Mesolimbic component of the ascending cholinergic pathways: Electrophysiological-pharmacological study

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1675-1686

  Brudzynski, Stefan M ^a   Kadishevitz, Ludmila ^b   Fu, Xiao Wen ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMOTION; FLIGHT; IONTOPHORESIS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031943251     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.4.1675     Document Type: Article

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