Urotensin II acts as a modulator of mesopontine cholinergic neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 1059, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-148

  Clark, Stewart D ^a,e   Nothacker, Hans Peter ^a   Blaha, Charles D ^b   Tyler, Christopher J ^c   Duangdao, Dee M ^a   Grupke, Stephen L ^c   Helton, David R ^d   Leonard, Christopher S ^c   Civelli, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Cenomed Inc   (United States)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronoamperometry; Electrophysiology; Locomotion; Mesopontine cholinergic; Prepulse inhibition; Urotensin II

Indexed keywords

UROTENSIN II;

AMPEROMETRY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARTLE REACTION; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; UROTENSINS;

EID: 26844559113     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.08.026     Document Type: Article

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