Synchronous activity in locus coeruleus results from dendritic interactions in pericoerulear regions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5196-5204

  Ishimatsu, Masaru ^a   Williams, John T ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dendrites; electrotonic coupling; field potentials; gap junctions; LC; slices

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BARIUM CHLORIDE; BICUCULLINE; IDAZOXAN; STRYCHNINE; TETRYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0029783330     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-16-05196.1996     Document Type: Article

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