DOPA cyclohexyl ester, a DOPA antagonist, blocks the depressor responses elicited by microinjections of nicotine into the nucleus tractus solitarii of rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 442, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-117

  Murota, Y ^a   Fujii, M ^a   Sugiyama, Y ^a   Funabashi, T ^a   Yagami, T ^a,b   Takahashi, T ^a   Goshima, Y ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; l DOPA; l DOPA cyclohexyl ester; Nicotine; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Rat

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; DOPA; DOPA CYCLOHEXYLESTER; MECAMYLAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; DOPAMINE RELEASE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HEART RATE; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBACHOL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HEART RATE; LEVODOPA; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MICROINJECTIONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 48149110813     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.06.077     Document Type: Article

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