Involvement of GABAergic transmission in the midbrain ventral tegmental area in the regulation of hippocampal theta rhythm

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 310-320

  Orzeł Gryglewska, Jolanta ^a   Kuśmierczak, Magda ^a   Jurkowlaniec, Edyta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Hippocampus; Muscimol; Phaclofen; Rat; Theta rhythm; VTA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THETA RHYTHM; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THETA RHYTHM; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 78149280676     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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