Phasic relationship between the activity of basal forebrain neurons and cortical EEG in urethane-anesthetized rat

Brain Research

Volumn 759, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 112-121

  Détári, László ^a   Rasmusson, Douglas D ^b   Semba, Kazue ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Cortical arousal; Electroencephalogram; Low voltage fast activity; Slow wave; Unit recording; Urethane anesthetized rat

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URETHANE;

EID: 0342437558     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00252-7     Document Type: Article

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