Cholinergic cells in the tegmentum send branching projections to the inferior colliculus and the medial geniculate body

Neuroscience

Volumn 179, Issue , 2011, Pages 120-130

  Motts, S D ^a,b   Schofield, B R ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acoustic startle; Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus; Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus; Prepulse inhibition; Sensorimotor gating

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; NEURONS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 79952626672     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.01.044     Document Type: Article

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