Light induced EEG desynchronization and behavioral arousal in rats with restored retinocollicular projection by peripheral nerve graft

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-48

  Sasaki, H ^a   Coffey, P ^b   Villegas Perez, M P ^c   Vidal Sanz, M ^c   Young, M J ^d   Lund, R D ^d   Fukuda, Y ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Electroencephalogram arousal; Orienting response; Peripheral nerve graft; Superior colliculus; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030601846     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)13121-9     Document Type: Article

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