Burst-firing activity of presumed 5-HT neurones of the rat dorsal raphe nucleus: Electrophysiological analysis by antidromic stimulation

Brain Research

Volumn 740, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 162-168

  Hajós, Mihály ^a   Sharp, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collision test; dorsal raphe nucleus; extracellular recording; firing pattern; serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MALE; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0030592690     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00869-4     Document Type: Article

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