The role of afferents to the locus coeruleus in the handling stress- induced increase in the release of noradrenaline in the medial prefrontal cortex: A dual-probe microdialysis study in the rat brain

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 279-286

  Kawahara, Hiroshi ^a   Kawahara, Yukie ^b   Westerink, Ben H C ^c  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortex, prefrontal; CRF receptor; GABA receptor; Locus coeruleus; Microdialysis; NMDA receptor; Noradrenaline; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; [3 (3,4 DICHLOROBENZYLAMINO)PROPYL](DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; BICUCULLINE; BUTYL[2,5 DIMETHYL 7 (2,4,6 TRIMETHYLPHENYL) 7H PYRROLO[2,3 D]PYRIMIDIN 4 YL]ETHYLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; IDAZOXAN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BENZYLAMINES; BICUCULLINE; IDAZOXAN; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHOSPHINIC ACIDS; PIPERAZINES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRIMIDINES; PYRROLES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; STRESS;

EID: 0033979254     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00793-1     Document Type: Article

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