somatosensory cortex; Trigeminal system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GLABROUS SKIN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TARGET CELL; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOOT; LOCUS COERULEUS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXIDOPAMINE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYMPATHOLYTICS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0032550172     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00117-6     Document Type: Article

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