Estimates of the axonal refractory period of midbrain dopamine neurons: Their relevance to brain stimulation reward

Brain Research

Volumn 718, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 83-88

  Anderson, Roberta M ^b   Fatigati, Maria D ^b   Rompré, Pierre Paul ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Medial forebrain bundle; Refractory period; Reward; Single unit; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

EID: 0029890383     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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