Atomoxetine modulates spontaneous and sensory-evoked discharge of locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-64

  Bari, A ^a   Aston Jones, G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomoxetine; Local field potentials; Locus coeruleus; Norepinephrine; Sensory response; Spike field coherence

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HISTOLOGY; LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPIKE; STIMULATION;

ADRENERGIC NEURONS; ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PROPYLAMINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84866403542     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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