Periodic bursting activities of locus coeruleus neurons in the rat
Brain ResearchPublished 1 May 1982
Tadashi Akaike
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Abstract
Unit activity of locus coeruleus (LC) neurons in rats was investigated. After the animal recovered from anesthesia, the spontaneous activity exhibited periodic bursting discharges at about 15-30 s intervals. The oscillation was observed to last for a long time (1-3 h). It is suggested that many LC neurons exhibited the oscillation synchronously during stress in the awake animal.
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