A Possible Role for Cholinergic Neurons of the Basal Forebrain and Pontomesencephalon in Consciousness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 574-596

  Woolf, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONSCIOUSNESS; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; PHYSIOLOGY; PONS; REVIEW;

CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PONS; PROSENCEPHALON;

EID: 0031308121     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ccog.1997.0319     Document Type: Article

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