A cholinergic synaptically triggered event participates in the generation of persistent activity necessary for eye fixation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 5109-5118

  Navarro López, Juan De Dios ^a   Alvarado, Juan Carlos ^b   Márquez Ruiz, Javier ^c   Escudero, Miguel ^c   Delgado García, José M ^a   Yajeya, Javier ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Glutamate; Neuronal integrator; Oculomotor system; Prepositus hypoglossi; Saccades

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; [4 [(3 CHLOROPHENYL)CARBAMOYLOXY] 2 BUTYNYL]TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM; ACETYLCHOLINE; AMPA RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; PIRENZEPINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CATS; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SACCADES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 2642561294     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0235-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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