The histaminergic tuberomammillary nucleus is critical for motivated arousal

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2073-2085

  Valdés, José Luis ^a   Sánchez, Cristián ^b   Riveros, María Eugenia ^b   Blandina, Patrizio ^c   Contreras, Marco ^b   Farías, Paula ^b   Torrealba, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alertness; Histamine; Microdialysis; Motivation; Rat; Temperature

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; PROTEIN FOS; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUBEROMAMMILLARY NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; CYTOLOGY; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTAMINE; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953226462     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07241.x     Document Type: Article

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