Publication Date:
1978-07-21
Description:
A newly discovered class of neurons, ponto-geniculo-occipital (PGO) burst neurons, has PGO wave relationships of phase-leading, stereotyped discharge bursts, and the highest reported discharge specificity and coherence; these neurons thus fulfill correlative criteria for output generator neurons for PGO waves. The PGO burst neurons are recorded in a discrete dorsal brainstem area in apposition to the brachium conjunctivum.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉McCarley, R W -- Nelson, J P -- Hobson, J A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1978 Jul 21;201(4352):269-72.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/663656" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Action Potentials
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Animals
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Brain Mapping
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Brain Stem/cytology/*physiology
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Cats
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Geniculate Bodies/*physiology
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Neural Conduction
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Neural Pathways/physiology
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Occipital Lobe/*physiology
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Pons/*physiology
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Sleep/physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
