Activation of nucleus basalis facilitates cortical control of a brain stem motor program

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 699-711

  Berg, Rune W ^a,d   Friedman, Beth ^b   Schroeder, Lee F ^c   Kleinfeld, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; BRAIN STEM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PARALYSIS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VIBRISSAE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 21544437422     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01125.2004     Document Type: Article

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