Discharge properties of juxtacellularly labeled and immunohistochemically identified cholinergic basal forebrain neurons recorded in association with the electroencephalogram in anesthetized rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1505-1518

  Manns, Ian D ^a   Alonso, Angel ^a   Jones, Barbara E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Bursting; Choline acetyl transferase; Cortical activation; Sleep wake states; Slow rhythmic activity; Theta

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0034652252     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-04-01505.2000     Document Type: Article

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