Electrical stimulation of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus in freely moving awake rats: Time- and site-specific effects on two-way active avoidance conditioning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 510-521

  Andero, Raül ^a   Torras Garcia, Meritxell ^a   Quiroz Padilla, María Fernanda ^a   Costa Miserachs, David ^a   Coll Andreu, Margalida ^a  

^a Campus UAB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Mesopontine tegmentum; Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus; Rat; Two way active avoidance

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; RAT; STEREOTYPY; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33947590251     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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