Cannabinoids modulate neuronal firing in the rat basolateral amygdala: Evidence for CB1- and non-CB1-mediated actions

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-125

  Pistis, Marco ^a   Perra, Simona ^a   Pillolla, Giuliano ^a   Melis, Miriam ^a   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^a   Muntoni, Anna Lisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Cannabinoids; Electrophysiology; Nucleus accumbens; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CAPSAZEPINE; DEXANABINOL; RIMONABANT; URETHAN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MODULATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE;

EID: 0345118964     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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