Suitability of the retrograde tracer Dil for electrophysiological studies of brainstem neurons: Adverse ramifications for G-protein coupled receptor agonists

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 116-121

  Zhang, Liang ^a   Jongeling, Amy C ^b   Hammond, Donna L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dil; GABAB; Locus coeruleus; Opioid; Patch clamp; Retrograde tracer; Rostral ventromedial medulla

Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOACTADECYL 3,3,3',3' TETRAMETHYLINDOCARBOCYANINE PERCHLORATE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACLOFEN; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 33846320867     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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