The driving system for hippocampal theta in the brainstem: An examination by single neuron recording in urethane-anesthetized rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 455, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-69

  Takano, Yuji ^a,b   Hanada, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Hippocampal theta; PnO; PPT; Unit recording; Urethane anesthesia

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROL GROUP; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THETA RHYTHM; URETHANE;

EID: 63449097886     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.03.028     Document Type: Article

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