Stimulatory effect of harmane and other β-carbolines on locus coeruleus neurons in anaesthetized rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-200

  Ruiz Durántez, Eduardo ^a   Ruiz Ortega, José Ángel ^a   Pineda, Joseba ^a   Ugedo, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Harmaline; Harmane; Imidazoline receptors; In vivo; Locus coeruleus; Norharmane; Single unit extracellular recordings

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA CARBOLINE; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; EFAROXAN; HARMALINE; HARMAN; IMIDAZOLINE I1 RECEPTOR; IMIDAZOLINE I2 RECEPTOR; IMIDAZOLINE RECEPTOR; IMIDAZOLINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; VAGOTOMY;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CARBOLINES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HARMALINE; HARMINE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DRUG; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 0035839156     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02010-9     Document Type: Article

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