Power spectral electroencephalogram analysis of the effects of ritanserin in freely moving rats during quiet waking

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 605-611

  Moyanova, S ^a   Kirov, R ^a   Ivanova, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

5 HT2 receptor antagonist; EEG spectral analysis; Rat; Ritanserin

Indexed keywords

RITANSERIN; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; RAT; SLEEP; SPECTROSCOPY; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; RATS; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RITANSERIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031446067     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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