Noradrenaline increases the firing rate of a subpopulation of rat subthalamic neurones through the activation of α1-adrenoceptors

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1070-1079

  Arcos, Demetrio ^a,b   Sierra, Arturo ^a   Nuñez, Alejandro ^a   Flores, Gonzalo ^c   Aceves, Jorge ^a   Arias Montaño, José Antonio ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b ESCUELA DE MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Mexico)

^c BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Catecholamine; Neuronal firing; Noradrenaline; Subthalamic nucleus; 1 adrenoceptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; NORADRENALIN; PRAZOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE WAVE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0242459695     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(03)00315-0     Document Type: Article

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