Arrhythmic firing in dopamine neurons of rat substantia nigra evoked by activation of subthalamic neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1632-1637

  Kang, Youngnam ^a,b   Futami, Takahiro ^b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032824856     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.3.1632     Document Type: Article

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