Acute vagal nerve stimulation lowers α2 adrenoceptor availability: Possible mechanism of therapeutic action

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 702-707

  Landau, Anne M ^a   Dyve, Suzan ^b   Jakobsen, Steen ^a   Alstrup, Aage K O ^a   Gjedde, Albert ^a,c   Doudet, Doris J ^a,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Minipig; Noradrenaline; Positron emission tomography; Vagal nerve stimulation; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; MONOAMINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOHIMBINE; YOHIMBINE C 11; CARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; COMPETITIVE BINDING ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; FEMALE; KINETICS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MINIPIG; MONOAMINE RELEASE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; THALAMUS; THERAPY EFFECT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOLUME OF DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PIG; SCINTISCANNING; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; KINETICS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; THALAMIC NUCLEI; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 84937515768     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.02.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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