The fasciculus retroflexus controls the integrity of REM sleep by supporting the generation of hippocampal theta rhythm and rapid eye movements in rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-184

  Valjakka, Antti ^a   Vartiainen, Jukka ^b   Tuomisto, Leena ^a   Tuomisto, Jouni T ^c   Olkkonen, Hannu ^a   Airaksinen, Mauno M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

EEG; Frontal cortex; Hippocampus; Rapid eye movements; Rat; Sleep stages

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPITHALAMUS; EYE MOVEMENTS; HABENULA; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0032531182     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(98)00006-9     Document Type: Article

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