Locus ceruleus regulates sensory encoding by neurons and networks in waking animals

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 39, 2006, Pages 9860-9872

  Devilbiss, David M ^a,d   Page, Michelle E ^b   Waterhouse, Barry D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Multichannel single unit recording; Neuron; Neuronal ensemble activity; Principal components analysis; Sensory information processing; Somatosensory thalamus

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; THALAMUS; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; POSTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SENSATION; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; VIBRISSAE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33749184822     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1776-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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