Changes in rectal temperature and ECoG spectral power of sensorimotor cortex elicited in conscious rabbits by i.c.v. injection of GABA, GABA A and GABA B agonists and antagonists

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 152-162

  Frosini, Maria ^a   Valoti, Massimo ^a   Sgaragli, Giampietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ECoG; GABA; Gaba A and gaba B agonists and antagonists; Rabbit; Sensorimotor cortex; Spectrum analysis; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; GABOXADOL; MUSCIMOL; NIPECOTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICUCULLINE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; ISOXAZOLES; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MALE; MUSCIMOL; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; PREOPTIC AREA; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; RECTUM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 1242273737     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705593     Document Type: Article

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