Stimulation of the nucleus basalis of Meynert increases diameter of the parenchymal blood vessels in the rat cerebral cortex

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 358, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-106

  Hotta, H ^a   Kanai, C ^a   Uchida, S ^a   Kanda, K ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Cerebral cortex; Diameter; Nucleus basalis of Meynert; Parenchymal blood vessels; Regional cerebral blood flow; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; IMMERSION; MALE; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE FIXATION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASODILATION;

EID: 1542613862     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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