Blockade of α2-adrenergic receptors, but not blockade of γ-aminobutyric acida, serotonin, or opiate receptors, augments responsiveness of locus coeruleus neurons to excitatory stimulation
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Neuropharmacology
- Vol. 28 (7), 651-660
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0028-3908(89)90147-0
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