Neurobiology of the locus coeruleus. (1991)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by C.D. Barnes and O. Pompeiano.
• Editors: Barnes, Charles D, 1935-; Pompeiano, O
• Other Names: Università di Pisa. Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica, organizer of meeting.; Washington State University. Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology, organizer of meeting.; Neurobiology of the Locus Coeruleus (Conference)
• Contents: Front Cover; Neurobiology of the Locus Coeruleus; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Section I. Anatomy of the Locus Coeruleus: Its Afferents and Efferents; Chapter 1. Neurochemicals in the dorsal pontine tegmentum; Chapter 2. Noradrenergic locus coeruleus neurons: their distant connections and their relationship to neighboring (including cholinergic and GABAergic) neurons of the central gray and reticular formation. Chapter 3. Physiological properties and afferent connections of the locus coeruleus and adjacent tegmental neurons involved in the generation of paradoxical sleep in the catChapter 4. Afferent regulation of locus coeruleus neurons: anatomy, physiology and pharmacology; Chapter 5. Noradrenergic innervation of somatosensory thalamus and spinal cord; Chapter 6. Efferent projections of different subpopulations of central noradrenaline neurons; Chapter 7. Pontospinal transmitters and their distribution; Chapter 8. The projections of locus coeruleus neurons to the spinal cord. Chapter 9. Ultrastructural aspects of the coeruleo-spinal projectionSection II. Properties of Locus Coeruleus Neurons; Chapter 10. Single-unit and physiological analyses of brain norepinephrine function in behaving animals; Chapter 11. Synaptic potentials in locus coeruleus neurons in brain slices; Chapter 12. Developmental aspects of the locus coeruleus-noradrenaline system; Chapter 13. GABAA and GABAB receptors and the ionic mechanisms mediating their effects on locus coeruleus neurons; Chapter 14. Mechanisms of opioid actions on neurons of the locus coeruleus. Chapter 15. Afferent effects on locus coeruleus in opiate withdrawalChapter 16. Angiotensin II and the locus coeruleus; Chapter 17. Vasopressin immunoreactive fibers and neurons in the dorsal pontine tegmentum of the rat, monkey and human; Chapter 18. Responses of locus coeruleus neurons to neuropeptides; Chapter 19. Pharmacology of locus coeruleus spontaneous and sensory-evoked activity; Chapter 20. Selective effects of DSP-4 on locus coeruleus axons: are there pharmacologically different types of noradrenergic axons in the central nervous system? Section III. Noradrenergic Influences on Target NeuronsChapter 21. Autoradiography of adrenoceptors in rat and human brain: a-adrenoceptor and idazoxan binding sites; Chapter 22. Actions of norepinephrine in the cerebral cortex and thalamus: implications for function of the central noradrenergic system; Chapter 23. Noradrenergic and locus coeruleus modulation of the perforant path-evoked potential in rat dentate gyrus supports a role for the locus coeruleus in attentional and memorial processes; Chapter 24. Actions of norepinephrine in the rat hippocampus.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 1991
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 642 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 612.8/262; Locus coeruleus -- Physiology -- Congresses; Noradrenergic neurons -- Congresses; Locus Coeruleus -- physiology; Motor Neurons -- physiology; Neurons, Afferent -- physiology; Locus coeruleus; Locus Coeruleus -- physiology -- Congresses; Locus coeruleus -- Physiology -- Congresses. Noradrenergic neurons -- Congresses. Locus Coeruleus -- physiology -- congresses. Motor Neurons -- physiology -- congresses. Neurons, Afferent -- physiology -- cong; Motor neurons; Motor Neurons -- physiology -- Congresses; Neurons, Afferent; Neurons, Afferent -- physiology -- Congresses; Noradrenergic neurons; Noradrenergic neurons -- Congresses; Locus cœruleus -- Physiologie -- Congrès; Neurones moteurs -- Congrès; Neurones noradrénergiques -- Congrès; MEDICAL -- Neuroscience; PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology; Locus céruléus; Neurones afférents -- Physiologie; Motoneurones -- Physiologie; Nucleus coeruleus; Locus coeruleus -- Physiologie -- Congrès; Neurones noradrénergiques -- Congrès; Congresses; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080862132; 0080862136
• Related ISBNs: 0444813942; 9780444813947; 0444801049; 9780444801043
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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