Labetalol facilitates GABAergic transmission to rat periaqueductal gray neurons via antagonizing β1-adrenergic receptors — A possible mechanism underlying labetalol-induced analgesia
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Labetalol facilitates GABAergic transmission to rat periaqueductal gray neurons via antagonizing beta1-adrenergic receptors--a possible mechanism underlying labetalol-induced analgesia.
Labetalol, a combined alpha1, beta1, and beta2 adrenoceptor-blocking drug, has been shown to have analgesic properties in vivo. To determine the underlying mechanisms, we examined its effects on GABAA receptor-mediated spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs) and spontaneous firings of rat ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (PAG) neurons, either mechanically dissociated, or in acute...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brain Research
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0006-8993
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.01.023