Projection neurons of the lateral amygdaloid nucleus are virtually silent throughout the sleep-waking cycle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1301-1305

  Gaudreau, Hélène ^a   Paré, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUBICULUM;

EID: 0029980491     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.3.1301     Document Type: Article

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