Inhibitory effect of A10 dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area on the orienting response evoked by acoustic stimulation in the cat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-65

  Crescimanno, Giuseppe ^a   Sorbera, Filippina ^a   Emmi, Adriana ^a   Amato, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Dopamine; Mesolimbic mesocortical system; Sensorimotor integration; Sulpiride

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VIDEORECORDING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; SULPIRIDE; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0031964882     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00290-6     Document Type: Article

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