Differential control of cortical activity by the basal forebrain in rats: A role for both cholinergic and inhibitory influences

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 381, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-67

  Jiménez Capdeville, María E ^a   Dykes, Robert W ^a   Myasnikov, Alexandre A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; basal forebrain; inhibition; microdialysis; somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 1842329157     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970428)381:1<53::AID-CNE5>3.3.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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