Presynaptic inhibition of diverse afferents to the locus ceruleus by κ-opiate receptors: A novel mechanism for regulating the central norepinephrine system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 6516-6525

  Kreibich, Arati S ^a,b   Reyes, Beverly A S ^c   Curtis, Andre L ^a   Ecke, Laurel ^b   Chavkin, Charles ^d   Van Bockstaele, Elisabeth J ^c   Valentino, Rita J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

opiate receptor; Corticotropin releasing factor; Dynorphin; Glutamate; Locus ceruleus; Morphine withdrawal

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTOSOME;

3,4-DICHLORO-N-METHYL-N-(2-(1-PYRROLIDINYL)-CYCLOHEXYL)-BENZENEACETAMIDE, (TRANS)-ISOMER; ANIMALS; LOCUS COERULEUS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOREPINEPHRINE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA;

EID: 46749137874     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0390-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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