Pontine reticular formation is involved in catalepsy produced by cholinergic drugs

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 356, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 166-172

  Elazar, Zeev ^a   Ganchrow, Donald ^a   Paz, Milka ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Catalepsy; Kainic lesions; Pontine reticular formation; Rat; VM nucleus

Indexed keywords

ARECOLINE; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HALOPERIDOL; KAINIC ACID; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CATALEPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; HISTOLOGY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; RAT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARECOLINE; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; CATALEPSY; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PHYSOSTIGMINE; RATS; RETICULAR FORMATION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030878219     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005037     Document Type: Article

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