Optimization of vagus nerve stimulation parameters using the firing activity of serotonin neurons in the rat dorsal raphe

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 250-255

  Manta, Stella ^a   Dong, Jianming ^b   Debonnel, Guy ^b   Blier, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Electrophysiology; Serotonin; Stimulation parameters; Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; HISTOGRAM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; MALE; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 60749098746     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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