Sleep cycle disturbances induced by apamin, a selective blocker of Ca2+-activated K+ channels

Brain Research

Volumn 736, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 344-347

  Gandolfo, Gabriel ^a   Schweitz, Hugues ^b   Lazdunski, Michel ^b   Gottesmann, Claude ^a  

^a Valrose   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

apamin; Ca2+ activated K+ channel; insomnia; neurotoxin; sleep; waking

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSOMNIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

EID: 0030583629     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00690-7     Document Type: Article

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