Cannabinoids suppress synaptic input to neurones of the rat dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 559, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 923-938

  Derbenev, Andrei V ^a   Stuart, Thomas C ^a   Smith, Bret N ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT POTENTIAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STOMACH; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 4644335785     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.067470     Document Type: Article

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