Direct evidence for imidazoline (I1) receptor modulation of ethanol action on norepinephrine-containing neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 684-693

  Li, Guichu ^a   Abdel Rahman, Abdel A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methylnorepinephrine; Clonidine; Electrochemistry; Imidazoline (I1) Receptor; Norepinephrine; Rilmenidine; Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; CORBADRINE; IMIDAZOLINE RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; RILMENIDINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ETHANOL; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONS; NORDEFRIN; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXAZOLES; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RECEPTORS, DRUG;

RATTUS;

EID: 33947223255     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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