Branched-chain amino acid-induced hippocampal norepinephrine release is antagonized by picrotoxin: Evidence for a central mode of action

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-284

  Torigoe, Kazunori ^a   Potter, Pamela E ^b   Katz, David P ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acids; GABA receptors; Hippocampus; Nociception; Norepinephrine release

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PICROTOXIN; VALINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ANIMALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA;

EID: 0032776039     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(99)00060-X     Document Type: Article

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