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Local administration of 6-hydroxydopamine in the subarachnoidal space of the spinal cord in rats resulted in a selective long-lasting depletion of spinal noradrenaline, but not of dopamine, and prevented the occurrence of postdecapitation convulsions.
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Bosland, M.C., Versteeg, D.H.G. & de Jong, W. Selective depletion of spinal noradrenaline inhibits post-decapitation convulsions in rats. Experientia 36, 224 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953745
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