Table of Contents
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 cat Chapter 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 projection Section 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 withdrawal Chapter 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 Neurons Chapter 21: Autoradiography of adrenoceptors in rat and human brain: α-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 Chapter 25: The cerebellar norepinephrine system: inhibition, modulation, and gating Chapter 26: Norepinephrine effects on spinal motoneurons Chapter 27: Second messenger-mediated actions of norepinephrine on target neurons in central circuits: a new perspective on intracellular mechanisms and functional consequences Section IV. Control of Motor and Sensory Systems Chapter 28: Central noradrenergic neurons: the autonomic connection Chapter 29: Descending noradrenergic influences on pain Chapter 30: Locus coeruleus control of spinal motor output Chapter 31: Responses of locus coeruleus neurons to labyrinth and neck stimulation Chapter 32: Locus coeruleus and dorsal pontine reticular influences on the gain of vestibulospinal reflexes Chapter 33: Noradrenergic agents into the cerebellar anterior vermis modify the gain of vestibulospinal reflexes in the cat Chapter 34: Effects of GABAergic and noradrenergic injections into the cerebellar flocculus on vestibulo-ocular reflexes in the rabbit Section V.