Pre- and postsynaptic actions of opioid and orphan opioid agonists in the rat arcuate nucleus and ventromedial hypothalamus in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 517, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 431-445

  Emmerson, Paul J ^a   Miller, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; N METHYL N [7 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 OXASPIRO[4.5]DEC 8 YL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; NOCICEPTIN; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; ORL 1 RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ZONA INCERTA; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMODULATION; PAIRED-PULSE DEPRESSION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MALE; NARCOTICS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033153291     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0431t.x     Document Type: Article

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