A distinct group of non-cholinergic neurons along the mid-line of the septum and within the rat medial septal nucleus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 410, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-24

  Tsurusaki, Massashi ^a   Gallagher, Joel P ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

GABAergic; Glutamatergic; Medial septal nucleus (MSN); Non cholinergic

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEDIAL SEPTUM NUCLEUS; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SOMATIC CELL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 33750499955     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.09.059     Document Type: Article

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