Chronic imipramine treatment induces downregulation of alpha-2 receptors in rat's locus coeruleus and A2 region of the tractus solitarius

Life Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 287-294

  Jimenez Rivera1, C A ^a   Segarra, O ^a   Santacana, G ^a   Hoffman, T ^b   Savage, D D ^b   Weiss, G K ^b  

^a Department of Physiology Universidad Central del Caribe Medical School Bayamon Puerto Rico USA ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alpha 2 receptors; imipramine; locus coeruleus; tractus solitarius

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; IDAZOXAN; IMIPRAMINE; PHENTOLAMINE; RADIOLIGAND;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DENSITOMETRY; DIOXANES; DOWN-REGULATION; IDAZOXAN; IMIDAZOLES; IMIPRAMINE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; TERMINALIS;

EID: 13344295078     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(95)02289-9     Document Type: Article

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