Role of the mesolimbic cholinergic projection to the septum in the production of 22 kHz alarm calls in rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-274

  Bihari, Aurelia ^a   Hrycyshyn, A W ^a   Brudzynski, Stefan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal behavior; Carbachol; Choline acetyltransferase; Fluorogold; Glutamate; Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus; Mesolimbic cholinergic system; Rat; Ultrasonic vocalization

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUSCARINIC AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0038061665     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(03)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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