Responses of developing pedunculopontine neurons to glutamate receptor agonists

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1918-1931

  Simon, Christen ^a   Hayar, Abdallah ^a   Garcia Rill, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Kainic acid; N methyl d aspartic acid; Pedunculopontine nucleus; Rapid eye movement sleep

Indexed keywords

AUTORECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; KAINIC ACID; MODELS, ANIMAL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 79955163457     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00953.2010     Document Type: Article

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