Effect of the GABA uptake inhibitor tiagabine on sleep and EEG power spectra in the rat

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1471-1477

  Lancel, Marike ^a   Faulhaber, Johannes ^a   Deisz, Rudolf A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG spectral analysis; GABA; GABA uptake inhibitor; Sleep

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; TIAGABINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITORS; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP;

EID: 0031914241     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701769     Document Type: Article

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