The anticonvulsant and proconvulsant effects of α2- adrenoreceptor agonists are mediated by distinct populations of α2a-adrenoreceptors

Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 795-803

  Szot, P ^a,c   Lester, M ^a   Laughlin, M L ^b   Palmiter, R D ^b   Liles, L C ^d   Weinshenker, D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenergic receptors; adrenoreceptor; AR; C56BL 6J; clonic tonic seizure; CT; Dbh ; dopamine hydroxylase knockout mouse; flurothyl; guanfacine; knockout mice; pentylenetetrazol; wild type mouse for 2 adrenoreceptor knockout mouse

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; AUTORECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; GUANFACINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTORECEPTORS; CLONIDINE; CONVULSANTS; GUANFACINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NOREPINEPHRINE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SEIZURES;

EID: 2942585266     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.04.030     Document Type: Article

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