Mechanism behind gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 404-415

  Kezunovic, Nebojsa ^a   Urbano, Francisco J ^b   Simon, Christen ^a   Hyde, James ^a   Smith, Kristen ^a   Garcia Rill, E ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arousal; Calcium channels; Gamma band; N type; Oscillations; P Q type

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; OMEGA-AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PEPTIDES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SLEEP; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 79960945065     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07766.x     Document Type: Article

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