Electrical stimulation of the cholinergic laterodorsal tegmental nucleus elicits scopolamine-sensitive excitatory postsynaptic potentials in medial pontine reticular formation neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 393-401

  Imon, H ^a   Ito, K ^a   Dauphin, L ^a   McCarley, R W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; brainstem; cholinergic; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BIOTIN; SCOPOLAMINE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0030593453     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00134-0     Document Type: Article

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