Neurotransmitter actions on oral pontine tegmental neurons of the rat: An in vitro study

Brain Research

Volumn 804, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 144-148

  Nuñez, Angel ^a   Buño, Washington ^b   Reinoso Suárez, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Glutamate; Histamine; REM; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPIKE; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; MOUTH; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SLEEP, REM; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0344936587     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00681-7     Document Type: Article

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