Evidence for electrical coupling in the SubCoeruleus (SubC) nucleus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 3142-3147

  Heister, David S ^a   Hayar, Abdallah ^a   Charlesworth, Amanda ^a   Yates, Charlotte ^a   Zhou, Yi Hong ^a,b   Garcia Rill, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; CARBACHOL; CARBENOXOLONE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CONNEXIN 36; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LOCUS CERULEUS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPIKE; SYNAPSE; TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOQUINOLINES; LOCUS COERULEUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 34147137708     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01316.2006     Document Type: Article

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