Laminar analysis of activity-dependent increases of CBF in rat cerebellar cortex: Dependence on synaptic strength

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 3 42-3, 1997, Pages

  Akgören, Nuran ^a,b,e   Mathiesen, Claus ^a,c   Rubin, Inger ^a   Lauritzen, Martin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c NEUROSEARCH A S   (Denmark)

^d GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Cerebral blood flow; Climbing fibers; Harmaline; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Metabolic regulation; Nitric oxide; Parallel fibers; Purkinje cells; Single cell activity

Indexed keywords

1,2,4 OXADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HARMALINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLIMBING FIBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INFERIOR OLIVE; LAMINAR FLOW; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SYNAPSE;

EID: 33751294373     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.3.h1166     Document Type: Article

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