A novel GABAergic afferent input to the pontine reticular formation: The mesopontine GABAergic column

Brain Research

Volumn 1297, Issue , 2009, Pages 32-40

  Liang, Chang Lin ^a   Marks, Gerald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin B subunit; GABA; Nucleus pontis oralis; REM sleep; Retrograde labeling

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MESOPONTINE GABAERGIC COLUMN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PONTIS ORALIS; PONS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLERA TOXIN; EYE MOVEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; NEURONS; PONS; RATS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

RATTUS;

EID: 71749089783     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.08.045     Document Type: Article

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