Blockade of corticotropin-releasing hormone receptors reduces spontaneous waking in the rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 3 44-3, 1998, Pages

  Chang, Fang Chia ^a   Opp, Mark R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Antagonist; Astressin; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Partial agonist; Sleep; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STRESS;

EID: 0031656018     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.3.r793     Document Type: Article

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