Anandamide modulates sleep and memory in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 812, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 270-274

  Murillo Rodríguez, Eric ^a   Sánchez Alavez, Manuel ^a   Navarro, Luz ^a   Martínez González, Dolores ^a   Drucker Colín, Rene ^a,b   Prospéro García, Oscar ^a  

^a Univ N   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Locomotor activity; Pain; Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; LIPID ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CANNABINOIDS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MEMORY; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 0032561738     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00969-X     Document Type: Article

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