Nitric oxide production in rat thalamus changes with behavioral state, local depolarization, and brainstem stimulation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 420-427

  Williams, Julie A ^a   Vincent, Steven R ^a   Reiner, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

arousal; EEG; mesopontine cholinergic neurons; microdialysis; nitric oxide; sleep

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POTASSIUM; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031016006     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-01-00420.1997     Document Type: Article

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