Effects of adrenalectomy and subsequent corticosterone replacement on rat sleep state and EEG power spectra

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 2 44-2, 1998, Pages

  Bradbury, Margaret J ^a   Dement, William C ^a   Edgar, Dale M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University Sleep and Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Circadian rhythm; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Delta power; Sleep deprivation; Sleep homeostasis; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADRENALECTOMY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0031818520     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.2.r555     Document Type: Article

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