Movement- and behavioral state-dependent activity of pontine reticulospinal neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 221, Issue , 2012, Pages 125-139

  Thankachan, S ^a   Fuller, P M ^a   Lu, J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesencephalic locomotor region; Rat; Single unit activity; Sleep wake REM sleep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PONTINE RETICULOSPINAL NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STAINING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MOVEMENT; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SLEEP STAGES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 84864805824     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.06.069     Document Type: Article

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