Evidence for differential control of posterior hypothalamic, supramammillary, and medial mammillary theta-related cellular discharge by ascending and descending pathways

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5547-5554

  Kirk, Ian J ^a   Oddie, Scott D ^a   Konopacki, Jan ^a,b   Bland, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

hippocampal theta; intraseptal; medial mammillary nucleus; posterior hypothalamic nucleus; procaine; rhythmic cell discharge; supramammillary nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BURST FORMING UNIT; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

EID: 0029847049     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-17-05547.1996     Document Type: Article

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