Histamine elicits neuronal excitatory response of red nucleus in the rat via H2 receptors in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 351, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-28

  Chen, Kun ^a   Zhu, Jing Ning ^a   Li, Hong Zhao ^a   Wang, Jian Jun ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Histamine; Histamine receptors; Hypothalamo rubral fibers; Red nucleus

Indexed keywords

2 (2 PYRIDYL)ETHYLAMINE; AMINE; CALCIUM ION; DIMAPRIT; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR; MAGNESIUM ION; RANITIDINE; TRIPROLIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RED NUCLEUS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0141783629     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00926-1     Document Type: Article

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