Heterogeneous responses of nucleus incertus neurons to corticotrophin-releasing factor and coherent activity with hippocampal theta rhythm in the rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3981-4001

  Ma, Sherie ^a   Blasiak, Anna ^b   Olucha Bordonau, Francisco E ^c   Verberne, Anthony J M ^a   Gundlach, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RELAXIN 3;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEMBRANE POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS INCERTUS NEURON; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMUS; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STRIA TERMINALIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84881616693     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.254300     Document Type: Article

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