Effects of milnacipran on neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission in neurons of the rat locus coeruleus

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-38

  Kidani, Yuri ^a   Ishimatsu, Masaru ^a   Kuwahata, Takashi ^a   Yamashita, Yushiro ^a   Akasu, Takashi ^a   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR; METHYLPHENIDATE; MILNACIPRAN; NORADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SUBSTITUTE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; OUTWARD CURRENT; PATCH CLAMP; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CYCLOPROPANES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 11144252236     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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