Disynaptic inhibition of omnipause neurons following electrical stimulation of the superior colliculus in alert cats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2639-2642

  Yoshida, Kaoru ^a   Iwamoto, Yoshiki ^a   Chimoto, Sohei ^a   Shimazu, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OMNIPAUSE NEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0035015569     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.85.6.2639     Document Type: Article

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