Activity, modulation and role of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons innervating the cerebral cortex

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 145, Issue , 2004, Pages 157-169

  Jones, Barbara E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NEUROTENSIN; NORADRENALIN;

BRAIN CORTEX; CELL LABELING; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

EID: 0344873128     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(03)45011-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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