Activity of medullary serotonergic neurons in freely moving animals

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 45-52

  Jacobs, Barry L ^a   Martín Cora, Francisco J ^a   Fornal, Casimir A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine (5 HT); Cat; Fatigue; Motor activity; Pain; Raphe; Serotonin; Spinal cord; Sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN; CAT; CELL ACTIVITY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAPHE NUCLEUS; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NEURONS; PAIN; SEROTONIN; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0036824699     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(02)00187-X     Document Type: Review

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