The effect of α2-adrenergic drugs on the activity of neurons in the rat nucleus raphe magnus in vitro

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 459-461

  Kanda, Tomoe ^a   Ohta, Yoshihiro ^a   Kida, Atsunori ^a   Kemmotsu, Osamu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; YOHIMBINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRUG EFFECT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT; ANIMAL; BRAIN STEM; DOSE RESPONSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WISTAR RAT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0032587656     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199902000-00043     Document Type: Article

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