Histaminergic facilitation of electrocorticographic activation: Role of basal forebrain, thalamus, and neocortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2285-2291

  Dringenberg, Hans C ^a   Kuo, Min Ching ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Brainstem; EEG; Neocortex; Rat; Sleep waking; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; FOREBRAIN; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HISTAMINE RELEASE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HISTAMINE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642422376     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02975.x     Document Type: Article

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