Preoptic/anterior hypothalamic neurons: Thermosensitivity in wakefulness and non rapid eye movement sleep

Brain Research

Volumn 718, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 76-82

  Alam, Md Noor ^a   McGinty, Dennis ^a   Szymusiak, Ronald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior hypothalamus; Non rapid eye movement sleep; Preoptic area; Thermosensitive neuron; Thermosensitivity; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0029996523     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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