Novel Form of Long-Term Synaptic Depression in Rat Hippocampus Induced by Activation of α1 Adrenergic Receptors

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1071-1077

  Scheiderer, Cary L ^a   Dobrunz, Lynn E ^a,b   McMahon, Lori L ^a,b,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; METHOXAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCUS CERULEUS; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM DEPRESSION (PHYSIOLOGY); METHOXAMINE; PRAZOSIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1;

EID: 0842284613     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00420.2003     Document Type: Article

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