Phasic activation of locus ceruleus neurons by the central nucleus of the amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3491-3497

  Bouret, Sebastien ^a   Duvel, Adam ^b   Onat, Selim ^a   Sara, Susan J ^a  

^a Groupe Enzymologie Moléculaire et Fonctionnelle   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala central nucleus; CRF; Electrophysiology; Locus ceruleus; Neuromodulation; Noradrenaline

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; NORADRENALIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FOREBRAIN; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0037995740     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-08-03491.2003     Document Type: Article

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