Relation of pontine choline acetyltransferase immunoreactive neurons with cells which increase discharge during REM sleep

Brain stem reticular formation and activation of the EEG

1949 • 4,188 citations

Central cholinergic pathways in the rat: An overview based on an alternative nomenclature (Ch1–Ch6)

1983 • 2,305 citations

Sleep Cycle Oscillation: Reciprocal Discharge by Two Brainstem Neuronal Groups

1975 • 1,216 citations

Efferent connections of the parabrachial nucleus in the rat

1980 • 1,187 citations

The role of monoamines and acetylcholine-containing neurons in the regulation of the sleep-waking cycle

1972 • 1,091 citations

The central cholinergic system studied by choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry in the cat

1981 • 966 citations

Distribution of cholinergic neurons in rat brain: Demonstrated by the immunocytochemical localization of choline acetyltransferase

1983 • 964 citations

The brain as a dream state generator: an activation-synthesis hypothesis of the dream process

1977 • 913 citations

Dorsal raphe neurons: depression of firing during sleep in cats

1976 • 902 citations

THE RETICULAR FORMATION REVISITED

1959 • 741 citations

Neuronal excitability modulation over the sleep cycle: a structural and mathematical model

1975 • 636 citations

Distribution of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in the rat and mouse brain

1979 • 484 citations

Behavioral functions of the reticular formation

1979 • 418 citations

A cholinergic mechanism in the brainstem reticular formation: Induction of paradoxical sleep

1964 • 394 citations

Autoradiographic localization of muscarinic cholinergic receptors in rat brainstem

1981 • 376 citations

Evolving concepts of sleep cycle generation: From brain centers to neuronal populations

1986 • 321 citations

Behavioral evidence for a cholinoceptive pontine inhibitory area: Descending control of spinal motor output and sensory input

1984 • 300 citations

Substance P in the ascending cholinergic reticular system

1983 • 294 citations

Cholinergic projections from the midbrain and pons to the thalamus in the rat, identified by combined retrograde tracing and choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry

1985 • 293 citations

Brain stem gigantocellular neurons: patterns of activity during behavior and sleep in the freely moving rat

1979 • 279 citations

Projections of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus in the rat: evidence for additional extrapyramidal circuitry

1982 • 277 citations

Site-specific enhancement and suppression of desynchronized sleep signs following cholinergic stimulation of three brainstem regions

1984 • 267 citations

Reciprocal parabrachial-cortical connections in the rat

1982 • 250 citations

Atlas of the distribution of monoamine‐containing nerve cell bodies in the brain stem of the cat

1978 • 242 citations

Cataplectic-like behavior in cats after micro-injections of carbachol in pontine reticular formation

1974 • 221 citations

Activity of medullary reticular formation neurons in the unrestrained cat during waking and sleep

1979 • 209 citations

Immunoaffinity Purification of Human Choline Acetyltransferase: Comparison of the Brain and Placental Enzymes

1985 • 204 citations

Activity patterns of catecholamine‐containing pontine neurons in the dorso‐lateral tegmentum of unrestrained cats

1974 • 204 citations

Effect of antipsychotic drugs on the firing of dorsal raphe cells. II. Reversal by picrotoxin

1976 • 190 citations

Sleep cycle control and cholinergic mechanisms: Differential effects of carbachol injections at pontine brain stem sites

1975 • 186 citations

Pontine Reticular Formation Neurons: Relationship of Discharge to Motor Activity

1977 • 172 citations

Microinjection of neostigmine into the pontine reticular formation of cats enhances desynchronized sleep signs.

1984 • 160 citations

Norepinephrine-Containing Neurons: Changes in Spontaneous Discharge Patterns during Sleeping and Waking

1973 • 157 citations

Sleep and waking activity of pontine gigantocellular field neurons

1977 • 157 citations

Induction of both emotional behavior and a novel form of REm sleep by chemical stimulation applied to cat mesencephalon

1969 • 146 citations

Distribution of central cholinergic neurons in the baboon (papio papio). I. General morphology

1985 • 144 citations

Endogenous peptides and sleep in the rat: III the hypnogenic properties of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

1982 • 143 citations

Selective firing of rat pontine gigantocellular neurons during movement and REM sleep

1977 • 130 citations

Pontine neuronal response to local cholinergic infusion: Relation to REM sleep

1986 • 116 citations

Is vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) a sleep factor?

1984 • 116 citations

Distribution of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) in the rat brain stem nuclei

1982 • 114 citations

Continuous pontine cholinergic microinfusion via mini-pump induces sustained alterations in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep

1986 • 111 citations

Carbachol triggering of desynchronized sleep phenomena: Enhancement via small volume infusions

1980 • 101 citations

Enhancement of desynchronized sleep signs after pontine microinjection of the muscarinic agonist bethanechol

1983 • 97 citations

Elimination of paradoxical sleep by lesions of the pontine gigantocellular tegmental field in the cat

1979 • 93 citations

REM sleep signs rostral to chronic transections at the pontomedullary junction

1984 • 83 citations

A photographic perspective on the origins, form, course and relations of the acetylcholinesterase-containing fibres of the dorsal tegmental pathway in the rat brain

1985 • 81 citations

Alterations in blood pressure and REM sleep after pontine carbachol microinfusion

1986 • 72 citations

Computer graphics analysis of sleep-wakefulness state changes after pontine lesions

1984 • 69 citations

Choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivity in neuritic plaques of Alzheimer brain

1986 • 58 citations

Identification of catecholamine cell bodies in the pons and pons-mesencephalon junction of the cat brain, using tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine-β-hydroxylase immunohistochemistry

1984 • 46 citations

Rostral brainstem contributes to medullary inhibition of muscle tone

1983 • 38 citations