Sex differences in paradoxical sleep: Influences of estrus cycle and ovariectomy

Brain Research

Volumn 734, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 275-285

  Fang, Jidong ^a,b   Fishbein, William ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrus; Ovariectomy; Paradoxical sleep; Rat; REM sleep; Sexual dimorphism; Slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030599180     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00652-X     Document Type: Article

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