Cholinergic and GABAergic modulation of self-stimulation of lateral hypothalamus and ventral tegmentum: Effects of carbachol, atropine, bicuculline, and picrotoxin

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 411-418

  Singh, Jitendra ^a   Desiraju, T ^a   Raju, T R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

ACh M receptor; Atropine; Bicuculline; Carbachol; GABA(A,B) receptors; Hypothalamus; Lateral; Picrotoxin; Self stimulation; Ventral tegmentum

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; BICUCULLINE; CARBACHOL; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0030931220     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00452-0     Document Type: Article

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