Drugs and Central Synaptic Transmission

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-5
The use of transmitter antagonists in microelectrophoretic investigations of central synaptic transmission....Pages 7-35
Steady state and dynamics of putative neurotransmitters in tel-diencephalic nuclei: a study using multiple ion detection....Pages 37-48
Effects of drugs on the dopamine mechanisms in the corpus striatum and in the limbic system and on the noradrenaline and 5-hydroxytryptamine mechanisms in the spinal cord....Pages 49-62
Influence of adrenergic and cholinergic mechanisms on the central cardiovascular structures and their interactions....Pages 65-88
Mechanisms of acetylcholine synthesis by rat brain choline acetyltransferase and its regulation by products and inhibitors....Pages 89-98
Cholinergic inhibitory mechanism in the cerebral cortex....Pages 99-106
Functioning muscarinic receptors on cholinergic pathways to Renshaw cells....Pages 107-114
The role of cholinergic transmission in learning....Pages 115-119
Role of putative central neurotransmitters in self-stimulation behaviour....Pages 121-129
Interactions of morphine and atropine with putative transmitters....Pages 131-138
Effect of nicotine administration into the lateral cerebral ventricles of mice provides evidence for cholinergic mechanisms in the CNS....Pages 139-144
Effects of centrally acting drugs on the activity of tyrosine hydroxylase in the rat midbrain....Pages 145-153
Studies on the role of brain monoamines in the anticonvulsant action of diphenylhydantoin and nialamide-induced potentiation of diphenylhydantoin in albino rats....Pages 155-164
Possible role of 2-phenylethylamine in the modulation of extrapyramidal function....Pages 165-173
Mechanisms of l-DOPA effects on EEG and behaviour....Pages 175-191
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and brain biogenic amines....Pages 193-199
Selective reversal of haloperidol-induced inhibition of brain self-stimulation by the anticholinergic dexetimide....Pages 201-209
The use of monoamine antagonists to identify a neurotransmitter function for 5-hydroxytryptamine in the spinal cord....Pages 211-218
Response of rat cortical neurones to some microiontophoretically applied monoamines and their antagonists....Pages 219-225
Pharmacological profile of inhibition in the vestibular and ocular nuclei....Pages 227-234
Pharmacological characterisation ofcentral receptors for thermoregulation....Pages 235-244
Pharmacological characterisation of central receptors in the release of antidiuretic hormone....Pages 245-253
The use of pharmacological agents to investigate inhibition in the lateral geniculate nucleus....Pages 255-262
Some effects of picrotoxin on afferent terminals in the cuneate nucleus of the cat....Pages 263-271
Pharmacological characterisation of central receptors in aggressive behaviour....Pages 273-282
Is apomorphine an agent inducing stereotypy....Pages 283-290
Evidence for non-dopaminergic nature of apomorphine-induced pecking in pigeons....Pages 291-299
Possible involvement of a dopaminergic link in the analgesic action of morphine....Pages 301-307
Studies on the role of brain monoamines in the potentiation of morphine analgesia by monoamine oxidase inhibitors nialamide and mangiferin in albino rats....Pages 309-315
Participation of a central adrenergic synapse in the cardiovascular actions of intracerebroventricular ouabain....Pages 317-323
Effects of cobra neurotoxin on membrane properties of synaptosomes....Pages 325-331
Biogenic amine metabolism and defective brain development during experimental cretinism....Pages 333-340
Pharmacological studies of histamine as a central neurotransmitter....Pages 341-350
Back Matter....Pages 351-358
....Pages 359-369