Postsynaptic potentials and axonal projections of tegmental neurons responding to electrical stimulation of the toad striatum

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 429, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 111-114

  Wu, Gang Yi ^a   Wang, Shu Rong ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Binocular tegmental neurons; Intracellular staining; Postsynaptic potentials; Striatum; Toads

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STAINING; TEGMENTUM; TOAD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BUFO BUFO; CELL SHAPE; COLORING AGENTS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOLUTION; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; ISOQUINOLINES; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TECTUM MESENCEPHALI; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 36348988393     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.09.071     Document Type: Article

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