Enhancement of rapid eye movement sleep in the rat by cholinergic and adenosinergic agonists infused into the pontine reticular formation

Neuroscience

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-37

  Marks, G A ^a   Birabil, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Adenosine; Behavioral states; Brainstem; Intracerebral microinjection; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXYLADENOSINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; LIGAND BINDING; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; BRAIN MAPPING; CARBACHOL; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; THEOPHYLLINE; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031866121     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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