Differential effects of an alpha-2 agonist on wakefulness and paradoxical sleep in the rat: A polygraphic and biochemical approach

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 93-100

  De Saint Hilaire, Z ^a   Karege, F ^a   Gaillard, J M ^a   Blois, R ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha2 adrenoceptors; Clonidine; Paradoxical sleep; Rat; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030694132     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1997/859850     Document Type: Article

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