Stimulation of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus in the rat produces burst firing in A9 dopaminergic neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 245-254

  Lokwan, S J A ^a   Overton, P G ^a   Berry, M S ^a   Clark, D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A9 cell group; Electrical stimulation; Excitatory amino acids; Prefrontal cortex; Substantia nigra pars compacta

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DOPAMINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NEURONS; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0033001173     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00748-9     Document Type: Article

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