Rat strain differences suggest a role for corticotropin-releasing hormone in modulating sleep

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-74

  Opp, Mark R ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

CRH; Fischer rat; Lewis rat; Stress; Waking

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030666501     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00390-9     Document Type: Article

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