Effect of stimulation of the nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis on the membrane potential of cat lumbar motoneurons during sleep and wakefulness

Brain Research

Volumn 386, Issue 1-2, 1986, Pages 237-244

  Chase, Michael H ^a   Morales, Francisco R ^a   Boxer, Peter A ^a   Fung, Simon J ^a   Soja, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active sleep; Inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP); Motoneuron; Nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis; Quiet sleep; Reticular formation; Sleep; Spinal cord; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CAT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CATS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PONS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0023034794     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(86)90160-5     Document Type: Article

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