Muscle atonia is triggered by cholinergic stimulation of the basal forebrain: Implication for the pathophysiology of canine narcolepsy

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 7 I, 1995, Pages 4806-4814

  Nishino, Seiji ^a   Tafti, Mehdi ^a   Reid, Malcolm S ^a   Shelton, Jeff ^a   Siegel, Jerome M ^b   Dement, William C ^a   Mignot, Emmanuel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACh; basal forebrain; cataplexy; cholinergic system; narcolepsy; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATAPLEXY; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FOREBRAIN; MUSCLE ATONIA; NARCOLEPSY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0029031471     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-07-04806.1995     Document Type: Article

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