Excitation of the brain stem pedunculopontine tegmentum cholinergic cells induces wakefulness and REM sleep

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2975-2988

  Datta, Subimal ^a,b   Siwek, Donald F ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; TEGMENTUM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030760831     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.2975     Document Type: Article

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