Pupil fluctuations track rapid changes in adrenergic and cholinergic activity in cortex

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Reimer, Jacob ^a   McGinley, Matthew J ^a,b   Liu, Yang ^c   Rodenkirch, Charles ^c   Wang, Qi ^c   McCormick, David A ^b   Tolias, Andreas S ^a,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

BRAIN; EYE; LOCOMOTION; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIZE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AXON; BASAL FOREBRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEK293 CELL LINE; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PUPIL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STRIATE CORTEX; WAKEFULNESS; WALKING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME FACTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN SIZE; PUPIL; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84994440012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13289     Document Type: Article

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