Facilitatory effect of unilateral lesion of the ventral tegmental area on locomotor response to stimulation of the contralateral ventral tegmental area: Involvement of GABAergic transmission

Brain Research

Volumn 842, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 419-430

  Trojniar, Weronika ^a   Klejbor, Ilona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Contralateral effect; Facilitation; Muscimol; Phaclofen; Stimulation induced locomotor response; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; PHACLOFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FACILITATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HEMISPHERE; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0032830355     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01865-X     Document Type: Article

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