Chronic low-amplitude electrical stimulation of the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus of freely moving cats increases REM sleep

Brain Research

Volumn 723, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 223-227

  Thakkar, Mahesh ^a   Portas, Chiara ^a   McCarley, Robert W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; brainstem; REM sleep; stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP;

EID: 0029948535     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00256-9     Document Type: Article

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