Histaminergic descending inputs to the mesopontine tegmentum and their role in the control of cortical activation and wakefulness in the cat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1523-1537

  Lin, Jian Sheng ^a   Hou, Yiping ^a   Sakai, Kazuya ^a   Jouvet, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

histaminergic neurons; locus coeruleus; mediodorsal pontine tegmentum; mesopontine cholinergic neurons; microdialysis; noradrenergic neurons; posterior hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; NONHUMAN; PONS; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0029962956     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-04-01523.1996     Document Type: Article

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