Idazoxan activates rat forebrain glycogen phosphorylase in vivo: A histochemical study

Brain Research

Volumn 1059, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-92

  Fara On, Maria ^a   Evans, John H ^a   Harley, Carolyn W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

2 Deoxyglucose; Brain metabolism; Diencephalon; Glycogenolysis; Hippocampus; Locus coeruleus; Neocortex; Norepinephrine; Striatum

Indexed keywords

DEOXYGLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; IDAZOXAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FOREBRAIN; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; HEXOSE TRANSPORT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; DEOXYGLUCOSE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; GLYCOLYSIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IDAZOXAN; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 26844534703     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.08.028     Document Type: Article

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