title: [Electrophysiologic properties of neurons of the ventral tegmentum of the midbrain of the alert rat].
abstract: Statistical analysis of firing activity, spike shape and duration of single units in ventral tegmental area and adjacent regions of midbrain was performed in conscious rats. Four cell types were distinguished in this neuronal population which heterogeneity may be related to differences in their neurochemical nature and afferent connections.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D004298:Dopamine / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013681:Tegmentum Mesencephali / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004298:Dopamine
vernacular_title: Elektrofiziologicheskie svoĭstva neĭronov ventral'noĭ pokryshki srednego mozga u bodrstvuiushchikh krys.