Role of GABA(A) receptors in sleep regulation: Differential effects of muscimol and midazolam on sleep in rats

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-74

  Lancel, Marike ^a   Crönlein, Tatjana A M ^a   Faulhaber, Johannes ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG spectral analysis; GABA; GABA(A) receptor; Midazolam; Muscimol; Rat; Sleep

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; MUSCIMOL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; SLEEP; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030176654     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0893-133X(95)00157-9     Document Type: Article

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