Melatonin inhibits rat medial vestibular nucleus neuron activity in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 341, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-212

  Podda, Maria V ^a   Deriu, Franca ^a   Giaconi, Elena ^a   Milia, Marcella ^a   Tolu, Eusebio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

4 Phenyl 2 propionamidotetraline; In vitro; Luzindole; Medial vestibular nucleus; Melatonin; Prazosin; Rat

Indexed keywords

2 IODOMELATONIN; 4 PHENYL 2 PROPIONAMIDOTETRALINE; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; PRAZOSIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; IN VITRO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037426564     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00209-X     Document Type: Article

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