Two types of cholinergic neurons in the rat tegmental pedunculopontine nucleus: Electrophysiological and morphological characterization

Neuroscience

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1089-1109

  Takakusaki, K ^a,b   Shiroyama, T ^a   Kitai, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long duration neuron; Short duration neuron; Slice preparation; Substantia nigra compacta; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0030739607     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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