Subcutaneous administration of nicotine changes dorsal raphe serotonergic neurons discharge rate during REM sleep

Brain Research

Volumn 888, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 321-325

  Guzmán Marín, Rubén ^a   Alam, Md Noor ^b,c   Mihailescu, Stefan ^a   Szymusiak, Ron ^b,d   McGinty, Dennis ^b,c   Drucker Colín, René ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe nucleus; Nicotine; REM off neuron; Serotonergic neuron; Single unit recording

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; NEURONS; NICOTINE; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SLEEP, REM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0035847287     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)03104-8     Document Type: Article

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