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Lateral tegmental field neurons with activity correlated to the 10-Hz rhythm in sympathetic nerve discharge
C W Dempesy1, D E Richardson, B Kocsis
1Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. cdempes@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
Brain Research
|February 8, 2000
Abstract:
Neurons in the lateral tegmental field (FTL) has been previously reported to have activity only minimally correlated (< 1% of neurons tested) with the 10-Hz rhythm of the slow wave of the sympathetic nerve discharge. We report here that 10% of the neurons recently tested in the FTL could be shown to correlate with the 10-Hz rhythm. The neuron-to-nerve coherence is weaker than in other medullary areas, but is nonetheless significant.