Mild electrical stimulation of pontine tegmentum around locus coeruleus reduces rapid eye movement sleep in rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-235

  Singh, Sangeeta ^a   Mallick, Birendra Nath ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Locus coeruleus; Norepinephrine; REM sleep; REM sleep duration; REM sleep frequency; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; TEGMENTUM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0029991364     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-0102(95)00998-1     Document Type: Article

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