Behavioral state control through differential serotonergic inhibition in the mesopontine cholinergic nuclei: A simultaneous unit recording and microdialysis study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 5490-5497

  Thakkar, Mahesh M ^a   Strecker, Robert E ^a   McCarley, Robert W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus; Mesopontine cholinergic neurons; Microdialysis; Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus; REM sleep; Serotonin; Single unit recording

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0032527891     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-14-05490.1998     Document Type: Article

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