The effects of benzodiazepine (triazolam), cyclopyrrolone (zopiclone) and imidazopyridine (zolpidem) hypnotics on the frequency of hippocampal theta activity and sleep structure in rats

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 29-35

  Yoshimoto, M ^a   Higuchi, H ^b   Kamata, M ^a   Yoshida, K ^a   Shimizu, T ^a   Hishikawa, Y ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yurikumiai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hippocampal theta activity (rats); Sleep; Triazolam; Zolpidem; Zopiclone

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT; TRIAZOLAM; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP;

ANIMALS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; PIPERAZINES; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; THETA RHYTHM; TRIAZOLAM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0033007303     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(97)00102-8     Document Type: Article

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