Neurochemical and electrophysiological studies on the functional significance of burst firing in serotonergic neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 295-300

  Gartside, S E ^a   Hajos Korcsok E ^a   Bagdy, E ^b   Harsing Jr L G ^b   Sharp, T ^a   Hajos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Drug Research Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Burst firing; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Electrophysiology; Medial prefrontal cortex; Microdialysis

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRITIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; TRITIUM;

EID: 0342748363     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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