Ascorbate modulation of sensorimotor processing in striatum of freely moving rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1092, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-116

  Cortright, James J ^a   Rebec, George V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Dopamine; Glutamate; Motor systems; Single unit electrophysiology; Slow scan voltammetry

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOSE RESPONSE; INJECTION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33746889021     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.03.079     Document Type: Article

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