Assessment of sensorimotor gating following selective lesions of cholinergic pedunculopontine neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3526-3537

  Maclaren, Duncan A A ^a   Markovic, Tamara ^a   Clark, Stewart D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cholinergic; Prepulse inhibition; Rat; Sensorimotor gating; Startle

Indexed keywords

IBOTENIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; UROTENSIN; UROTENSIN II;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY GATING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARTLE REFLEX; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; IBOTENIC ACID; MALE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX, STARTLE; UROTENSINS;

EID: 84917677899     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12716     Document Type: Article

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