Muscimol and midazolam do not potentiate each other's effects on sleep EEG in the rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1624-1629

  Lancel, Marike ^a   Faulhaber, Johannes ^a   Schiffelholz, Thomas ^a   Mathias, Stefan ^a   Deisz, Rudolf A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP;

EID: 0030910429     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.3.1624     Document Type: Article

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