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Changes in the electrical activity of locus coeruleus neurons in pregnant rats
- Source :
- Neuroscience Letters. 85:329-332
- Publication Year :
- 1988
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1988.
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Abstract
- Under urethane anesthesia, unit activity of locus coeruleus (LC) neurons was recorded extracellularly in pregnant and non-pregnant rats. The spontaneous firing of LC neurons was found to be reduced in pregnant rats. In addition, biochemical studies indicated that noradrenaline contents in the cerebral cortex, one of the major projection sites of LC neurons, were significantly higher in pregnant than non-pregnant rats. These results suggest that the electrical activity of noradrenergic neurons in the LC is reduced during gestation.
- Subjects :
- Noradrenergic neurons
medicine.medical_specialty
Action Potentials
Norepinephrine
Pregnancy
Internal medicine
medicine
Animals
reproductive and urinary physiology
Urethane anesthesia
Cerebral Cortex
Chemistry
General Neuroscience
Locus Ceruleus
Rats, Inbred Strains
Rats
medicine.anatomical_structure
Endocrinology
nervous system
Cerebral cortex
Pregnancy, Animal
Locus coeruleus
Gestation
Female
Locus Coeruleus
Neuroscience
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03043940
- Volume :
- 85
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Neuroscience Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ccdaf99f2e003b131ade0c31edccd0e6