Membrane and synaptic effects of corticotropin-releasing factor on periaqueductal gray neurons of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 981, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 52-57

  Bowers, Laura K ^a   Swisher, Christa B ^a   Behbehani, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Corticotropin releasing factor; HPA axis; Periaqueductal gray; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IN VITRO STUDY; INJECTION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0141798674     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02886-5     Document Type: Article

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