Recordings from the rat locus coeruleus during acute vagal nerve stimulation in the anaesthetised rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 379, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 174-179

  Groves, Duncan A ^a   Bowman, Eric M ^a   Brown, Verity J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Locus coeruleus; Rodent; Single cell recording; Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS)

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 17444369079     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.12.055     Document Type: Article

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