Effect of the CB 1 receptor antagonists rimonabant and AM251 on the firing rate of dorsal raphe nucleus neurons in rat brain slices

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1579-1587

  Mendiguren, Aitziber ^a   Pineda, Joseba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

5 HT; AM251; Dorsal raphe nucleus; GABA; Rimonabant; Single unit extracellular recording

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANANDAMIDE; METHANANDAMIDE; PICROTOXIN; RIMONABANT; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CANNABINOIDS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NEURONS; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PYRAZOLES; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SEROTONIN;

EID: 70350545504     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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