Ultra-slow oscillatory neuronal activity in the rat olivary pretectal nucleus: Comparison with oscillations within the intergeniculate leaflet

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2657-2664

  Szkudlarek, Hanna J ^a   Herdzina, Olga ^a   Lewandowski, Marian H ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; GABA; Iontophoresis; Pretectum; Slow oscillations

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GENICULATE BODIES; IRIS; MALE; MIOSIS; NEURONS; PUPIL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 44649131978     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06225.x     Document Type: Article

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