Membrane properties of mesopontine cholinergic neurons studied with the whole-cell patch-clamp technique: implications for behavioral state control

A Kamondi, JA Williams, B Hutcheon… - Journal of …, 1992 - journals.physiology.org
1. The whole-cell patch-clamp technique was used to study the membrane properties of
identified cholinergic and noncholinergic laterodorsal tegmental neurons in slices of rat …

Electrophysiological properties of cholinergic and noncholinergic neurons in the ventral pallidal region of the nucleus basalis in rat brain slices

CP Bengtson, PB Osborne - Journal of neurophysiology, 2000 - journals.physiology.org
The ventral pallidum is a major source of output for ventral corticobasal ganglia circuits that
function in translating motivationally relevant stimuli into adaptive behavioral responses. In …

Modulation of presumed cholinergic mesopontine tegmental neurons by acetylcholine and monoamines applied iontophoretically in unanesthetized cats

Y Koyama, K Sakai - Neuroscience, 2000 - Elsevier
The mesopontine tegmentum, which contains both cholinergic and non-cholinergic neurons,
plays a crucial role in behavioral state control. Using microiontophoresis in unanesthetized …

Inhibitory action of muscarinic agonists on neurons in the rat laterodorsal tegmental nucleus in vitro

JI Luebke, RW McCarley… - Journal of …, 1993 - journals.physiology.org
1. The effects of the mixed cholinergic agonist carbachol and the muscarinic agonist
methacholine (MCh) on neurons of the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (LDT) were studied …

Visualization of cholinoceptive neurons in the rat neocortex: colocalization of muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

EA Van der Zee, C Streefland, AD Strosberg… - Molecular brain …, 1992 - Elsevier
The present investigation analyzes the cellular distribution of muscarinic and nicotinic
acetylcholine receptors in rat neocortex, by use of monoclonal antibodies raised against …

In vivo electrophysiological distinction of histochemically-identified cholinergic neurons using extracellular recording and labelling in rat laterodorsal tegmental …

Y Koyama, T Honda, M Kusakabe, Y Kayama… - Neuroscience, 1998 - Elsevier
From indirect evidence we have proposed that cholinergic versus non-cholinergic neurons
in the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus can be distinguished with the duration of their …

An ultrastructural study of cholinergic and non-cholinergic neurons in the laterodorsal and pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei in the rat

T Honda, K Semba - Neuroscience, 1995 - Elsevier
Synaptic connectivity and other ultrastructural features of cholinergic and non-cholinergic
neurons in the laterodorsal and pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei were investigated with …

Modulation of cholinergic nucleus basalis neurons by acetylcholine and N-methyl-D-aspartate

A Khateb, P Fort, S Williams, M Serafin, BE Jones… - Neuroscience, 1997 - Elsevier
Known to exert an important modulatory influence on the cerebral cortex, the cholinergic
neurons of the basal forebrain are modulated in turn by neurotransmitters which may include …

Characterization of the extent of pontomesencephalic cholinergic neurons' projections to the thalamus: comparison with projections to midbrain dopaminergic groups

SA Oakman, PL Faris, C Cozzari, BK Hartman - Neuroscience, 1999 - Elsevier
We sought to determine whether pontomesencephalic cholinergic neurons which we have
been shown previously to project to the substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area also …

Rhythmical bursts induced by NMDA in guinea‐pig cholinergic nucleus basalis neurones in vitro.

A Khateb, P Fort, M Serafin, BE Jones… - The Journal of …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
1. Intracellular recordings were performed in neurones within the basal forebrain of guinea‐
pig brain slices. Following injection of biocytin (or biotinamide), a subset of recorded …