Locus coeruleus activation shortens synaptic drive while decreasing spike latency and jitter in sensorimotor cortex. Implications for neuronal integration

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2519-2530

  Lecas, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Groupe Enzymologie Moléculaire et Fonctionnelle   (France)

Author keywords

Current source density; Noradrenergic system; Phasic stimulation; Rat; Sensory processing

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACILITATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LOCUS COERULEUS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2142746556     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03341.x     Document Type: Article

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