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Increases in Potassium Conductance

Common Mechanisms of Opiate Action in Neurons of the Central Nervous System

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Neurotransmitters and Cortical Function

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In the past several years, many advances, most notably the discovery of opioid peptides and the widespread use of in vitro brain slice techniques, have accelerated the study of opiate action in the CNS. Since much of the work on the physiological actions of opiates has been done in the hippocampus and in the locus coeruleus (LC), this paper will concentrate on these areas, using other studies when useful for illustration.

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  1. Daniel V. Madison

    Present address: Department of Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, USA

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  1. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94143, USA

    Daniel V. Madison

  2. Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94143, USA

    Roger A. Nicoll

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  1. McGill University and Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Massimo Avoli  & Pierre Gloor  & 

  2. University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Tomás A. Reader

  3. McGill University and Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Madison, D.V., Nicoll, R.A. (1988). Increases in Potassium Conductance. In: Avoli, M., Reader, T.A., Dykes, R.W., Gloor, P. (eds) Neurotransmitters and Cortical Function. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0925-3_37

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